The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-27
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.

EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
The Public SchOOIs-The EmpOria Stats
NormaI-Ths College OF EnpOris.
The development of the educational
interests of EmpOrIA has gone hand il
hand with her material growth, and she
Is to-day recognized As one n The lead
ing centers of learning in the West
Our superior public schools have long
been a sOaEce OF pride TO the community
and they were meyer in moro prosper
Gus state than now. . condition Of
Affairs which Is very largely due TO the
Superintendent, r. J. Carmichael, for
merly of Springfield, Ohio.
The aehools OF Emporia are divided
into three dspartmeRlsj primary, gram
mar and High school. The primary
, has three grades; the grammar. four
and the High school three grades. The
seventh grade Is the lowest. A pupil
entering the seventh grade can pass
through all the Departments in ten years,
providing Ihe keeps up bis grade work.
THE BUILDINas.
The stone school house ON COnstitu-
ton street was the first one in the state
TO be erected by bonds. II was origin
ally a township building. aRd was pur-
chased by the board of education Hhep
Emporia became city of the second
class II contains four rooms, will seat
200 pupils and It's valuation is 50 500.
THE GARFIELD BUILDING
was erected In 1ssO-sl, at q coat of
SOS, 600. II has Ten rooms and will seat
500 pupils, 1t il surmounted by tow
or In which il placed clock from the
Howard mandatory, and bell weigh
ing 5000 pounds with the hangIngs.
The High school occupies four rooms Of
the upper story, and the office OF the
superintendent IL on the same floor. The
grounds contain two acres faeiRg Con,
siituiiCn street and Sixth avenue.
THE FOURTH WARD BUILDING,
which Is of brick, was erected In
1888 at cost of $1,000 1t is located
on Cottonwood street, has four rooms
aud viii seat 225 pupils.
THE UNION STREET. BUILDING,
on Fourth avenue, was erected in
lSG9-79 at a cost of - 500 and will seat
200 pupils.
THE THIRD WARD BUILDING,
at the corner of Second avenue and Con-
gress street was erected in 1Ss2-s3, at a
cost of 50 500 and will seat 225 pupils.
THE CENTRAL AVENUE BUILDING
Is of frame, and is built IN the Queen
Anne style of architecture. 1t was
erected in 1928, at a cost of 5000.
1t has four rooms and will seat 2e5
scholars.
THE WEST BUILDING
Is frame house costing $500 and will
seat 80 scholars.
There are twenty eight teachers be-
sides the superintendent engaged In the
city schools. Ofthese the following are
in the Constitution street building and
are assigned, as to grade, as follows
Miss Lena G. Weed, assisted by Miss
Carrie FROST. Fifth grade, 80 pupils
Miss Grace w. Merrill, Seventh grade
A and B classes, Al pupils; Sadie Thorn
as, Seventh grade, B class, 43 pupils.
In the High School. Garfield build
ing, there are 121. pupils, divided as fol-
lows: Senior class II, Middle class
10, Junior class so; First grade, Gram
mar department, 30; Second grade
Grammar department. SO. r. H. Clark
a graduate of the University Normal
has charge OF the High School depart
ment; Frank Klzer has charge of thC
scientific department. Connected with
this department there is a museum and
labratory with specimens and apparatus
sufficient to illustrate every department
Of science. Miss Lenora H. Sedgwicl
has charge of the Language and history
classes. Miss Hattie Harvard I
graduate of the Normal school locates
at Warrensburg, Missouri, has charge o
penmanship and assists in language ant
history. 81
Mary ]. Watson has charge Of the Sec
| and grade, which numbers 81 Dupili
! Mise Belle Carswell and Miss Lizzi
Coult have charge. of the Third grade
; numbering 1O1 pupils, Rosa 8. Barthol
, omew has charge of thea Sixth grad
} numbering al Fanny 4. RIggs II
4 structs the Fourth grade numbering
!. 20 pupils, also the Fifth grade B elias
! numbering 80 pupils, tTntal number i
. | Garfield buildinS. 500. 8
s At the Fourth ward building Mls
. Sarah II. Evans has charge Of ID
Fourth grade nninberine u, snd the Fit
grade, A class numbering 20 pupils
Mrs. @. II. Morrison has charge of tn
. Finh grade B class, numbering $50, an
: the Sixth grade, A class numbering q
n Mary J. Dudley has charge of the Si4t
% grade. B class, numbering "a, and Il
. Seventh grade, A class, numbering 2
Mrs. g. A. Wood has charge of u
!, Seventh grade, B class. numbering
IS pupils. Whole numberln building, II
= pupils.
= At the Union street building. hi
i. Alice q. Evans has charge Of the Four
be grade, numbering 90, and the Fiji
y grade, A class, numbering 81 pupil
:. Miss Mary E. Maynard has the FIJI
IA grade B class. numbering SO, and Six
he grade A class, numbering IS pupil
I'd Miss Lefa d. Fsrnham instrqcts 4
~ ~ Sixth grade A and Rclasses, nnmberi
" "A, and the Seventh grade A class, nuI
lie berng Is pupils. Miss H. Bunber
=, teachea the Seventh grade b class, uul
De beFlng 81 pupils. Whole number in {
cS building. 164 pupils,
81 Al the Third Ward building, Eml
-, HIATT instructs oae Fourth grade, % I
o. pills, and the Sixth grade. 90 pupils. III
re Mamie Dolphin has charge Of the HI
grade A aud b classes. numbering
pupils. Miss A. e. Dixon has cha
Of the Sixth grade B class, 81 pup
the and Seventh grade A class, 81 pup
Fannie Morse instracts the Sevel
grade B class. 50 pupils. Whole NJ
bar in the building. es1 pupils.
Al the Central Avenue build