The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-28
NEW COURSES FOR
EVENING SCHOOLS
AND MORE PUPILS
largest Attendance in Their
History Is Expected
This Year.

1.-THE Board of Education is making
njans for extending the work of the
free evening schools, which viii open
FOR the fall and winter term Monday
October IA. While nothing definite has
teen decided upon, plans = under
way for adding to the course of study.
An increase in attendance over that of
last year is expected.
The evening schools are open to all
who desire to attend. Any graduate
from the grammar schools is eligible
l. enter the Evening High School and
tfke up whatever courses are desired.
9fe evening elementary schools are
op,n to all. The excellent results ac-
eailplished in the evening schools is
encouraging To the Board of Educa-
rom. Tic registration this yea will
tnko PLACE the week beginning Sep
temher = and will he continued
throughout the entire week.
The Free Drawing school. in Acad-
AMY street. viii open october 4. The
courses taught there are considered
Ia be excellent. Free-hand drawing,
architectural drawing. mechanical
drawing. designing and modelling,
painting and sbetehing from life are
tarsht. There are also day classes in
designing. IN addition there are classes
In arts and craft. School sessions Nill
be held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings.
The free evening High Schools are
located al Washington and Linden
streets. Bergen and B.gelow streets,
Hanibu1g place. near Ferry street;
Thirteenth avenue. corner of Richmond
street. In all Of the evening High
Schools thorough courses in manual
r raining are taught by competent teach
ers. IN the general and industrial de-
partments these subjects are taught:
English. German. French. Latin. chem
istiv. phvs'c~. mathematics bOokkeep-
ing commercial law, penmanship. type
writing. stencgraphy. Students taking
~stenoglaphy are required to first pass a
test in English. Those who complete
three Years of successful work in II
Of the above subjects will he gwen cav
tifcates Of proficiency, and those COM
pleting Two years of successful york in
tn ir studies will be given certificates
of graduation.
The course in the industrial depart
ment includes cooking 1.-TWO years
COURSE. sewing Uwo years course),
manual training. including mechanical
drawing. designing and mathematics
tthree years c%ourse). Pupils taking
one Of those subjects and pursuing it
---ap,11,- -,-iIt ho gfpfln Tprtifrat pE IF
proficiency at the end of the course.
rhe elementary evening schools ses-
sions will be held in these schoalhouses:
Alexander Street, Belmont Avenue
Bergen Street. Central Avenue. Eight
zenith Avenue. Franklin. Hamburg
place. Lafayette street, Morton Street,
Newton Street. seventh Avenue, south
street. South Eighth Street, South
Market Street, S-uth Tenth street,
Thirteenth Avenue. Washington Street.
The courses taught in the elementary
schools include English, reading, spell
ing. composition, penmanshtp. artth-
metic. hygiene, history, geography,
dra wing. sowing. cooking. Special in
struction in English ard civics is given
foreigners. a large number of whom
attend the evening elementary schools.
Al evening schools are for both
sexes. Lectures to supplement- the reg
uiar work viii he given at the several
centres. Tho dates and subjects will
be announced later.
lit" registrations will be he'd in the
bui'iings fl which evening school ses-
sicrs ere held. TIE Normal School. at
52" va i1yten stree, will open Sep
Ten hor T..