Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-12

~i0om me Buitdirc-Departmcnt and Jcnrbcr,
aaPtnts-.Necessify for decreased Acconnn,o-
An important epoch in the history of Cedar
rails is the completion of the new public school
mousse, and the re-opening of the public school.
The foundation for the building was built in
the fall Of 1868, and in the summer and fall of
1854 the brick was mostly laid In 1865 the
work was resumed, and SO far completed as to
MT the building for occupancy the first of this
week. During the most of this time this young
city has been without public schools, much to
the annoyance of parents and greatly to the
detriment Of children. The house is located in
central portion Of tho city. on full block of
ground, bounded by Clay.st on the east and
| Frankiin-st. on the west, Eighth-st. on the
south and Seventh-st on the north. 1t is pur-
posed to fence the ground, seed it down, and
ornament 1t with trees and shrubbery. The
building Is sixty-one and q half by fifty -four
feet In size, and three stories and basement
In height. The cost of the property to the dis
trict, as 1t now stands, is $40, $780, paid, and
about $1,000 unpaid.
There are five school rooms in the building,
In which it is possible to accommodate four
hundred and seventy-five pupils but which
should not contain more than four hundred
and twenty-five. The basement Is vet untin-
tshed and it is fully realized that it should be
made available at once. 1t would provide two
good rooms, capable of accommodating one
hundred and sixty children. The importance
OF this may be seen from the fact that the pres
ent attendance of children is four hundred and
fifty. and the Principal estimates that the
number will be increased to five hundred and
hfty, If 1t can be rendered possible to receive
all applicants. 1t may be surprising fact to
m hot hat t,I
district entitled to school privileges, according
to the last census, is seven hundred and thirty
ntne-three hundred and sixty five males and
three hundred and seventy four females.
The front part of the building is occupied by
nails, staircases, cloak rooms, recitation rooms
and teachers closets. Back of these are the
school rooms.
me First Primary Department occupies the
south room on the second floor, and is capable
ofseating one hundred children. This DEPART
ment Is in charge of Miss 9. V. Harlacher. who
in Wisconsin and Iowa has had considerable
experience ia teaching. Her room is crowded
to its greatest capacity. ..t
The Second Primary Department occupies
the north room of the first floor and will seat
the same number of children rs the First Pri-
mary. This department is In charge of Miss
l.. A. Moulton, a lady with ability and expert
ence as teacher, and a resident of Cedar Falls
FOR number of years past.
The First intermediate Department occupies
the south room on the second floor, and is pro-
vided with seats for eighty pupils. Miss X. c.
Goodnow has charge of this department. She
was recently Of keene, N. ii.
The Second intermediate Department is To-
Gated in the north room of the second floor,
and will also accommodate eighty pupils. This
department. is in charge of Miss s. Il. Miller,
who removed hither from Minnesota two years
or so ago.
Ihese four rooms are each the same size
twenty-eight by thirty-eiSht feet on the floor
ana fourteen feet from floor to ceiling The
nrst-1ioor rooms are each provided with a cloak
room, and the second floor rooms have each n
CLOAK room and a teachers closet Each room
has large blackboard thirty.eight feet long,
and smaller one behind the teachers stand
The Granmar Department is in the room OH
the third door, which is twice the size of any
OF the lower rooms, being tifty-six by thirty
eight feet on the floor, and sixteen feet from
moor 70 celiing. This room is provided with
seats for one hundred and twelve students.
OF of this room there are two good-sized reel
tation rooms, and also two cloak rooms. It is
calculated for two teachers. Prot. G. A. Graves,
the Principal, and Miss j. III. Harris, the AS
H..
The duties Of the Principal necessarily call
him into all the rooms, and consequently Miss
Harris has about the same responsibility In
this highest grade that the other teachers have
In the lower grades. She has been engaged in
teaching in Cedar Falls for some months past
ana altogether has had good opportunity to fit
nerseii Tor her profession. She is a graduate OF
prlhnell College in this State. Mr.. Graves is n
gentleman of large experience In teaching,
and has had much to do with graded schools.
He graduated from Dartmouth College in ISL
with the degree of A. Nj.
In all the rooms but the First Primary, the
approved seats and desks manufactured by
Chase & Son, of Buffalo, are used. This furni-
ture Will be used altogether as soon as the dis
srict Is able. The house Is warmed by four coal
stoves and Two wood stoves, the latter being in
the Primary Departments. Coal will probably
be burned exclusively by another winter
There is a tine belfry on the building. in which
Is small bell weighing one hundred and fifty
pounds. 1t is impossible TO give the number
OF pupils in each department from the fact
that the labor of grading il but barely COM
menced. The school will not be in thorough
working order before the first of February
The Board of Directors and the teachers should
receive the active support and lively sympa-
thy OF all good citizens, and if this be granted
there can be no sound reason why Cedar Falls
may not soon boast one of the very best public
schools in the State.
AT ameeting of the Board Of Directors on the
10th inst. the following resolution was adopted
. Resolved, That the Board adopt for a term of
nVe years the following text books, to be used
in the schools in this district: The Union Ser
les OF READERS, the Union Speller, Kerls Gram
mar, Robinson'S Mathematics Monteith's and
NJ cNally 8 biographies, Spcncerian System of
The books formerly in use were McGuffeys
renders and speller, Rays mathematics, Pin
eos Grammar, and the Biographies and pen
mentioned in the resolution. The
new books were adopted on a proposition
from Messrs. II. A. & G. D. Perkins, OF this city,
to furnish them for period Of thirty days Il t
prices. ~ FL rEEErm Ii