[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15982]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LINCOLN SCHOOL

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 18, 2014

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
Lincoln School in Rockaway Borough, Morris County, New Jersey, as it 
celebrates its Centennial Anniversary.
  For fully a century, this outstanding school has provided the 
countless number of students who have passed through its doors with a 
superior education that has prepared them for the rest of their 
educational pursuits and for the rest of their lives.
  When the Lincoln School welcomed its first students back in 1914, 
there were still people in Rockaway Borough, and throughout New Jersey 
and the nation, who could remember the days when Abraham Lincoln served 
as President of the United States.
  The decision to name this school in Lincoln's honor reflected the 
great esteem in which people held the memory of our 16th President. But 
it also is a tribute to the example a young Abraham Lincoln provided to 
students about the value of education. Who among us does not recall the 
stories of Lincoln stretched out in front of a fire, using the light of 
that fire to read his school books?
  Fortunately for today's students at the Lincoln School, they don't 
have to rely on firelight to illuminate their lessons. They have the 
advantages provided by our modern amenities. But, what's more 
important, they have the benefit of being taught by talented and 
dedicated teachers and staff who give so much to meet the needs of 
their students. And they have the support of parents and of a community 
that value education and are willing to invest in the future by 
investing in their children's education.
  As the Lincoln School begins its second century it is preparing its 
students to succeed and thrive in America's third century. As the 
future president said in his very first political announcement, when, 
at the youthful age of 23, he ran for the Illinois state legislature, 
``Upon the subject of education . . . I can only say that I view it as 
the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.''
  That is certainly a sentiment the people of Rockaway Borough shared 
100 years ago when they built the Lincoln School, just as it remains 
their view today.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me today in saluting the Lincoln School on 
its centennial and in paying tribute to all of the administrators, 
teachers, and staff who have made it a citadel of learning, and also 
join me in honoring all of the students, parents, and community 
members, past and present, who have nurtured the growth and contributed 
to the success of the Lincoln School over the past 100 years.

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