Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-02
4 Fine Educational Building, with
Good Sanitary Arrangements
TALKS WITH THE TEACHERS.
Soveral of its Rooms Visited-HOW
the Scholars are Progressing.

q. & C. railroad track. 1t may be
Objected that more ornamentation
has been used than is necessary for
public school, but this has not been
done at the cost of durability, and
standing as it does in plain sight of
tbe transcontinental traveller, little
extra expense is not to be grudged
os an advertisement of the liberality
of our people. eve built that
scbool,n said one of the directors,
from picture we had made it is
called the best piece Of contract
school architecture in the United
States, and the taxpayers Of the dis
rict have the worth of their money!
The school has a capacity for 600
scholars, with large halls upstairs
and down for their assembling, and
the egress is on so sensible plan
that the building can be emptied in
three minutes. A very thorough
system of sewerage is provided the
building, which secures a good SAN
itary condition for the locality.
Yesterday ourreporter took a walk
out to this school, arriving in time
to witness the assembly oft the schol-
ars in the lower hall before they sep
arated for their rooms. Boys and
girls marched up from the basement
by four stairWays in single file, and
arranged themselves in a hollow
square, boys in the front rank and
girls in the rear. The elder children
beganthe muster, the intermediates
followed and then the juveniles.
Miss ScribeT, the musical instructor,
conducted the march played by two
pupils on the piano, and the teach
ersplaced themselves to the right of
their various classes. The march
was rapid but orderly each contin-
gent taking its place in line without
confusion until the large hall was
filled. When the muster was COM
pleted, some stirring songs
were sung with resonance and ami
nation, and then the little folks sep
mated for 5heir school rooms. The
effect Of this muster and parade was
pleasing to the beholder; and the
scholars seemed to enjoy it hugely.
The first room visited by our re-
porter was Miss Laura Shaw's, first
primary, on the second floor. This
lady reports an enrolment of "a,
and we counted 81 little folks pres
ent at their desks. All teachers are
not gifted with the faculty of inter
esting and drawing out the powers
OF young children. Success in this
art may be largely due to acquired
haDit but nature must supply the
ground work. We listened with
much qualification to reading by
'he B class from the object chart.
such sentences as "the man is on
matt 'the man has black UNI
orella," the nouns being presented |
'othe eye in pictures, We're read in
concert with unfailing readiness.
several little tyros, when called up
10 the chart, pointed out the words |
as they were called for, and spelled |
them with great readiness. Attempts
were made by the class to copy
script letters on their states, and in
tnls exercise one little girl, Carrie |
Newhouse, showed superior apti-
'ude' Miss Shaw is deserving of
praise for her successful performance |
Of a difficult charge.
The second primary is under the |
care of Miss Maria darcy who |
mas fifty names enrolled, and forty
present. AS we entered a class of /
twenty small readers were struggling
With lessOn in the second reader. |
Inc presence of a stranger embar-
lassed these little folks, and repeat
Gu encoura cement was necessary to
induce them to read with sufficient
lsunctness to be understood. Miss
u Arcy has brought her scholars
y.eyond the singsong which wearies
me senses of the hearer, and por-
6oh OF her class read with fiuency.
3leslde % reading, spelling, writing,
.le Enumeration table up to six, and
me four simple rules of arithmetic
lccupy the time of this school, and
.ne pupils showed satisfactory effi-
lehcy. In this room Bertha Barm-
Fegh showed superior skill in writ
ng. To freshen up the dropping
'hergles of her scholars, Miss Darcy
eu them in two songs ; the first
'le they sang without much vigor,
.ut the second was given with full
MISS FLORELLA +. PHILLIPS.
caches class A of the second grade.
Mere are 80 enrolled i'm this room,
Neage attendance 35. This room
provided with an excellent series
I maps, printed on cloth and folded