The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-25
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WHO TEACHES THEM AND HOW
THEY ARE TAUGHT.

Last week We visited several depart
men,s Of the public schools of Cairo. AS
the subject is, or ought TO be, interesting
to the parents and people generally of the
city, we have pennod, for their perusal,
the Impressions made upon our mind dur
ing the time spent in each room. This
time was limited Of course, but it gave us,
on the Whole, very favorable opinion OF
the schools as they are now conducted
We believe the teachers are, for the most
part, experienced, and conscientiously do
voted to their duties. Tho number now
engaged is fifteen. The salaries paid range
from sixty dollars 10 seventy dollars u
month to the female teachers, much
better pay than is paid to the
same grade of teachers IN North.
ern Illinois, as We were informed
by one OF the ladies who came from that
enlightened section to bcnighted Egypt.
The rooms are, with few exceptions, com
Portable and comfortably furnished, and
the children who spend such large por-
tion of each day in them, enjoy facilities
for the requirement of knowledge that
were unknown TO their parents.
TIE FIRST PRIMARY.
This department of the public schools
of Caro- is taught by Miss Rogers in the
little frame building on Eleventh street,
which has, for over dozen years or more,
been used as building for
primary school. Tho school
averages at present over one hundred pu-
pills whose ages run from six and half to
nine years. The room contains thirty-six
seats or benches Of tho modern kind,
cast iron leg', black walnut frames
with two little desks placed
on tho middle end Of the seat and
to the right of the pupil, the desk table so
rounded out as to accommodate the
little pupil in comfortable
position and afford resting
place for the right arm, and the book or
slate. The thrty-six seats arc occupied
by seventy-two pupils, and as tho school
numbers hundred pupils, more or less, it
is often the case that from ten to fifteen
are compelled to stand, generally around
a table, where they are allowed to amuse
themselves with blocks, and short sticks,
with which they spell out
words, form sentences, etc. Tho visitor
Mt Miss Rogers school is Impressed with
the order which prevails, and tho general
air OF studiousness and attention noticea,
BILE among the little pupils, both
when in their seats or in
class. Considering that in point of years,
most of the children are little more than
mere babies, the order observed is almost
remarkable. Miss Roger, teaches by
OBJECT LESSONS,
varied according to original ideas Of
her own upon the best plan Of dealing
win the little once, and TO one who 70.
members the school room Of generation
ago, with its hundrum routine Of exer-
cses, Miss Rogers method is at once en-
tertaining and suggestive. For instance.
class of the youngest pupils in tho room
are called by the ringing of bell to take
their places for recitation.
To the clspping of their
'helr own and teachers hands, they march,
all Keeping step, to "A position in the front
OF blackboard-the blackboard, we
omitted to mention, arc in rather u dilapi.
dated condition and carry one back, with
not much effort Of the memory, to tho
school rooms Of some twenty years ago
here they form themselves into two bs'f
circles. one smaller than the other and
within 1t. Miss Rogers writes the word
dog on the black board, having scar shed
out an unbroken place on which TO do so
and giving one Of the pupils pointer"
ne points to the written word, ask. how
many letters therc ire in IT,