The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-05
POLAND'S PR0JECTS
"A New Era Of Development
Opening for Jersey
City's Schools.
THE MANUAL TRAINING FAD.
Efforts Will Soon Be Made to Intro
duce 1t Here-The New
Buildings.

In conversation with Superintendent
Poland Of the Public Schools Of this city
a few evenings ago, he outlined what wits
being done for the educational interests
of the city He was rather inclined to be-
stow praise upon the municipal govern
ment for what it il doing in the way OF
building new school houses ana putting
IN proper repair the score or more of those
already in use
= understand, . he said, shat ground
has already been broken for the school
houses ut Pavouia avenue and Romano
street and the one on Virginia avenue.
The new wings to No. School have
made splendid accommodations for sew
erai hundred more pupils from the sec
ton IN which that school is located. The
needs of the Elevator district Will I think,
soon be met, as, IN all probability, the au-
thorities will order new school house
built in that section next July. We are
gradually catching up lost ground, aud
considering the heavy debt the city is la
boring un'ier we are doing nobly.n
And after the erection Of the school In
the Elevator district what section will
the Board Of Education next turn its at
tention to?' / asked.
We'll, it Is rather early to figure uDo n
that i should think, however. that by
that time we shall need a new school
house somewhere down in this section
Grove street, as you know, is one OF the
principal living thoroughfares Of the city.
And great. tall tenements are going up all
over the old Van Worst lot, which for so
long time has been used for the rearing
OF cucumbers and cabbages.v
BEHIND 0THERcITIEs.
But we are behind our sister cities in
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thoughsfully. Still, am glad to notice
disposition on the part OF the present adj
minislration to appreciate this fact. We
have an intelligent Finance Board, and |
have no doubt that in a few more years 1t
will place Jersey City in line with those
cities that are leading in the intellectual
advancement OF their children. If we are
to keep pace with our sister cities we
must soon have a new High School build
| ing. We should have one, too more CEN
trally located. You see, the present one
is patronized by pupils from all sections
of the city. It should be located, too, on
a more desirable street. The present
structure Is inadequate. Think Of she
little city Of Denver spending half mil
! lion Of dollars for the erection of a High
| School building.
Brooklyn, = continued Mr.. Poland, sis
also spending half million dollars in
] providing enlarged High School facilities
| there Will be two High Schools. one that
Will accommodate 1000 girl pupils and
| one that viii accommodate 1000 boy
| pupils.r
And why accommodations for SO many
more girls than boysS' I asked
Well, you see, so many boys at High
1 School age drift into the business world.
But in addition to this magnificent pro :
| vision for intellectual training the city
authorities Of Brooklyn contemplate the
| erection OF O manual training school, an
! institution to provide for boys who con-
template entering the world Of industrial
| arts.
| ACTIVITY IN OTHER PLACES.
| philadelphia, ST. Paul, Cincinnati all
have High Schools thar train In the me-
| chanical arts, such as carpentering. iron
moulding aud SO on. Boston, too, has
| provided for such training.
Commencing on April 8 a three days
| discussion on the subject OF sManual
Training" viii be commenced In Boston,
in which some of the most eminent
specialists of the nation will participate
The influences of the results will doubt
less be felt on the Public School system
throughout the country.
1.-THE opinion Is becoming quite preva-
lent that boys and girls should do some
thing as well as know something. In the
absence of the appren ticeship system in
this country the best that can be done is
TO train schoolboys in the elements of the
industrial and mechanical arts.
speaking OF Boston, might incident
ally mention the fact, too, that the Board
of Education of that city is about 20 give
its teachers twelve months holiday
with full pay, with the understanding
that the holiday is to be spent solely in
recreation and intellectual and physical
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