The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-17
STATE SCHOOLS OPEN
The Demand for Aoeommoda-
ton Greater Than Before
Boarding Halls
O~vererowded.
Special to the Jersey ctr Ne,ns.

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TRENTON, Sept. II, 1ss6.-The State
Schools. which opened last week, are
now running as smoothly as if it was
the end instead of the beginning of the
year. They have a membership of about
1000. There wrere $50 new applications
for admission to the Normal Schoo1. OF
his number 30 passed successfully the
entrance examinations. There are now
$50 pupils in the Normal School, or an in
crease OF about IS aver last year. In the
Model School there are over $50 pupils,
or about the same number as last year.
The demand for accommodations in the
boarding hall has been greater than ever
before. The hall holds about 400, but
his rear, in spite of the fact that an
additional house has been rented on
Der have been compelled to secure quar-
tiers In town. The Normal School espec-
tally is now filed almost TO its utmost
capacity, and could not -advantageously
accommodate more scholars.
DR.. Green, when asked yesterday
whether and effort would be made to
have the Normal School enlarged or the
boarding hall accommodations increased,
said that the question was a very broad
che, and one which could not be directly
answered. The answer would primarily
depend upon what was done with the
proposition to increase the number of
Normal Schools of the State, which was
brought before the Legislature at its last
session. Should 1t be decided to erect
another Normal School in the State, DR..
Green said he should say there would be
no immediate need to have the present
school enlarged; otherwise he thought 1t
would be to the best advantage of the
State to have it enlarged.
DR.: Green said that the number of
pupils admitted to the Normal School
could easily be dimiaished by raising
did not deem advisable, as he considered
1t ine1pedfent to keep the number Of
teachers graduated so low that the State
would be insuficiently supplied. He
was of the opinion hat the present re-
Quirements of the Normal School were
about as high as it was advisable to make
them.
The senior class Of the Model schooi
TINS year contains sixteen scholars, which
is about the half the number graduated
last year. The smaller number is due
TO TWO causes-hrst, the hard times, which
to leave school before completing their
course; and, second, the lengthening of
the course by one year. This was done
two years ago, on account Of the in
leges, which led the school authorities
TO lengthen the latter part of the course
from three years TO four. The effect of
this is temporarily noticed in the num-
the first time.
Most of the colleges have been steadily
increasing their requirements for enter
ing STUDENTS for some years past, the
result being that the average age of
entering students has been likewisa in
While students were fornnerlv
to enter college at the age of
II or lS in some instances, the average
is now nearly Is years. The prepar-
etory courses have been ~iengthenea
from time 10 time, accordingly.
The athletes of the State School have
begun to develop their foot ban team for
inc Inc coming season The team last year
full. Although several of the PLAYERS
~ lie, left the schools. It Is hoped that
developed so that the previous standard
OF me team will be maintained.
This years team will be weakened at
the outset by the loss of Doe; Rrae
the full-back: Haggerty, at half: Risley.
Ine centre and Poland. one of the ends.
Howell and Hennessey, the guards an
last years team. have returned and will
De round in their old places. Sheppard
VIII again play tackle and Sites ouaTrer-
BACK. The material from which the other
promising.