Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-28
EDUCATIONAL,
&. D. BELDEN, EDITOR.
''ei'ott OF the Leroy Village Graded
Schools.

&. D. BELDEN, EDITOR.
Report of the Leroy Village Graded
Schools.
The Leroy school is divided into
twelve grades, and four departments.
The primary department taught by
Miss Nora Martz. is divided into three
grades. First the chart class or G. Drim-
ary' they take up simple exercises from
the chart slate work, the printed and
script letter, numbers from one to one
hundled, counting by twos from one and
two to twenty forward and backwards.
FIRST reader commenced a knowledge of
direction taught. 3 class: First reader
completed, second reader commenced,
numbers written from one to one thousand
counting by twos and thrccs to forty for.
ward and backwards, multiplication table
OF tWos and thrces committed, a know
ledge Of direction taught, bounding of
the school ground &C., spelling by sound
and letter. meaning Of all dacritical
marks used in their reading book, part of
thelr reading lesson written upon their
slate IN script, writing book No. 1. A
class: Second reader completed, spelling
the words of the lesson both written and
oral by sound and letter and dividing
them into syllables, all the preparatory
work in text book brought to class on
slate, diacritical marks taught, primary
arithmetic, oral geography, writing book
NO. 2, third reader commenced, general
lessons IN all grades
Second primary, taught by Miss Mary
McGillvraY, is divided into two grades.
class: Third reader completed, spell
ing the hard words of the reading lesson
graphv with map drawing, primary
arithmetic, with thorough drill in the
! tables, notation and enumeration both
| Arabic and Roman, oral language lessons,
written spelling from text book. y class:
| Fourth reader with word analyses,
PHONETIC spelling, use OF pauses, biogra
phlc;u sketches of authors and use OF
synonyms, spelling written and oral from
spelling book, spelling and analysis of
hard words in all other lessons, primary
arithmetic completed, elementary arit'l-
metic commenced, language lessons,
geography, map drawing. sc. Writing
and general lessons in both grades.
The intermediate department, taught
by Mrs. Mary L. Fisk, is divided into
three, grades
G class: Fourth reader, elementary
arithmetic completed, geography and
map drawing, spelling written and oral
from 1cNt book ard hard words from all
| o'hNA otu'iiIH, WIFI lItl ySlS, language
| lessons. 3 class: Fifth reader, practical
arithmetic through compound numbers.
common school geography, language les
sons, spelling written and Orul. A class:
Fifth reader, practical arithmetic through
interest, history language lessons, spell
my oral and written General exercises
in Hygiene, &C., for all grades. Writing
in all the grades
The upper department, taught by +. H.
Fisk, is divided into three grades.
G. class: Fifth reader, practical arith
metlc, history, grammar spel]iny word
analysis. B. class: Fifth reader, gram
mar, history, practical arithmetic, spell
ing and word analysis. 4 class: Algc-
bra, higher arithmetic, civil Gov, ply
siology, analysis of Lessons in fifth reader,
spelling definitions and use of synonyms.
&c. There is also an A ed grade, made
up Of large boys who can only attend the
winter term, who take up ok-kecping
practical arithmetic, civil Gov. (rcading,
spelling and languagc) the last three com
binrd in one recitation. The second A
grade combines with the \ and B grade
and the G grade combines with the B
grade in reading and history.
The coming year the A class is to take
up physical geography physics, gcome-
try, rhetoric and botany.