Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

1t IS with reluctant feet that the teachers
and pupils will wend their way to their re
spective schoo1houses tomorrow morning
for If all work and no play makes JACK 9
dull boy what a grand effect must an 'all
play" programme have, which has been the
lot of the school folks for the past nine
weeks. Nevertheless, 1t will only be few
days before both teachers and pupils will
| take hold with the vim that has made the
Pittsburg schools of world wide fame.
| The opening of the school year this Sep
| tember is expected to mark one of the most
important events in the history OF P1ttsburg
Lloyd or Swedish sytem Of manual training.
| The experimental school will be formally
| opened at the Forbes School September q.
ployed in other cities makes It eminently
| practicable, and the success of the Pittsburg
school will be watched with interest by all
prominent educators.
as to the prospects Of the coming school
year in Pittsburg, answered: Elegant"
Continuing, he said: cat no time in the
city been SO free from epidemics of all kinds
as now, and look for q remarkably great
turnout Of pupils next week. Ever since
evil effects, the attendance in some dis
tricts has been irregular, but during vaca-
ton the grip patients have had plenty Of
time to recuperate, and,we have every pros
The Improvements Made.
All the school buildings Of the two cities
have been treated to brush, paint and other
Frightening effects for their occupants, and
some have received additional touches. The
Grant school, Third ward, has new floors and
new seats almost throughout the building.
The High School class will hereafter be
located on the second floor instead Of the
fourth. The Hancock school, Fifth ward,
l,no -21,- A,,A e. .,
teachers and pupils of the Franklin school
who will be superlatively happy. The
handsomest building in the States, II notin
the United States will be their domicile In the
future. Other districts, during the year, have
been taking steps to accommodate the ever
increasing attendance. Tho Oakland School
Board are now in possession Of large lot
ing Is to be erected the coming year. The
citizens of North Homestead Of the Colfax
DISTRICT, Twenty-second ward, have petit
toned the Board of Directors for new
schoolhouse. Three rooms have been added
to the Greenfield avenue school, PEBBLES dis
trict; likewise to the Humboldt school An
addition to the lower building of the Luckey
school will be ready this fall. Both the Al
len and Homewood districts have each large
buildings in course Of construction that will
not be ready before the end of the school
year.
Deaths Vacation Harvest.
To the majority of teachers the vacation
around some of the homes the dark angel OF
death came for his harvest. Two bright
lives OF the profession were called to solve
the mystery of our after l1fe-Miss Lindsay,
of the Grant, and Miss Carbon, of the
Forbes schools. Among the teachers who
lost near relatives were Miss Lizzie Ed
wards, the wellknown primary teacher,
whose name is q household word in the
homes Of the little ones Of the Hazelwood
school, who mourns the loss of her father.
az brother
Nellie Fox, of the Mt. Albion school, came
in the spring to die among his loved ones in
vacation Earlier in the summer she lost
school, mourns her father.
A number of strange faces TWILL be seen at |
to-morrow's opening of school in Pittsburg.
Involuntary are the reasons. The changes |
noted are: At the South School, Second |
Ward, Miss Wilson and Irene Jones succeed |
married; at the Grant, Miss Uncks was
elected to the position of Miss Lindsays, |
deceased; in the Hancock School, Miss Kelly |
teacher. Prof. Sullivan win be the princi-
pal Of the Raston School instead Of Miss
Neumont, Miss Mann Mackrell will be
principal of the Moorlead school, Eleventh
ward, in place of MI. Johnston; Professor
Dewar succeeds Miss Hancock as principa |
of the Springfield school, Twelfth ward.
There are two additional teachers in the
Minersville school, Thirteenth ward, and
Miss McMullen is q new principal In the
Oakland schools Miss Hively was married,
Miss Alice Anderson being elected to the va
cancy, while in the Lawrence school, Fiji
teenth ward, Miss Fundenberg goes to the
High School as teacher of history, and Miss
Payne will be assistant principal.
Miss Fox was elected to position in the
Howard schools. In the Knox School,
ward, Miss Meisinger resigned
and Miss Welch gets the position. Miss
Emma McElwafn is new teacher in the
Lincoln School; Professor j. R. Elwood fol-
lows Professor Mckee as principal of the
Colfax School In the PEBBLES School Miss
was married. The other vacan-
cies noted, but whose names and those who
could not be learned in time for
are: Two designations in the
Howard School, two in the Humboldt, one
in the Mt. Washington. Two additional
teachers were alactad in the MiuersYilla.