The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-11
HUDSON clTY's GERMAN SCHOOL
Gave an Interesting Entertainment
..Reason For Its Being.

An entertainment given at Central Hall,
last night, for the benefit of the German
American school on Sherman avenue, was
thoroughly enjoyed by one of the largest
audiences that ever packed that large
resort. Many of the, school children
themselves took part in the entertain
ment.
Among other things they presented a
fve-act play or comedy, entitled. 'Snee
wittchen und die Zwerge," the cast of
which included Minnie Petre, Crissie
Lieber, Walter Clauberg, Henry Krusius,
F. Armbruster, Hans Ruediger. Elsa
Clauberg, Clara Seggel, John Mehl,
Robert Petre, Carl Schulken, Lille Lie
Der. Karl Hansen, Lottie Wallmann, Alice
K~rusius, Karl Lindermann, Otto Zleme,
and Willie Schi1le. 1t was very neatly
presented. The school children also sang
in splendid manner a number of choruses,
and the juvenile orchestra, under the
direction of Prof. G.. A. Walter, rendered
.tThe Color Guard Gypsy Dance"
Bohemian Girl" Bells of Cornevi1le,"
and dreams of Home"
A circular attached to the programme
sets forth that the prefix, German" at
tached to the nam of the institution does
not mean anything antagonistic nor even
foreign to our much cherished American
public school system. The circular further
sets forth.
1.-THE cardinal principles underlying the
foundation of our German-American
school rest upon a broader bass than
that Of nationality, which by itself would
not have any such strong claim on US as
American citizens; the impetus that IN
spired us in starting this institution is
twofold.
"a deep rooted desire of many German
American citizens to offer to their chill
dren all possible facilities to acquire a
thorough knowledge of their own native
tongue, thus cultivating all that IS dear
to them in traditions connecting them
with their "fatherland," partly for prac-
teal, partly for moral and ethical rea-
sons.
the advantages which are derived from
the German system, the so called develop
ing method (entwickelnde Methode) as
founded by such pe~dagogues as Pestal-
ozzi. Diesterweg and others.
This system introduced into the public
schools of Massachusetts under the name
of the Quincy Adams method (who
and generally prevalent in the New
England States and has also been adopted
by the New York Normal College.
.It is in our school being applied both
to the German and English branches of
instruction.; it differs from that prevail
ing in our public schools in 50 far as less
| stress is laid oR memorizing already
developed sentences from text books, thus
making instruction more a matter of
memory, but strives by tcuftivating the
intuitive power to gradually lead the pupil
| soning. and instead of making instruction
a matter of memory to1make it a matter
of reasoning and thinking
The Board of Trustees is composed of
H. fn31au-fno r-olI knnu0 nifizaTC -
Charles Petre, president; G. ". Augustin,
vice president; Ludwig F. Seggel, secre-
tary; w. L. Frankenbach, treasurer;
| Robert Vom Cleft. John Mehl, Jr.,
Frederick Dieffenbach, Hilarius Pattberg.
| H. Castens. The faculty consists of Carl
A. Graupner. director; With. Horn. With.
Kaestner, Miss Agnes Higgins, Mrs; 2.
| Anna Kamm.