Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-04
THE PUBLIC school.
A Flying Visit with the Trustees
Through the Various Depart

A Flying Visit with Trustees
Through n Various Depart
ments.
In company with Messrs. Campbell and
Winzell, two of the School Trustees, we
dropped into the various departments of
Eureka's schools yesterday afternoon, to
see how the young ideas Of this district
were learning to shoot. 1t was something
of a surprise party to the teachers and
scholars, but the usual tenor Of their way
was continued, showing a system OF dis
cipline that was a relief to us, as the mem
DRY of our boyhood experiences, in log
school houses down East, welled up like a
dream.
We first stepped into the primary de-
partment, which is under the management
of Mrs. Kaye, and here was a good sized
room, which was comfortably flled-some
10 or 45 scholars being present. Mrs.
Kaye informed us that there were about as
names enrolled upon her books, scholars
who belonged to her department. This
branch OF the school might properly be
termed the second grade, since the OPEN
no VI ~ UNIV NUT hTf. MtlQtll.
In this room the blackboard is everywhere.
To these little ones the blackboard is
everything; pictures, ideas and objects be-
fng more readily shown up and explained
on its surface than by any oral instruction
that can be delivered; easy words of q
single syllable, names Of objects and cor
rect pronunciation can be indellibly
stamped by crayon printing before the
little scholars very eyes; the construction
Of simple tables-all these, and a hundred
more exercises, are p~resentable upon the
blackboard to this class Of children at the
| very age when il does them the most good,
and it takes but a glance into this room to
see that through the knowledge and instru-
mentality Of Mrs. Kaye these matters have
been arranged to further the rapid advance
ment Of her classes. During our short
stay the lady called up a class Of 16 pupils
five were missed.
To the rear. and adjoining the main
school-house is the new building, which
has been added under the administration
Of the present Trustees, and this is de-
voted to the use Of Mr.. Kaye, who has in
charge the fourth, or highest, grade Of
scholarship Of which Eureka can at pres
ent boast. This room is furnished with
the patent-casting furniture, which is used
no extensively all through the East, and is
neat and cosy enough for the most fastidi-
Gus young miss. Here are to be found the
necessary accoutrements for arraying the
broken Omitted States into grammatical
English in this room are the fixtures for
developing the mathematical organs Of our
masters aud misses here is taught the
curves, the oblique. the vertical and the
horizontal lines that come handy to others
than artists all through life. There are ~
scholars in this department. As we en-
tered, the next order Of business was for q
new class in fractions to take the board,
and the first young man called up acquit-
ted himself very credibly.
As our time was limited, we passed on,
now being accompanied by Mr.. Kaye, to
the third, or intermediate grade, whose
teachings are supervised by Mrs. Stowell.
As we were ushered in by Mr.. Kaye we
found a class before maps Of the world,
and they appeared far better posted on
geography than did a recent full-grown
New York correspondent who wrote to the
Christian Examiner that the "world-re-
nowned Comstock mines are pleasantly To-
Gated at the foot Of the Base Range, and
have built up the lively little town of Eu-
rcka, California" Under Mrs. Stowell's
tutorage is placed the largest number Of
scholars--her list containing some so
names. We stayed but a moment in this
room, but intend to look in some day and
listen to the regular exercises, that we may
better report progress.
We just looked in upon Mrs. Wendell, in
her new quarters, and found her about
ready to let the fidgoty. little ones out to
recreatc, and we don't believe there is a
thank you" in a solitary one Of their
chubby little earcasses for MS, as visitors
for we must have kept them from at least
three minutes valuable play.timey Mrs.
Wendell is hardly located, but she has
some charts for teaching letters and words,
ana the furniture Of the room il appro-
| pirate for the stature OF her 81 scholars.
There are upwards Of 80 more scholars
in attendance this month than there were
one year ago.