The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-04

spring OF 1896, the east wing of old School
No. I became SO dangerous it had TO be
taken down: About this time it was Dc
cideG to build six new schools, the first
of which should be a new No. L. To do
this it was necessary to issue bill for
the procuring of bonds to the amount of
SOC oee. Many Of the arrangements Of
this new building are due to the brains of
Superintendent OF Schools Henry Snyder.
There are eighty class rooms besides
teachers rooms, cloak rooms, etc. The
building stands on a lot T5x100, while the
editiee itself has a frontage OF 163 feet by
80 feet in depth.
Miss May Currie here rendered a vocal
solo, Asthore.' TO the piano accompani-
ment Of Miss Frost, and the Hon. George
b. Fielder was next introduced. He spelxe
OF the men. now prominent citizens Of
Jersey City, who had graduated from
School No. /, naming Messrs a. F. G..
Young. Ward, John Warren, Hon. Will
liam p. DAILY and a host of others, say
ing. These old fellows ought to have a
monument in this building, where the
children of the neighborhood who assem-
Gammontown. He then asked the
teachers of School No. l TO rise and pro-
ceeded with the installation of Principal
Linsley who, he said, Is as bright as
the sun, as kindly as the moon and as
brilliant as the stars.
Mr. Linsley. in his reply was SO heart.
ily applauded, that It was few minutes
He thanked the School, Board of Edu-
cation and audience, and gave a brief
sketch of old School No. l, in which he
said that Mrs. Eveland and himself were
the only survivors Of the fffsz s.orng ssf
teachers. He mentioned the fact that the
old structure was a building costing So
003, and read an extract from the visit.
ors' book, dated February 10, 1876, writ
ten by a then prominent citizen, which
said, This school has been visited by me
since its opening, on February z, several
times. and | have been Impressed in those
visits that y will more than repay the
great expenditure of funds used.
Hon. William d. DAILY said 1T is
enough that you have already been afflict-
ed with one member of the family, and
rule were efforced1N He gave a few
"reminiscences of the old school days of
Mr.. Linsley and sat down. The other
speakers took the hint and all addresses
President Charles f. Case presented the
troWel with which the cornerstone of the
new building WAS laid, to Mr.. .Mulvaney,
with few appropriate words. who III.
turn presented it to Mr.. Linsley. Mrs
Currie again sang May Morning., ae-
icompanied by Miss Stanton.
The Rev. John L. Scudder was the next
speaker and made one of his usual bright
speeches, and the Hon FlaVel McGee
made thrilling address bearing upon the
education of those who should in future
rule Jersey CITY. Misses NAY Clirrie. a.
Frost. Messrs. Edwin Blanchard ana
William Dye, rendered The Volunteers.
BY Mr.. Victor Baier, and Mr.. w. =. Drake
made an address in WHICH he wished the
teachers of No. j School No / salaries.
The Rev. p. B. f.. Randolph made an
excellent address and superintendent OF
Schools Snyder one of his spicy little
speeches, after which the Rev. David
Mitchell. DID, pronounced the benedic-
ton. and the audience retired to the base
ment, where a collation. was served by
Morrow and Day. If was after one
o'clock before the last guest had left the
building
The Committee on Entertainment were:
John Nimmo. G. Herbert Rice. John ].
Mulvaney, for Board of Education; Davlu
r. DAILY. Leonard ]. Gordon, Dudley p.
Flemming, George b. Fielder, for School
No. Association.