Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-02

soon inspect the st. Clair, Knox, Riverside,
Thad. Stevens and Mouongahela schools.
When seen by DISPATCH reporter yes
terdav, he said that THUS far he had found
all of the schools visited crowded. The
Bedford is building up surprisingly. The
greatest increase is found in the hill district.
The Allen school has increased its attend
ance 60 per cent during the last month and
will require additional rooms soon. This
increase is noticeable throughout the
Twenty-second, Twenty-seventh and Thirty
fifth wards.
The Mt. Washington school is very
crowded. However, they expect to be in
their new house with eight rooms additional
by the first of January. The new house is
now being plastered, and the interior fitted
up. The Humbolt school has a large at
tendance. but the territory they draw from
is built up more soIidly, and their large
buildings will accommodate them for some
time The Luckey schools, under its new
principal, Prof. A. c. Mclean, is in a
fourishing condition, and growing rapidly.
DROPPING A TEACHER.
The Riverside schools have dispensed
with one teacher, and will meet tonight to
decide on the teacher that will be dropped
from the rolls. In all the schools visited
Superintendent Luckey finds high grade
of scholarship, and says that the pupils of
the Southside schools are among the best in
the city in advancement.
In his rounds the genial Superintendent
has many humorous experiences, and his
observations of human nature are interest
ing. For instance, he finds that the Ger
man pupils of the Southside generally excel
in drawing and anything pertaining to me-
chanics. The English pupils are the best
readers and elocutionists. The Yankee
pupils do not seem to excel as class in
anything particular, but each has his own
speciality
One thing particular that the Superintend-
ent noticed was the general neat appearance
of the children in attendance at the schools.
Many parents who are in very moderate cir
cumstances still find time and money to
dress their children neatly and keep them
very tidy In this respect many homes are
found where the school children wear
the best clothes of any in the family,
and by contact at school with other we'll
dressed children carry neatness and sunshine
into their own homes, and often cause their
parents to fix up their apparel. Truly the
influences Of the school go further than one
would suppose.
NIGHT SCHOOLS OPENING.
Next Monday the night schools will be
opened, and the directors of the different
wards predict good attendance. This year
the ratio of pupils 10 each teacher has been
decreased from Al to two teachers and Sc to
three pedagogues, making it possible to give
more attention to each scholar and better ar
range the classes. Superintendent Luckey
said that on the Southside the influence of
the night schools in educational matters is
more marked than in any other portion of
the city, and it was the intention of the
Central Board to increase their efficiency
and attendance in every way possible. Un-
til the schools are once started plans can
not be laid as to what will be done in the
future, and, as each School Board controls
its school, each will look over its affairs.
with only general supervision by the Cen
tral Board,
Just now the teachers are busy planning
the work as far as can be done until it is
known how large the attendance will be.
1t Will be week or so before the schools
get settled down to business, but when they
do get at work, it is hoped by the different
educators that the night schools will be-
come more and more feature of the present
system and its advantages more thoroughly |
recognized by the parents of those who. |
from various causes, cannot attend during |
the oay.
Since 1873. when the Southside schools
came under the city's supervision, an excel |
lent showing has been made. In this con- |
nection the Superintendent prepared the fol- |
lowing table for the Southside edition of |
The DISPATCH, showing the increase in |
buildings, teachers and pupils from 1873 to |
the end of the school year of 1889. In 1873 |
the Bedford and Birmingham and Hum.
boldt and Morse were combined in two re- |
spectiye districts, and, in making the table
the proper ratio was considered:
AN INTERESTING TABLE,