Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
Park School.

From the windows of the Park school q
throng of little ones looks out over one Of
the most beautiful views in the city. A cool
breeze, lfden with the fragrance of the early
summer, watts through the windows and as
a result, the visitor looks into row after row
of glowing childish faces and sparkling eyes.
Everything is spick and span as a new-made
pm at this school, and the various teachers
are unanimous In the conviction that their
lines have fallen in pleasant places.
At the heads of the different grades are
the following ladies: Miss Nj. Elizabeth
Allen, Eighth grade; Miss M. A. O'Neill,
Seventh grade Miss Kate E. Crane, Sixth
grade; Miss Dora Harney, Fifth grade; Miss
Ada h. Alexander Fourth B; Misses Emma
ID. Littletield, assistant principal, and Lillian
A. Littlefeld, principal, Fourth b and Third
b; Miss Mary p. Crane, Third A and Second
A; Miss M. c. Mclaughlin, Second grade !;
Miss M. Coburn, First G and First b, and
Miss Lyde A. McCool, First A.
During the year there has been an enroll
ment of 521-246 boys and PSI girls. Recruits
to Mason school, however, and various other
causes, have depleted the ranks, and the
average number actually belonging is 1913,
with an average attendance of
1854. OF these, in spite of mumps, measles,
and the whole category of childish ills, 80
have never missed day nor been once
tardy. There is one colored boy in the
ranks, and the average age is 9.Y years
In the Eighth grade, under the direction Of
Miss Allen, the older pupils were undergoing
examination in music. Those who have the
perfect mark in attendance are Eioise Clark
Callie Hair Bessie Putnam and Ada Stone
Those who have distinguished themselves
in scholarship and are on the list of promo
tons TO the high school are: Hittie De
Graf, August Peterson, Frank Shelby,
Callie Hair, Ada Stone and Eva Fisher.
These are all marked 80 per cent and up
wards The work in drawing, chalk and
pencil, is especially good, the productions of
Frank Ferguson, Georgia Park and Nora
hartman being worthy of special mention,
In the Seventh grade Miss O'Neill, the
teacher has filled into her report of the
characteristic of the pupils 'politeness and
extreme kindness among themselves and
they are certainly in appearance a set of
perfect little ladies and gentlemen. The
perfect in attendance are Adolph Merritt,
Clara Gibson, Katie Reed, Allie Fish and
Frank Ferguson. Those on the
Biilings, " Philip hH''''A Russell, Edith AirSH
Waterman and Alice Fish. The work in
drawing and arithmetic is extremely neat
creditable.
In the fifth grade, Miss Dora Harney, the
multifarious Affections were too much for
the toddlers, and none are perfect IN attend
ance though many made a brave
two. The recommended list con-
sists of Myrtle DeGraff, Lillian Hart, Leola
Goodrich and Hattie Love.
In the Sixth grade Miss Kate f. Crane
VIII recOuIncnu LOT prOmOtlOn, Leon Boyu,
Eddie Bard, Cora Chaffee, May Boutwell,
and John Larimer. The perfect in attend
ance are Jessie Merritt, Belle McPha.l, Leon
BOYD and Harry Steele.
Miss Ada Il. Alexander reports as perfect
in attendance: Eta Bradley, Josie Parsons,
Robert Larimer, GustaYe Sandberg and
Madge Hake Those who have best rank in
their studies are: Emil Sandberg Gustave
Sandberg, Edna Howell, Edith Doane, Ger
trude Waterman aud Ella Hart. Mentioned
for progress IN the term Theodore NoaclS
and Mamie Boyle.
In tho two principals room, Third A and
Fourth h, there are fifty-four little ones,
as bright as fifty-four dollars aud as sharp as
whips. They were adding when the reporter
was introduced, and as the teacher remarked
they nll seemed born bookkeepers. Hardly
was the long line of figures completed before
ffty-four musical little voices shouted out
the result. Then they sang, Lazy Bill"
and pictured his melancholy fate in CON
certed gestures, After that they read, and
little Miss Hannah McNair rendered her Sc
lection with the grace and moduation of
dlminntive Scott Siddons The perfect in at
tendance here are Guy Richards, Harry Shell