Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-28
CUNNING CHILDREN.
"Bud-Lipt Boys and Girls Advancing
Loves Irregular Little Levy"
GIinpscs Mt the North, the Lake Adj
dition and Tho East School.

dition and the East School.
The $50 bell was ringing when THE
Bee man arrived at the north school, and
the children we're focking to their morn
ing work, not yet begun. A crowd of
bows was absorbed in IN entertaining
game of leap frog, in which the uncom-
planning ''frog" got knocked over by
clumsy players five times out Of seven;
some thirsty youths were filing up at the
water buckets; one boy had a trail Of his
companions at his heels to catch aglimpse
of a trembling pigeon he had ca ptured;
and the bully Of the school-every school
must have its bully-was chasing all the
small boys within his reach. One of his
victims, getting too hard a blow, set up a
howl which started a rush in his direc-
ton, and the cry, "Kid with the nose
bleed!'' The girls were clustered in less
noisy groups playing drop the handker-
chief or discussing the flowers they had
brought or gazing inquisitively ut the in
truding newspaper man. This is a pic
lure of any public school yard before the
last bell rings on a pheasant day. -
Principal Bruner was found in his Of
fee surrouded bya crowd of pretty teach
ers, whom he was instructing rs to the
approaching examinations. Miss Harris
room was the first visited, and, although
in the basement, it is cheerful and the
children are very fond Of it. There are
fifty six of them, first grade A and b, and
never were 30 many lovely flowers gath
cred in one bouquet,
BONNER flowers than ever
Suckt the green warmth n Of the sod"
"Good-morning, children said their
teacher, bowling, as soon as they were all
seated. Woodworking, Miss Harris
''Can't you bid good morning to the gen-
tleman, children2' asked Miss Harris.
The golden curls bobbed toward the as
tonished reporter with the sweetest i'm
aginable "Good-morning, sir" and he
stammered out a reply, overwhelmed
with such politeness. "What did you
see, children, as you same to school this
Inorning2'' continued their teacher. 81
saw a pigeon, ma'am," said one little fell
low. "What do the pigeons say2' in
quired Miss Harris, and they answered
in softest unison, ''Coo-coo, coo-coo, COO
COO" and then gave the robins song,
"Cheer-up, cheer-up, ch%eer-up!' the
sparrow's "Sing-away," and the bobo
links "Bob-o-link, bob-o-link, sphinx
spank-spink, chee-chee-chce!" Reading
and evolutionary drill then followed.
Miss Blower has fifty-seven scholars il
&Ln Er.A ~ ,lu.a yarnn ~. apa u.h,
read words by sound surprisingly well
such words as separate" and ''recep
tion." We gave them a new word, lex
press-man, properly marked as to sound
Catching at the first two syllables sever
al boys exclaimed, ''That's on my litti
wagonl' and then pronounced correctl,
the whole word.
Miss Fannie Wood, who has the secon,
A and b, sixty-four pupils, average ag
eight, allowed US to experiment on he
children with words Of six syllables, whe
they had never gone beyond four. Ate
some little struggle they pronounced th1
tremendous word, ''in-de-fat-i-ga-ble
quite glibly, reading it entirely by soun6
This is a wonderful advance on the ALB
method, and painfully shocking to tn
old-time pedagogue.
Mrs. Ware has the second G and thir
A classes, sixty in all. She had u elias
drawn up in two rows before her desk
engaged in the very practical and usefu
exercise of ''making change" This
the only room in the city, we believ,
where this is taught, and it originated i
Mrs. Wares W business-like heat
Stiff cardboard is cut to the sizeof Unite
States fractional silver pieces and dollars
The front row is furnished then wit
these pasteboard counters, representa-
dollars, and one at q time the scholar
step TO the desk and mako some pu
chase. ~ want to buy q second reader.
"Well," says Miss Ware, 'There is a SCI
ond-hand one / can sell for 55 cent
How much change shall l give her
The second row answers, 45 cents. "Ho
shall ] make the change7" -Four tel
and q Nickel" "a quarter and a twent,
cent piece" 'two t~wenty-cent pieces al
q nickel" the second row replies, and
questioning tell how to distinguish Il
twenty.cenN pisoe.
Miss Elliott has the third grade,
thirty eight scholars, average age Gig
and . half, in o small room where tn
are very crowded. An exercise in art
ulation to display the changing tone
voice was given. Much Of the value
this exercise, which is required by Su'
James, depends on the ~capability of
teacher.
Mrs. Shepherd, fourth Il and G,
forty-seven scholars, aged about n
years. They were doing something
arithmetic like this, eff a shirt requi
six buttons, how many shirts will TIVE
gross of buttons trimi' slow ms
ounces of calomel will make 4S0 pi
each weighing six grainsq" The answ
were neatly worked.
Miss Bartholomew has a second
class, twenty pupils, m overflow from
other room, They are very much inc
venienced by their present small qu
tiers. They could add ten figures in fo
teen seconds, and il was amusing
watch the pleased smile on their face
their teacher marked them 100.
Miss Morgan has fifty scholars of
fifth A and B, average age eleven ye
Miss Fannie Wilson has thirty-tl
scholars of the fifth c and sixth A clas
averaging twelve years. Miss w
more has the sixth b, twenty-five in
Professor Brlner teaches the sixth @
seventh b, thirty-eight pupils, q
about thirteen. The Mission sch
Twenty-third and Saunders, is attac
to and reports to the north school.
teachers are Miss Wayman, first A q
fifty scholars, Miss Turner, first b
second A, also fifty scholars. The crc