Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-13
WI COUNTY SCHOOLS.
o. the 9th ms, l visited the school
taught by Miss Carrie Lawrence in

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taught by Mis-. Carrie Lawrence in
district NUMBER 50,
known generally as the CLARK West d's'
tric,." The teacher " a graduate Of the
Yankton high school and brings to tho aid
Of excellent educational attainments a fair
experience aud acknowledged prest'Re IN
the profession. The district comprises an
area Of about 81 square miles ana, in the
matter of school house and teaching sppli-
ances, perhaps surpasses any other d's'r'c'
in Yank,on county. The building is large,
we'll lighted aud commodious. possessing
good facilities for ventilation, and, in tia
internal arrangements, does honor equally
to the intelligence aud enterprise Of the
district.
maps and charts OF the mos, approved type
fill up the available space on the walls aud,
with the globe aud b,ackbnards OF the
school, offer pupils and teachers facilities
for as affective work as ary school in the
county. The good Effect OF these appliances
Ia plainly visible in lhe advanced condition
ofih. pupils in the several branches taught
here.
With 'his teacher the text bn"k serves
Father to furnish ihe 1t xt ~ the days set
task ti,n. AS tie Incorporation a! the schoOl
day work, 'nr outlines thus suil'',.; heing
filled IN with oral Destruction.
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II in tn. instruction OF rea':ing aud gram
mar, geography is laugh. ,opically. the pu-
pill ri the maps, spelling w oral ana dicta.
tioa exercises aud rsn,nsnship msinly
through the medium of Spencerisn copy.
books. In arithmetic the classes have ad-
vanced beyond the condition of the average
school.
The proficiency Of The pupils ir the sew
eral branches taught here is remsryahle c,,a-
eidcring their youth. l found them polite,
obedient, progressive and submissive
Miss Lawrence had been teaching here
bu, one day prior to my visit. supplying the
place made vacant by the resignation Of
Miss Fletcher, who has gone to Sioux Falls,
under an engagement to teach there.
The following day l visited ,heschool in
district No. 4, famil arly known as the
"Stanage district" The school here is
taught by John S,anage, jr, who is teach.
ing his first term. His register shows
twenty.four pupils enrolled AID accredited
with an average attendance Of nearly TWEEN
ty. OF these twenty, seventeen were pres
ent on the day Of my visit. was greatly
pleased with the order that I found pre-.
vailing here. Diligence in the work VI
teacher and pupils ia a clearly visible charac'
! %teristic Of this school. During my entire visi'
! 1 did not observe one syllable of whispering
. and came away forcibly impressed with tn,
, close application of the pupils to the worl
they had to Go. The teacher keeps a rol
t of honor which I found induces much o
the discipline it is often found so difficult I,
enforce. In the reading classes, from tn
E primer up to the fifth, l found the classe
: excellently organized and a careful attention
!. given to the rules and principles of tn,
work. In arithmetic l found the junior cla-
in the fundamental rules and the senio
e class advanced as far as decimal fractions
The pupils are sent TO the board and reqlir
ed by demonstration to reason their wa,
through the work. I found them we'll ac
, quainted with the outlines Of geography, a
work III the rudiments Of grammar and al
J pursuing the study of penmanship. Tn
: spelling classes are very proficient. l anti
cipate great success for the present term o
) this school
On the Sth l visited the school taught b
Miss Van Osdel in
II NO. as,
situated about eight miles east Of Yankton
was more surprised, perhaps, with tb,
success go noticeable here than with tn
work of any school visited thus far in TIL
county.
In each Of the other schools, with one o
two exceptions. I had known of the ad
vanced condition Of the school or beer
familiar with the large experience Of tn.
teacher. Here. however, the teacher tool
a school organized but one year ago, il
which but few Of the pupils had advanced
beyond the primer. The teacher hersel
young and without experience in the pro
%fession, her failure predicted by the oldel
heads Of the craft, her success has been +.
genuine triumph. Her work, persistent a.
it has been, could never have reached il
present attainments without the aid Of re-
markable genius. / found her school alittl,
theuter Of activity and left it thoroughly
Impressed with the idea that ia teaching
just as 10 the drama. there are actor on th,
stage whose success can be predicted. il
the line of their profession, with as grea'
A certainty. from the work af their fra