The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13

Mr.. GUILF0RD'S WORK.
His Friends Tell the Pu-
pills of No. 7 About His
Life.
TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY
Public Schools Opened To-day
High Schools Crowded
Condition.
TO HIS MEMORY

school are not completed, and for thai
reason the school is closed. All the
schools are crowded with new pupils ano
old. The flags on every school building
are at half mast out of respect to Me
A. B. Guilford, the late Principal OF
School No. Z, who died last month In
Paris.
AT School No. Z, Central avenue and
Congress street, there were held TINS
morning memorial services for Mr.. Gull
ford. DIR. Ulamor Allen, Director OF
School No. Z, presided. The grammar de-
partment school rooms were filled with
the pupils, who had come to show their
love for their dead Principal. A number
of the graduates of the school were also
present. Dr. Allen said they had gath
cred together to mourn the loss of the
head of the family of nearly 1000 chill
dren. His fellow worker and friends
had come to testify to his worth. The
Rev.@C. Wright made the invocation and
the Rev. ]. C. Egbert, d. D., read the
Scriptures. The choir san Lead, Kind
ly Light and the Rev. C. Wright said
a few words of his appreciation of Mr..
Guiiford's character. Miss Anna Camp
bell recited "Angel of Patience" and the
school sang Nearer My God to Thee
Mayor Hoos then addressed the school.
He said Mr.. Guilford's chief character
istic was his love of nature. He
was an earnest student of botany and
knew all plants and trees. Mayor Hoos
told an Incident in Illustration of this.
One time when Mr.. Snyder, DR.. Allen,
Mr.. Guilford and Mayor Hoos' were in
Pennsylvania investigating schools. May
or Hoos and Mr.. Guilford ak together
--@ Haas ER0d
the name of some trees and Mr.. Gull
ford Immediately told him, adding that
he always liked to meet people who want
to know about the beauties of the world
and who appreciate them. In closing
Mayor Hoos said:-"I am here as the
Chief Magistrate of this city to pay
tribute to him who has gone to show
that the city deplores his loss"
superintendent Henry Snyder hen adj
dressed the audience. He said:-"I could
say many things about him, both as a
friend and companion, but I wish to talk
to you about him as a teacher. He had
been in this school for twelve years,
longer than most Of you have lived. Like
GASES in our lives stands out here and
there some one teacher. / am sure in
your lives Mr.. Guilford will stand thus.
His work is known all through this and
surrounding States, not so much as a
Principal as along other. lines. > In his
scientific knowledge of every detail OF
school life he excelled. Mr.. Guilford was
the teacher beyond everything else. In
a sense he may be said to have given
his life to the work. He was in bad
health all last year, yet he worked hard
though he might have taken things less
laboriously."
Eight little girls, Misses Rochester,
Steinan. Abbott, Braun, Weidemann,Ra
ker, Wilson and Geiser sang Far
AwaE".staught them by Mr.. Guilford for
the graduation exercises last June. The
Rev. J. C. Egbert then spoke. He said.
he knew Mr.. Guilford but slightly, but he
had frequently visited the school. and he
approved heartily of Mr.. Guilford's meth,
DDS and of his work. and he missed him..
Principal Hoyt- said he had known MT.
Guilford well, and had often consulted
with him on school matters. Mr.. Gull
ford was cautious in making decisions,
but when decisions had been made he was
firm in upholding them though always
open to reason.
Miss Alice Tappan, one of the pupils,
paid a glowing tribute to Mr.. Guflford in
behalf of the pupils. She said they ap-
preciated his constant efforts in their be-
half n they will remember him and
Mr.. William H. Beach was the next
speaker. He said: "Mr. Guilford was a
vain man; not in personal matters, but
of School No: Z. He was a jealous man;
No. Z. He was an ambitious man; not
for himself. but for this school. He was
q progressive man in everything that
not been pulled when I speak of these
things His chief characteristic was his
sum up what the others nave said and.
what l might say in few words, and
1 know they will agree with me when /
say it all means that A B. Guilford was
DR.. Luck, of the Onion Hill Beard of;
Education, said Mr.. Guilford had raised
in his five years of work there and had
brought to them a nesy method of edu-
cation.
ciates in Union Hill, said Mr.. Guilford,s
work was thorough. He never expert
mented on children. He never gave di-
amined carefully the reasons. Mr.: OrtelI'
said he had never known Mr.. Guilford
to make a mistake in educational mat
tiers.
Mr.; James Heeny, Mr.. Burnley, Mr.. J..
G.. Eg 3 Jr; and ME-: James Butter
a few words Of their friendship for him.
pr. Allen then read an article from a
Red Bank paper, p~raising Mr.. Guilford's
Love Divine. and Mr.. .Egbert p%ronounc,
ed the Benediction. The only sign of
mourning was a large bow of broad. black
ribbon tied on the new silk flag in the
school room.
The schools in this city are crowded
Al is always the case after svaca-
ton. The principals to do away with the
crowding have put chairs along the aiSleS
and in front of the platform until further
accommodation can be had for the pupils
The High School on Bay street is per-
hans more crowded than any of the other
public Schools
When the school was opened this morn
ing about $50 pupils were waiting to be
seated. Principal Charles Haskell was, in
a ~quandary. The lower grades OF pupils
were seated without difficulty, but it was
not so easily seating the pupils of the
higher grades. The seventh grade on the
top floor was the largest of ALL. and
# was impossible to seat them
soon devised a scheme by which, one sec
tion of the seventh grade was seatedton
the third floor with the pupils of the
eight grade, but without desks. The
pupils have been scattered around among
the different classrooms.
As soon as the arrangements for the
seating of the pupils had been compiet
ed Principal Haskell announced that
there would be no studies today; but that
the regular sessions would begin tonnor-.
row, with the regular course. Of studies.
School Is that more scholars than
usual graduated from the public schools
last spring.
School No. / opened this morning In its
new quarters in the old City Hall Prin-
cipal Lindsey said all. the pld pupils will.