Daily Republican., 1885-03-24
Education.
NEW sCHOO. AT NINTH AND
KING STREETS.
A DESCRIPTION THEREOF,

lpuohc sCnOOls Dut In her select prtvat
schools that Wilmington takes preced
ence, and amongst the latter the schoo
Tor the last three years and more taugh
at the corner Of Tenth and Market SITS
by Mrs. Laura Osgood Harkuess In on.
OF the very best. This lady has 30 Ions
been o leading educator In our city tha
her name ID household word handed
down from the children she taught in
FORMER years, now mothers, 70 the chill.
oren OF those mothers she In now teach
ing.
Mrs. Laura Osgood Hardness loves
teaching. Her natural Kindness OF
disposition seems TO have designated
her for that calling, hence the success
that has attended her first as q primary
teacher, and from that up through all
the grades. Including principal Of the
public high school for number OF
years, to tho position she now occupies
at the head OF q private select school, OF
which Wilmington may be proud, and
or which all who patronize 1t are
proud.
But Mrs. Harkness is about to re-
move her school. and by April 9th,
1t will be located in the new Davidson
building at the northeast corner of
Ninth and King streets. For this pur.
pose she has leased the whole Of the
second and third stories, which have
been fitted up especially for Mrs. Hark.
ness convenience.
The carpenter work has been hand.
somely completed by James A. Biscoe
| the plastering by ID. Conner, and Walter
Joseph has painted the rooms In very
handsome manner. Both stories have
been provided with class rooms and
| cloak rooms for first class school OF
100 or more scholars. Black board sur.
face extends all the way around both
school rooms and In the class rooms, and
| both rooms have excellent light. The
view from either story ~ away out over
the eastern part of the city to the Della
ware beyond, view unequaled from
any other portion of the city. Another
recommendation Is tie quiet location,
away from the noise and busy hustle OF
the city and yet only one square from the
city railway. Mrs. Harkness will have
all branches taught In her school from
the fudiments Of the primary classes to
the branches taught in academicai in
stituttons. For this purpose she has EN-
p'oyel four instructors, two of them
gentlemen.
Special attention will be paid to
book keeping, French, Latin and Ger.
man languages, and her charges are
extremely moderate, ranging from So
TO SlS, according 10 classification. She
has ample accommodation for 100 pupi 4
and from her we'll known ability aud
successful mode of teaching, she should
nave no trouble In getting that number
and many more. Her rule Is firm, but
mild, believing that there are few chill.
lIG. ku.
precept, better than by barsher meth.
DDS. Those who come from a distance
will be provided with excellent board
ing In the vicinity. She believes in
mixed schools. In her long history of
teaching, she has never had any diff
Guilty from that source.
Mrs. III. needs no recommendation to
the people Of Wilmington. She has been
before them as teacher for many
years. She has not to teach year on
trial, for she has already been tried and
found not wanting In any OF the essen
tials OF a successful instructor. Summed
up, Mrs. II. has one of the finest and
healtbiest locations In the city for her
school.
Her rooms are handsomely plastered,
paiuted and fitted up with every mod
ern school convenience, and supplied
with modern improved furniture There
is no place in the city from which there
is more beautiful view of the Chris
tiana, tbs delaware and the Jersey
beyond.
No school building in the cit, is bet |
ter lighted, and 1t may be added, mol
school in the city has more wide wake,
fficient and progressive instructors.
Hundreds of families will not only
wish Mrs. HIS school success, but
will contribute scholars to make it no.