Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-04-02
Closing Of School No. z.

EDITORS C:TIZEN:-Please allow me
through the columns of your valuable
paper to give short account of the
closing of school No. in Penn town
ship, known as the Bulford district
This school closed on the 9th .of
March, alter term Of five months of
which the parents say has been very
successful. The scholars, also, both
large and small, say they never spent
as pleasant or more profitable term.
Their teacher, Jennie r. Criswell, has
undoubtedly left her impress indelibly
upon the hearts and minds of both pa
rents aud pupils. I have witnessed
the closing of many schools, yet this
was as pleasant and profitable closing
as | ever saw. From ten O'Clock until
| eleven people kept coming and were
kindly welcomed by the teacher until
the large schoolroom was crowded with
the parents and those interested in ed
ucation. The forenoon was spent in
the regular class exercise, the scholars
all did splendidly and the teacher ac-
Quilted herself nobly. When twelve
O'Clock came we were dismissed and
the ladies of the neighborhood prepared
from their well filed baskets, as good a
dinner as one could wish TO partake of,
consisting ofchicken, all kinds of cakes,
innumerable kinds Of pies and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
Of all the places | know of go to No. 2
is the best for good dinner, for al
thougl everybody seemed hungry there
was abundance, and there was taken
mp of the fragments, don't know how
many baskets. After enjoying our
selves for short time on the play
ground we were led back to the school
house by the worthy teacher to be en-
tertained by literary performance
from the scholars conducted by the
teacher, which was simply grand, an
honor to the teacher and credit to
the pupils. 1t consisted of dialogues,
recitatiols, compositions, declamations
and music, instrumental and vocal.
The scholars all did well, but the per-
formances Of Carls Patterson and Ella
Hays were exceptionally good. But
for this literary performance, the great
est part of the praise should belong to
the teacher, for such exercises are sue
aessful only when there is some one at
their head who understands discipline
und il not afraid Of wori or trouble.
After these grand exercises which Gat-
ed for about two hours, the scholars
were treated by their teacher. This
was also success, in that there was
such an abundance, consisting of candy,
oranges and peanuts. While looking
on | almost wished myself school
boy again that | might partake of his
privileges; but after the scholars bad
had splendid treat there was still
much left which was freely distributed
among the vistors The pupils then
presented their teacher with beautiful
album as q token of their love and graf
itude, for her kindness and valuable
| instructions to them during the winter
The teacher then said they were
through with their exercises and would
be glad to hear some criticisms and re-
ma:ks. There was no room for criti-
ciHihB hut d leS we'll cuOSeH TendFhS
were made by Mr.. VIM Kennedy, b.
w. Douthett, JOS Criswell aud several
of the teachers who were present All
joined in their approval and praise of
the days exercise. The teacher then
r:ade her farewell address which was
well chosen end instructive. This
closed the exercises OF the day, we
were dismissed and all lef. the school
room feeling doublY repaid for coming
and will always remember with pleas
urG the closiIg of Jennie Il. Criswel's
school, A SPECTATOR.