The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-24
CORNER STONE LAID
School Children and Off
Gals Assemble at the
New School House
Of No. 9.
MR.. COLLINS BRILLIANT SPEECH
Mayor Wanser OBLIGATED and the
Children Sang Patriotic
Songs.
WILL BE A MODEL BUILDING

WILL BE A MODEL BUILDING
The vicinity of Brnswick, Mercer and
Wayne streets presented a lively appear
anee yesterday afternoon when nearly
four thousand people assembled to wit
ness the laying of the. corner stone of
new Public School No. 8. AS exclusively
told in yesterdays News" the cere-
monies began at 8 O'Clock, the lateness
of the hour preventing the giving of a full
account.
A platform had been erected at the
northeast corner of the building, where
the corner stone was to be set into the
masonry. Around it were draped Ameri-
can flags and a quantity of bunting, Civ
ing the building, the walls of which at
| present reach but to the second story, a
gala appearance. AT half past two o'clock
the pupils of Schools Nos. 2 and 8 marched
from their respective schools. They met
at Barrow and Mercer streets and then
marched up Mercer street to the school,
Director of Education Edward Hoos and
Principal Hopkins in the lead.
The streets in the neighborhood of the
school had been cleared by Captain Far
rier and a squad of policemen, and ropes
stretched to keep the crowd back. The
Cadet Corps of No. 8 School lined up on
Wayne street, directly in front of the
| corner stone, and presented arms. When
the schoo children had all assembled
Captain Farrier took down the ropes and
allowed the public to fall in behind them.
Seated on the platform were Mayor
Wanser, Directors Allen, Hoos, Walker,
| Beach, Degnan and Stowe, of the Board
% ~ s----~ n@L.,
man and Witter; Commissioners Brown,
| Harding and Patterson, of the Street and
Water Board, Rev. David Mitchell, ID.
Rev. Henry Cronin, DID, ex-Mayor Gill
| bert Collins, Chief of Police Murphy,
| Superintendent Snyder, Principal c.. c.
| stimets, of Hasbrouck Institute; Max
salinger, John f. McNuIty, DR.. A. KRIS
ten, John H. Cook, William A. Lewis,
| Robert Carney, Inspector Beers, Builders
| Coleman and Ross and others.
OPENED WITH SONG.
Promptly at three O'Clock Director
| Beach. who acted as temporary chairman,
| opened tn exercises. The assembled school
| children, led by Prof. Eaglestof, sang
| with considerable vim, Columbia, the
| gem of the Ocean," Rev. Henry G. Cron-
| in, DID,, then invoked the Divine Bless
| ing. in which he prayed that the splendid
| structure now being erected would prlng
forth the best possible results in the COM
| ing citizens of our city.
DR.. Ulamor Allen, President OF the
Board of. Education, made the opening
address. Among other things ne sald.-
ION behalf of the Board of Educatlon
| and the Board of Street and Water Com
| missioners,I welcome you here today IN
der the law the Board OF street anu
| Water Commissioners have the puliulns
| Some thought that that was not a gooa
| law and that the Board OF Equcaaloi
| should have charge Of the Work, eaoners
the Street and Water commissioners
| adopted all our suggestions and the oulld-
| inc will be built as the Board OF E9uGao
ton desired it and pTact o,asGyve % Dr..
Allen her detailed at length the premium
| ary work of selecting, a site Tor tne se ae5l
They felt that the se mo II was eon tgUsf he
Congratulated the people IN ina nSlg IL
borhood in having such a hne sch9o loof
Gated in their midst LOT tue
'h eeTbe Star Spangled Banner, was then
I sung, after which Director AIl en- lht a99-
uanced 10 the front of the p.iatIorLi He
was greeted with a storm OF applauss.
| When the cheering had ceased the Mayoi
IT came here today to join in the exer,
cises and I can assure you t4 tbis hind
glad to be here; Oecasloss every day and
thev are occasions long to De reineilpT nd
al The erection of schools OF ms ,aiS-
no nm a bulwark~against ignorance, anu
I RSnow that it will result in making your
children better citizens; I know that A as
q able to build a school Of this kind posi-
NV two. every year. This is a good Local
ity for a school This people n III TINS er th :
ogn ayes mere that are not fit for children
70 stay in. This new school VIII opvlale
that diti Sa sy esS When flehoo an buifdings g IN the
STATE, On behalf of the architect ana con-
tractors / will say that there VIII Pc 9, h ho
delay in ut the es work ana W WIT { inii six months.
T Tisie is 4 very prolific neignborhood for
children and we viii hurry its completion
as rapidly La & PS1GS'1T'fHE STONE;
The real ceremony Of laying Thg t the eor WeF
stone then took opp lla;ce; b nhf the et9 ala Of Sa a
r rarrick IRON ; small Copper box placed within
Il and. after the mortar, nag peen spre1n,
he stone, was Lowered by 'n amali nickel
5 nadlsd tr row and the deed was done.
Director Allen then proposed three en Ell
for No. 9. and they we were ei 1isa g giving the
names ane Oft Of the Mayor, Aldermen, Board of
Finance. Board Of Street and ti Mate Roa r91o If
r romeissioners Tax Commissioners,
Sink ring Fund COMMISSIONERS,
sinners, of Appeals, Commissioners 81 As-
sessnnenf Trustees of Free Public II
hrar ~ the architect. contractor, ana an
s%necfor. A copy of the last annual report
IF fhe Board OF Education, Manual OF the
Hoard Of Education, the course or STUDY
in the public schools. copies OF Inc JET
sew civ News and other papers, pre-
esrannme of exercises, and an ODE Trlleeh
Nv ida Mullins, a pupil Of NO. = Schooit
a n,aiority of those on the platform pui
in their cards, while others put SINAI
coins in aS tokens.
ooii' eSIT BERT COLLINS SPEECH.
ExsMayor Gilbert Collins then maze an
address. He said in part: 1T IS ratner az
honor to have the public at the lay,ng g
tba carner stone of a new school puila5
ing but why shouldn't it be! why no%uiu
Won not gather on such an occasion ( YOU
Are ali interested in the children:
,The public school IS one o.
the privileges that we IN AmeTi-
can cities enjoy. but we don't
realize the benefit of education. In a gov
eminent like ours. that is for the people,
Of the people, and by the people, univer-
sal education is a necessity.
sSuppose we get on a tram DOWN mere
at the ferry ride towards Newark AS
we pass by the other side of the hill we
see a prominent object on our right, 9
great building. What IS 1t? You can see
Fl dominating the landscape. overtonping
everything. It is q PUBLIC school building
recently erected, School No. ~. 1t sympo-
lies much that is to our credit ana glves
Character. strength and beauty to the
community. ao,,omed