The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-30
The New Building Of School
No 7 Formally Turned
Over to the Board
Of Education.
DESCRIPTION OF A MODEL STRUCTURE
Principal Green of the State Nor
nal School Congratulates the
Citizens on Their Enter
prise-0lher Addresses.

which cost over 100000, was dedicated
last night with appropriate exercises. The
building, which is located at Newark
street and Park avenue, was crowded to
its utmost capacity. School principals and
teachers came from almost every section
of the county to witness the exercises ana
before the exercises We're begun there
were over a thousand people in the build
ing.
The plans for the construction of the
building were ordered drawn by the Com
mon Council six years ago., but owing to
delay in the purchase of the property
and securing the necessary appropriations
the work on the construction of the edi-
fee was not begun until about six months
| ago.
The structure is of three stories and
| basement. 1t is built of ornamental brick
with lime stone trimmings. From grade
to sill of first story the walls are OF rock
faced grey Roman brick and the upper
stories are of smooth speckled buff Ro-
man brick.
In the basement are boys and girls
playrooms, steam heating and ventilating
plant, principals and janitors' looms,
with their toilet arrangements. The chill
dren's toilet rooms are in rear of building,
but entirely -onnec These toilet
rooms are models of their kind, having
cement floors and high soapstone VAIN
scoting on all sides and partitions. The
walls above, and ceilings have an enamel
finish.
The first story contains two teachers
rooms and six classrooms. TIL second
story is similar to the first, except that
it has toilet and dressing rooms for the
teachers in place of the sitting rooms.
The third door has besides six class rooms
(Similar to those below, an assembly
room, SO arranged by means OF rolllng
partitions and sliding doors, as 70 open q
into one large assembly room about ~
feet wide by IS feet long.
Each of the eighteen class rooms is ca
pable of accommodating sixty pupils,
making a total of one thousand and
eighty pupils With a view of making the
building as nearly fire proof as the ap-
preparation would allow, as little wood
work as possible has been used, the outer
walls being furred with hollow brlck, ana
the rest of the Turing of iron with metal
lath. Cement -wainseoting is used through
out and the walls and ceilings are OF
rock wall plaster. All stairs are OF hre
proof material and enclosed IN Drlck
walls. The heating and ventilating APP
paratus is guaranteed to automatically
keep the building at 70 degrees Fab in
any weather, and to furnish thirty cuplc
feet of fresh warm air per minute to
each of the thousand and eighty pupils.
The heating and ventilating plants are
separate, so that when the building Is
empty. it may be warmed to the desired
temperature by direct radiation, and as
soon as the pupils are assembled, start
ing the ventilating apparatus will furnish
the necessary warmed air, this being
a much more economical arrangement
than heating entirely by indirect methods.
The exercises were held in the main as
sembly hall on the third floor ana We're
directed by President EdWard Russ, OF
the Commissioners of Public Instruction.
On the platform together with Mr.. Russ,
were Mayor Pagan, DR.. ]. M. Green. prin-
cipal of the New Jersey State Normal
School; Henry, Snyder, superintendent Of
ent e. A.. Murphy. City Superintendent
A. j. Demarest, Chairman Joseph S.
Weinthal of the Common Council, Coun-
SteiI Commissioner of Public Instruction
CARING and the Rev. A. b. Richardson,
d. D., of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. Among the others present were
the Rev. Father boiling, of Holy limo
cents Episcopal Church; Mrs. Martha B.
Stevens, Mrs. C. B. Alexander and almost
all the members of the municipal boards
and departments in the city.
Governor Griggs was invited to be pres
ent but he sent a telegram stating that ne
could not attend.
The programme began with "Keller's
National Hymn" sung by pupils of the
High School, which was followed by a
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Richardson. The
first speaker was DR.. Green. He said
that he had been interested in the course
of education for a quarter of a century
and was convinced that the greatest
blessing the country can confer upon its
children was a good education. He add
ed
1--WE are a young country and our oldest
university is only a little over two hum
dred years old. There Is in our coun-
try no settled university policy. The ques-
ton is even being discussed as to what
constitutes a university. There is no set
tied definition of a high school or a pri-
mary school. Every State has practically
its own policy in education. and there is
no reviewing power but we must nope
that this condition Of things viii be bet
port is necessary for our public schools.
We are e~xpending in this State a little
over 81. 000,0 o0 annually for the support of
the schools. The addition of a single
million today, by direct taxation, would
more thai double the efficiency of the
schools. How can you expect to get eff
cient teachers at the salaries now being
paid? Unskilled labor IS receiving more
money.
II am not here to ask you pay more
money to the support of the schools from
a personal but from a business stand
point, to increase the kill of the labor,
and I do not cast any reflection on your
force. Although 1 have a great respect
for politics, I believe that it should have
no connection with the government of
public schools. New Jersey has gained
great progress in the line of public edu-
cation, and | hope the light will be held
aloft so that all may see our true stand
ard"
Superintendent Snyder made an elo-
quent address and was greeted with loud
applause. He complimented the Hoboken
authorities upon the progress which they
had made in school matters.
ct have hApn giving NV attention tn
school matters he said, for some, and
an Inspection of his building has filled
me with a feeling Of exhilaration. I nave
noted it's advantages and improvements
with satisfaction. and fully appreciate
the arrangements you have made for the
comfort of the pupils; This building is
a step in the right direction, and is a
| bulwark against Ignorance and a strong
| hold in the community. Arehimedes
| once said tina if he was given a proper
place to stand on, and a lever long
| enough, he could move the earth,1 and
possibly If the Hoboken Commissioners
Of Public Instruction were given sufficient
funds there would be such an upheaval
in educational affairs as would astonish
everybody"
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