The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-12-10


THE HIGH SCHOOL AT HAvRE DE GRACE
On Monday we had the pleasure of visiting the
High School at IIavre dc Grace, in company with
the School Commissioners, the School EXami-
ner and others. We were highly gratifedTith
the course of study pursued and the general
system upon whichithe school is conducted
Strictly speaking, it is not High School, but
graded school, the pupils being graded ac-
cording to their advancement in study, in
order to facilitate the work of teaching them
No branches are taught which may not be
taught in any of the pablo schools ofthe county
where first grade teachers are employed. Be-
ginning with the simplest rudments oflearning,
the children are taken step by step along the
pathway to knowledge, and with due diligence
can not fail to acquire an education that will
fit them for business or to adorn any station in
life The present board of School Commits
sioners have made some changes in the studies
pursued. Latin and Greek have been dropped in
this as well as from all the other public schools
of the county, the aim being to give pupils an
opportunity of acquiring good English edu-
cation.
The average number of pupils enrolled is
They are divided into nine grades. The first
grade is composed of boys and girls, IS in num-
Der, from six to seven years. of age. This de-
partment is taught by Miss Libbie Chamberlain,
q young lady who was herself educated in the
same school. On Monday 81 bright-looking lit
tie children were present. With so large num-
Der the exercises, which consisted of spelling,
reading, Nc, are of course, conducted in con-
cert.
The second and third grades, composed Of pu-
pills from eight to eleven years of age, are I'M
der the charge of Miss Mary Barnes. lIerpupis
numbered GG, of whom nearly all were in at
tendance.
Miss Mary Gibson presides over the fourth
grade Forty-flye of her 4s pupils were present
The fifth grade is taught by Miss Matte Ohiey.
Forty pupils are on her roll, Of whom IS were
present. The exercises in this grade showed
the effect of the careful training in the lower
grades.
Mr. Charles T. Wilson teaches the sixth grade.
In this we found 80 present out of the Sc on the
roll. The pupils in this grade showed excel
lent progress in history and arithmetic, solving
difficult questions of per centage with rapidty
and correctness,
The pupils in the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades number 49, They are under the immedi-
ate charge of the Principal, Prof. George Jack
son, and Prof. R. w. Eubank. They are taught
history arithmetic, algebra, grammar, geogra-
ply, bookkeeping English literature, physiol-
ogy, natural philosophy botany, &C., besides
reviewing all the elementary branches. The
pupils showed by their prompt and correct
answers, that they had been well taught.
The Havre de Grace High School is credit
to the county, and justiles the pride with which
1t is regarded by the people of that city. Its
corps of teachers are well educated and skillful
in their profession, as may be seen by the pro-
gress of the pupils in the various grades. The
school is taught in the Town Hall and in the
public school building, near by. The arrange
ments are not what they should be for SO large a
school, but are probably the best that can be
made under the circumstances