The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-22
VISIT TO STATE SCHOOL
Girls at Industrial Institution
Have a Good Time, the
Advertiser Says.


The State Industrial School for Girls. or
rather It's management, has been the sub
ject of much discussion, both in the news
papers and otherwise. for months past.
This discussion has been confined almost
exclusively however, to the charges OF
alleged cruelty on the part efsMrs- Eyier
to three or four OF the lSS inmates OF the
school and the undenia'ble friction among
the employees OF fne scnool. Littie or nom
ing has been said about the INSTITUTION
It's appointments, the general piaii uiluSi
wnlch II IS mahaseu' anu tne results -
tar as the great maJorl1y u the sirls aie
concerned. on " euneSoay iase spoA -
u Tue su'piay ~ - 80 -.
scnooi anu "ss cry !" :. ~ : -
eas'o's ,rp ,De =,
9 +,,e,,
VIZ - sAe - -. -
esse -, ~ r,hoo1 and its
7-'o.- i, ti,,,a t,,av said
r,,,,-,o,,,a i ,isit
-, 80 t1,ot n fact all the trns-
,,r1 ,,atxe, s,+isfiad ~ tra school
80 ,,tslte,4 ,,,ors hv tha npb.ie as there
,,,as rothins tba trustees desired to con-
eaal IA t7av would be better pleased if
ne ,,,t,lics had a more intimate knowledge
of the school and how it is conducted.
MRS F,yler was i'll in her room at the
efhe visit, was made and therefore
WINS nnt seem by the reporter. Miss
x,,,,tz z,yas On, d,,tv at the time and she 1t
xvas WHO niIete5 the way through the
r,,iI,z;,os Mr. Esvler also went along. TIE
fs,st ntace. visited was the east end where
~ hatte,r-l,shavef5 girls are kept. In the
so,,aI ,s.on, xuhere, Mrs Sfekel teaches
t,,ss,e wore aIho,lt thirty, girls studying
4, esi,. 1e.ssons IL a verv COSY school room.
4 abo,,t' n, . same number of girls were in
tba school room ON, the west side where
Mis- wight Il the teacher. The rules of
-, .it,,t,or are thar the p,irls ATTEND
.,,,,.a5, ,,o-half of each dav and DURING
ss.ss1 ~ te ID tI,ex work Inn the
,.,,,,r ro,,,, or E;tcben All the
yvorl of school Is dome BY the girls, but
str,,er,t .ss s,,ne,i,,t er,dent il,
.l,s roo rbe eirls therefore not only ac-
ex7,,oa t;on hnf are taa1esilt the diff
fa-a7,+ 1,,,,5s rf ,o,,sssvvork The de,neanor
- a,;,Is 1,otg, i, tba schfols and in, the
,.r-s,,, ~ ,+bar 5er.art,nanfs was
-,.4,aesa ,,,,- o.ood Esysrvvy here throughout
,,+,,,,st cle.anlinesss was
- - r,bsar,,e5
nr,,a ,,,,,oh +.1,,aa oe ,,,,,isbuan+ room
s..-4ss :. !, ~ ,,asar,a,,+ ~ one
-. aes go, +,,a a;,i,y
80 ,,,,,,,t,s,. of oel,s with
l,,,rs a,,5 a1so o,,tar wooden
:, 10 e1ass,d =, order to
~ aa,l -oc.;ca1lp d,,neeon
- =, - tba cans
Ai'es -r;s;t Nr;ss Lx,,rtz saia
tha+ i was onIv an the rarest occasions
49,. of tho coils Is closed
el'ss' sa,,,, y,,a, ar,+araa bv The re-
ny s-svs 4 ,,arfa,tIy claan ana
po1 - Z - 49, o5ors
hlTs = ~. 49,, - -, -, svav and who were
- j. ,,saar+1,r xyara ,ot 4, the cells
-. s ~ +t,o;,. rooms trin
t1,o,s sto,,ad the sleen-
M ous : 'i-S r. -, r,aa,, yir, hos
ing rooms OF ene sHis. l1aen
a separate room, in which there are
- - !, stand These rooms the girls
Dee As. = ..-.,oo+;e,, af tho
must keep eias- al i.sp s-o-
rooms, more than anything else, uiscioseS
+ba III -arence in the inmates. Some
ny s--,5,,,oo - ti,ar eentiment
rooms gave evidence OF nher sentiment
Pictures, cards ana otner decorations "eie
70 he found ON the table and walls. some
- - - =. ,,rae,,sion b,,t with good
taste Other rooms We're pefIectiy pare
- ~ decorations while still others gave
- = -e - 40 destructive and de-
strong pfoot - 80
fiant. character OF the occupants. II Soy
eral rooms the reporter saw where the
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