St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24

well-lighted. the blackboards being
tastefully Ornamented with crayOn pic
lures of broad leafed palms growing out
of antique vases. The pupils were
reading one of those highly moral and
impossible dialogues about the good
little boy who liked to weed his fathers
garden and couldn't be tempted to play
truant. The teacher. G. j. Arutzen,
kept the attention and interestof pupils
by intelligent questions, leading them
to give proper infections and prohuncl-
atiOns. A picture made basis for
AN AMUSING LANGUAGE EXERCISE,
the pupils being required to tell what
they saw in the picture and clOthe their
statements in grammatical language.
Andrew Rosewood, Louis HOgstad,
Peter Sandheim, ANNE HankOm and
Gusta Wiotte seemed among the bright
est pupils. B. M. Aslaksen. the
principal. has general supervision
of the building, often giving an inter-
esting talk on political economy,
physiology or history. The pupils, being
largely foreigners, take keen interest
in anything pertaining to the govern
ment or customs of this country.
Evening schools in the Adams. Pea
body, Sumner and Holland buildings
present nearly the same characteristics
as those noted in the Jackson building.
at the
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
E. III. LOe teaches a class of twenty-five
young men the rudiments of mechan-
ical and architectural drawing. John
Morris also instrnctS a similar class at
the Winthrop building, the pupils being
nearly all from trades where a knowl-
edge of practical drawing is always
available.
"Why are the majority of the pupils
foreigners?" was ASH I'd of Prof. G. NJ.
Jordan. don't the American youth
care for education?'
Prof. Jordan said he thought that
nearly all American children attended
day school for several years. and the
foreigners grasped the opportunity
given by the evening schools to obtain
a knowledge of the English language.
So that foreigners fill the lower grades,
but are not in the majority in high
school grades.
Don't you have any trouble in pre-
serving good 0rder?" was asked of
soft-yoiced teacher who seemed to pos
sess magnetic Influence over his pu-
pills.
ssOh, yes, a little. be answered. cat
the first of the term, q whole crowd al.
ways come in to have good time anf
make the teacher earn his salary. After
disposing of them the studious pupils
give hardly any trouble. The older
ones especially seem to be anxious to
improve every moment of the two hours
each evening""
ITS hard work to 60 to evening
school," said a girl who works in bag
factory all day.
II often feel so tired after walking
home from work that it seems impossi-
BILE to study. and then one doesn't have
much time for recreation. But these
schools are great help to all classes of
working people, and hope they will be
continued"
'.How long have evening schools been
in existence in Minneap0liS?' was asked
of the principal.
"AbOut seven years." he replied. "At
first they were started in modest way,
but have steadily been growing in favor
ever since. The steady increase of popu-
lation makes the attendance larger each
year"
s The evening schools will close about
March for this year, as the pupils al
ways scatter during the spring to find
situations in various parts of the state.