The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-20
HASBROUCK DEDICATION
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recently the strength within had begun
To cast Off the hnsk and develop a new
life. He would speak for the people TO
Iasbrouck's aud say that the people
demand an institution of the first rank
SO that their children MAJ not be Obliged
TO 30 else for their educational
needs. Applause.
MR. DEAR's REMARKS.
Joseph A. DeHr endorsed the last
speakers views ~ 10 the inportAnce OF
keepiug children withiu che CITY iustea d
OF foilowiug the baleful practice OF send :
Ing them to boarding schools. These ne
denounced, saying that in Jersey City
there was no necessity to send children
out of w 10 gala their educition.
Speaking Of ~Hasbrouck's, he praised its
interior, its ventilation aud accomuloda-
tions. For lack of these essentials ne
had formerly to denouuoe Public School
No. l. The old HasDtouck Institute and
st, Peters Roman Catholie School ca
broad grin from Father Corrigan(.
ASTONISHING PROGRESS.
Rev. Cornelius Brett. DID,, repeated
and re-echoed the eougrstuistory re-
marks OF preceding speaker. He traced
the Astounding Observation-Disclosures
recently mads In Jersey City, which us
attributed To the Dutch, from which the
Yankea owes his origin. II boys aud
girls don't get get n good educRtion at
H~asbrouck's, he said. it is their W
FAULT. The reverend gentleman 10 prov
ing that tue Dutch had tie first schools
III Jersey City. cited q bill Quad Ia the
recorcs of the Bergen Reformed Church
charming zone gulider q ten stivers"
for whitewashiDg the old school in
Bergen Square. new No. IL.
FATHER CoRRIGAN's ADDRESS.
Rev. Palrlc6 Corrigan waen Ills turn
came couvulsed his audience oy telling
them that lie dlJm't know how TO begin
aud tell them what kiud Of u man he IS.
Some say Pm a holy terror" Loud
aud continued a~pplause.1 l think myself
u modest young man ia spita or what the
newspaper say that lam mindiug everv-
body's business but my own ~[lauguLerl.
or conrss tell q few abs [much merri-
lnentl so does DR.. Scudder there"
(poinliug to that gentleman who enjoyed
The joke as much as the audfence.) II
am glad to be with o in this cause Of
OF education. II Is cool to get
together n educate the head and the
heart. this making the perfect man. l
believe in teaching the Bible seven days
a week in chool II you will. I am trying
to work out q theory of education which
| believe is the best. My Catholic friends
say Pm tesching Protestantism while
my Protestant friends say the opposite.
So these I'm a middle path way
as am this moment standing with Mr..
Scudder IN ore side aud q LAWYER on the
other. Media Stat Virtlls is now my
position (hoars OF laugnter). was going
to say between the d., but / can't say
that here" Continued ~laughter.)
The witty speaker then told his early
schoolday experiences III q basement o n
Grand street.
Il was sucn q nice little boy, such q
quiet little fellow, that they put me
among the girls. Well, one day we were
going to fight the Hasbrouck fellows or
Dickinson's boys. AS they were then
k.own. We boys In our school were
democrats. There were Paddy O'Neills
aud Micky Doclsns on our side against
the Dickinson's boys, who were fiae
young fellows. They were the 400. we
were the Mniiigan Guard. {Roars of
laughtsr.1 Every one then had to fight.
Someone has said that Peace Is the
history OF man. so with us boys,
we fought. We ruled the city
then aud the Paddles and Dennis and
Mickies govern you today. daughter.
Pm q good democrat. but sometimes / go
over the fences. Well. I graduated from
Qaughter)--and assisted the 'big"feilows
to smash the windows of PublicSchoolNo.
l. lMerriment.] Oh, ! didn't smash the
windows, l only made the 'soakers.'
Loud laugnter.l Yes, fighting between
Catholics aad Professionals is y good thing,
~ nAHuheEa TollRion lubo ouS."
Father Corrlgnn referred TO the Hobo
ken school matter and said that every
body was accusing him of trickery IN the
closing of the schools. 81 am going to
oDen them but you don't suppose / am
going to give the city 100000"
He wtttlly disposed of the fears of his
enemies by telling them that Ia q certain
church half of the ladies wanted q fur>
mace, the other half objected. The next
Sunday five ladies tainted in church and
were carried out. They afterwards
said 1t was the furnace. AS matter OF
fact the furnace wasn't lighted" laugh
ter.
he wound up his remarks with an elo.
quent compliment to Hasbrouck's aud its
faculty.
F1avel MCGEE was the next speaker,
and he read from u manuscript an ex-
haustive review of the Public School
development.
wINFIELD's OBSERVATION.
Charles II. Winfield. when ctllad on
for a speech, would only off Or an observa-
tfoD. Parochial schools existing on char
fty and the common school on taxation
cannot give the education necessary to
true mental Development. This plan of
H~ashrouck's breaks loose from charity
and taxation aud sweeps on TO q higher
range of thought.
LITTER FRoM DIR. HAsBRoUcK.
Principal Stimety read II cougratula-
tory letter for DR.. Wellington Ha,brouck
whu said all manner of nice thugs about
the school int faculty.
Before he speeches Mr.. Henry lin
coin Case, professor of violin 10 the
school Of music, sang the s.Gondoiser's
Song" by Meyei-Aelmuud. and snug IL
with his accustomed finished style.
The Rev. j. {. Jackson of Hedding
Church pronounced the bsuediction, and
the big audience quickly dispersed to ex-
anime the new building.
EVERY ONE WAS THERE.