Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-22
PEDAGOGUE AND PUPIL.

THE annual Christmas entertainment win be
given at the Grant School next Tuesday morn
| ing.
MISS BLANCHE CoNNoRs, teacher in the
Franklin school till recently, died yesterday
morning.
MRS. MAMIE BENIN, nee Mamie Shannon,
of the Hancock School and Miss Trunick have
been elected teachers IN the Luckey School.
MISS KATE NEIPER, Librarian of the Teach.
ers Library, starts on Tuesday evening to
spend the greater part of the holidays in De-
troit. Miss Ne1 Jackson accompanies her.
PROF. GoULDEN, OF the Bedford school. was
presented with gold-headed cane by his night
school pupils last week. There will be a re-
ception at the Bedford school next Tuesday
from 1:30 to 4P. NJ
MISS LIZZIE MULHATTAN, of the Howard
school, will be married on Christmas Eve to
Mr.. Frank Hut, Of the East Brder. The
Howard School Board will NOT I'LL the vacancy
till the second Wednesday in January.
SUPERINTENDENT LUCKEY received this
week, from Paris, his commission as an officer
in the Department Of Public Instruction and
Fine Arts at Paris. He received this high
compliment as a recognition of the superior
educational exhibit that PlttSburg sent to the
Paris Exposition.
THE preliminary examination at the High
School will be continued tomorrow. The reports
of the successful candidates will not likely be
issued before next Friday morning. One Of
the O'Hara High School pupils who was to try
the examination has the diptheria, and two Of
the Mt Albion have the typhoid fever.
THE schools will close ON Tuesday, and viii
not reopen till January6 Pay day also comes
on Tuesday to make the teachers superlatively
happy. The school month closes to morrow,
and in order to have the warrants ready for
Tuesday, Secretary Reisfar and Clerk Lewis
will have to work till midnight tomorrow.
MISS ROSETTA POLICY, of the Be1lfeld
school, was treated to genuine surprise party
by her pupils, on Friday night, at her home on
Meyran avenue. They presented her with
valuable Christmas present-an oaken rocking
chair, with plush cushion and head rest Mamie
Harrison made pretty presentation speech.
Dancing, and q fine repast followed the pre-
senIatiOn.
THE subject of corporal punishment has
caused considerable talk among the school
principals lately. The Mt. Washington School
Board abolished corporal punishment three
years ago. They have empowered the school
principals to temporarily suspend pupil for
misconduct until his parents come aud Vouch
for his behavior. During tie three years thai
this plan has been tried it has not been neces-
sary to suspend more than two or three pupils
Miss EDITH HARRIS, who graduated from
the Pittsburg High School last June, and who
has since been in New York taking course of
instruction in music and elocution from the
best metropolitan teachers, returned last even.
ing to her home in Pittsburg to spend the holi-
days A concert for the benefit Of the Welsh
Presbyterian Chuch building fund, will be given
at old City Hall Christmas evening, at (which
Miss Harris will sing and give reeitations.
Even before her visit to New York she won
much praise for her elocutionary work, and
doubtless will carry OF high honors on
Wednesday evening. She has rich contralto
voice; and was one of the judges at last years
eisteddfod.
The Mt. Washington teachers gave BAN
quet last Friday afternoon. The event marked
the separation of six Of the school corps who
take charge of the new building which will be
dedicated on January6 The teachers Of the
school, Superintendent Luckey, Secretary
Reisfar, the directors, and Miss Ballou, of the
cooking school, constituted the company The
table was arranged in the form of Greek
cross and fire hand-painted souvenir of satin
was presented each guest The affair was quite
elaborate, and was very enjoyable. A visit of
inspection was also paid to the new building,
which is to be called the Whittier. The Misses
Sellers Weir, Brisbin, Boyer, Young, and Mss
Moreland, the latter the assistant principal at
the Mt. Washington school, will have charge at
the Whittier. Miss Doak succeeds Miss More
land as assistant principal at the Mt. Washing
ton.