Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-03
Report Of (1ur CITY Schools.

mar 81, ID grammar 81 total 234.
East Building-A primary 40, B pri-
mary 46, C primary IS, D primary 70.
total 21s. West Building primary
81, b primary So, c primary 81, d pri-
mary 80, total 259. Total enrolment
of school, I'll.
Enrolment for month ending March
Z, 1890, 634.
Average daily attendance, $40; No.
of pupils absent, 279; No. of days lost
on account of sickness, 400; No. of days
lost from other causes, 402; No. of
pupils tardy, Al; No. of minutes lost by
hardness, 2ss; No. of nonresident
pupils, /.
ROLL OF HONOR.
High School. auckland,
Frank Fruit, Kittie Ostermeyer, Lois
Reece, Ola Brinkman, Archie Reece,
Lille Brinkman, Mae Woodburn, Allie
Hossack, Ella Day. May Meek, Blanche
Nimocks, Grace Mathewson.
A Grammar.-Aurora Fligg, Myrtle
Fryberger, Retta Nimocks, Lulu Ran
kin, Helen Turner, Bird VanPelt, Lucy
Gilmore, Nellie Morgan, Hattie Smith.
B Grammar Larkin, Bertha
Bitner, Ada Thatcher.
G. Grammar ROwen, Louis
Woodbqrn, Ella Weltmer, Wilbur Frey.
East Ruilding.--A Primary.-John
Cossman, Ira 3ardwell, Webster Lang
ham, John Myers, Len Miller, Dean
Swift, Clair Swift, Willie Smith, Geo.
Whitcomb, Samuel Slentz, Florence
Truesdell, Allee Smith.
B Primary.=-Harry Tullis, Clarence
Nelson, Ella Horn.
G Primary.--Buela slentz, Clarence
Smith. Louie Murphy. Eddie Murphy,
Jay swift, Floyd Lafferty, Harrie
Weiss, Celia Gid1ings, May Dick.
D Primary.--Lucy Qalziel, Olive
Richie, Alva Richie, Ernest Slentz,
Roy Patterson, Harry Powell, Leonard
Krause.
West Ruildipg.-A Primary.-Abbie
Larkin. Fannie Moore, Edna Williams,
Jane Rocks, Dale Nimocks, Mamie
Connect, Minpa Elliot, Otis Bolinger.
Walter auckland. Charles Rathbun,
James Thatcher, Writ Wlnstead,
Claude Dawson.
B Primary.-Blanche Moses, Ada
Eppstein, Lucinda Sanders, Claude
Cole, Ernest Grail, Eddie Moses, Elof
Grizzly.
G Primary.-Chester Flapley. Frank
Frye, Lora Day, Georgia Bailey, Albert
Hays, Tommie Winstead, Geo. Sim
mons, Elsa Friend, Stella johnson.
Gertrude Meek, Mabel Brinkman, Alice
WeItmer. Lilah Smith, Beulah Watson.
D Primary.-Hattie auckland, Pearl
Moore, Dennie Eppstein, Gertrude
Nimocks, Bette Wesley, Josie Phillips.
Nellie Howard, Anna Hart, Lennie
Armstrong. Arthur Chilly, Eddie Grit
fifth, Hugo Friend, Clarence Simmons,
Joe Zoeller.
The pupils, as a rule, hav formed aSits Of regu-
larity, promptness and cheerful industry but not,
outstanding their desire to be present, there has
been great deal of Absence on account of the cold
rooms in the new buildings, and the sickness caused
thereby, and. much of the absence was long con-
tinued, the monthly enrolment was much less than
it otherwise would have been.
Several months ago we invited patrons to assist
teachers in improving the language of the pupils.
The result has been most gratifying. The improve
ment In reading and writing has also been very
marked We invite patrons to examine the COM
petitive writing in the superintendent's Office.
When pupils leave our schools they have the salts
faction of knowing that where a card does not adj
init them to a corresponding grade in the large
Cities they can pass the examination for the same
grade. In several places, they have, upon examine
ton entered the next higher grade. This result is
obtained by industry the part of the pupils and
by honest. efficient guidance the part of the
teachers and parents. What the public schools Af
to-day doing not be fully known until those
VINO are educated therein have passed from the
guardianship and guidance of parents and teachers,
and have fully tested Akeir ability to make life a
success Our youth web need skilled bands, habits
of honest industry, pure and noble hearts. GEeat
moral courage. correct conceptions of the eleeats
of true manhood and womanhood, love of country;
and love of God We still believe that the hand
should be trained with the head and heart and that
manual labor should be elevated to its primitive
men and women who can do quickly and correctly
the things that should be DONE Theorizing is good
only when accompanied by successful execution.
Children cannot learn to do anything unless they
have q chance to work at it.
We d. not believe it just, except in cases of
extreme necessity. to take boys and girls out of
school for manual trsiaing, but we believe that
more manual training mornings and evenings will
be great benefit intellectually we'll physic-
ally. Many boys in our city, We think, entirely
too much leisure. We therefore have encouraged
pupils to use of their leisure moments at home in
and making some useful and ornamental
articles. Change of employment furn ishes refresh
ing rest and the planning and making Of
useful articles even thssgh they be too small for
real will tend to make pupils frugal,
definite in thought and action, ready to Slaa and
,killful to execute. We know how difficult is is in
cities for parents to find sufficient employment for
aeir larger boys. The boys cannot study all of the
lime; they would gladly work but there is nothing
70 do,-hence they play, play, plav: get into bad
company and finally &eepme idle and Indifferent:
ose interest in school and IN everything else. By
making occasional exhibits o. haDdiwoEk in the
iferent grades in our public schools pupils can be
realty encouraged to think, plan, draw and con-