History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . lstone building, two stories in height, surmounted by acupola, on which, after the demolition of the oldchurch in 1841, was placed the weather vane that for-merly swung from its lofty spire. The school wasconducted on the special grading system, such as isclaimed by some of our modern educators as beingtheir own peculiar produ
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . lstone building, two stories in height, surmounted by acupola, on which, after the demolition of the oldchurch in 1841, was placed the weather vane that for-merly swung from its lofty spire. The school wasconducted on the special grading system, such as isclaimed by some of our modern educators as beingtheir own peculiar production, the ground work ofwhich was simply that individuality was recognized,and ability and application encouraged. The wholesecond story of the building was devoted to educa-tional purposes, with the exception of a ^^^^f J^^^on the northwest corner, which was occupied by theAncient Order of Rechabites, whose mysteriousrites kept alive among the scholars a degree of curiositythat was never satisfied. _ The initiation services of this order were especiallythe subject of conjecture ; and riding the goat beingpart of the ceremony, a great desire was manifested tosee this notorious animal. Holes were bored throughthe door during the daytime, in order to get a peep at. 214 * OLD BERGEN. the uncanny beast; but beyond a faint rustling, noevidence was ever secured. He was said to be of therazor-backed, high-stepping variety, and it was sup-posed that the victim suffered untold tortures duringthe ceremony. This room changed the form of the school-roomfrom an oblong into an L-shape, a fact that was takenadvantage of by the discreet schoolmaster, to place thegirls at one extremity and the boys at the other, withhis desk in the angle, so as to afford him general super-vision over all. This arrangement was convenient forthe punishment of any refractory or disobedient pupil,who was placed between two of the opposite sex, thereto remain until the fault had been sufficiently atonedfor; this pr
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