Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-19
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IAAA AuepecGiOn TAG frAnklln SCNOOl--.
Ventilation Bad---The Building Over
crowded--An Interesting Exercise---Pu-
pills and Teachers in Happy Accord in
Making n Model School. saN
Having invited the attention of the author
tiles to the defects in the Washington school,
the GLOBE extended its inspection to the
Franklin school, and submits the result of
the observations taken as follows: t..
Franklin school in exterior presents de-
clsedly better appearance than the Washing
ton school. Once inside, and this appear
ance again is exceedingly better. The ar
rangement of the recitation or class rooms,
the egress, etc., and all the appointments are
better in every respect. The building is
newer, yet old enough to show wear and
tear, and is in fair repair, an extended touch
having been given to it just before the school
year began. The janitor here seems careful
and painstaking in his work, and the build
ing, walls, stairways and Railways present a
cleanly appearance.
There are six rooms devoted to the use of
the children as recitation rooms. On the
first or ground floor the ceilings are low, and
the two class rooms are gloomy and badly
ventilated. Ventilators or Gratings are stuck
IN the walls overhead ct irregular intervals,
but thvy do not answer the purpose, and
drafts of wind must be admitted through the
windows to dispel the fetid atmosphere of
the overcrowded school rooms, superheated
by Immense cast iron stoves.
Up stairs, two rooms on the second and
two on the third floor, the arrangements for
light and ventilation are much better, but
by no means admirable, as was detected by
hrnQth lo1o OF how n ho %hal
| over and over again by the pupils.
The arrangements for escape in case of
fire have not been particularly considered in
constructing the building. There are three
| stories and winding narrow stairway, or
two on each side of the front of the building,
give the only avenue of escape. In case of
great alarm the outlet would serve
the purpose, could the children
be controlled; and danger is
partly obviated by assigning the smaller or
younger children to the ground floor, and
the older, misses and we'll grown youths, to
the third floor.
This school il over-crowded. The capaci-
ty of the building is er-taxed, and to par
TALLY relieve this, an additional classroom
has been improvised out of hallway in the
rear of the building. Here score or more
of children are huddled together without
even available breathing space.
There are PA children in constant at
tendance, allotted to the six rooms and the
hallway mentioned. These are divided into
classes and are taught by the followin g
teachers:
Mrs. Travis, principal.
Miss Blackman instructs A pupils of the
fourth grade.
Miss Flagg has A pupils of the fourth
grade.
These classes are located in the rooms on
the ground floor.
Mrs. Fish is in charge of ~ pupils of the
fifth grade.
Miss Hight is located in the hallway, and
superintends the instruction of 80 pupils of
the fifth grade.
Miss Holden, is in charge of the sixth
grade, having the large number of SO I'M
der her tuition.
Miss Walker, on the third floor, superin-
tends the seventh grade numbering 81 pu-
pills, and in an adjoining room Miss Cum
| Minis has charge of the eighth grade schol-
ars, 26 in number.
Mrs. Travis, the principal, has no class in
Immediate charge, but exercises a constant
and untlring supervision over the whole
school.
The discipline is noticeable feature in
the management of this school. Mrs. Travis
commands the respect of her corps Of assist
ants, and seconds them by jealous atten-
ton in exercising a judicious and
kindly control over the children
They show the nature of the discipline ex-
ercised, by the manner in which they occupy
their seats, the posture being erect, without
| restraint; in the undivided attention given
fhnir fao1 =. =
emplary order preserved.
The children deserve the highest praise for
their decorous conduct and decidedly com
prehensive manner in which they recite.
In Miss Blackman' g room, fourth grade. the
children were put through an animated reci-
tation in mental arithmetic. Animated, for
they were eagerly responsive to the effort of
their teacher. The difficult array of figures
complicated in maze of addition, substrac-
ton, multiplication and division, would be
scarcely uttered, before dozens of eager
hands.were outstretched, indicating that Just
so many were ready with an answer-and al
most invariably it was the correct one In
such mental application, girls are generally
foremost, but during the exercise here the
boys proved master, and the misses did the
missing. In the ether grades, the children
were exercised in reading, grammar, etc.,
and acquitted themselves in o commendable
manner, indicative of industry on their part
and Jealous attention on the part of the
teachers.
The pupils in attendance, both girls and
boys, are bright faced intelligent lot of
children, such as st. Paul may we'll be proud
of, and to which her future may be commit
ted without fear, when too it is considered
they are daily made better fitted for their
mission. under the able and conscientious
instruction impaired by the able corps of
teachers of the Franklin school.
Furnishing Sinners.
Judge Wilkin on the bench, criminal bust