Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-28
CARSON PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The Examination Finished In the
High School.

nation went on. 1t might be still pro-
crossing. but a vote taken among the
pupils on the proposition to taper Oh
with Latin this forenoon, killed 1t. For
those who desire to know how far Mr..
Howe's class has gone in Latin and how
well they understand it, we can say Tor
sure that they have taken down the de-
clensions and the conjuga;ion OF the
regular verb. They have firm founda-
ton laid, and superstructnre OF what
ever magnitude they may choose to rear
up it will be sat, against the depredations
of creeping forgetfulness. In tAis
branch of instruction the teacher has not
Travelled over much ground, but he has
made his way carefully, step by step and
the scholars, lilo duce, have no enemies
in the rear to dread. Being now fairly
started they have only to so forward ana
gather strength in going. The Algebra
examination of yesterday morning ex-
tended to Equations of the First Degree
The argument for the change of s!5hs,
etc, in the four primary processes was
given clearly in the sledge hammer logic
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Least Common Multiple and the Great
est Common Divisor were neatly dem
onstrated. That phenomenon of Alge-
bra, and of all figures, where 1t - shown
that to the naught equals UNITY, was
worked ana argued to a charm. WIN
this preliminary hold upon the subject,
it is now only an affhir ot time for the
class that was examined yesterday TO
render themselves masters Of what New
ton called Universal Arithmetic. 1t
is only through Algebra, in fact that,
to intelIects of ordinary c;.!lbre at least,
arithmetic becomes comprehensive in
its fullness and philosophy. A year
hence. if the same scholars continue at
school and attend regularly, the Algebra
class in question will have been taught
to think and reason better than if they
were familiar with the symbols of all the
logic books in the world. Where all did
so we'll no distinction by slight differ
ences was in order. The morning spent
in observing such an examination served
to more fully open the eyes OF visitors
to the fact that in school affairs all
things have become new i'll Carson.
AFTERNOON.
The exercises of the afternoon were
ushered in by a beautiful Sabbath School
song sung by a bevy of the larger girls
of the department clustered around the
organ at which Miss Annie Martin grace
fully presided. The boys and girls IN
costume made quite a striking appear
ance. They were all dressed in white.
The boys wore single stripes OF red
along the seam of the pants. The girls.
of course, had to have a profusion of
crimson and multiplicity of streaks.
The BOYS had. also, each flaming neck
tie! They all looked happy and eager
for work. Grammar was taken up Our
uucouth tongue was probed at the roots
to start with. Single letters grew into
volumes; and oh. the hard names they
GOT. But they were not forgotten. After
a season they were reresorted to as
points of departure for other pathological
ramitications. Letters never seemed SO
biz to us before. 1t is all in the book,
however, and it is grammar. Part after
part was taken up in dne order; many
bits of practical information OF lasting
value were exhibited in the way Of bring
ing our stiff necked Saxon words under
the arbitrary yoke of usage. On through
the cases and conjugation OF the regular
verb, All the visitors were delighted
and they said it was SO much pieasanter
to listen to an examination like that
where there was no prompting and where
the pupils seemed so independent in
their replies. This sort of easy CONVEX
sational lesson between teacher and
taught lasted an hour and half when
calestheuics was announced The crowd
of spectators gave way INTO the corners
and into Miss Shears room, while Mr..
Howe went in search of his fiddle
(violin) and Miss Martin wended her
way to the organ. What was the
the good teachers confusion upon open
ing the lid of the case to find his own
fiddle (violin) gone, and new one mnch
more costly put in its place with label
attached showing that the same had been
presented him by his grateful pupils.
The calesthenics We're charming. The
crowd of visitors, numbering qnite
hundred, looked on with delight and
heartily applauded the performance.
You should have been there. A descrip-
ton would not bring to your view the
Youthful grace and loneliness of the
scene. After calisthenics came physi-
ology. The examination in this science
established the fact in the minds of
several who came there incredulous,
that children can be understandingly
Taught it. They displayed a clear I'M