The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-09
GREAT SCHOOL SHOW
Products of Jersey City
Children's Skill Collected
at the High School.
MANUFACTURERS JOIN IN.
1t Is All Preliminary to the Chi
eago Fake, But Is Inter-
esting All the
Same.
PARENTS SURE TO LIKE 1T.
Drawings and Other Art Work and
Prize Examination Papers.
MANUFACTURERS JOIN IN.
PARENTS SURE TO LIKE IT.
Industrial Exhibits Which Will Be a
Whole Education in Themselves.

Industrial Exhibits Which Will Be a
Whole Education in Themselves.
The Office of the City Superintendent of
Public Schools is partially barricaded
with packing boxes to-day. Piles OF
paper, mountains of MANILA envelopes
and all Sorts and conditions of bundles,
have given the place the general air of a
hook bindery under process of stock
taking. 1t is all on account Of the exhibit
of school work which is to take
place during the Christmas holidays,
and as the preliminary to
the exhibit of school work at the Chicago
Fair. From every school in the city. in
Guiding every grade from kindergarten
to High School, exhibits are fast coming
in TO be tapulated and arranged for the
great showing in the High School build
ing which will occur before New Years
Day. When State Superintendent Poland
recently requested the Board of Educa-
tion of this city 10 authorize the schools
to exhibit specimens OF their work at
Chicago, his request met with favorable
response. Superintendent Poland sug-
gesJed that a preliminary local exhibit be
preparing for the Chicago exhibit.
City Superintendent Snyder and all
The school principals also strongly
favored holding the local exhibit. AS
the local exhibit offers many advantages
which cannot fail to present themselves,
work on the part of pupils than
would be necessary for the Chicago
exhibit, the Board of Education
adopted this suggestion and ordered
such an exhibit to be held on the third
floor of the High School building during
the week between Christmas and New
Year. Directors j. N. Jones. Philip Null
doom and .. Allen We're appointed COM
mittee of arrangements. City Superin-
tendent Snyder was directed to make the
necessary arrangements with the schools.
A COMPLETE DISPLAY.
It is a mistake to suppose that only
drawings will be shown. 1t is the inten-
tiou OF the authorities to make this a
complete representation of the work done
in the schools, so far as this may be
Shown within the limits of an exhibition
room. The studies TO which the most
receive their propOrtlonate representa-
tion, those which occupy less promi-
nent position on the school curriculum
will ill less space IN the exhibit.
In his instructions, Superinteudent
Snyder urged that the ordinary exercises,
as conducted In the school room, would
be the most desirable exhibit. On this
basis. therefore, the exhibits have been
prepared. There have been no unusual
efforts on the part OF pupils interfering
with the regular course of study, and CIV
ing no fair IDEA of their customary work.
Everything shown is IN the direct line of
school and grade work, so that thu pupils
have not only lost no time. but are actual
ly the better for the unusual degree OF
accuracy entailed.
But the most important Office OF the ex-
nibition is TO give The vast body of citi-
zens directly interested in the public
schools an adequate conception of what
is being done in them. There is no branch
of the city's work which is so little
known to the general public. Even
though the parents aud guardians should
visit the class rooms. which they SO sci
dom do, it would be hard to Judge of
The general scope. of the scnool
system from The isolated examples
under their observation. In this exhiDi-
t1oD, every branch Of work done in the
schools is represented, the whole SO ar
ranged as TO be of easy access, and in a
compass that enables everyone to see at a
glance what is being done all over the
city, Besides this, it will be of fnvaluA
aDle assistance to teachers, in enabling
Them to compare methods of instruction,
since especial Importance has been at
tached to this feature. In fact, it will
be an intellectual and educational s'pro.
tracted revival"
About three weeks ago papers were
distributed throughout the schools for
use IN preparing the work. Those for
arithmetic, language, history, geography,
physiology and science will be shown ON
paper So by II inches. Drawing in the
Grammar Department will be shown on
paper by IL; and in the Primary De-
partment on paper ~ by 8. These papers
ma r11n lfc0 or.T1a DC a
which will be hung in all convenient
places about the room. Most OF the
papers Will. however. be bound in book
form. These books will be placed on
tables,so that they may be examined con-
Yeniently by visitors
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SHOW.
The third floor of the building will be
devoted to the display. AS the visitor
enters by the right hand door he will see
sixteen tables each 15X3 feet, arranged in
pairs, four pairs on side. The first will
be labelled Eighth Grade, Primary De-
parJment." Upon 1t will be arranged
The books made by binding the leaves sent
by the various classes. Arrangement will
not be by schools, but in the more
logical order of grades and subjects. For
example, the visitor wishes to inspect the
work done in Languages. He turns to the
books made up of THESE papers, which
are arranged in the same position on
esNOAA
for convenience in consultation. From
this he passes to the next, or seventh
grade. then around the room through the
various classes to the highest, or first
grade grammar. The other subjects are
similarly arranged.
There will be exhibits of scientific col
lections as well. and special collections to
illustrate geographical teaching. The
effort is made IN all grades to. impress
upon the pupils mind the Importance of
the many manufacturing industries of
Jersey City. In order to give teachers
and pupils an opportunity of noting these.
collection of the most Important manu-
factured products will be shown. Manu-
facturers have responded very generously
70 requests for samples. Ex-President
Voorhees, will send a fine exhibit of rub
bsr. from the crude state to the manufac-
tured products, including the apparatus
used for collecting the gum in South
America. 'CoIgate's soap mauufaccory.
the Lafayette watch factory. the book
linderies and the sugar-house will also
show complete Illustrations OF their pro-
cetses. Should other manufacturers de-
sire to exhibit they may communicate
with Superintenden5 Snyder at his Office
in the High School building.
Ihis plan Of arrangement is Superin-