The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-04-01
OUR DESTINY.
City supt. Henry Snyder's
Stir ing Address at the
Closing ofthe Tech
nical School.
all The ARTS IN THE EXHIBIT
City Officials and Distin-
guished Citizens Present
Beautiful Album for
the Mayor.
I'LL The ARTS IN THE EXHIBIT

Rain interfered somewhat with the at
tendance at the closing exercises of the
Evening Technical School at No. School
last night. The big assembly room was
filed however; the exercises were sue
cess and the exhibit Of the work of pu-
pills demonstrated the value of CONNER
cial industrial and artistic training in
connection with the general free eduea-
tiopal facilities afforded by the city. The
exhibit was pronounced by experts to
be highly creditable to the pupils. Glass
rooms Jon all four Of the buildings We're
occupied with specimen work in design
ing. architectural, mechanical and free
hand drawing. stenography, book-keep-
ing arithmetic, geometry, and German
translation
Mayor Pagan. who was present and
made an address, was presented with an
album of mounted designs drawn by the
pupils. The album itself is work of
art in burnt wood. The design of the
first cover embraces a picture of the City
Han, and is further ernbellished with an
architectural column, and corporation
seals of the city, state and nation. Cover
design is the work of Prof. H. A. B.
Finke, instructor Of the designing depart
ment. The sixteen designs Of the pupils
however, are really works of art.
The programme Of the exercises opened
with a selection sweetly rendered by the
Jersey City Mannerchor, who also inter-
spersed the addresses with songs under
the direction of Adolph Thuelcke.
Prof. Hulsizer, principal Of the school,
preziaea Besides tie Mayor there were.
seated on the stage City Superintendent
of Schools Henry Snyder, School Diree
tor Lyons, chairman of the Evening
Schools Committee; Directors Clute,
Berger, Moran, Coyle and Ramsay,
County Superintendent of Schools Kin
sey, Joseph A. Dear, Hohn A. Walker,
Former Director voorhis, City Collector
Edward A. Fry, Former Director David
r. DAILY, and others.
The album Of designs was presented to
the Mayor on behalf of the class in de-
signing by Frederick Kopf one of the pu-
pills.
The Mayor after thanking the pupils
for the present thanked the teachers and
members of the Board of Education for
making the evening technical school a
success He alluded briefly to adyantag-
es he derived from facilities afforded by
Cooper Institute He said that there
never was time when trained men and
women of character were IN such de-
mand as today and the evening technical
school was an institution where both
commercial and industrial training and
character could all be acquired.
Former Director Voorhees, declared the
school was one Of the best efforts put
forth by the city administration. John
A. Walker and Joseph A. Dear spoke of
the necessity of making practical use of
the training acquired through the school.
Director Lyons before handing out di-
plomas and certificates to hundred or
more of the several hundred pupils de-
clared the technical school had come to
stay. The publie's appreciation, he said,
had been shown and it remained for the
school to show that such appreciation
was rewarded More money was
needed he declared. for public educa-
tion than for standing armies; That in
feligent men made intelligent soldiers
had been demonstrated
The speech of the evening was made
By Superintendent Snyder. He said he
regretted that he would not be able to
attend sessions Of the school until next
winter on account Of It closing, as he
had become intensely interested in it
The teaching, he said, was divided gen
orally into two special branches com
mercial and industrial. The value of
commercial training had been already
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