The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FREDERICKSBURG CLASSES.
TO OPEN MONDAY.
Many Things Pertaining to Proper Cit
izenship to Be Discussed other
Happenings.

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schools, and the lessons will begin
Monday evening in every - Dol wher'
there are enough foreigners to con
stitute a good-sized class. The sylla'
bus contains an outline of seven les
sons, each of which may be divided
into as many evenings as necessary.
The object of the course is to teach
newcomers to the country its laws
and their obligations as citizens, work
men and heads of families. 1t will
give them a good idea of the working
of the developments and workings OF
the American Government. and teach
them the value of patriotism and 10y
atty. Later the lessons will deal with
immigration and naturalization, and
the course will end with talks on party
government and party machinery.
The subject of the first lesson will
be Society; Why. and How Organ
led 1t will contain a talk on "The
Reign of Selfshness, as Contrasted
with the Reign of Law and Order, to
Be Found in a Highly Civilized Com
munity," putting forth the necessity
of some men yielding their own views
to others, in order to live together
peaceably, and telling of the duties of
lOFOtO 1iliNCti W ilo 1ilg dho PNOtS
1.-The Family" 1.-THE Tribe" and 1.-THE
Nation" will be subjects of the second
lesson, and the third will be devoted
to the Development of the State"
1.-The State; its Purpose and Organi-
zation," will be taken up in the fourth
lesson, which will include State poll
ties, the rightfulness of the States au-
thority, and patriotism. The fifth les
co- mill zA-on-, S(Nfff1an1hfn ond
Suffrage and among its topics will be
women's suffrage. the Australian bal
lot. corrupt practises and voting ma
chimes.
Immigration and Naturalization"
will be treated in the sixth lesson, when
the laws pertaining to the subjects will
be explained, n the duty Of immi-
grants who come to this county to live
will be outlined. The final lesson will
deal with Party Government and
Party Machinery
1t is expected that the courses will
prove well worth while. Those in
charge are confident that the classes
Will be large, for they say that even
now the evening schools are thronged
with foreigners. eager to learn and to
make good citizens of themselves.
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The university lecture courses arranged
by Assistant Superintendent David B. Cor
son, and given by members of the faculty
of the New York University, nave proved
popular, and their lists of class members
are on the increase. There are now sixty
pupils in the class in applied design; in the
psychology class there are So; method class
81, and history class AZ.
rr..oo +o.oka,a Lea -.oo4ordo1 90 obt,f,
positions in the schools OF New York.
They are Miss Matilda e, Clarke, of Oliver
Street School; Miss Jennie L. Herkimer, of
the Eleventh Avenue School. and Miss
Lena B. Shaw, of the South Market Street
School.
Miss Bess l.. Pinckney resigned her po-
sition as teacher in the Charlton Street
School yesterday. She will be married in
the near future.
The first in the series Of this seasons
entertainments, given under the auspices
of the Essex County Teachers Guild. will
take place in Wallace Hall next Wednes-
day evening, when a musical prOgram will
be rendered by the Holland Trio, which
includes a '~oellist, violinist and pianist.
Vocal numbers will be given by Mrs. Flor
ence milford Hunt. Tickets may be OBJ
talned from Miss s. Emily Potter, the
guild treasurer.
Circulars were issued during the week
exploiting the work of the Normal and
Training School; telling of its various de-
partments, admission regulations, tuition
fees, faculty and the appointment of gradu-
ates. 1t also states that Columbia Univer-
sity and the University of New York ad-
init the graduates of the school into the
Junior year without examination, thus Civ
ing a two years credit toward a degree.
The circular is signed by the principal,
w. Spader Willis.
The Burnet Street school was crowded
with parents and friends Of the school
children Wednesday night, when the doors
of fourteen rooms of the thirty-two-room
addition were thrown opels for inspection.
The speakers included Commissioners
Backes, James Shape, George Varley and
S. J. Beardsley, of New York, a former
principal. An interesting program was
rendered by the pupils of the school,.
The members Of the graduating class of
the Alexander Street School have elected
the following officers: President, Vincent
Rennert; vice-president, Lillian Rogers;
treasurer, Ethel Coe; secretary, Sarah
Heilman. Glass pins and class colors will
be chosen at the next meeting.
Principal Evan d. Edwards and the
teachers of the Alexander Street School
gave a luncheon in the school yesterday
in honor of Miss Eloise Dawson and Miss
Amelia Charles, who resigned their posi-
tions on account of their approaching mar
rlages. The table was prettily decorated
with autumn leaves and miniature pump
bdns and Halloween favors were dis
tributed. Congratulatory speeches were
made and responded to.
The boys Of the s A class Of the Ham
burg Place School have presented the
school with a silk flag, the money fol
which was raised by themselves. The flag
Will hang In the new assembly room.
The formal opening of the Hamburg
Place School assembly room viii take
place in the school tonight. with a pro-
gram Of music and speeches. David A,
Mcintyre, president of the Board of Edu-
| cation; Superintendent DR.. Addison B,
Poland, George Marley, chairman Of the
schoolhouse committee: Principal Fred W.
Fort, Commissioners Urban Shaefer and
| Dennis Toye and others. Miss Adele
Brown, of this city, will render vocal
solos, and violin selections VIII be given
by Professor L. G~riesenbach. All of the
rooms will be thrown open for inspection
including the new gymnasium, apparatus
for which was put in place yesterday.
THE Parents and the Children was the