The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-01
From Fridays DaIly.I
BUTTE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
votes Concerning that Excellent
I~nslitutiOn.

Institution.
so.ing term of the Butte public school
Ne its ending to-day after the examina-
he over. In the course of a brief visit
the institution yesterday we were
impressed with the discipline enforced
karious classes, the excellent methods
action and the really surprising ad-
ent of the pupils, the majority of
are certainly not more than ten years
n Professor Hassell's classes, however,
! lmber of young ladies and gentlemen
already deep in the mysteries of the
branches of study.
Is the hall f.om Professor Hassell's
iss Crossman conducts her classes, and
cur visit yesterday was having a pre-
examination in geography. The
showed careful training, were in the
lady and correct in their answers, and
y a thorough comprehension of the
They told all about the different
the earth, Of the varieties of animal
EetabIe life found in each, the several
ts between the Equator. Tropics and
lind Antarctic circles, and OF the whole
in a highly interesting manner, credit
Ike TO themselves and to the excellent
5 of instruction employed by Miss
an.
he lower floor, Miss Emerson was con
a class in mental arithmetic, and the
7 nd correct manner in which the pupils
Id all the questions showed them to
a great deal of we'll trained intelli-
Tie subject under consideration Was
ion, the mental exerci.es seen0 ne
Al, objective Of the best possible results.
V hext room was presided over by Miss
Who also has a very interesting class.
standing the extreme yOuthfulness of
,W lis, they displayed a very encouraging
Fhy with the subject-arithmetic-and
&c examples OH the blackboard with
and correctness.
+ adjoining building on the west, Mrs
Eas conducting a very large class OF
jail pupils on the word method which
= lent has proved to be far superior tc
habctical instruction generally EN-
The words to be fixed in the pupils
re written plainly on the blackboard
S.j eacher and the pupils, one at a time
PA bred t o indicate each as it is pronoun
this way all the letters forming any
old are learned Instead of only one
,dj pupils at the same time form a picture
minds of the object which the wore
is, which fact greatly assists thu
in retaining the impression. One o
~ itest members of this class is a youn!
n kn who seems to haye mastered til,
~ with remarkable precocity and wh'
Nj out the words, OF which there wer,
fifty on the board, as fast as the,
onounced and with scarcely
IA ext department visited is entirel,
81 d from the main institution, tn
Y being assembled in Good Tcmplar'
n the number of about thirty. 1t
WV lie experienced supervision of Mis-
whose instruction seems to he yer
4 b. The branch schools in Walker
Travona We did not visit, but tn
5M being known to be fully competen
i3 method of instruction being tn
= icy are most likely quite as successful
Ill., above mentioned.
IN fntire institution seems to be III
sES ng condition. The teachers are eN
ID. Interested in thei. work. and al
with the most encouraging success:
Eh credit is due very largely to til
= t and systematic exertions of Protes
eell, the principal.
~ net for mineral and geological spec
JV recently been started to facilitat
: on III the study Of geology. Contr
are solicited and it is hoped that I'll
A Of ores and of representative rocl
. iercnt ages will soon he complete.
AIRY andsome additional PHILOSOPHERS
-, fmical apparatus are also required
fslns need of the institution, howeve
room. 1t is no eX-ggeration to staI
80. present accommodation lacks full
80" OF being sufficient. The average a
during the past winter has been 81
y friend OF The great and noble can;
Nlon should make it his particul;
=, 10 aid in the extension of the necr'
mn Pol facilities for the present buiidin:
oo" glance to be sadly deficient.