The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-06
THE MIGHT SCHOOLS
Board of Education Com
pleting Arrangements
For the Opening.
EXCELLENT COURSE OF STUDIES
The Central Evening School--lts
Purposes, Benefits and lnstruc-
lion 10 Be impaired.

The Board of Education has COM
pleted It's arrangements for night schools
by which every district in the city will
have one In it's midst and addition there
will De a central evening school for those
desiring higher study. ~
For the night schools this commit tee
has been appointed;--No. 2. !. S. Bailey;
No. 8. L. j. Degnan; No. s, DIR. U. Allen;
No. IL. John NJ. Jones; No. IA, VIM. H.
Beach; No. 81. W. Al. Obergfell; High
School. L. S. Cowles.
The Central Evening School Commit
tee will consist of President Jones, E. S.
Cowles and L. J. Degnau.
o. IN NIGHT SCHOOLS.
In their arrangement for these night
schools the board has covered the ground
admirably. This education is Intended
10 supply to those denied of the advan-
tages Of instruction in early life, the
benefit OF a course in the practical Eng
lish branches.
Ia English the pupils will have abuud-
ant practice in writing and speaking the
language. In arithmetic the exercises
VIII involve the practical operations of
every day life. In reading, such methods
VIII he employed as will tend to enable
the pupil to read books and newspapers
understandingly and create in hiin a
taste Tor good reading. Enough geogra>
ply Will be taught orally TO enable the
pupil to locate important places aud the
scenes OF current events ana TO appreci>
ate the commercial Importance of the
country. The pupil will also be
OF the most famous characters aud
some of the most important events in the
nations history. Our institutions and
the rights and duties Of citiZeps will re-
celve attention Indeed. 1t may be said
that the object of all the instruction
should be aud is to make the pupil an iu-
telli2enr American eitlzsn. The neces-
sity of observing the laws of health will
be taught. In the highest grade in.truc-
tion In business forms and single entry
bookkeeping will be given In connection
with writing. The girls may, II they
wish. learn sewing.
hi Board OF Education has endeav.
ored to arrange the work as systemati.
cally as in the day schools. and has
established q course Of study which the
Industrious pupil who begins at the be-
ginning can complete in foul years, at
the end of which he will receive a suit
able diploma.
EXPLANATION OF CENTRAL EVENING
SCHOOL.
In the establishments of a central even
ing school the board has accomplished a
thouRhtful purpose worthy of every
COMMUNICATION. To kindness of Su-
p~erintendent Henry c: Snyder readers of
The JERSEY CITY NEWS may learn by
perusal OF the following facts what ex-
tr~aordlnary advantages are offered TO
those DESTROYS Of improving their
education. He says that In
fixing the studies to be pursued
the board has kept in mind the neeos of
the people of the city. Nearly all are
engaged in commercial or industrial pur-
suits. Those engaged in the former Will
be given the opportunity to study STEM
ography or double entry bookkeeping.
and those engaged in the latter, the car
penter. the machinist. etc., may receive
instruction in mechanical drawing,
while all Will be taught arith-
metic. including commercial arIrhs
use of the English language. In order
thai the subjects In the central school
may be pursued proitably the applicant
mnst be qualified by previous study TO
take them up. To indicate the standard
which will be required it may be said
that anyone who has completed the stud
les prescribed for the other evening
schools will be admitted. Indeed, 1t is
intended that as the pupils hereafter
complete the course In them they shall be
regularly promoted into the central
school. As this is the first year of the
central school, those applicants who pos.
sess qualifications which would entitle
them to admission into the second grade
Of the grammar schools (day schools) will
be Received.
IL will be noticed that the studies in all
the schools are of the utmost practical
value aud must result la great benefit to
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