The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-01
doing GREAT GOOD.
What the Industrial School for
Girls Has Accomplished
Known Even in
Hungary.
speefal 10 tAc Jcrsep Citu Ne1rs.

L Il 42AN - ~ -7Sof
Industrial School for Girls is an insti-
triton that is doing in a quiet way a vast
deal of good in providing r~eforinatory
instruction and training for girls who
have developed vii tendencies. fitting
them to become respectable members of
socity. It is located just outside the
city limits, near the New Jersey Hos
pital for the Insane, and along the Tren-
ton branch of the Reading Railroad.
The Legislature, by an act approved
April 4, ISL. enacted that an indus
trial school be established for the refor-
nation of girls between the e. of seven
and sixteen, as may be committed to it
in the manner therein prescribed. Six
trustees were appointed, who were au-
thorized to associate with themselves six
ladies in the management and oversight
of the school The act declares that any
girl between the ages Of seven and six
teen, who is guilty Of any crime, except
murder or rnanslaughteG, or who is habit
ually d~isorderly. incorrigl5le or vagranJ,
IS a fit subject for this school until she
arrives at the age OF twenty-one. Pro-
vision is made that the Justices OF the
Supreme Court, or the Presiding Judge OF
any criminal court, SHAH have power, up
on a careful hearing of cases brought be-
fore them, if III their judgment the girl
is a fit subject for the school. to commit
her to it's care.
VALUABLE PROPERTY.
The property comprises s~eventy-eight
and seven-tenths aoras of land, on which
are located the school building proper,
a large and commodious brick structure,
to which an addition S2la feet wide By
l2412 feet long has been erected during
the past year, a frame. cottage. a farmers
house and other necessary outbuild.ngs.
the whole being valued at s79,609.55.
AT the opening of last year there were
~ninety-nine girls in the school, and tween
ty-four out at service under indentures,
making one hundred and ~tWenGy-lhtee
under the Gaze of rae school.
Since the sefool was opened, December
27, 1871 there haze been 42S girls RS
the greatest number, IS; Mercer next.
have 3 each. The average age of those
"a; Camden, 81; Hudson, As; while At
lantic, Cape May and Sussex Counties
has been thirteen and tive-s-xth years:
l4S were American white. 81 Irish. 9t
GePnae end = A5 psTpaInaer c'I PoIjsb. Scotch.
Swede, Hungarian n French.
One hundred and thirty-one were the
children of separated parents. 122 had III
LtAAlp 1910
mothers, 2S q criminal fathers and e
criminaf mothers. The range OF crimes
for which they were comifi5ted inciuoed
Crane petit and grand larceny, assault
and Battery and other crimes.
The inmates a7e taught sewing, kitchen
her own room, and they are also taught
to work in the garden.
In the school a common English eGuca
ton is all that is attempted, and includes
reading, writing, arithmetic, geography.
MORE LIKE A HOME.
the schoo of everything hat shall give it
the appearance Of alplace of confinement.
Bitter remarks or reflections upon their
ment believe them to be more pit.ed than
blamed, and seek to impress them with
confidence in their ability to cultivate
those elements III. their characters which
shall raise their minds to a higher stan
dard, and cause them to see how much
peter It is to be, good because it Is right.
weapons to attain it are welded by sym
patIiy and love.
Two deaths occurred during the past
year. No escapes have occurred or even
three Years, a fact which speaks for it
self.
served. a Sunday School is maintained, q
Christian Endeavor Society and a King
@DI0snnIfasa 8ro eIrf Is al ere eoaesrnsa' wiz
Fight Rev. Bishop McFaul and the
sisters also visit the Institution and min
is' oeTFF q Of THE GInNsssTrIyTFUsTfIoN.
PfresiSent. George c. Maddoek; ssere
s gin Try 5 &. Rezeah cook.
Trustees-E. Razeau Coek, Trenton
Lewis Parker E i 81 ! HIS sstokTTS rsn See:
Lady Managers-Miss Mary s. After
bury. ,Trenton: Mrs; payid :, D 5Jam
Mrs z. Razeau Cook, Trenton: Mrs. Re-
becca A. Colson. Woodbury..
,5 oaionFs Mn a9ad Marv e. MeFaaasn: Fist
Assistant Matrnn. Mrs. Mary Miller Sec
cond Assistant Matren. Miss Anna Inlay 2
| Houselseeper, Miss Isabel ascot Teacher,
Miss Phoebe J. Calteg; Teacher. Ms
AATanraT 4aa Eva hamf Physsis slnn' Miss Lanra
WW'illiam Hart, Mr.. Timothy conif.. Mr.
Mr.. Gottlieb Kohler.
tom ne a. Ssl the foilowi1ng letter from Hun
f tbs e Sfsisas and beneficial resuits at
tanned by the system employed: The let
ter explains Itself, and is rs fo1ow1ss;a5
Budapest. Aradi-nteza. 81 Hungary.
| NV very dear Madame
One of the most Important questions y,
| our Hungarian society at the present
time is. this:-How ia to be solved the
educational system Of our young tundeI
IS years.. v~agabonds, mendieants and OF
| the criminal youth?
The Bureau of Education washington
D. C., IL s. of America: directed me te
70 beg from you your last annual report
your statistics and other papers from
which I shall be sble. to Become acoauaint-
ed with your spirit of training and educa-
| lion of such children being trusted te
Your wise and psternal care:
You viii make happy. me and our coun'
try bv sending me kindly the named docu-
ments. l viii whenever. with the warm
est heart return your kind service. -,
Saluting you with Hungarian cordial
itv. rest yours sincerely,
DIR. JULIUS FETEKE: of Nayyivany
Sect. President of Kings Criminal Court
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Irving 3 Asiel. a travelling salesman