The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-12

PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 9
New Model Building to be
Formally Opened Mon
day Evening.
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES PREPARED
Home Of the Training School
Who Built the School and
Who Will Teach
In il
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES PREPARED

On Monday evening Public School No.
8 will be formally opened The Board OF
Education having built this as a model
school. intend TO celebrate Its completion
with appropriate exercises, the pro-
gramme of which will be published in
Mondays News
This school ~justihes the pride of the
officials. 1t is located on the block
bounded by Brunswick, Wayne and Mer-
Ger streets. The front occupies the whole
block. the sides extending along Wayne
and Mercer street. The front Is 1888 feet
long, the depth of theamain building be-
ing g. feet, and that of the wings l03
feet. It is constructed of Wood and
Keenan, brick, and is trimmed with Mid
dlesex brown stone. II has three stories.
Only two of these contain class rooms.
twenty in number. Easy egress is thus
secured in case Of fire or panic. The
Board of Education has for several years
advocated the policy Of constructing
school buildings in which the class rooms
should be located no higher han the
second floor. in order that the safety of
the children might be assured at all
times. This policy the Board of Street
n Water Commissioners has carried
out.
The size of the elass-rooms is 31x25.
The building will seat 1.13s pupils. The
trim is North Carolina pine, with natural
finish. The floors are of comb grained
North Carolina pine. The main entrance
is on Brunswick street. There are also
entrances on Mercer and Wayne streets,
and two entrances from the yards. There
are thus five entrances. The stairways
at the ends are constructed of stone and
iron. and are therefore absolutely fire.
proof. From the first floor to the sec
ond floor there are five wide stairways,
and from the second to the third floor.
It is estimated that the whole building
can be ernptied in less than one minute.
The main halls are nine feet wide, and
those in the wings fifteen feet wide. All
are direct, without turns, as are also the
stairs. At the end of the main halls
are fire hydrants with hose connections
ready for use. Connected with the class
rooms are ample cloak rooms, so con-
structed that no child's clothing comes in
contact with another's. Umbrella racks,
properly drained. are provided in connec-
tion with the wardrobes. All blackboards
are natural slate. There are offices for
the principals and teacher of methods,
retiring rooms for the teachers and ample
storage closets.
All the furniture. including pupils,
desks, Is of oak. The pupils desks are
so arranged that the light. comes in on
the left or o. the left and rear of the
pupil.
A system of speaking tubes and electric
bells connects all parts of the building
with the principals office and the plat
form of the assembly room.
The basement is high and we'll lighted,
the floor being cemented, and contains a
large boiler room, a fresh air chamber,
toilet rooms with asphalted floors, and
two large courts, to be used by the pu-
pills as play rooms.
The beating VIII be by steam, the in
direct system being used. The steam viii
be provided by two boilers, each sixteen
feet long. The fresh air win be introduced
into the fresh air chamber. and after be-
ing tempered there will be driven 10. the
different parts of the building by a large
Sturteyant blower It will be exhausted
from the rooms by two fans, located at
rooms will be separately ventilated by
means of two fans located ia towers in
the front of the building. The blower and
fans Will be propelled by electric motors.
no each child fifty cubic feet of fresh air
per minute. An ample supply of fresh
air is thus assured,
A bath tub in the basement is ready for
use by the pupils should circumstances
require its use.
In the rear OF the building are two large
play yards well Tagged.
Every effort has been made to construct
the building in accordance with all peda-
gogical and sanitary requirements. An
inspection of the building will show thai
the building has been 50 constructed. The
puilding IS complete ii every respect. Ii
Is difficult to see how it could be i'm
proved.
1t will be the home Of the Trafning
school, as recently organized by The
Board of Education. The faculty will be
as follows
Principal-Joseph H, Brenginger. A M
Teacher of nethodSMiss Ella j. Rich
Principal of Primary Department-Mrs.
Susan c. Marvin.
Teachers. Grammar Department-Ntss
Aida Outwater, vice-principal: Miss Fan
NE l. Brown, Miss Mary H. Davies.
ME NEE MARINA M,sa e; Mabie Miss Anna G.
r1et w. Tomlins, Miss Mary E. Stone.
Primary observation-disclosures Blanche Hal
Fey, vice-principai; Mrs. Alice B. Ran
Ken Miss Kate L. McNuIty. Miss Emily
q Robinson, Miss Agne Nolan. Miss
Mary e. Grimes, Mrs. Bessie Ciemsnts
MISS Edith N Hammond, Miss Annie m
Cannon. Miss Kate McMullen, Miss MAJ,
ma J. Austin, Miss Emma A. Baldwin.
Inc contractors have done admirable
Work They are as follows
Mason work, Coleman & Roos. oarnsn-
yer work, Patrick Byrne; heating and
plumbing, w. w. Farrier: seat i5 o 0ns
CLASS rooms. United States School Fsirnj-
Iurs company; seating of assembly room
architect is Mr.. Rudolph W, saTey =
me inspector, Mr. Jacob Beers. The cast
" the site was $4,000, and of the hn,I5t