The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-29
some FANCY FIGURING.
BeWildering
Display at the Great
Public School Show.

The third day OF the School Exhibit
gave signs Of no lcssenink Of the crowds
that pass in at the right mi out at the
left of the High School building on Bay
street. A committee of teachers is in
charge to exhibit and explain the work
and tho Alpha Sigma OF High School
presides over the room devoted to the
High and Training departments.
The entertainment last night was a de-
clded success in exhibiting those
branches of study which from their
nature cannot be represented on paper.
Principal Brensinger's pupils In physical
culture from School No. 3, marched and
contaminated AID Went through the
manual OF arms with the precision of
West Pointers, besides giving an exhibit
tion of free GYM astics. Forty pupils
under the direction of Principal A. b.
GuIlford OF School No. Z. illustrated
his remarKs on the teaching of music BY
reading at sight. chorais IN four parts, 10
the astonishment of those unacq uainted
with the success of the method Employ
ed. The teaching of intervals was also
illustrated. The closing number was
Mendelssohn's. Il waited for the Lord.''
beautifully rendered. Miss Retta Smith,
pianist, Miss Fannie Lawrence, soprano.
and Master Theodore Arnheiter, violinist,
supplied the incidental music.
NUMBER WORK SHOWN.
The books which attract The most at
tention from educators in attendance at
the exhibition, are those bound in red,
and containing work in arithmetic. This
work occupies the most importanJ, posi-
tion in the curriculum, unless, perhaps,
language be given the preference.
By proficiency in arithmetic classes are
graded and pupils assigned to their
pl ces In the department. No school
system in tie country provides for the
pupils such a logical course of mathe-
NAUTICAL study, as from the first
day in the gallery class to the
pupils last review before graduation. is
afforded in this city. Under the direction
of Superintendent A. w. Edison, the In
PRODUCTION of the Gruby system of num-
Der revolutionized The teaching of
arithmetic, and since then, the work OF
successive educators has modified ths
o-vertheoretical by a strong infusion of
experience, SO that today methods in this
study stand for the best results so far OBJ
tanned from the most advanced educa-
tors.
The eighth grade primary begins men
tai and written work with every possible
combustion OF the numbers from ! to 6;
added. subtracted, multiplied aud
divided. Children learn that one is one
sixth of six. that TWO is two-fifths of five,
and such fractional work in which the re-
suits will be integers. Little Arnold
kayser. seven years old, from No. 6.
shows how well he can combine numbers
by his slate work, which was selected at
random from a rack onexhibition. Tessie
Handel's WORK is also worthy of mention.
The next class takes the numbers from
8 to IL, mental n written work In all
four processes; the next from IL to Is, the
fifth from Is to "a. BY this time the
children have been given written work
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Belle Owen, niue years old, shows the
work in problems at School No. 8 by u
statement that Willie spent 5 cents for a
slate, 2 for a pencil, 3 for a sponge, 6 for a
cake and two for an orange. How much
did he spend in all?" This work in
problem begins In the very lowest grade.
No. Z sends one of the most al
nickels. nickels dimes, dimes dollars,
and dollars eagles. the work of eight year
odd Charles Thomas, sixth grade. The
fifth grade pays special attention to
Federal money. and Oscar Hennings. of
No. %, shows some neat work in dollars
aud cents. Freddie Pizzona, of No. II,
show The sum of two and fou is equal to
onehalf of twelve. In the third grade
William Rivers, No. 10, shows Arabic
notation from word Enumeration. The
most interesting exhibit here is the
rapid addition, three columns of six
figures edCUs WulCu Ou6 matu60ldLlca
wonder, little Clara COwen, completed in
35 seconds. Martin Wagner did it in /
minute 40 seconds, and Willie Cummings
in / minute IL seconds. These were from
School No. 6. The comparison OF frac-
tions here is very clever. Joseph Kane's
work in the second grade is a credit to
School No. 2. The rapid division work
shows that the following example was
| solved by Alfred Bsndix in / minute,
George Peire in IL minutes and by no
one in more than three minutes. It was
the division of $S8. S57. 90 by SIS. Dick
Smit sends a neat bill from School No. 10,
first grade.
PROBLEMS IN PICTURES.
The progression through the Study con-
tiunes in the grammar grades from APP
piled work In factories TO mensuration.
Mabel Burger, School No. "a, shows how
! gills maker ints and pints quarts. Car
RE Cowell of No. 3 shows clever frae-
tional work. Helen Wilson. No. 8. solves
a difficult fractional problem. Mamie
| Dram colored her work in fractions, sent
from No. "a. Ida Loges sends a
beautifully arranged statement of
the origin of decimals, illustrated
with a clever drawing. Madeleine
Chevallier also sends fractional review
work. Harry Blanvelt's picture OF a
room, wainscoted, with board floor Is one
of the hest pieces of work shown. He is
a pupil or NO. %. Florencs Carman
shows a carpeted room. Christina Nc
Millan's paved walk is very clever, as is
Fred Du Bois's and Fanny Farrell's from
No. 7. Anna Burger aud Mary Waters
have paper carpets pasted in strips.
Susie Baggen. No. 81, and Ethel
Watt. No. IA. are the most
prominent exhibitors in interest and
promlssory notes in the third grade.
while Nellie Russell, Eta Albert and
Ada HarrelI show discount and Kindred
processes in the next class. Rienard
Rouse, Jr.. a boy from No. IL. contributes
a beautifully executed picture OF a house
with a ladder extending TO its window,
In illustration of a mensuration problem,
and Douglas Pendleton's work in the
same department is especially good.
COUNTY EXHIBITS
The counties of the State are holding
exhibits now, with schemes similar to
this. although on a less elaborate scale.
Middlesex county will exhibit at New
Brunswick, aud Monmouth at Freehold.
Cumberland will exhibit at Vineland aud
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