Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-20

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Within that period, Miss 0sgood has been the
efficient and faithful Principal eleven years.
This is Grammar school, into which girls are
received from No. /, and boys from all of the
schools. The teachers are Miss Mary Miller,
Miss Emma Yates, Miss Alethea Baird, Miss
Emma Pringle, Miss sallie Miller Miss Rebecca
Benson and Miss Hare. Number of scholars In
attendance three hundred and thirty-six t33G)-
girls, one hundred and fifty-six Q56), and boys,
one hundred and eighty (1S0), with an average
attendance of two hundred and ninety-six (2e6)
There are seven rooms for study and recitatons
and one snug little one, fitted up with bookcase,
desk, &c., for the Principal. The school is di-
yded into fourteen classes.
About the building aie fine large yards, and In
front Is grass plot; a this area around the
house being planted with trees, which afford |
grateful shade in the summer to the scholars |
whilst at play. A few outline maps hang upon |
the wallis and solitary globe adorns one OF the |
desks on the platform; clock and Thermometer |
are in each large room, and there is no want oil
black board surface. The seats in the large class
room, up stairs, having been found to be very |
| inconvenient and uncomfortable, it was deter |
mined by the Board at the instance of the Visit
| ing Committee a few weeks ago, to supply the
room with new desks, removing the old ones.
The desks have been negotiated for at an expense
of over seven hundred dollars (5700), and will be
placed in the room very shortly. The old desks
will be stored away to do duty in the school house
next to be built, for they will serve admirably for
smaller pupils.
hThe designers of this building are to be COM
mended for the wisdom displayed in its erection.
sl,,4 f,rn In
due regard was to be had to the laws of health,
and to the comfort of teacher and scholar. The
rooms are admirably arranged; the ceilings arc
high, the windows are large, numerous, and low
er from the top ventilation is readily secured;
sufficient room is afforded every scholar; hy-
drant is in one of the ante-rooms; the hat rooms
are conveniently placed; the stairways are wide
and of easy ascent, and there are inside shutters
to the windows.
This school is well classified and a uniform series
of books are uscd and there is uniformity of
methods of teaching. No traancy is practised,
and the discipline may be said to be almost per-
feet guiding hand is seen in all Of the move
mcnts of the school, and system prevails In every
department. Teaching here has been made
science, and there is an intelligent appreciation
of the duties and responsibilities of Instructors
Parents arc encouraged to make visits to the
school, and witness its workings, and during a
year great many visitors, attracted by the repu-
tation which this school has built up, come; Of
; tentmcs as many five or six a day, and upon
an average probably fifty or sixty month.
The following are the studies pursued :-Read-
ino smelling defining. mental and written arith-
,notic Aloehra common and physcal Geogla-
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= o;ty i ,,wnd or IL and ius,,v too It's rcn,.
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- Th, o,,o,n;n.,;on of tho sohoars tes,,fes In IN,
am,;,,,a,, -, ~ dr;i,;n,r ,yhioh ,box hayo ro
= ceived One gentleman who visited more thar
tbr.e hundred nublic schools last wear. remarked
~ 10 tho writer flint b Ind a,non all those schools
n seen not one that was superior to No. 4. Th
!, ,,as /. commitment iud,ed far his visits were fol
. ,ha ,,,,,s, ,ar, ~ ocot;ea where imnroved ednca
:. ,io,,, svst.ms were fostcred Tn fine. no on,
who 4, on,,.intad ,v;tb tho rosrlts of the teach
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No. I.
- School No. g. is conducted in u two-story bricl
u building on Sixth street, between Market an,
'o King. and belonging to the city, 1t is Primar,
W school. from which girls arc promoted to No. /
~ and bows to No. 4.
The PRINCIPAL is Miss Elizabeth Mulan, and til
20 - Assistant. Miss Laura Carswell There are in at
VIZ tendance one hundred and thirty-cght G8S
u scholars-siyty-seyen (61) girls, and seventy-on
To- (71) boys.witl IN average attendance of one un
IL dred and thirty Q8O).
nd There are Two rooms in tile building, and tn
'r scholars are divided into five classes In the bc
a lonyings there is n deficiency; there is no thei
lis mometer ,nd there is hut one outline mar
is tho,ot Tho desks and seats nre very GOOD. an
re - ~ h,ao,, hoora su,,ce Til
ed .o,,,,, .no ,aatod ,yoy bv stovcs and there mr.
ed ,,aa,,, o.. ,a,,i,,,;on ~. scholars have II,
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&C. - ~, H., ,a.o,,.,., hava no d;n,cnltv in III
.s.,,as,st 20 ,,,a sohoI.r. Al ,he oncnine
er- . s'.,,,. ,.'s.;,,, s,,,,, ,.ss.,,,.s from N
be- p;h,o M road and ia Iora,s PRAYER rec,ted.
=" The following is the course of study; alphabc
~, spelling, reading, writing, geography, practic'
'"' and mental arithmetic.
me tvoen Thir1 ond Four,h streets. The buildp
. is one Of the largest class, OF two stories
.la height, with wide front on the street, ana
wing extending from the rear.
This school is Primary, and promotes boys
No. 4, and girls to No. ]. The Principal Is MI