Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-01
sons that could not or would not at
tend day sessions. The number of persons
benefited by the night schools annually, is
nearly three thousand.

ooI y! uo iSn' eenoos oiihuoA!, II
nearly 'nree 'nouSaho-
! ohANoh IN LOWER GRADE WORK.
Much money mas been used and much efor
expended In broadening the work Of the lower
| grade schools and in changing and correlatine
the activities of the child in efforts for Ito ac
| complishments-
| nv the Introduction Of manual training
| (shop work.. cooking Laboratory work. and
| sewing each of which has been given to all who
| were fitted TO take it,
2 By directing the drawing done in the
schools from fiat work to object work, of seeing
and representing ana TO inventing ana con-
structing, by use OF materials adapted TO the
various purposes.
| 3. BY the introduction OF elementary science
study that has made all other work more intel
| lIgible by laying proper foundation for ii,
and has caused all other work to be more in
telligently DONE
After discussion OF the system pursued in
the upper grades the superintendent says: mo
doubt both the freedom from examinations and
the variety and coordination OF mental and
physical action involved In the work of our
SCHOOLS nave been causes In some measure OF
an unusual growth of the upper grades" The
methods followed, 1t Is claimed, tend to the
conservation IL not the Improvement OF the
health OF the learner
OTHER MEANS EMPLOYED.
The health Of our n,p;Is ~ savs tho ro,ort
hos beor f,r,hor 81 o.. - .....a.:,
N"' o'o'i iui'ner cared ior py systematic
course Oh physicai training under the direction
OF special teachers That our efforts to conserve
the health of pupils have caused an increased
enrolment and larger attendance on the part
OF those enrolled there is no reason to doubt
This increased attendance would show itself
logically only in the upper grades of the school.
where 1t has been shown there is an increase
OF attendance. Efforts were next made to in
duce Congress to provide free books and sup
plies in which effort there was success.
OUR NIGHT SCHOOLS.
II vas in tho same snir;t name,v that tho
MANY who dea;re II NAV have an onnortnnitv
and that another mnjtitude not DESIRING il NAV
be Induced by its seductive influence to study
in grades of work higher than the grammar
scbooI hat hrorcb 5;nh schoo,s .n wose nstah-
lisbeS II have not mistaken the
Intention of those who were instrumept.l in
their establishment. The wisdom of creating
these brauc;, schools for Fast md West WASH
inpton respectively has been made apparent by
their history since their establishment What
is said of the eastern and western branches of
the high school is also trne Of the business
high School which was established mt the
Same time An exnerience oY ten Years has given
opportunitv for testing the usef,,lness of these
been very nrosnero1s The neonle of the re-
snective SECTIONS of the CITY where thew are
located have shown great interest in them
Their growth. however has not been at the
expense of the Central High School.
as that institution has lost none of
its prosperitv. mich of their nrosneritv
has been due TO the fact that thew have been
wisely managed and well taught The board
exercised unusual care in the selection og min
cipals and teachers who have for a guide in
their work the experience of the Central High
School as well as the constant advice and.
when needed, the oversight and di-
rection of the ACCOMPLISHED PRINCIPAL
of the school. DR.. Lane. Much of the success Of
these schools is due to the pride that the peo-
pie have taken in having schools of a high
grade near home as a part of home system.
The CITY is so large that the Central High
School is far away (away from home) to many
who desire to send their children
to a high school. To such persons
it is a high school, simply and not our
school. whereas each of the branch schools
because of its proximity il to all who send TO il
..our school and for this reason is the recip-
lent of n fostering care and ia the object of an
individual pride which only conscious owner
shin gives.
These schools were established in the inter-
est of more education or of higher education
for the many Each was so placed as to become
a part Of the home school Of the people
whose chiidren II was sought to beneht;
'n"s n'-,a PI ,,so. .oio Hno" INC senooi
mart Of the system of schools in his neigbbor-
hood and Tins consider il his scbooI Some of
hat ntart za1
and teaching Of these schools was NO douht
dine 10 the anirit of rivalry betveep ther, and
between Themselves and The Central HIGH
ScbooI which was in evsrv wav beaIt6-
ful and desirable Much oY tho at.
tendance narticul,rIv that which nav he
considered the increase was dine To the fact
that tba schools were near bome and easy ~
access Many who want mora edncation than
the grades below the High school offer and
To whom the state ia Interested in
giving sucb edncation cannot afford
two car fares daily in addition
IN all the other eYnenses Incident 10 ATTENDING
sucb a school Wncb Of the attendance wns
dine To the fact that some nerhans many went
10 school because il Was conyen;ept 10 CO This
is the class OF vonnp Deonle for whom the state
sbonld have the greatest solicitude II ia thew
who drift.
Tbeir drifting nost freouentIv carr;es them,
into untrustworihy currents or Current, whose
Aow carries the Aoater into danger From a
moral as we'll IA from a financial considera,ion
notb;,o will nav het,e- tbo, 10 co,ch tbo ner.
sons whose tendency /. M drift and 10 mako an
effort 10 direct them pto cb,nreIs that are saYo
and that ofyer emnIovment 10 m;nd ond bonds
-. " 800 ''
'ho"rh or TIE hIuh SCHOOLS.
As was expected by any one acquainted with
the growth of public schools in America, the
high schools grow in proportion To their on
portunity for growth. This il the logical re-
snlt of nnbIic school existence unless The HIGH
school q esnecialIv antagonizad Rut sncb il
the school sentiment of this communitv and
sncb the conditions Of social and hnsinesa life
here that our high schools Increased in mum