Daily Republican., 1878-10-30

| tuht tuouBn tutIe ~ One Iuat may SuI
pass In Its size and costliness OF finish,
there are none its equal in design, com
! tort and convenience.
Calling upon Col. Henry Eckel, Presi-
dend of tn. Board Of Public Education
W. found that gentleman eager to be-
come our cicerone, and soon We were
,tanding IL front Of the school, admiring
the syinmsarica proportions Of the build
ing. Entering we we're ushered into
No. room. which contained the be-
gnners, Or as our teachers call it, the
first grade. Miss Anna Raudnitsky was
in charge of this room and had under
her care "a pupils, boys and girls, rang
ing in age from q to 10 years, divided
into two classes, one little farther ad-
vanccd than the other. One of these
classes was upon the floor as we etern-
ed and did not seem the least disturbed
by the presence of strangers, a fact
which indicated their good train
ing. Miss X. was t,ac..ing an object
ltSSUh III Which INV uOoN oho hoiu was
made use Of in every conceivable man
her TO furnish objects ,o attract aud in.
terest her pupils. Miss r. Is no gloomy
misanthrope, but cheerful and pleasant
in her demeauor she impaired the same
feeling to her pupils and we were un-
der the impression that she was one of
the very few who have the disposition
and patience necessary in the success
iul training Of young children.
From this room We passed across the
hall to No. 2 room, containing the
same number Of boys and girls, but II
little older and little farther advan
ced, and taught by Miss Ida c. Devou.
The same interest was manifested IN
this room, w both teacher and schol-
ars as In the first, indeed We thought
that the presence Of visitors only in
cited them to try to excel in their les.
sons. We were here joined by Miss
Emma Griffith, principal OF tl,e school,
and lady visitor who accompanied
us through the remainder OF the ruoms.
Col. Eckel spoke very pleasantly to the
scholars and at his request to say
word, We complimented the teacher
and scholars upon the excellent be-
hsvior Of the school, and then we sold
them Of the log cabin school house
CHECKED with mud and stone; the desks
and seats made Of slabs from saw logs,
in which We spent the commencement
Of our scholastic life. Leaving this
room with a Promise to call again, We
were ushered into Miss Agnes 4. Ogle's
room, No. 3, we believe. This was
about the hour for recess, but upon
vote called for by Col. Bcksl every one
Of the children voted to give up their
recess and remain 10 session.
These scholars were still grade
higher than the last We had visited.
Here we enjoyed the rich treat Of the
scholars going through with their
marching song. We are free to say that
we never saw children so we'll tr lined.
At a given signal from Miss. Ogle's bell,
the school broks forth in Singing rWe
are going home" and on. after, another
took their place in line with the pre-.
csion and regularity of we!l-trained
veteran soldiers, thus marching up and
down the aisles and around the room
until the last scholar was in line, their
regular tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp,
keeping time with the taps of Miss o. 5
b IL. From n ling Ws're going home .
the parchers suddenly shifted to other
tunes. giving all the popular choruse
a touch before they got through and took
their seats. After few remarks and
we were conducted a.
cross to No. 4 room, Miss Alice Hazel,
teacEer, but who being absent at
a supply from one OF the more
advanced classes was in charge. The
same good order was noticeable here
as in the other rooms, notwithstanding
the absence of the teacher.
After being favored with some choice
singing by the classes (all girls) aud
some congratulatory remarks, we were
escorted up stairs amongst the gram.
mar and more advanced classes. The
clock reminded US that we had but
W" h'hot'o ho'o W oPdTt DeiOFe tnt
hour Of dismissal, and there were vet
four rooms which we had not visited.
Thus hurried our call in Miss Alice
room was short, but long
enough to see that the same excellent
order prevailed here as elsewhere. A
hasty call in Miss Rebecca Il. Browns
'oom was no less gratifying in regard
10 order and. the advancement of the
scholars. Every boy seemed so intent
lpon his studies, whether mental or
written arithmetic, fractions, roots or
lowers, that they seemed not to notice
'ur presence. Bowing our compliments
o teacher and scholars, we stepped
'cross into Miss Sallie Pugh's room full
# boys, one half of whom were on the
loor engaged in reading exercises, and
he other half were busy with their ,
lates. but no idleness was noticed
anywhere. Mr.. Eckel made very en-
ouraging address to the school, and
ollowing him we gave the teacher and
'eys q word of encouragement. m
On asking where the bad boys wyre g
:ept, we were quickly answered, .in
he cellar" but Of course this was a
7itty answer from a wide awake schol
r.. .'d"'' Eu ..'pNir ,u f. ..lt EUa ,ll
The next and last room visited was {
10. 8, all girls, taught bv Miss LAMA n