The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-07
CHEYENNE'S ACADEMY.
It's Different Departments Teachers and
Scholars and Their Work.

= SUI standS the school mouse by the rOau
A ragged begkar summing
Aroundit stlIl the sumacs grow,
And blackberry vines are ~running."
1t is probable that the old house thu
referred to by Whittier, when he tolC
the story of the little girl who forty
years before cried because she spelled
word aud got above him In the class
has ere this been replaced by q. noble
structure; but bs that as it may, cor,
tain it Is that all over this broad LAND
of ours grand offices are being erected
IN which to educate the rising genera
tiUn to whom will soon be transmitted
for safe keeping the interests of oul
great republic. This fact is amply ap.
parent right here in Cheyenne.
To visit the noble superstructure
which has been erected by the munif.
cense and li5erality Of the people OF
Cheyenne and see what is going on
within in the matter of educating the
young often becomes the duty of par
ents, school officers, editors and scrib.
blers like the writer, in order hat the
public may know of the work and how
it is progressing.
Hence it was that a LEADER repre-
sentative paid a visit to the school
yesterday afternoon to take a few notes
and make a few observations.
There are at present nearly 700 pu-
pills enrolled in the school, although of
course the average attendance does not
come quite up to that number. There
are eleven teachers in the school, all
under the supervision and charge of
Professor N. E. Stark, the veteran
school principal and teacher of Wyo-
ming, under whose able management
our school has grown to be what it is
to-day-an honor to Cheyenne.
What is called the high school sub
division, and from whence the next
graduating class will come, is in charge
If Miss K tie L. Paelps,a young lady
If much experience as a teacher, and
one who has taught in our schools for
several years.
Next to this is the department pre-
sided over by Miss Eleanor Kingsley,
formerly principal Of t he school at Lin
;oln, Neb., at which place as we'll as
since her advent here she has proved
herself to be a thorough drst-class
teacher in every respect. Being sick
Yesterday her scholars We're temporari-
~ in charge of Miss Laura Strond, one
Df the pupils.
Next is the subdivision in charge of
Miss Ida Thomas, which appears to
nave been committed to competent
hands, as she is evidently a teacher well
versed in all matters pertaining to her
calling.
Not undertaking to pass from one
Srade to another in the exact order in
which they come, we will refer to the
kindergarten, which has the most pu-
1ils of any OF the subdivisions of the
'chool. 1t is in charge of Miss Estelle
Bullock, Miss Anna Forbes aud Miss
ella S~harpless. three young ladies emf
nently fitted for the places assigned
Them, for they are all three possessed
If our representative is any judge of
human n%ature) OF kind and u~nrufled
lispositions-juSt what is needed to
gain the good will of the little ones.
Either of the young ladies mentioned
is entirely competent to conduit and
take charge of almost any department
in the school.
Proceel ling from the Kindergarten,
we came TO the n year sub -division,
presided over by Miss Elsie DsCou and
Miss Ella HANNA.
AS the writer once said before he
says again whenever you find a Ham
ma there you will ind business" Miss
DeCou is not only a good teacher. but
is probably the best elocutionist in
Cheyenne.
Miss Nettie Car michael, who is pos
sessed of an unusual amount of execu
tive ability, has charge of on of the
sub divisions Of the school between the
kindergarte n and the high school. ..She
is one of the best teachers in the
sch DOL,
Miss Jennie Snow and Miss Helen
McCrum also have charge of separate
rooms In the school. Both are teach
ers of more than ordinary ability and
evidently doing good work in their par
ticular spheres.
There is now a lunch room in the
basement of the building where the
children eat their lunches.
The school house grounds are in ex-
cellent order ana the trees in atlourish-
ing condition.
Nothing eau exceed the efficiency
that appears to prevail in every depart
ment of the school.
Professor Stark, at an expense of
thirty dollars, has had painted lin OILY
and framed IN elegant picture of Hon.
Edward P. Johnson, the founder Of the
school. 1t adorns the professors room
LAS man he fought this naht.
Proved his truth by his endeavors;
Let him sleep In Iolemn night;
Sleep forever and forever"
Attention, Pioneers