The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-07
SCHOOLS TO OPEN.
VACATION ENDS TOMORROW
AND WORK BEGINS.
BUSY Day FOR OPENING.
thousands OF Pupils with Accommo-
datiOns for Only EGussdreds = Who
VIII be Admitted fou-Residents-
Dues aud Observation-Disclosures OF
Interest


The city schools will open tor
row, and preparations for the ops 1gz
were nearly completed yesterday
Prof. ]. P. Mauzy, the new prfl 4ipal
of the First ward school, arrived
Thursday, and has been busy prepar-
ing for the opening.
Rev. S. R. Bechham, the new prin-.
cipal for the Third ward school, has
been in the city several days, and has
had his school building thoroughly
renovated, window curtains arranged,
stoves polished, and the grounds
cleaned up. putting everything in
good condition The other buildings
have been looked after, and are ready
for the reception Of the children.
The TIMES reporter saw q number
of teachers and officers OF the schools
yesterday; but none could give an es-
innate of the number with which the
schools will open, but a large attend
ance is expected.
The teachers and pupils will assem-
bic at the different school buildings
at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning, and
the day will be taken UP in organic
ing for the work of the session. The
teachers meeting of the Third ward
school will be held in the afternoon
after the exercises of the day are over.
The schools are open 70 the children
OF all permanent resSI s r. - zs-.sss-.
tie ages of and 2llaSsss tss-ss:s:,zzrdren o.
nor-residents wiiifee admitted for $50
tuition per session. resident
property owners can have the tuition
of their children credited with the
amount Of school taxes paid by them.
The city is divided into TWO school
districts, by the Norfolk and Western
railroad. All the schools are divided
into four departments, the clement
airy, primary, Intermediate and gram
mar school, all of which are subdiyid-
ed into two grades, except the cram
mar school which has three grades.
The elementary department. en-
braces reading, spelling, writing,
arithmetic, language, color, etc,
taught from charts, biacktoards and
orally without books.
The primary department embraces
the elementary. farther advanced
with the use of books and The adj
dition of geography and natural sci
ence. Although books are Introduced
in this department, blackboard, slate,
paper and pencil exercises are not dis
carded. The books used are McGuf-
feys spelling and reading books and
Maurey's elementary geography.
La the intermediate department no
new branches are added, it being
Il Of l.a 1tx-
In the grammar school, grammar
and composition, State, United States
and general history and algebra are
introduced. The others s,-anc}Ies,
with grammar and composition, are
completed Maurey's Biographies
and McGuffeys reading and spelling
books are used all through the schools.
State history is taught from McGill's
History of Virginia.
Drawing and vocal music will be
taught in all the grades as far as
practicable by the superintendent,a and
ten minutes dailywill be devoted to
calisthenic exercises. Natural science
will be taught by oral lessons once a
week in the grammar grades, and
oftener in the others. Exercises in
mental arithmetic will be given in ell
grades.
Prof. j. p Mauzy, the new principal
OF the First ward school, is q native
Virginian and g graduate OF the Uni
versity of Virginia, but has been
teaching in South Carolina. He is q
fine scholar and we'll qualified in every
way for the position. !
Rev S. r. Beckham, e minister of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, is the new principal OF the
Third ward sciool. He is from Burk-
vile, Va, and is an alunnus of Emory
and Henry College, in Georgia. He
has had five years experience as a
teacher, and was tutor OF mathematics
and English at Emory and Henry for
a session. He taught part OF last ses-
sion in the First ward schoolan gave
satisfaction.
The following are the teachers in
the white schools, whose positions
will be arranged by the superinten-
dent tomorrow: Misses a. r. Trent,
Ida g. Hockaday, Rattle III. Thomas,
N. T. Stone. Mary w. Knox, Mary V.
Brown, Lille a. EckloG, Maggie
Mitchell, Cora NJ. Board. Substi-
tutes Misses Mary Berlin. Mary l.,
Walden, Nina Graves, Electra Smith.
There will be no changes in the
teachers of the colored school.
NO additional buildings have yet
been secured for the schools. The ,
finance and public property commit
tees of the City Council and Superin-
tandent Derr will meet tomorrow
night to consider the recommends
rions made TO the council by the SUI
perintendent of schools. More build
ings will be secured Immediately to
provide for the overflow from the
schools already organized