Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-09
LOCAL And GENERAL NEWS
Ienizel Account Of DOings in City and
Country.
EAST SALEM SCHOOL.
Second Visit by Our RepOFter-IIe
Speaks FayOrably of What He
Saw There.
EAST SALEM SCHOOL.

When our reporter visited the
Fast Salem school last week, his
work was but partially performed, as
no could spare time to visit but five
Of the class rooms. He published a
brief account of what he saw there,
which seems to have been read with
General interest. That the remain
inc teachers and their classes, in
that handsome and commodious
building, may not feel themselves
sighted, our newspaper man spent
Yesterday in watching their studies,
and below is a report of what he
saw there.
PROF. S. A. RANDLE.
The first room encountered in the
right as the visitor enters the build
ing is presided over by Supt. Ran
die. This efficient educator, beside
performing the duties of city super
intendent, has charge of the high
est grade in our public schools, class
A. grade l. This furnishes him all
the employment he can conven-
iently attend to, and during the
DAYS he is absent visiting the other
schools, his place is supplied by Mr..
Myers, who acts as supernumerary
in addition to his duties as writing
teacher.
In Prof. Randle's room we found
% scholars present who were busy
on an epistolary exercise. They were
at work on the black board, writing
the address and close to a letter of
application. These boys and girls
were supposed to be asking en-
ployment, and they were required
to state their qualifications and to
furnish endorsements as to their fit
ness. In the performance of such a
task neatness and correctness should
be observed, as any exposure of il
literacy would be fatal to their out
start in life. The professor produced
a package Of letters written by his
pupils, as examples of their skill in
this form of composition, which
were really creditable for the busi-
ness like air that pervaded them,
and the modesty with which their
claims were set forth. The average
of the writing in this whole building
is good, which is evidence that Mr..
Myers faithfully performs his task.
MISS THEO. VAN WAGNER
was next visited, who has the b
class of grade ,. This lady reports
4S scholars enrolled, 43 were present.
At the reporters request 20 words
Of two and three syllables were given
to the school, as a spelling exercise,
written on the blackboard. About
twenty scholars took part in the
work. The visitor questioned them
on the nominative and possessive
cases of the nouns they had written,
requiring them to change the
apostrophe to indicate the singular
or plural number. They ac-
quilted themselves creditably in
this difficult exercise. A few ques-
hons in grammar were next put to
the scholars, who showed a readiness
IN naming the parts of speech, but
they fell into some confusion over
the conjugation of verbs and inflex-
ION of personal prOnouns. The
fourth reader is used in this room,
and in arithmetic the scholars are
struggling with long division.
MISS L. f. LITCHFIELD
teaches B class in the 3rd grade;
.hlrty-three scholars were in atten-
dance. Mental arithmetic was in
progress as the newspaper man en-
cred the room, multiplication of
FACTIONS being the task they were
engaged in. Here is an example:
II tive-siXths of a peck of beans
fosts ten cents, what will seven
lecks cost?" This and a dozen
''her such examples Were readily
worked out by the rather difuse
mental formula contained in the
ext book, several of the problems
punding complicated to the ear,
Nt We're reduced to simplicity by
ne process in use. The third reader
used in this room, geography, and
aammar in an elementary form.
MISS GRACE GILLINGHAM
gas the next school below, hers be-
.lg class b, grade 4. The names of
fseholars are enrolled ON her book,
-ly "A were present, some being