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Show MR. RYAN'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL. This private school has entered on its third ycarfl It is non-sectarian and the number of pupils is limited. Its object is to prepare for higher work and it has been eminently successful. suc-cessful. The limited number of pupils admit ad-mit that carcfiil individual attention that means so much to boys and girls who have been compelled to lose time on account of sickness or absence ab-sence from the city. All grades arc admitted and while the Primary Department is in no sense a Kindergarten, such methods arc used that the first years of school life are made very happy. The children arc all good readers. Geography and History arc illustrated illustrat-ed by fine stereoscopic views by means of which the pupils receive a ,-i- very realistic impression of other lands, their inhabitants and products. In this school one finds a feature unusual in the West. We refer to the introduction of Latin and the modern languages in the grades. Children of ten and twelve read simple French and German stories at sight, and have a fair rudimentary knowledge of Latin. This agrees with the ideas of educators in England and Germany who have long maintained main-tained that Latin Grammar is as easily easi-ly comprehended by children of eight or ten years as English Grammar, and that the earlier a language is begun, the better the results. To enter the High School with the, first year's Latin work accomplished is certainly an advantage. In Mr. Ryan's school these results have been obtained without affecring unfavorably the grade work that children chil-dren of that age must follow. Lectures on History and Travel arc . given bi-monthly, arousing an inlcr- est that the formal lesson often fails M to awaken.' M Pupils prepared in this school for M advanced academics, and for colleges M have entered easily and maintained a M strong position afterward. H In view of the severe criticism by M Harvard college of the poor English H presented by the candidates for ad- H mission we were gratified to sec the M attention paid to English composi- M tiou. Every pupil, however advanced , M is thoroughly drilled in spelling twice M a week. Mrs. Ryan is ably assisted M by four teachers: Madame Worms, M a native Parasiau and Fraulcin Boctt- M chcr, well known as a cultured Gcr- H man scholar, conduct conversation M classes in French and German. M Miss Decker, a teacher of long ex- M pcricncc from New York, has charge M of the History and English depart H Miss Jessie Home in the grades is most successful in gaining and hold- H ing the interest of the younger pupils. H Their school is situated at 44 Fifth H East street. H 1 H |