The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-04

Emsis.taAa Wen Attsaass-obser-
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Emsiest aAd Wen Atfeaaea-Obser-
s.fisAs By -Ls@assz Reporter.
Seven years win make great changes
In any community. whether It BE- IN the
matter OF mstsFisI -impnoy ene1t or in
reglEd TO fhe people who lnhabit the
sauna Seven years ago, day before
Yesterday, our reporter-then a stranger
In CheyenneENended his way up to
the school house, and with some hesita-
tion finally sauntsEed in. and well re-
meEbere most OF the faces Of the
scholars and teachers he then saw. On
Thursday he went up there again, and
out OF the. whole number who were
there IN 1874 but one famiIiar face was
to pc seen-that of Prof. Stark, the
principal. Probably not a,Fsingfe
scholar who was in attendance at that
time can be found among the four
hundred who habitually attend this
institution now. Certainly none of the
teachers OF that day except the pro-
fessor remains, which fact reminds one
foreibly of that old time song, THE
Jolly Old Pedagogue Long Ago. which
reminder as here stated is not meant to
call to mind anything funny or ludi-
crons in spirit, but IL IL mea any
thing at all ~ would simply be to place
our worfby professor on the same foot
ing In Kindness o. heart and eni-
cheney in the matter of imparting in
~struction. Nth the character which the
poet has described. I
Where those hundreds Of scholars
are Who attsndsd schooluseyen years
ago but are not here now, is more than
we a tell. Some have gone forth. to
battle with the world IN life long con-
test, some-yes many, are-
scattered afar from east To- west
~seeking their fortunes far and wide, p,
while sokne of. them have sailed}o over
the. silver lake to the mystic shore, un-
troddepl as vet by the feet Of mortal
man. One by n they have gone ont
through the vestibule into the world,
and are thronging out upon the great
highway Of Me xithlits qnicksandsIand
qnagmires. We often referred
to a school as being an institution of
which Cheyenne is and ought to be
proud, that it is unnecessary to repeat
at this time our assertions made here
tofore nor do we propose q peview in
detail the workings of The school sys-
tenl 3 adwlpistered1 In the different de-
p~art19ents- At this season. Of the year
the httendsnos d. not Or course come
up 70 the &Ferage. but gfl it is a large
one for a c5kg Of The sS efac Cheyenne;
and 0ne3f 1Id1S ye5sS6Glceable in the
conduct Of the pupils. and that is their
close attention to study. This Is the
result, ist,l Of strict discipline, I'd, be-
cause the conduct. and management of
the school by Prof. Stark and his able
corps Of teachers is such as to awaken
in the mind of the pupil a genuine de-
sire to accomplish something. In other
words they feel an interest IN, their
work. At present the school is divided
into seven different dspastmsnts, The
higher or the graduating department is
presided over by Prof. Stark, With Miss
Field as-assistants-Miu Phelps has
charge Of the 1ststntermedlate depart
ment Miss Hawthorne the "a, Miss
Donelevy the LIST primary. Mis- Corlett
the "a. Miss Evsns the 80, rhile Miss
May Beers presides in what is called
the sskintergarten.o The assistant
teachers have all had considerable ex-
perience@some- of course more than
others-and have given entire satisfac-
ton to our school board and the people
generally. The principaN ESPECIALLY
commends very highly the efforts which
they put forth at all times to maintain
the proyerbial efilclencyso of the school.
In n respect at least the arrange
ment Of the school rooms Il detective.
There ought to be recitation Beats pro-
vided. SO that when a class is called
uponato rsoite there will be a separate
place for that purpose, and we suggest
to the school board the propriety of
providing for this defect. The present
term of school will close on the first
day of July, at which time .com-
mencement exercises will be held, and
three OF four Of the scholars now at
tending Prof. Stark's department will
graduate.O The greater portion Of the
last week of the present term will of
course be devoted to a review and ex-
animation of the pupils in the different
studies which they have been pursuing.
The result Of this examination will de-
termine the grade or department to
which the pupil will be assigned for
the next term, which will commence
about the middle of August. We un-
derstand that It is the intention Of the
school board to retain so far as they can
the present corps Of teachers for the en-
suing school year. There will proba-
bly, however be two vacancies to fll,
and IL as it is now intended two new de-
partmeuts will be established. there will
be four. For these positions there are
already three applications, and more
will undoubtedly follow, The policy
that has already characterized the
people Of Cheyenne, Of literally sus-
tanning our public school, has borne
good fruit, and We hope to see the same
course in the future.
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