The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-08
SCHOOL NO. Is OPENED
Over Seven Hundred Pupils
Registered-The Exercises
This Afternoon.

At eight o'clock this morning people resid-
ing in the neighborhood of the new No. q
School at Zabriskie street and Columbia
avenue on the Heights, were startled by the
roar of cannon The cause of the fusilade
was ten pound brass cannon, which was be
ing exploded by delegation of Grand Army
men from Zabriskie Post, as they raised q
| large American flag in front of the building.
The delegation consisted of Sergeant Kelly,
who was in command and Bugler Tom Toner,
John Evans, D. D. Du Bois and John T.
| Ridgway They made considerable noise
and kept it up constantly until ten O'Clock
when the registration of the pupils began.
Long before ten, however, the. children
began to collect in front of the school, and
when the doors were thrown open there was
| in the neighborhood fully seven hundred
| little ones They rushed into the building
with shout. 1t did not take long for the
teachers, with the aid of Superintendent
Snyder, Principal Dillingham;, Principal
Guilford of No. and Principal Hoyt of No.
s, to class them, and by quarter ,ael aItel
eleven over seven hundred had been listed
and graded. As soon as the classes were
arranged the children were dismissed until
two o'clock.
| THE FORMAL OPENING.
| At that hour the formal opening of the
school took place. An excellent programme
had been prepared There were present the
parents of the pupils, who were much inter
ested in the exercises.
The exercises were opened with a musical
selection by Professor Stuckes orchestra,
which consisted of grand march
The devotional exercises were nexi
and consisted of Scriptural reading
Central Avenue Dutch Reformed Church
and prayer by the Rev. DR.. Parker of the
Scotch Presbyterian Church of Sherman
avenue. A choir of sixty two trained voices
| from Schools Nos. Z and sang The
Heavens Are Telling" from Handels
| "Creation."
Mayor Wanser was then introduced. Ht
said, among other things, that he congratu
lated the citizens upon their securing sucf
an excellent school building, which now gave
ample accommodation to that neighborhood
Miss Emma Dear of School No.
next followed with recitation
entitled 'sThe School Teachers Dream" The
orchestra then rendered another selection
| and Miss Elsie Lindenberg of School No.
sang solo, entitled s'The Midshipmite.
An original piece of poetry was next spoker
by Miss Beth Guilford of No. school. L
was entitled sThe Wonder of the Age" ane
was composed expressly for the dedicatory
exercises of the new school.
| SHORT ADDRESSES.
Superintendent Snyder, DIR. Allen ant
Principal Dillingham; made short addresses
The exercises closed by the choir singing
America" The officials and invited guests
adjourned to the upper floor, where cola
| tion by Morrow & Day was served.
Among the invited guests were the presen
Board of Street and Water Commissioner
and the Clerk, the Board of Finance anc
their Clerk all the old members of thu
Board of Education, the Mayor and hi
private secretary, Corporation Counse
Edwards, Corporation Attorney Wear
and Superintendent Snyder.
The school was handsomely decorated
Guiiford and Hoyt, and upon the black
boards were colored chalk drawings by Mis-
| Jessie Guilford.