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Show I STILL GOING I TO SCHOOL. I Editor and Trustee Ilouclicn Visits 5th K Grades A & B. I MISSES REDD AND LEIGH AT WORK. K How the Teachers nonage the Ynlen- M tine Craze. Drawing In B $ Third Orade A. Tho editor of the Record, In company with Mr: Wra. llouchen of the board of school trustees, found thno to pay a brief visit to'two departments of the District school this week, but owing to its being so lato when we got there we were unable to get a clear Idea of the work that Is being done. It vns 2:35 o'clock when wo entered tho room In which Miss Alice Redd of Hurmony wns engaged lu enlightening the minds of the Fifth grades, A and B, In the mysteries of geography; the particular branch of the subject under consideration considera-tion being tho character of tho soil, nature of tho products, nnd the occupation occupa-tion of the Inhabitants of certain parts of Europe. About half of the pupils were taking the lesson and tho other half were occupied in drawing something some-thing pn their note books, or on papers, which wo learned afterwards were in several instances valentines. The val entine craze having manifested itself in a marked degrco tho teacher wisely elected to direct that which bho found difficult to suppress, and thus made a ylrtue of necessity. The answer to the questions' In the geography class were fairly good, In fact in some instances very good, but the number of hands A held up did not lend us to believe that 'flj the class was well prepared ns a whole; i B we wero informed later that it was not jBf- tho regular ),csr-mi, but review work )?mi?U thatwas betahandled.-. The total en- !i rollraent in this department is about 45 nnd there was about 43 students present. pres-ent. Tho gong being btruck for recebs the students, at a signal from the teacher, teach-er, all arose to their feet and at the word march passed out in fairly good ordtfr, though not quite us good as we should have liked to have seen. This room, like the rooms we vUiled last ' week, was well fitted, warmed and lighted, and there nppeared to be no lack of books, paper, etc. During the .' short recess the teacher was employed f , in the school room more busily, if pos- hi Bible, than she was before. After in- V termlssion we visited Third grade A, I which is taught by Miss Lily Leigh. l This department, we were informed, has no intermission in tho afternoon, nnd the pupils are allowed to leave " school half an hour earlier in consc- im quence. When "e wont in thoy were f M In the midst of their spoiling lesson, tM t,,c lencner living nhout 'completed Pm tho pronouncing of it to them as they S wrote it on slips of paper. At the wprd in "change papers" the scholars exchanged papers with eacli other, and while the 'ifl teacher spelled tho words the pupils marked tho mistakes on the papers be- I fore them, after which thoy were gnth- H ercd up by one of their number up- pointed by tho teacner for that por- fB pose, and placed upon the teacher's tM desk for examination, each paper hav- . B inir the name of the writer upon it. iM This lesson was followed by un excr- l clso in drawing. The teacher placed . 1 on her dsk an orange nud requested " I the class to make n drawing of it as it - I appeared to them. The fruit waa a lit- m tie elongated, aud had a small, dark omM spot a short distanco from thestcm, and Ww a close inspection revealed a number of Wm small dark spots perhaps the thirty mm second part of an inch in dluractcr, dls- ffcB trlbuted qver its Burfaco. It was very Mm interesting to note in the work of the ff pupils the way in which these pecul- mm inrltlesof tho orange wero exaggerated mm by the youthful artists, as well us the TOg different aspects which tho fruit pre- WM sented from tho various points of M B ylcw. m B One, youngster who sat close to the I object, and consequently could seo the il mlnuto dark bpecks that at a greater hM dtstance were not perceptible, had so Jf enlarged them that the -fruit appeared jB to huvo tho measles or tlio small pox, ' MB while another llttlo chap who had J,H caught sight of the elongated aspect, 't'B drew a falr representation of a dumpy m ' ,. , bVbHbVHHHHHH ripe cucumber,; but in a general way tho work was very well douo although not so welt as somo specimens of the class drawing that hung on tho wall. The order In this room was not as good as could be desired, and the blinds being' down too low on tho windows mado tho room too dark In our judgment judg-ment for comfort. Good desks and plenty of books and other school supplies sup-plies were In evidence. The total enrollment en-rollment in this room is 40, and about 33 or 33 scholars wero In attendance. |
