The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-17

Men drop in any Wednesday, evening to
look at the magazines, and to have a
cigar and chat together. It brings men of
different tastes and occupation IN touch
with each other, cultivatesf fellowship and
promotes good feeling. Any gentleman of
the parish is cordially welcomed to this
guild.
In connection with the subject Of the
guilds it is proper to speak of the work
OF the Industrial School, which meets
every Saturday afternoon through the
winter in Bergen Hall. In point OF age
and numbers we can safely call it the
first school OF its kind in Greater New
York, and probably the largest and most
efficient school in the country. Many
it what it is. but most Of all 1t Is a
monument TO the energy n wisdom and
persistency OF it's founder Every Year
the school Is growing and ere long the
question of how 1t shall be housed VIII
become pressing. In seeking Outlets for
your enthusiasm do not forget the In
The fourth department Of our work,
that in which the church seeks to meet
the duty which 1t owes to the community
at large, is the Institute. Under this
title are grouped together the classes and
organizations which minister to the social
and secular side of life. Beginning last
year with a few classes we are able this
fall to offer a much wider choice and
eve a larger field. We shall begin in
November Il course of lectures OF great
interest, which through the kindness of
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price which brings them within the reach
of every one-ten cents per lecture, or
fifty cents for the course Of six. The
course will be open to the general public,
and 50 far as it goes solves the problem
of rational, heaIthful entertainment at
moderate rates, The second great popu-
lar feature of the Institute Will be the
Choral Class. This class, you may re-
member, had its beginning two years 6
in the Wednesday night enten choir. Last
year under the direction of Mr.. Schwarz,
it developed into a larger singing class.
Unfortunately its meetings were more Or
less Interrupted. but this year arrange
ularly from week TO week, even through
Lent, without a break. The method OF
the class, always along the lines followed
by pr; Damrosch, 50 successfully II the
be brought into still closer conformity
with this system of instruction, and the
book used will be that written and used
signed especially for children or young
people, but it will be open to all music
lovers in the city. The price will be ten
thus dispensing with all the pharapher-
MALTA of dues and collections.
The dancing class. which proved SO
popular last winter, will begin its sessions
to accommodate about sixty scholars
This class, like all others in the institute,
is open to those who do not belong to the
parish; but, of course, the members of
the parish have the preference il more
than sixty wish to join.
Besides these large popular classes we
are able to offer Instructions in book
keeping, stenography, applied design,
physical culture. eloeution, gymnasium
classes for ladies' and young men, be-
sides some other branches of which we
We are very anxious for teachers of the
violin. banjo and guitar. in embroidery,
drawing, French, German and cooking.
perhaps some one is disposed to ask
right here, 'sNVhat is the use Of all this?
Why this multiplicity of classes. this in
struction. this dancing, these athletic ex-
ercises2" And the answer Is, because they
are necessary. because life has changed
and we must change our methods to meet
the altered conditions; because il the
church does not look out for her own the
Devil will. And this leads me to say q
last word on a subject about which The
time has come to speak, viz: the neces-
sity fora parish building IN which our or
CARNATIONS may be suitably housed, and
the work of the parish properly carried
on. Do you realize that during the four
months Of summer the rooms in and
around this church were used, on week
days. mind you. not on Sundays. by 1.5eu
people? And if 1.509 people met here in the
summer, what do YOU suppose VIII be the
story OF the months of winter? I believe
L am understanding the case when I say
that 15,00o people will use these buildings
on week days, betwecn the first Of Octo-
Der and the thirty-first of May. We
Snouln nave on the summit avenue LOIS
adjoining, a building three stories and q
basement in height, of stone or brick, but
preferably Of stone, to correspond with
the fabric of the church. and So, 900
would provide such a buifaing. I appeal
for it to the generous and public spirited
men of this parish. We could erect a
three story building of brick on our
Clifton place lots for perhaps 5000. This
is what the Bible class have had in view.
and they already W $500 towards the
work. but the need has grown SO much
faster than their und that we IN
wait, something must be done now, long
before the end of their ambitions is even
in sight