Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-03
PAST AND PRESENT.
Review of Miles City Public
Schools The Log Shack and
Brick Edifice.
Methods of Teaching the Young
Idea How to Shoot, and
the Instructors.
Public Schools,

Located IN the nor u central part o.
NJ ll-s CITY, in the principal Residence
ii,trIct, AZ the Intersection Of Ninth
and Palmer street, stand- The in,tIlu.
, tIun which svidrnces the determine.
tluu OF the clliz' n- Of Miles CITY tu
provide Tor he children who fiud d
home herr. Bs good public school lacil'
ties ns can 6e found IN ANY similar
town vi the older states The citi.
Gus of lhIs town point with pride Ia
the pubic school building which IL u
hnnd~'lnr, lwo--Iory, brick structure,
'tandlns IN neat Var of u b ,lf block
lhe rrnool yard cont iius about fart,
growing cottonwood tree-. which, in
The near future will afford ampl.
shade, aud he MI appropriate orua'
insnt, confirming he words of visit
ing stranger who called Miles City
"lhe Fores, City of the Yellowstone
Valley"
The frs school In Miles City was
taught ~ y log shack which formerly
sl"od on Main street opposite Conrad
building; then The school was moved
toa frame building Gu PARK street
which IA now knU~n No the Grand
Central hotel; nexI, 10 the old ho.pitsl
building which before its destruction
by fire, Ito ID on Ninth street; four
years ago, by the vote of the people,
the schUol board Was authorized to
Is'ne bonds Tor the purchase Of land
aud the erection Of a building. The
present building was erected, aud
ground purchased at u cost Of fifteen
thousand dollars. There Is now u sur
plus (which Is increasing yearly OF
about twelve thousand dollars in the
schUol treasury held In readiness To
llquidate the school bonds as soon ~
they mature. Such is the financial
-tslus Of the public schools of Mile-
CITY and the visitor who goes through
the building will find the organization,
management aud The methods of Iu-
structlon Ir,Iull accord with the best
schools 0f The country.
There are three entrances to the
building, passing within the double
doors on either side, the visitor fiuds
himself in n spacious ball extending
nor,h and south, The walls here aud
throughout the entire building have
q pine and oak wsiDscot about three
feet high, The remainder Of the walls
and ceiling, having white plaster.
Passing first into the basement, the
visitor will see ample storage rooms for
coal. wood, and other necessary sup
plies. There slso are two large fur
nsces Of the RuttAn pattern. which
supply the entire building with hot
air. This system combines heating
and ventilation, so that the health and
mental activity Of the pupils are not
Impaired by that curse OF 30 many
school buildiDgs-cold, foul air. On
the coldest days Of winter, the temper
ature II kept uniform in the rooms
throughout the day, at from sky Il
seventy. The jsnitor who has charg,
Of The furnace and building, has now
bad that position for two years, and
the cordilion Of the building and
grounds bears testimony to his dill
gent attention 10 his duties.
On the first floor are three schoo
rooms. Room No. l Is occupied by
the first grade. consisting OF two
classes Of about eighteen pupils each
Tue A" class during the past 81,
months has studied reading, spelling
language and writing, using for th'
purpose Bancroft's First Reader and
Appleton's Reading Charts, with snc
additional exercises Of the same kind
placed by the teacher upon The black
board. This class also has daily drill
In singing and csllstbenics aud con
versational exercises for general infor-
nation. In numbers, they have mas
tered the properties and operations
OF which every number from
one To four il capable. For
this primary number work Par
ker's Arithmetlcal chart is used. The
aim Is to give the pupils frequent and
varied drills upon the same numbers
until lhey are thoroughly able to do
every possible operation with the mum
bers Careful attention II gwen W
writing numbers and to tenchlng the
pupils to think accurately and rapidly
The "Br class has similar studies tC
the "A" class. though not so far ad
vanced. In room No. . ARE seated th'
second and third grades, each consist
ing Of one class Of about twenty
pupils. In this room We notice
picture Of Hawthorne and other decor