Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-27
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10 tic CuGpT q thG -1it.t,;tttFte1 Gu.tNI
EIR: Your ackcoR!cdscd ictcrcs. u TIC
Public Schools Of tic c}untS, induces ,lO 10
ask The uso 0l yCu' columns !Gr q review Ct
each, and to present such facts Es TO convince
our people that the very liberal support They
have given them financially is repaid hy The
increased intelligence AID ,itpor!ment oi their
children.
Having visited all tic Public Schools "a tho
county during tho iast month, an prepared
to comment upon them IS follows CaTuo
school, No. /, situated ia Washington District,
taught by Mr.. Samuel Staliup, is new build
ing, erected in 1872 at cost of $500. This
school, mizad 10 sexes, had present rs scholars,
from seven years of age 10 blusbing womsnhcod,
pursuing all the studies allowed ia tho public
schools
The teacher Mr.. S. is 80 we'll end l.vorahly
knoWn as teacher that airy thing that may BE-
further sid of him would bo supelNucus. l
will venture 10 say, however that tho discipline
is of the highest order, and the scholarly bear-
ing Of tho pupils ref. c!cd credit upoa their
| teacher end parents. ard upon examination tho7
showed that thsv had been thoroughly tutored,
IN reading, spellog, arithmetic aud geography,
and in tho other branches showed proficiency
| oClGolh ulCt Will ~ oClOUI VI Ills L uU
furniture 10 this school house is unit for tho
| building Gtd the Sccom m0dGtion Of tho chill
drep.
The trustees having charge OF the matter gre
gentlemen of equal lbcraIy to a-y others CT
the county, vouag, antuily. moro money ao.
cordiDg to population than aOy other district
for the support Of its schools.
| The next school visited YVES SuMa6r, M. ..
taught by Mr.. r. ". Whiting, ooloIel. This
is coored school, mixed 10 s,xes, and has upon
lt5 roll lily pupils, twenty Two Ui whOm were
prtsent, they being the youngest On the roll,
| the larger ones bang required tbs time OF tho
year to work.
| The examination OF this school embraced bu.
| three studies, reading, spelling anl geography,
ln which they did well uuIcr the circumstances,
it being tho oolLoet day of the season. The
| children Were hudlel around tho stove, SILVER.
lug which unGtod item for examination. Tho
teacher slowed embarrassment 10 not hayiog
auy Of bis larger Lu9ils present that he might
mako as good showing as other;cCored schools
OF the county. for which he has my sympathy
and shall rot have eny blamo laid upon him.
The school room Is tie lower story It GCl.d
irg known a, "Old Fellows iIsi' and is cot
very we'll adapted tor school PURPOSES, being
Park from having but few windowa. aud they
small. The furniture, if such it may be called,
Is unht for the uses Tor which ii is required,
| there being but one small black board aud map
Of the world, with no other school aprlias c V
than a tsw rickcty desks and beaches ubGt tcr
| school purposes.
| Want Of funds, as with Carbe ,chdol, il ;hG
clus0 OF no better GccomdeiiobH, but VIC txpect
IN tho lututc IL receive cur portion Ct tku
State school fund, aad then hope 10 b. able 10
| Ill ,l,I., 1
at least great endurance lnd CncrRy, wiIkluS
every chool day frh;n Alex .uiria to hia school
and back hcldg q distance Of y vantcsn miles,
without regard To tho incIcmrnry 81 tho
weather
The tcxt snlonl vi>ltol YVES Walker Sa?ac.
No 3, whlir, Sht BY Mr. James H. Ciratct,,G
and situated IN Arlington dlsrit! near Balls Y
Roads. This fchaol house II new and BEAUTY
lul structure, well suprlcd with furniture OF
modern mskr, black boards uars, globes. aad
other school apparatus rot ntiGn !ound III a
| country school. The teacher Mr.. Clements il
n young man nt gaCd !taJm&u9 and dGpe.;s
| tho iui! required tina nAh xfcat cncrey
10 tho advncamcnt OF his rUpis Fer $50
! lsncl0ry reasons more thccGu&H cXam!na-
| ton Was had III grammar geography
spell log. arthlnciic. rcGdrg Holmes history
Of the United States, writing and composition,
in which the pupils, though some Of them W; 70
very young, compared iavorabiy wit ary sohap
in the county. This school IS specially favored
| by Il oao having no children to educate ia oi1rr-
ing four geld medals to bn competed for during
| tho present term, as an incentive TO ,N,cl liz
| tho several branches ia which they ara taught.
Tho fourth school examined was Abingdon
School No. ., colorcd, situated in Fr2cdolan's
Village, ard taught by Mr. Il. w. Smith.
| Upon tho roll wero found tho names Il s.
| scholars, GS OF whom were PRS nj, rangiuy
from seven TO twenty years OF ag'. Al tho
| studies required BY law are taught. The large
slzc CT tho school requires two monitors as a9.
slsant teachers, chrs n daily from tho mes!
| advanced pnp!s. Goo Of those on duty on the
| day OF my visit was O small gifl az tc.crGrn,
not moro than ten years old, a rr1d'gy in the
| plr'Got knowledge Of tho branches taught. She
| had under her charge about twenty scholars
| from twelve 10 twenty years OF ego. who were az
obedlent and traC'abIe 10 her as though shn had
| boon their regular teacher Tho examination
| through which this school passed ia reading,
| spelling, grammar. arithmetic and geography,
| showed that they bad been we'll instructed,
| making them proficient, or ucariy SO. in all of
| the above studies. Tho school is owned by the
county. but not st ail attractive. tho fu!ni
| ture being but little better than in tgo CT the
abovo raued schools
Tho lard upon which the house stands BE-
longs to the estate of Geu. 6. w. &. Ice, who,
upon its reposscsslon may require its removal.
The trustees, therefore, do not caro- to improve
1t, not kuowlug how soon they may be required
to remove. The Improvement il the personal
apI cIrarcs of the children Il this school sine,
lts organization IS wonderful, til, scholars
Vieng with each ether in making tho rcatcst
appearance in the school room.
The next 10 order ives The tx,moation of
Columbia School Ne. !, wife, taught By Miss
May Reed, ono Of its tyrmer pupils. Although
Miss Reed has been teaching tu. few nootis,
she gives promise of becoming vcIy superior
teacher, she possessing tho very important eIe-
ment Of teachers love for lhos, under ic,
charge. She drsIsthcm TO her as by magnet.