The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1884-12-04
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Educational Department.
HOMER H. SEERLEY,
Superintendent Of oskalOosa City Schools.
EDITOR.


News and NOtoS.
Civil service examination in De
Moines December l, 1884.
The last rhetorical in the high schoo
for the present term occurs December
| FOFty-nine young women were stu
dents in the Harvard Annex" las
year.
Supt. Akers lectured recently a
Creston for the benefit of the higl
school library.
The Massachusetts Board of Educa
tion considered, November 81, the ques
ton of the management and work Of
evening schools.
The city schools close December 10
for the holiday vacation. The last
three days of the term are devoted to a
written examination.
Jennie Robb and Kate NJ. Proudft
have been at work in their district foI
two weeks. We expect to hear favor,
| aDl lort from them.
The 7antic schools are working
very smoothly this year. Supt. Nc
Connell is fixture aud gets the best #
support and encouragement.
The next Oskaloosa Teachers social
has been changed from Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r. Lacey's to Mr.. and Mrs. II. l..
Spencer's. 1t will occur December 5.
We hear that Alice Ellenberger is
starting out exceedingly we'll at Mission
Ridge school. She deserves to prosper
and will do so, if effort can bring it
about.
Maryland and New Jersey have the
two oldest continuous State superin-
tendents. They are NJ. A. Newell and
E. A. Apgar Both have served over
ten years.
The pupils at the First Ward school
have been rearraDged, the better to suit
the seating of the several rooms, and
to divide more equally the work be-
tween the teachers.
Miss Ella Hamilton, of Des Moines.
succeeds Mrs. Ellen Rich, of Vinton,
on the State Board of Examiners for
State certificate. Miss Hamilton is an
excellent appointment.
Adelbert College, located at Cleve-
land, Ohio, has finally decided to admit
girls 20 its class rooms, as well as boys.
The contest has been one of the most
spirited known in educational circles
1t would be good thing for patriot
ism for the teachers to have a special
literary and musical exercises devoted
to Thanksgiving and its observance
Do not let this idea pass unobserved
next year at lesst.
Principal b. v. Garwood delivered a
lecture on Astronomy, at New Sharon,
for the benefit of the high school ap-
paratus fund. He is doing all he can
to get the high school well furnished
with suitable apparatus.
The Iowa Educational Exhibit for
New Orleans is reported as excellent.
Those of US who can not go to the great
worlds fair this winter will have a
chance to see the exhibit after June l,
1885, in its room in the new capitol.
By some means, Vol. 4, Encyclopedia
Britannica, belonging to the city high
school has been taken away from the
building. 1t is in library binding and
had no mark in it of any kind. InfOr-
nation concerning it will be gladly
received.
The ToaCd Normal Monthly will pub
lish an Educational Directory for Iowa
this month. Such an exhibition of en-
terprise deserves the best commenda-
ton. 1t does much to give informa-
ton at home and abroad respecting
Iowa schools.
The Vermont legislature is consider
ing the advisability of destroying its
State Normal schools, by withdrawing
all appropriations after August l, 1885
The next thing this august body is ex,
pected to consider is the ACCESSIBILITY
of abandoning free schools.
The High School Register for No
vember is nice number. This feature
of the high school deserves great en-.
cOuragement, as it is a practical solu,
ton of the question of teaching the
English language. No other high
school in Iowa undertakes such a thing
In the Oskalooss schools the pupils
are divided as To grade as follows: lst
grade, 286; I'd grade, 140; Sd grade, IA
4th grade, 103; 5th grade, 70; 9th grade
100; 7th grade, 102; 9Th grade, SO; 9th
grade, 81; 10th grade. 80; 18th grade, 81
and 18th grade, 25. Some of the pupils
that are here classed as eighth grade
are pursuing part ninth grade studies
Some of the Marshalltown teachers
are intending to 60 to New Orleans
during the holidays TO visit the Elk
position. From the best advices they
can get, the trip can not be made fol
less than $50, and may be from $50 to
S75. 1t does seem that the rates
should be so reasonable as to let the
expenses be below that for two weeks
trip
Supt. p. L. Kindig has found some
difficulty to supply the winter schools
with suitable teachers. There must
be some reason for this and we con,
lecture that the difficulty to get board,
ing at reasonable distance from the
school house, and the many inconveni
ences of doing janitor work, ETC., has
something to do with the lack of ex'
perieneed teachers.
Emma n. Uadwallader, of class SO
20. II. s, has just completed success
full two months term of school at the
Bed school house, district No. 8, and
win begin three mont winter term
December Ist. She will become alead
ing teacher of the county. But few
make as much preparation for the work
before beginning. She graduated from
the graded course for normal institutes
before attempting to teach.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale hac
awakened up New England by his ar
ticie in q recent North American Re
/ cSes0. In it he claims that half time
schools would accomplish more thar
the present organized school and tina
trained teachers are not the equivalent
of the school-master half a century ago
Mr. bale certainly wrote his article
without much investigation or eonsii
Grafton. People are too apt to thinl
the present time an era of decline Ia al
| good things. Our childhood days ars
oar happiest and beet.
Iowa Agricultural College Coma
mencement was very successful
Thirty-two students graduated iIrois
the several courses Of study. Til
Is TIE largest class eYer grad
uatel from the inltitution. Til