The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-01
new YEAR IN THE CITY SCHOOLS
The Introduction of Drawing
Meets With Favor.
The New School In the Northwest Section
Progressing Flnely--Large Attendance
at all the Schools--A Summary OF the
Monthly Reports of the Teachcrs--The
Teachers Meeting Becoming an Inter
esting Feature.

The first month Of the year is ended,
and the quarterly examinations in the
public schools OF Roanoke are passed.
To TINES reporter yesterday after
noon Superintendent Dcrr said that the
examinations had been very creditable
to the scholars, ana that large num-
Der Of promotions, probably 25 per cent,
was the result.
Mr.. Derr said that the now school in
the northwest part of the city had
started under very favorable auspices,
and everything was progressing finely
The school now has gro pupils enrolled,
which is larger number, by about
thirty, than the Third ward now has,
although the latter has been in ex-
istence several years. Tho school is
nearly filled, and there is room for but
few more pupils.
The school has been divided into five
departments. Miss Lillian Ecllloff is
the principal. and Superint endent Dcrr
is quite enthusiastic over her ability to
manage the school and says that as a
disciplinarian she is unequallcd. She
possesses excellent executive ability
and it is largely due to her that the
school is now on such an excellent
basis.
Her first assistant is Miss Emma
Hunt. Miss Walden has charge of tho
intermediate department.; Miss Nina
Graves, the primary, and Miss Anna
Clare, tho elementary.
Free-hand drawing has just been in
troduced into all the public schools here,
and although superintendent Derp
thinks it is too soon to show any decided
results, he has no doubt that it will be
a decided success. 1t will serve to
train the eye and tend toward good let
ter-writing and figuring.
The colored schools are progressing
finely, although they are very much
crowded for room.
The monthly reports for Janu airy have
all been submitted except the Melrose
School and they show some very in
terosting figures. The total number of
scholars on the rolls of the white schools
during the month was 732, of which 3no
were boys and 43o girls.
The following is substance of the
report:
First Ward. p. Mauzy's room
Number on roll, 27; average daily at
tendance, 25.
Electra Smiths room-Number on
roll, 42 average daily attendance,
35.73.
Ida G. IIockaday's room-Number on
roll, 81 average daily attendance, 5l.s9.
Mary V. Browns room-Number on
roll, As; average daily attendance,
1891.
NJ. +. Stout's room-Number on roll,
AZ average daily attendance. 1903
Inn n.
roll, 70; average daily attendance,
55.1s.
Rattle NJ. Thomas room-Numbcr on
roll ~; average daily attendance, 40. 40.
Rosa l.. Profits room-Number on
roll, 81; average daily attendance, ella.
Addie II. Treats room. primary de-
partment-Number on roll, 1877; average
daily attendance, al.
Third ward, Rev. $. r. Beckham's
room-Number on roll, Pr; average
daily attendance, $500.
Maggie Mitchell's room-Number OH
roll, So; average daily attendance, 100.
Mary Berlin's room-Number on roll,
50; average daily attendance. 47.47.
Cora NJ. Boards room-Number on
roll. "a; average daily attendance, So. 60.
Mclrose school-The reports for this
school are not yet prepared. The school
has has been in operation but Il month,
and tho reports are consequently late.
The average attendance for the first
month was o7.0.
The total number of scholars on the
rolls of the colored schools during the
month was $40, Of which $50 were boys
and eco giils. The number of enrolled
pupils and daily attendance was as fol-
lows:
Principal f. w. Harth's room-Num-
Dor on roll, 100; average daily atten-
dance, 1878.
Lucy Addison's room-Number on
roll, 10; average daily attendance, &c. 90.
Rosetta S. Cuffee's room-Number on
roll, lO6; average daily attendance,
1888.
Susie T. divers room-Number on
roll, OIL; average daily attendance. 10. 40.
Superintendent Derr informed THE
TIMES reporter that he was very anxious
to establish school in the southeast
section of the city. He thought that
this section deserved a school fully as
much as the northwest section, and
hoped the City Council would look at it
in the same light and establish the
school.
Teachers meetings have been held