Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-01
THE PRIDE OF YANKr0N.
a Visit to Its Central school in its New
mi Luxurious Quarters.

a Visit to Its Central school in its New
and Luxurious Quarters.
Yankton, March Ito the Press
andDskotaian: The announcement to
the public months ago made by
the city board of education of
their purpose to enlarge the scoommo-
dsticns for education made sll our
hearts glad: Then came the removal OF
the old high school building. the break
ing OF the earth, the laying the founda-
ton, the rising walls, progressing slowly
bat surely, daily adding hope and Joy
to the public. We watched the prog
ress OF the building with no common
interest until turrets and towers sur
mounted all and the curling smoke in
grateful columns poured forth from it's
numerous chimneys, which gave notice
to the passer by that the institution was
near its completion. All doubt YVES soon
removed by the coming and going of
pupils and teachers. all wearing a pleas
ant smile, as if there was that inside
which broush. Joy and eiadness Of hear.
to the occupants of that imposing
structure. We purposed when we had
less to CALI our attention to our outside
work TO visit that institution and see for
ourselves what was going on inside. A
few days ago we received a cordial in
vitation on the street from tie genial
manager OF all, Professor Stay, to look
the building over. The time wes set,
the day and hour. Yesterday. the last
day of the winter months, we were OBJ
time at the superintendent's room.
Found hlm in his beautiful Office with
plenty of light and surrounded with @
library that told of ell that is modern.
fresh and desirable in the educational
system. Numerous school journals, the
best, the latest, adorned the spacious
table in the center of the Office are
orderly, beautiful and TO the mind oil
the most fastidious visitor. Happy the
visitor Who was SO eircumstanced, LED
by o guide who knew all the goinas
through it's forty rooms, up, down and
on the level. We went down the base.
ment, saw the apparatus for heating.
ventilation, the capacious ducts TO carry
off the foul air generated in the build.
ing. Saw the room which was being
fitted up for chemical
laboratory, it's working table
for the students, the table
for the professor to be supplied
with crucibles and retorts, o cosy retreat
for the battery, ample cases for the APP
paratus and mineral specimens all re-
membered and all provided for ample
complete for q chemical labratory.
We now retraee our steps go up by
such gradual stages that we found our
selves 80 feet higher than the earth, with
out realizing how we reached SO high
an elevation. Beauty, convenience, com
fort and Wilderness meet Us al every turn
The eyes are satisfied in seeing the heat
ing apparatus have just the kind OF al,
we'll tempered with heat and cold, pure
from which ell the Impurities have beer
filtered out. Inside one OF the school
rooms, what provisions are there furnish
ed for the pupil and teacher to the one
to teach and the other to learn. The
modern furniture, the regulator to give
the proper temperature, the thermome-
ter which hangs in every school roon
and last but far from being least, tn,
capacity given to each school room o
blackboard purpose which by carefn
computation aggregates for allthe sohoo
rooms to 5000 square feet. This is th,
building, but the animus of the institu-
tion is to be seen in the school rooms W,
went into all the rooms for q hasty look
saw the evidence Of mechanical skill o
the pupil in the manufacture OF washing
machines, musical instruments and al
kinds OF models, one would almost thinl
that the model rooms Of the patent oficl
in Washington were brought to the nes
school building in Yankton. The evil
dence Was strongly supported b,
what we sew that the future artist VIII,
ia to reap merited honors is now bein,
trained by these worthy competen
teschers In this imposing building.
We concluded .our pleasant and in
structive visit by going into one Of sh
rooms, the third grammer. under tn
skilliul conduct Of Miss Cora Pat.
Wien we entered she was asking quss
tions upon o vegetable production mann
%factnred, which brought ous o larg
> number of suggestive questions Iron
the pupil all coming nearer 10 what th
substance might be Of which the teache
had in mind. IL was evident that tn
lgreas purpose the true educator has ii