The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-25
HASBROUCK CORNER STONE,
A Thousand People Witness It's
Laying-Abbett on Our
Schools.

The bleak winds which blew across the
new grounds of the Hasbrouck Institute,
at Crescent and Harrison avenues We'd
nesday afternoon cid not chill the enthug-
1asm of the friends OF the Institute, and
hundreds Of the students, alumni and
Well-Wlshers Of the Institution gathered
to witness the laying of the cornerstone
OF the new building. The exercises were
fully reported in The JERSEY CITY NEWS
of Wednesday,. They began with the
singing Of America" by the In
stitute Glee Club and the Rev. DR..
Cornelius Brett prayed. He invoked the
blessing of God upon all institutions of
learning in the land, and particularly
upon the one which was about to erect its
new home upon that spot. He prayed
that there might be no Goddess schools,
but that the word of God would be read
In every school in the land.
The choir sang
Heavily Father Sovereign Lord,
be thy glorious name adored.
Mr.. sToDDARD's WELCOME.
Then the Rev. E. L. StoGdard welcomed
the Institute to the Heights in a hap py
aud appropriate address. the full text of
which was reported OF Wednesday,. Mr..
M. Brennan then placed the corner stone
in place under the supervision of Archi-
tec6 Betcher. Governor ALBEIT stepped
forward, holding III his hand a gilded
trowel decorated with long silken stream
ers of the Institutes colors. The trowel
was ornaniented by Mrs. Charles Stimets,
the wife of Principal Stimets. Governor
Albeit tapped the stone three times with
the trowel and then said:
GOVERNOR ABBETT'S ADDRESS.
u take pleasure In dedicatIng this seat
OF learning today. because It is a pleas
ure to me at all times to see coming to a
community an institution of learning,
whether it be public or private.
The people of this State havy
at all times been strongly
in favor of schools. They have
placed In their constitution a clause
which provides for every child in the
State a free school. They have also pro-
vided in the constitution for the sanctity
of the school fund, so that none of it eau
be appropriated to other purposes with
out constitutional amendment. There are
now about 1900. 900 in that school fund.
Two hundred and seven Thousand chill
dren attend our free public schools and
about $4,000 our private schools. These
figures show that the people of our State
are Interested in the subject of education.
They have provided schools free for all if
they need Them"
REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
The Governor then spoke of the growth
of the Hasbrouck Institute, from the small
school started by DR.. Washington Has
brouck thirty-six years ago in the little
brown building Oh Mercer street to the
present great Institution which was so
soon 10 have its home on that spot. In
those days DR.. Hasbfouck had no one to
help except that the Rev. DR.. Van Cleef
would come in occasionally and teach
Latin and Greek. Today the Institute
has four departments, a large corps of
teachers and instructors, so that the
young child could be taught the first ru-
dimenis In the Kindergarten or the bow
could be prepared for college. He said,
in closing, That he trusted that the same
energy and thoroughness which has char
acterIzed the Institute in the past will
mark its progress during the years to
come,
AT the close of the Governors address,
sCome, thou Almighty King,
Help US thy name to sing"
was sung by the glee club. and the Rev.