The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-23
SCHOOL NO. 9.
Corner Stone of the New
Building Laid By the
Mayor Today.
GILBERT COLLINS. ORATOR.
Children Sing Patriotic Songs
An Up-to-Date Educational
Edifce.
GILBERT COLLINS. ORATOR.

An interesting ceremony. the laying Of
the corner stone of new public scnook
took place this afternoon, under the au5%
pices of the Board of Street and Watet
Commissioners and the Board of Edu<
cation. The school, which will ba
known as No. 9. is situated at Bruns<
wick. Mercer and Wayne streets
The exercises. which were arranged
by Superintendent Snyder were partici4
pated in by the pupils OF the grammar
departments of Schools Nos. 2 and s.
and the pupils of Nos II and 10. All of
the members of the Board Of Education
and Board of Street and Water Commis-
sioners were present, as was also Mayor
Wanser and other officials
THE EXERCISES.
Shortly before three O'Clock the pupils
of Schools Nos. 2 and marched from
their respective schools to the new
building. They were in charge of Prin-
eipals Hopkins and Brensinger. AT thres
O'Clock the exercises were commenced by
the singing of Columbia, the Gem oE
the Ocean, sung by over 1000 children.
Rev. David Mitchell, DID,, invoked the
Divine blessing. praying that the work
might be carried on successfully and that
the school would be the means of en-
Tightening the minds OF many children
and intoxicating in them spirit of pa
triotism.
Dr. Ulamor p Allen, President OF t1la
Board of Education, then made an ad-
dress, after which the children sang
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner
The principal feaures of the exercises
that of laying the corner stone, was
next carried out, the ceremony being per-
rrl,o
which had already been raised by the
workmen, was gradually lowered. A
tin box, containing the records of the
Board of Street and Water Commis-
st OF e and the oR R0ard IN use Of and oo
pers, 'se was placed in he stone. It was
cemented cnn ted Mayor oro WRansel hem emu made :
short address and the Children sane
.'Our SCHOOL,
Ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins was the ora
tor of the day. He spoke. at : length
upon the necessity of education and ita
public, governed by the people Mr.. Col
Inns then became reminiscent and spoke
of the pub3e schools Of old Jersey City.
and touching upon the wonderful inn
provements that had been made in each
succeeding school that was. added to the
have a school buila.:,@ second to none
in the country. conts-,,::,ing everything
that will tend to add to = comforts Of
the pupils and make study z Measure.
After Mr.. Collins had concigS~5 the
pupils sang America" and the l, ,-e5ic-
ton was pronounced by Henry G
more complete report of the exer-
cises will be given in THE News OF
tomorrow.
THE NEW BUILDING.
The new school will face on Brunswick
street, with q frontage of 100 feet. The
wings on Mercer and Wayne streets VIII
be 103 feet deep. 1t will be three stories
high In the basement will be situated
the play grounds, lavatortes and Boiler
and engine rooms. The first and second
floors will each contain ten class rooms,
each class room having a cloak room
twenty-five feet long and five feet ten
inches wide. with .wardrobes for the ac-
commodat.on of the pupils. The third
floor will be used as am assembly hall.
s05Gs s9,dspde feet f 19S sSo will accommodate an
direct esfS sysfem " i hestins ca % An A eiectr4c Zee m
blower will force fresh air through ducts
to all of the class rooms. Perfect VEN
tila.tion will be provided by a system OF
exhaust fans that will draw the foy1
air from all of the rooms. The building
fans properly locahied I'm venltnalting
stacks extending eight feet above the
roof. Five exits have been provided by
which the school can be emptted in two
minutes. The plans were drawn by
Architect R. w. Sailer, and the building
is being erected under his supervision