Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-19
THE wAsHrNQTON HIGH SCHOOL
where the Boys and Girls INN 11ea1
Puhlic school Eauc~saon.

Paul, the principal, and the members o. the
faculty. This number viii prooaoiy be aug
mented to seven hundred before the nrst OF Oc-
tober By the admission Of new pupils An
nuallv. for the past seven years Q Washington
Hish school boy hes been appointed to the rev.
enue marine cadets, and in some instances they
have stood ut the head Of thelist It is but few
years since the school WAS organised, but al
ready its graduates are numbered among the
students Of Harvard, Yale. Cornell, Princeton,
sUs sssa I Mse. Johns 3:
on two A or three occasions passed highest in
bs ana
business of all sorts In the city, carry on prizes
at law school commencement, and perform
various other feats, crcditable alike to them.
selves and the school that trained them.
Previous 70 the year 1875 there were no
means for pursuing high sch DOL studies IN the
grammar school for girls was organised, under
Miss Georgia Lane, The following year saw q
A. Paul as principal Assistant teachers were
added from time to time as the schools increased
in size, but the lack OF suitable accommoda-
through the EFFORTS Of several members Of Con.
gress, IN appropriation was secured fora High
school building. This building was completed.
and the two schools united and placed In pos
session, as the Washington High school, in Sep
tember, 1882.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
The building, which stands on the northeast
corner of 7th and streets. is substantial, como
modious and well lighted, heated and venti-
lated. It contains fourteen class-rooms, three
study halls, drill hall, exhibition hall, lecture
room, drawing room, laboratories, library,
armory, offices. teachers rooms, &c. thirty
rooms in all. The rooms are generally very well
furnished The chemical and physical labora-
tories contain every convenience for the pur-
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and Is used besides by the military companies.
A well-hlled library, containing large number
books OF reference is also at the disposal Of the
pupils. The room is carpeted, furnished with
chairs, benches and tables, and ornamented
nearly 5000 volumes, and is in charge of Mr..
Frank r. Lane, professor OF English, with four
pupils assistant librarians.
The facilities which this school offers are
the country.
THE COURSES OF STUDY.
The studies during the past two years have
embraced Mathematics physics, chemistry,
natural science, business methods, English,
French, German, Latin, history, political
science, drawing and vocal music. Three courses
of study are outlined-an academic course of
and a business course of two years. But these
classes are not strictly adhered to, and pupils
are allowed to choose studies from either of the
courses, provided these studies can be pursued
without interfering with the hour plan OF reci-
tatiun. The principal difference between the
three courses lies in the substitution Of German
in the scientific or bookkeeping, commercial
law and geography in the business course for
the study of Latin in the academic course But
there are a number Of elective studies, by the
acceptance or rejection of which pupils may
pursue a broader or narrower field of study.
Especially worthy OF note is the business
which has long been made for more thorough
practical education in the public schools. In
snd are
business forms, commercial law, commercial
geography, current transactions of trade and
commerce, besides English language and liter.
AZURE, general history and algebra.
The academic course forms a thorough pre-
paratory for college, and as Greek is among the
others in the second and third years, pupils are
enabled to pass creditsbly from the high
school into the freshman classes of the best
colleges In the country.
The military drill has been highly success
full feature OF the school, and under the excel
Washington Light Infantry, the battalion n has has
attained = high degree of proficiency in the
manual OF infantry tactics. The companies
anxiety for promotion leads officers and men
to become very thoroughly versed in the man.
ual Of arms and infantry maneuvers.
strong attraction at the exhibition concerts
and affords excellent opportunities for physi-
An appropriation Of $4,000 made by Con-
gress two years ago for apparatus for the use of
the school has been distributed equitabiy
some valuable and useful material has been
collected. Since then but little money has been
available for the purchase OF apparatus; still
something has been added In each department.
THE FACULTY.
The faculty Of the school is very efficient in
every branch. 1t numbers twenty-one mem
bers, and is headed by Prof e. A. Paul, who
has been identified with the school from the
very start. The members areRll college gradu-
ates from Dartmouth, Boston university Prince
ton, Dickinson, Johns Hopkins, Hamilton, Vas
sar, Wellesley and other colleges. The Uni
yerslty OF Leipsic, Germany, is represented by
the summer, occupies the chair of modern
languages In the Sauvier summer school, at
BUR- BurlingsSn, Vt Prof Frank Al, angel who has
school this year and will have charge of the
study of physical science.
BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER.
When the boys and girls were first united all
unnecessary distinction in discipline and In
struction between them was abandoned. Boys
and girls assemble together In the exhibition
hall once every day for devotional exercises,
lectures, or music. For the most part they
Of labor on the pS of the eacbe 81
tions are composed OF pupils of both sexes. The
daily session is divided into ave "hours' Of
minutes following the third" hour.
tions, and two days 10 each week f fourth hour
rest of the time, one or two hours per day. is
given to study and preparation.
Thirty girls are selected each year from
among those'whose yearly record stands high
est and passed into the Normal school, where,
after years training, they become teachers
-Four college scholarships are offered each
year: The Kendall, In Columbian university:
the King, in Dickinson college: the Birney, in
Cornell university, and another in Boston uni.
versity.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
One object which has been kept steadily In
view Is the strengthening Of the business course
in order that students may obtain as thorough
q knowledge Of the subject as possible. Book
keeping is carefully taught and earnest atten-
leave the school prepared to enter business and
support Themselves. In years to come It is
hoped to make the course even more thorough.
In connection with this, It may be said that It
y deemed desirable for young men In all sta
lions Of life to have some knowledge Of tools.
shop TO contain tools Of many sorts, such as
Iathes, turning machines, carpenters' tools and
metal working tools of different kinds
The building, which was at first amply large
Is now completely filled, and in q short time
already on foot for enIarging 1t without alter.
ing Its structure by means OF a series OF annexes
connected by covered corridors to be erected
from time TO time as they are needed. These
annexes might be constructed to the north Of
shs sns lot
converted into a park, as it would tend greatly
to beautify q neighbOrhoOd which cannot boast
Of much natural or architectural beauty.
The Public school Of the Future.
From the Norwich Comm Bulletin
II all the suggestions made about popular ed