Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-16
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AOO&Slne OpSuSO yOS tie 18BC 1et1N
we hsve had Il In mind TO make Wis.
'it TO them; - III duty bound; but only
day before yesterday could We make
the time come round, and then only
for . brief halliday. This IL Of coups
too short . time for the purpose. One
ought in fairness to devote It least "a
much time - that to each room be-
fore forming any very definite opin.
Ions about IL. But We made the best
Of the chance we had, and will report
accordingly.
f In the High School Department.
east room on second floor, the visitor
Is cordially and courteously welcomed
by Prof. j. A. Roberts, Principal Of
the Schools. Prof. RS salary ID 500
per month. The scholars enrolled in
this Department for the last Term
were IS, giving an average attendance
Of about 90. Prof. r. IL assisted In
this Department by Mr.. J. B. Young,
whose salary 10 SIS per month. We
were glad to observe that the exer-
cises open In the morning with read.
Ing Of the Bible and prayer by the
Principal. In the short time allotted
to Us we had time only 10 notice that
the general appearance Of things was
that Of good order and attention to
business-which indeed may, to .
very creditable extent, he said Of all
the Departments. Formerly this
grade OF the School was all in one
room; but now the north end of the
room has been partitioned of ~ rec
itation room, which makes things
much better everyway. But there
are still numerous appliances and
lacking-such a. apps-
ratus, &c.-for the want Of which
perhaps nobody ia to blame, and for
the coming Of which we must neces.
sarily wait till some future day. It
h pleasant to believe that Teachers
and scholars are endeavorIng TO make
the best Of the advantages and oppor-
they have. Prof. Roberts
likes the School and the scholars first
rate; and the general course of things
thus far has been mainly very pleas.
ant all round.
The Grammar School occupies the
west room on the second floor. Mr..
+. H. Clark 10 Teacher; salary SIS per
Scholars enrolled last term,
d, giving average attendance Of IS.
In this room we had the pleasure of
hearing only parts Of two recitations.
The Teacher, and nearly all Of the
scholars, seemed to be striving to do
their duty to the best Of their ability
II seemed to u that there were too
many scholars In one room-a thing to
be noticed still more especially in the
lower Departments; but of course that
10 not the fault of either Teacher or
scholars. Time and opportunity per.
II would have been pleasant
10 remain In this Department longer;
but we were compelled to hasten.
In the west room on first floor IL
found the intermediate Department.;
Mr.. r. C. Parsons, Teacher; salary
SIS per month. Scholars enrolled last
term, 78; average attendance over 6l-
the best average OF any Of the Depart
ments. Around the walls Of this room
are hung several Outline Maps, on
which. on former occasions, we have
heard Mr., Parsons exercise his pupils
very finely. During the recitation Of
one Of the Geography classes, 1t gave
~ pleasure to see that some of the
At least, added to their In
formation some Of the current news Of
the day, a. 70 France and other coun-
tries wherein are tsanspiring the great
events which make Biographies old
and erroneous In few months. In
this room It was painful to see how
much disturbance was caused by the
noise in the Department
above, merely for the lack Of desden.
ing between hooss.
The northeast room on the lirst floor
is occupied by the Secondary Depart
ment; Miss Mary Shoup, Teacher;
salary $40 per month. by the way,
will some sturdy opponent Of Woman
explain why Miss Shoup and
Miss Young, in their respective De-
should receive but $40 psr
month for the same work for which
men would receive SIS? 10 II right?
10 u justice? 10 Il ohivalfous?-But
We will not argue the question now.
In this Department there were los
enrolled for the lest Term,
with IN average attendance Of 90.
This 10 the most cheerful.looking
room In the 6chool-house. The little
boys and girls bring engravings and
colored picturss to hang up around
the walls, and Miss Shoup very wisely
A>isa kha,u The ts,O ~ pAlal v>sSt~A