_Institute of Arts and Sciences_, 367 High St. Incorporated 1910. Merging of Newark University Courses, given 1909, and College Extension Courses given for several years. To meet widespread demand for courses of university grade in Newark and nearby towns. Has co-operative support of New York University which supplies Institute with regular members of the N. Y. U. instructional staff. Credits courses taken for degrees in Washington Square College of N. Y. U. _Italian Language_: 3 year study course introduced at Barringer High School, Feb. 1, 1919. _Jitneys_: Or passenger auto-buses. First run in spring of 1916. 349 in operation July, 1919. Name originated in California, where a 5 cent piece, the fare, is commonly known as a "jitney". _Receipts_ _Tax_ _Passengers_ 1916 (7 months) $133,043.22 $ 5,556.92 2,660,963 1917 409,774.86 17,332.74 8,195,491 1918 855,832.82 36,151.22 17,120,652 1919 (7 months) 959,473.69 39,940.61 19,189,472 _Junior College_: Established at South Side High School with 50 students Sept., 1918. Public school system thus extended to include the first two years of regular college course. _Junior High Schools_: Established at Robert Treat, Madison and Cleveland Schools, Sept., 1917. 9th grade, equivalent to 1st year high school, added to grammar course, with departmental system in 7th and 8th grades. Experiment of teaching modern languages as early as the 7th grade tried with success, 1919. _Junior Museum Club_: Founded June, 1916, by boy and girl delegates from 8B public school classes and members of the Irvington Museum Assoc., under leadership of Dr. Henry H. Rusby, of Newark, and the staff of the Newark Museum Assoc. Purpose: to collect and to study animals, insects, aquatic life, birds, botany, mineralogy, stamps and coins, electricity, photography, etc. Membership open to any boy or girl between 10 and 18 years of age. Affiliated with the Newark Museum Assoc. Headquarters, Public Library building. _Juvenile Court_: See Delinquent Children. _Juvenile Delinquency_: See Delinquent Children. _Lectures, Public_: 25 years ago, the lecture system was a feature of the evening schools, and continued as such, until 1906, when it was decided to have the lectures for the people given in school buildings, designated as lecture centers. In 1907 there were 15 lecture centers, including the First Presbyterian Church, the Free Public Library and 13 school buildings. During the season of 1907-08 there were 245 lectures with a total attendance of 105,210. For the season 1915-16 there were 30 centers and 400 lectures, with an aggregate attendance of 160,890. During the war period, 1917-18, the attendance decreased.