Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-20
CARSON PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Exa,ninaii ion Of the Primary Depart-
ment.


The first of series of examinations
to extend through next week was begun
yesterday in Mss Adams department.
Numbering in attendance at present, not
withstandins the whooping cough and
measles which still linger to distress the
juveniles and keep them away from
school. between fifty and sixty pupils.
Tue little ones have Il charming apart
ment devoted to them. l: is roomy, adj
mirably ventilated. and provided with
comfortable d SKIS and benches of the
most improved sort. What a delightful
contrast with the gloomy. Enwholesome
chamber which they occupied In the
stone school house last Year! An adj
mirable work WAS the building of that
commoiiouS edltice in which corps of
skillful teachers may now pat forth their
energies, without waste of effort, to
bring up the rising generation i'll the way
they should go! The children apprecI-
ate the generosity of the taxpayers.
Their happy, bright faces unite with the
cheerfulne,s of their surroundings to
make most pleasing picture. Theya
bunyaut and sprishtly and lay hold of
their little tasks with will, under the
firm but gentle tutorship of their admir-
able teacher. Miss Adams. They were
reading. yesterday morning when your
reporter arrived at the scene of action.
They acquitted themselves handsomely.
They have been started right. Their ar
ticulatlun is clear. aud by their lntona-
ton one in hearing them mi Sht imagine
that they We're narrating .: their own
accord and in their own words some o.
the simple little stories that grandfather
McGutfy has put together for them. The
sprlilu. OF th, little ones was tirst-ra.e
too, and many pnzzlins word was
spelled before il single one was missed.
The photography o. our English depends
upon memory utterly. Let the children
b. Taught it in song and story. 1t Is
arbitrary and volati-. Let them catch
it before they go to higher schools where
by false presumption. they know how to
spell already. Miss Adams understands
the art of driving monotony ont OF her
school room windows. After deal OF
spelling and reading. Miss Lnlie Klein
sweet little girl inst assaylng her first
steps in our h-terodoY orthography-
WAS called to stand by her teacher on
the roStrum, where with a bonquet of
lilies in her hand sh.. recited Quite
b ave'y Little White Lily" And who
would have Thought it. Mss Adams has
made hel little pupils familiar with the
amount Of Indebtedness of each State
in the Union. Some wee" chaps that
s--m hardly capable Of articulation can
tell the debt of this or that State to the
d"lla:i A fine mnemouic drill, surely.
They are taught sometime about n-w>-
papers, too. They tell rs there are 2 263
ui these in the United States. Aud to
" hat paper d. you think they give thu
ii ST rank? They place the London Times
second. and with one accord crown the
Carson APPEAL chief. Such compli- |
ments are fatal to self oblivion. Master |
Cha, ton Davies gave us another llin>trn-
t ia of the WAY in which his teacher |
adds II pleasing variety to their exelcises. |
H.. reclled the floral multiplication table.
Old timers who used to chant geography |
khonid have been there! They would |
have had their spirits revived. At twelve
o'clock. the eXelc.Ses which had been
witnessed with real pleasure by th.
B ,ard of Examiners REV. Allen and
NJ. Gre-nltw) anu several lidies. Were
brought to IL close with singing. The
folding doors We're rolled back and Miss
A ANS and MISS Torr-yson' depart
NJ MS my together Miss frankie Ro-
,-lle all nglow with the soul of music
md the charm of her schnolmat"S. pre-
,ldrti at the organ and I'D the singing
With her own voice. Our Yearly Jnhi-
-e'' aud Welcome Once "A Year wer-
ferry prettily rendered. when the children
were dismissed until o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
The examination of Miss Adams
apartment WIS resumed shortly after
me O'Clock i'll the aft. rnoon with nuu-
~r of lady visitors present. as well as
he Examining Board that had attended
II the morning. The T ustees We're rep
). s..nt+d by DR.. Cotton who was IN hand
10th sessions and manifested lively in
crest in the proceedings. The children
maintained in the afternoon the repIta-
ION that their good recitations had won
,r them in the morning. Their knowl-
dge of The Child History of Amer
"a is thorough rs far as they have
one. Their answers were promptly
iven aud evinced that their budding
nt-llects had been carefully Taught to
bink. Their feats in enumeration.
lnwever. were almost marvel and sur
,rised everybody Several little boys
nd girls not older than eight rnnmer-