The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
NIGHT SCHOOLS CLOSE.
The Session Highly Sue
cessful-Pleasant Exer-
cises Last Night.

01oSo Lnob
The night schools which were opened
n several public school buildings on Jau-
uary %; will bs cIosed tonight to the re-
greet of many of the pupils and to the sat
isfaction of the teachers. for whom the
night schools have made much extra
work.
Reporters of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
visited the several schools last evening
aud made Inquiries touching their work
The instructors consider they were a de-
| cided success.
SCHOOL 70. 8.
The night school in School No. 3 In
Bright street. between Barrow street and
Jersey avenue. has had an average at
tendance of 100. The enrolment at the
beginning of the term, on January %,
WAS 222, but this Immediately fell OIL as
the novelty ceased and the pupils averse
to study. dropped out. Counsellor Elijah
| S. CoWles has lectured to the young
ladies' aud gentlemen on the legality OF
promissory notes. due bills, checks, and
other points of business law. Last night
ne gave his farewell talk in a general
way aud congratulated the pupils on their
application to study n perseverance.
Principal j. FL. Brensinger has been
assisted by the Misses ami Denver Of
day school No. 8 as first assistant, Agnes
Nolan of Nc. 5, Susie McAghon of No. g.
| Mamie Sbaffer of No. z, Cara Thompson
OF No. 3. Clara McCarter, hattie Dumont
and Calharine Brady of No. 2. Miss
| Nolan has charge of the girls class, which
has twenty-one members. sub-diyided into
several Glasses, according TO advancement.
The bookkeeping class, which Miss Den
yer has instructed, has twenty young men
| and ten young women. Misses McAghon
and Shaffer are in charge OF the second
grade, Misses Thompson aud McCarter OF
the third grade, and Misses Dumont and
Brady of the fourth grade.
All pupils who remained in the school
have studied we'll and advanced. The
bookkeeping class hes finished a curse
in single entry. The pupils were orderly,
and IL was not found necessary To use
| much restraint. Ia not ono instance was
it necessary to enforce discipline. Over
thirty of the pupils now in the school are
of age. The greatest age is that OF "a man
of forty. The average is younger than
the average q year ago. Then two-thlrds
of the pupils were adults.
AS 10 keeping up the night schools,
| Principal Brensinger said: THAT might
be a good thing for the pupils, u it
would be asking too much of the teachers.
II is 10 O'Clock when we get out of the
| school at night, and we have u usual
Saturday work, in making out the records.
| doubt il the attendance would be Kept
up. Many of the pupils are going to
work. The winter seems TO be the best
time for night schools, and the teachers
| have then the advantage Of q rest during
the holidays"
SUCCESSFUL NO. 8.
Tit occasion will be commemorated at
School No. 8, on Sherman avenue, by a
match debate, between selected members
of the highest class. The principals will
| James Pentland; negative, Charles Dali
cry and Julius Bierhals. The question is
"Resolved, that the Chinese be not adj
| mitted to the United States" AS this is
the first attempt of the Students OF The
night school to debate. no visitors are iu-
yited. Principal G. A. Hoyt and Miss
j. NJ. Louis. Principal of che primary de-
partmeut Of the day school, will render
the decision. The first session of the
night school saw two hundred and eighty
| pupils enrolled. Many of them joined
merely for an experiment, and the num-
Der WAS soon diminished to one hundred,
where it is now. The interest
throughout the term mas been
| great, and the pupils, who are mostly
There were seven classes in all, one of
which was composed of men averaging
! thirty years. who could hardly speak a
word of English when they began.
Under the direction of Miss Emily
Miegei, who is a most proficient teacher,
they have made great progress.
There were five classes OF boys and one
of girls. In these were taught arithmetic.
| grammar, geography, bookkeeping aud
algebra. Miss Nellie Murrer had charge
| OF the girls class. The following have
| not missed a session since the school be-
| gan:-Alexander McLashen, Joseph
Ryan and Stsphen OBrien.
AT SCHOOL NO. IL.
The term at No. IL closes tonight, but
| closing exercises were held ON Monday
| evening. T~wenty-eight OF the more ad-
| vanced pupils were instr ucted in book
keeping by Mrs. shepherd. The average
attendance for the term was two hundred.
Among the pupils were four Germans.
| and two Russians, who COULDN'T speak a
word OF English, but who were anxious
to learn and who made amazing progress.
| Que Russian learned all the niultiplica-
tion tables. Others were not far behind
him In other studies, but his forte was
| mathematics, and in this he led them
all. The ages OF the foreigners range
| from TWENTY-FIVE to thirty years. The
principal, Miss NJ. L. Vanwinkle. is con
lined TO ner home with a severe attack of
grip, but Miss Perine, who is acting in
her place, thinks the present term la
been too short. The best months for
night schools are from October / to Feb
| ruary ], and a better attendance car
then be secured. a falling off in attend
anceduring February results from the
| fact thai a large lumber of the scholars
ere employed in wholesale houses in New
York and are compelled TO work over
time during the spring rush.
NO. 14's CLOSE.
No. Fourteen night school held its
closing exercises last evening. They con-
sisted of declamations and recitations
| and vocal aud instrumental n1uslc by
| The scholars and friends of the school.
| There were also speeches by Superin-
| tendent Snyder and John Reed,
President of the Board of Education.
The closing event OF the evening was the
awarding of fifty-five we'll earned diplo-
| mas. The exercises began promptly at
s o'clock, and the building was we'll filed
with guests.
Ths average attendance during the
term was 1872 and the average on register
was 167. Six of the pupils were foreign-
| ers who couldn't speak a word Of English
and there was one cOlored woman sixty
five years old. Principal Haskell thinks
| that the term has been far too short, and
| that in The future, it should begin in
November and close before March,
Nineteen of the more advanced pupils
took bookkeeping, the others took only
parliamentary studies.
SCHOOL NO. IS.
Closing exercises We're held last even
lining bv School No, IS on Twelfth street.