Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-01

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dious and substantial school build
ings. Especially is this true with
respect to the common schools,
which, under efficient su%pcrinten-
dence and an experienced corps
of teachers are unsurpassed in
point of excellence and thorough
ness. -
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The government Of the public schools X
Is vested iu n Buurd Of Education,
composed If nine members, three Of whom
are elected each yeur for Il term of three
years. The schools are under the immedi
ate control uf u superintendent elected by
the board for II period not exceeding three
years. lhe principals of tho several schools
and the teachers of the various grades are
elected annually. Tho SALARY OF the super
iutrudcnt is - 500 per unnum, The prtnci-
pulls receive from 81 100 to -, 100 per an
mum the teachers from SlOO to = 200.
The system of graded instruction hus Mt
tanned II high d-grto ut efficiency, Offering to
all children OF the city between the ngcs of
Ave aud tweuty-Oue years, n thorough praC-
ticnl course of free instruction, The first
three years are called the primary grades
the fourth and NTH years form the interme-
date grades the sixth, seventh and eighth
years ure the grammar grades the remain
ing four years are given to tho high school,.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The High School building occupies the
most prominent position in the city, 1t has
n beautiful campus Of ten ucrrs, which is
well known rs Capitol Squure from the
fact that the territorial capitol was formerly
located thereon. The High school building,
an illustration of which appears elsewhere,
has been pronounced by school men and
tourists to no without Il superior among all
fhn nublfp school ltttlIinpg in tha IfYtftal
Suites, 1t was completed III $50 Mt n cost
of S2jO.OOO, and combines the advantages
of comfort, convenience and architectural
beauty. Tho spirc is three hundred and
ninety feet above the Missouri river, and
commands IL view of the entire city of
Omahn, the city of Council Bluffs, FIVE
miles distant, the river bottoms for II dis
lance of fifteen miles, and over'ooks the sur
rounding country in every direction for
many miles. The building is four stories
high, containing seventeen school-rooms,
with an average sentlng capacity for ftty-iive
pupils 10 each room. There are nlso in this
building four large recitation rooms, an
Office room, library md apparatus rooms
connected with the High school,
OF the fifteen pubic school buildings,
ton nre handsome brick structures, well
finished, and in every way equal to the best
school buildings of other large cities
During the past year the Bonrd of Educa-
ton has expended the sum of Sl2 u for
tho construction of buildings and improve
menus ON the lilEh Schooi Rroulus' several
new school bui dings will he erected during
the coming year to accommodate the con-
stantly increasing school attendance.
Total value of school sites. $500, 900 co
Total value of school buildings, 400, 900 90
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SG65 900 90
h total amount paid out for school sites
during the yenr was S0.375 90. The total
amount paid out for teachers salaries was
So ,uH6 81. Paid for school furniture,
SJl,SOO 90.
BoAUD or Observation-Disclosures -E X.
Long, Chns. Connover. i. / Points A. A.
Parker w A I. Gibbon. Rich'd s Hall
Henry Liyesoy. w. d, COPELAND. Christian
Sprcht.
iOnicrrs-E X Long nrosident. I T
Points. yice.prrsident. Charles Cnnnover
secrotarv Horny N lanes snnerintandent
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sohooLs AND IEAchENS.
Homer p. .ewiS is principal of the High
School and AlOnzo NJ. Henshaw, assistant
principal with the following assistants 5. d.
Beals, Miss S. r Davis, Miss Francis +.
sheldon Miss Ida NJ. Street, Miss Villa b.
Shippev; Miss Mary r.. Harris teacher Of
sciences Miss Kate NJ. Bah, special tenchel
Of drawing and writing Mrs. Lucia A. Rog-
ers. special tenchcr of music.
Tn Central School is loca ed in the Higl
School building, Mary f. QuackenbuSh
principal, Margaret NcCague, asst princi
nal; Neila Lewis, Alice V. folin. Jen-
nio Stall, Artio ID Collins, Laura W.. Morse
\delin A. Nichols, Minnie r.. Wilson, ANN
p. rutland, NJ. Elizabeth Allen, Fannie A
Maxwell, Alice l.. Stewart, Lizzie NJ. Elcock
Villa A. Cushmnn. Tim McCheane. Ida E
Mack, Pearle ~Tomlinson, Decie A. Johnson
r'' "'~~" S"H'"s'"C"r, tnnchers.
% The Cass School, on Cass street, -between
Fourteenth aud Fifteenth streets. has eight
rooms, heated by stoves, Grace II. Wllber.
principal Nellie Bennett, Kate Il Cram,
Emma A. Kendall, Lillian Il Iittlefipld.
Emily Il. Robinson, Lizzie II. Perkins and
Nora II Lemon, teuchers.
Center School, located ut No. 1902 Center
street, has four rooms, heated by steum
Ellen NJ. White, principal Anna Quiglcv.
Laura Atkinson, Mary Ii. Lomux and Katie
A. Gavin, tenchurs.
Dodge School. located on the corner OF
Eleventh and Dodge streets, has eight rooms.
hentcd 10y hot air, jennie McKoon, priuci
pal; Minnie -. Eylor, Carrie NJ. Hartley
Emma +. Cave, Francis NJ. Briggs, Mary /
Buchanan, Lizzie r. Needham and Mosolle
Il dy, teuchers.
Douglas Scnool has two rooms heated by
stoves, Ada NJ. Harris, principal; Irene
Harris, assistant.
Hartman School, located Mt No. 40
South III teenth street, is heated by hot nil
and stoves, Maggie McC, rthy, principal
Mary Alter, Mary w. Hay, Mary Frazier,
Hattie Allen, lid ShallMnberger Emma j.
Carney and Emily A. Robinson, teuchers.
lard School, located ut No. 1906 lzurd
street, hus three rooms he4te by hot air,
aud three bnscment rooms heated by stoves.
Ana Zoos, principal Sudie Bunker, Bella
II Smaller, Minnie S. Dive. Emmn A. Whit
more, Camilla Elliot, Emma ID. Littlefeld,
Catherine Zoos. Jennie |, Rodneld. Fannie
NJ. Wood, jennie Wilson. Margaret Gilbert
and Lucy Il. Leeds, teachers.
Jackson school. located on jackson Street.
is heated bv stoves, Ada II. Schoopmaker,
nrinciuoI Stnrio rroUInv assistnnt ~
Lake school, located on corner Of North
Nineteenth nnd Lake streets. bus three
rooms hented by stoves. stella NJ Cbnmn-
lin. principal. Snrnh n. Thomnson md Mao
Tie nt.v. teuchnrs
I"onyenworth school locotod Mt No 17OS
worth street hns ei"ht rooms hented
by hot mir, Mimic j. WnTI. nrincipaI Sa-
rah j.. Brown, KntoM, Krnn, Abbie q aigh-
Fl Reid mud Amos McDonoiJ tonchars
Ionu school. located ON the soutbwcst cor.
ner of King aud Decatur streets, has eight
rooms heated by hot air; one room in base