The Shasta courier., 1858-08-14
Shasta Com mon School.
OFFICE SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
Shasta Co Aup II 1879


Shasta Co., Aug. H. 1858.
EDITORS COURIER Yesterday paid a visit
to Shasta School, it being the last day of the
summer term. and great deal of Interest was
manifested by the parents of the scholars and
the friends of the school to witness the examin-
alton. The teachers are Miss Donna " Evans
principal, and Miss Jane Parker, assistant The
number of pupils connected with the school is
81. During the term last past there have been
in attendance on the school fifty pupils aver
age attendance, forty. Miss Evans seems to
take great care in making her pupils thoroughly
conversant with the meaning and practical util-
ity of the various subjects, and impress their
minds with the necessity of being accurate in
their preliminary studies.
The scholars that have been in regular at
tendance during the past spring and summer
exhibited very credible proficiency some of
thsm going through the roll in manner that
would have seemed well in much older persons
During the early part of the day the various
classes read and spelled. Correctness of pro-
nunciatioh, distnctness of enunciation and the
most flultless emphasis were prominent charac-
teristcs of the reading of the classes.
After recess the class in History was called up
and examined. They certainly exhibited re-
markabIe degree OF familiarity with that study
Particularly the questions, although obtuse
were promptly and correctly answered, and sell
dom was there an error committed.
The class IN Geography, wh7th was next call
ed up, certainly showed good understanding
of the principles they were learning
The class which was examined in the ele-
ments of Grammar exhibited remarkable de-
gree of proficiency in analyzing sentences, wor-
thy Of all praise, and, in all their answers, gave
the rule governing them clearly and completely
The Arithmetic class was called up and SUBJ
jected to close and critical inspection. The
answers, in most all cases, were prompt and
correct. The scholars readily comprehended
the questions and seemed to have been tho
roughly instructed in the reasons for the differ
very few errors committed.
Some of the boys and girls astonished the
visitors present with the rapidity with which
they calculated and solved intricate arithmetical
problems
The same rigid examination in Algebra was
pursued by the teacher. The faculty with which
the pupils solved the intricate problems allotted
to them, evinced that they had become thor
| oughly grounded in this invaluable science
The questions were mostly confined to the fun
rrip MI fIa \
characteristics, their uses, rules, &c. The pu-
pills evinced a proficiency in the science worthy
of commendaton.
During the whole examination the pupils
showed, 81 their ready and lucid answers, that
they had pro6ted by the teaching of their in
structors, and exhibited marked degree of pro-
hciency. The answers were prompt and with
out hesitation, and the easy reasonings of the
scholars showed that great care had been taken
by the teachers to develop the faculty of thought
and fnstruc. the scholars in the ground-worlr of
knowledge
Ihe exercises of the day were concluded by
the reading of compositions and defamation
4 very sensibly written Essay by Miss Jane
Parker, and also one 81 Miss Anna Sprague.
proved that this indispensable branch of educa-
ton had BEEN carefully and faithfully attended
to by the teacher.
ihe young girl Miss E. Irwin, who upon th.
stage rendered the Golfers Daughter" exhih
ited power Of appreciation Of the soul-strrngs
OF the author, and of a correct representation.
which it has never been our pleasure to witness
in one so young
Not a visitor left that examination but f4,t
proud of the school, and was fully convin. .ed of
the absolute necessity of its continuance. On
the whole, the closing exercises of the school /
were very interesting After several elocution- |
ary exercises, which were well executed, quite |
a number of prizes were distributed among the |
pupils who had excelled in their various de
partments. Prizes were distributed upon the /
rule of tie largest number of perfect lessons,
and the scsool was divided into three grand |