New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-15
STATEN ISLAND ACADEM 7.
IT'S NEW BUILDING To BE DEDICATED
TOMORROW.
r,,r cpAn,-Ar1vc; EXERCISES TO BE HELD AT
THE SAME TiME-DEscRlPIloN 0r
NOTABLE SCHOOL STRUCTURE.

rha dedication Of the new building and the gradu-
.,irc exercises OF the staten Island Academy, S'uH
vesant Place. st. George staten ls!an' W." '"''
Mace tomorrow morning at 10 cioch inc i
sion will be gala one in the history OF ''o ne
,u,ion which ranks high preparatory scHoo"
II will be httingly celebrated by is trustees -
,oochers and rs pupils. numbering more IMAM wv
hundred and fifty. There Will also be proSei' '"'.s
old students and friends OF the acAceHY' ""o
with pride at the steady and notable sro"'" oi '"'
school 49,, l., .,o ,,c,
.ua,r, whicb IS model school structure anu
,,o,ds on high ground. Work on the oHi.o"iS vas
hrrriAd so that the outgoing class Wo"'n oe '"'
first class to be graduated rom J" III ra
now building il what il called l-nSl'Sh ''
II "a three stories high, with steep rooi ,, go,
man. The materials used are pale WASH piCN '''
,,s,ors The essential features are Inc 81
trarv wing tho school section and the curtis 10y
comm, which is not yet furnished. Inc '"9'
nearly all given up TO the heating app" n
cloakrooms for the pupils. Tnere - az f
used for the girls playroOm, ana s'",'."' Wv .,
the BOYS at one end Of the building WIZ" ''." e,,r
.,-o,, senarate from each othcr. There are 4""'
exits for pupils by the basement. In '''
room are the steam-hea;ins apparatus "' w., ..o
cine which runs the huge fan th"' S"'f'
entire building with fresh ar , -. ,ho
passine M to the FIST floor. one IS SVu'h ~ 49,,
generous space given TO the Railways anu -.
,at all the pupils that the classrooms co"' ".O'"
mediate could congregatc In the haL"A'S 49,
confusion All the rooms ON me h'S' no. 90 IN
teen feet high with coNed cehhsS' "i'' ,,.,
uo, Win picture-rods and spaces FOR '"'No0' -
~ ear oro eo,r rcctaton-rooms for Nou"Ec
I'll. \e,r the main entrance, on the IS"' '',"
.,1o are the bOokroom and business "'.
rer,ster on the left Is a Deau''lu' H." t
roon, which ia the general reoeptoh-'oo" ''
..ors This room * furnished IN mahoHd"s' 49,"
,,,,. decorated and has large English OAK '"''''
go ,b etchlncs pastels and historical pictures
THE ARTHUR WINTER LIBRARY
rA. r-vate conferenco-room Of the prmcip"'
-. an, Of the Hawthorne room, and i"rous" ''''''
NV NAV Of the main hall, entrance Is F"'"''
enos. room in the building. the N'""' ,
Memorial Library. This library Is one ~ v.,
literature and founded In lSSo D! " ana >-
cor and Elizabeth Campbell WINTER OF
s,,z..o, 10 commemorate thor son Ar'hU'
,ruch-,oved student Of the school VINO o.eu III 'l''u
arv 1856 The library. already large anu 'lO. '',
everv wear is one Of the most ATTRACTIVE INA. ~
Ia nlace5 AZ the disposal of students IL e'n"''N
40 standard classics and fiction, special co"ec''oS
on noetrv art music and tho drama ana many ~
- c.. aai,ions with many volumes presenter u!
ro,ed authors bearing their autographs 80"
brary is in charge of a librarian me oe""e "a VA
room Is extremely high, and IS tmoereN' O"V w
NJ the room is adorned by superb "la"'e
~ the hay window a. the east end IS a pV'"''"'
-, - ,oa le1 e,ass All the furniture OF this loo''
a.. ~ ola Flemish carved oak, and the hoors are
srread with rugs. The room Is also maue '''''''7
nv easv-chairs ard rea ling-taoIes .
rack ~ tho ohimney-place in the library -
,orga Nreproof vault for keeping especially NAU"'0
.oLs and archives The walls are of deeP terra
Gotta and round the entire room, ABOUT iou' ~"
feet from the floor. runs re1roiucnon o' VIC
nous cavalcade the exquisite western l'leHo ''
parthenon supposed to De the work OF fH.i'aS'
-.hra statues and busts and valuable paintings
Of A
60, tho second floor and across the west emu
OF the library. 49,.
rho second floor is devoted classrooms. ana 'he
.ha eoor contains large physical and chemical lad
oratories darkrooms for photography natura' ms
tory rooms two large lecure-halis ana lo S,u-'o
for advanced work in drawing ana paihuhs. i',.S
studio will he In charge Of Mss Elizabeth fu'IcA
q graduate of Vassar. and for some years s'"uel'
In the prominent art schools of Europe Inc ""o'V
bna,nr Is unusual IN Its construction and It's sts-
thetic character
THE SCHOOLS HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT
Tho acaaorov was opened on September Is. 1884
ora carly in 1875 II was chartered under the Re
eanss of the University of the State OF Newly orK
The old building was at Stapleton. Staten Island
The general management IS committed 70 ooard s OF
fner labor The Board is composed Of De frees
Crtten, James NJ Dayis George sexton pa AT
thaT T. shand Wi.aq4m Winter or DSy1e
FackleT C4 SeTson cale Renhard sSienours
Dewitt StafTord. Otis L. Williams. Hugh 4 Balm
paV Eberb6rI Faber George NJ. Whtehouse. and
Clarence Whitman Ihe 9nicers ,s arf s~jen
burg: secretary. Augustus ". sexton treasurer
David Faeker ehsrmen Of the sSna" pae
Walter c Kerr and Charles d. Freeman r,r,,e,c,,
+. Partington, A. NJ Brown University, principal;
Vasa r Stobrand Union College, WGe t''ic'i Z;
aNI ana Johns Hopkins. science; Monroe
Nichols Wetmore. a. y; Na.e)' Greek ana i1alh,
QUINCY English; Virginia +. Hooper GTen1ton
Normal school writing sn1 Enss AaIe oTaSt
Normal school. English Doro,hy " iIoerto ,S =
lyon Ph @ry MsTF 2an feff isae E. o%.e
iey) librarian and register. ana Elizabeth fulhcK'
The opening of the building viii axe s place at
O'Clock this morning in The pIefenTe OF Inc ,Dar !
for today viii be professional" by ihe school;
by the school, an address Of welcome by MM MAN.
Winter. remarks by tie principal sinsns OF r..
Wilbur Fisk Wood The exercises Of the branch
and OF the sixth and seventh year classes OF th-
s t1aH Of The list second third fourth and
NTH year classes Will be held in the afternoon at
To4MORROw's EXERCISES.
rh. nrogramme OF the dedication ana graduating
exercises which will take place tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. is follows: Prayer by Arch
deacon johnson, musical selection by nc Gee Cluo
committal of the keys by william Winter. as presi-
dent of the Board Of Trustees: response 70 Mr..
Winters address by. Frederick f. Partingion, as
principal; musical SELECTION by Mrs Harcourt Bal
an address by John FoOrd OF New-YOrk; musical
selection by the Gee club. THE Class Poem by
Charlotte Eggeston, an essay by Laurence HiHs;
an essay Pilgrim and Puritan" by Alice Wood
Daley; valedctory, presentation Of diplomas by VIII
fam Winter. and presentation OF souvenirs by the
principal. 20
The members of the graduating class are; Clas-
steal course-Charlotte Eggleston OF New Brighton
Inward Ia thurst Fackler. OF New-Rrghton. Gen
erai course-Alice Wood Daley Of Stap.eton; Lau-
renee Hills. OF Rye: Frank II. jenkins, of Bergen
Point; William Ternpleton Johnson, o. West New
Brighton: He-mine NJ. kruse, Of Clifton; Mabe
Mullen, Of SiapletOn
The choral music will be under the direction OF
To,morrow evening the third reception Of The
alumni Of the academy will be given In the hall o.