The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-05
OPENING OF SCHOOL.
Five Thousand Children Begin
Study Tomorrow.
ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS PROVIDED
The Board Has Made Room for ALL
Hop-Picking Detains Many-As-
signment OF Teachers.


open, but not until after the hop-picking
season is over will the pupils all return TO
their studies. When they do it is ex-
pected that not less than 5000 children
will be in attendance. In anticipation of
a large increase in the number of pupils,
Superintendent Barnard and the board of
education have provided ample facilities
and accommodations. The completion of
the Pacific school, a fine twelve-room
building located in Eastern addition,
which is expected to be ready by Christ
mas, will enable the board to care
for schools now housed in rented
stores in Central and South districts.
There are also three vacant rooms in
Rainier school, SO that large increase in
the number Of pupils can be cared for.
School will not reopen in the South dis
trict until the completion of the sewer,
notice of which will be given through the
newspapers. The school at the head of
the bay. by recent action OF the board of
education, has been abolished. and pupils
heretofore attending there will hereafter
attend the South Seattle school Just out
side the city limits.
Two additional rooms, making three in
all, have been fitted up on the second floor
Of the Central school building for the use
of The High school. The rooms vacated
are those of Miss Title Piper and Miss
SADIE Young. Miss Piper is out on leave
of absence and Miss Young has been trans
ferred to Trinity Guild hall.
Two new rules adopted by the board of
education are of interest to parents. viz:
That pupils shall show by plain scar, school
records or a physicians certificate that they
have been vaccinated within the past five years.
Otherwise they shall not lie admitted; provided,
that children of INDECENT parents may be vac
cinated at the expense of the district upon ap-
plication OF the parents.
Tha, the rates of tuition for non resident pu.
pills shall De follows Primary scholars, $25
per school year; grammar scholars, $35; high
schools sb. The principal must collect these
fees in advance, on penalty of having the
amounts deducted from his salery.
There will be several improvements in
the facilities and methods of school work
this year. Laboratories will be fitted up
and new instruments added for more prac-
teal work in the study of physics in the
High school. The manual training work
will be extended. and it is expected that
working in iron will be taken up during
the wear.
Superintendent Barnard is considering
the feasibility of introducing manual
school, in the shape of knife work
quired are very simple, being
gauge, try-square, dividers, foot rule,
lead pencil and pocket-knife, the cost of
which would be less than 81 to each pupil.
If introduced it is expected that the prin-
mainly for the boys, Professor Barnard
hoe Of fp ho irl. =.
ering a scheme by which they can be
taught sewing, probably by employing
some person to instruct the teachers. and
these can teach the girls sewing while the
principals teach the boys wood carving.
The superintendent has also adopted a
new method of classification for pupils in
the different grades. Heretofore when
there have been large number of pupils
in grade, there would necessarily be some
who were smart and some who would be
slow, or those who might quickly go
through the work cut out for that grade
during the year, and some who could not
get through it during the year. The result
was that the slow ones were hurried along
without thoroughness and the quick ones
were held back by the siowness of Others
This year, however, each class in each
u.
The smart pupils in each grade
will be punched and the slow ones
also punched. The first classes will go
on with their work as fast as thorough
ness will permit without waiting for the
other classes. thus effecting a secondary
classification of each grade and enabling
the pupils to make a constant and steady
progress. This new departure will bring
the class methods nearer those of the
country school than formerly, and obviate
much of the criticism which has been
launched at hitherto prevailing methods.
The assignments of the various teachers
and their grades are as follows:
High schooI-Third floor of Central school
building: boundaries of district. entire city lin
its; Professor John W. Hcston, principal; teach.
ers, Miss Emma A SUBWAY Miss Mary Shum-
way, Miss c. 5. Hyatt, Miss Ella J. Caughey
Miss Alice U. Miller Professor George H. Col
ton. Professor George NJ. DAWSON; special
teachers Miss Emma s. Small, drawing: Miss
Anna Lee Goodreil, physical culture; Professor
J. p. Wilson, penmanship; Professor H. s.
Sharp, music.
Central school; between Sixth and Seventh
and Marion and Madison streets; boundaries of
district center line OF Stewart at the bay north
east on Stewart to Twelfth, southeast on
Twelfth TO Broadway. south on Broadway to
bay: Professor 2. c. Richardson, PRINCIPAL: Miss
Jennie c. Lombard. vice principal; teachers.
Miss Mary r. Robson, first grade: Miss Grace S
Huges, second grade: Miss Leila J. CHS
holm. Miss May G Willard, third grade:
Miss Adelaide Pollock, fourth grade: Mics
Hattie A kellan. Miss Anna NJ Young.
fifth grade; Miss Sade E. Young, Miss Alice
Hiiehings, sixth grade Miss Belle Orr, seventh
grade; Miss Jennie c. Lombard, eighth grade:
Miss sarah Cameron, second graie; Mrs Ada Z
Core. Mics Emma c. Hart. first grade; Miss
Helen De Voc. fourth grade; Miss Agnes
schaefer. third grade; Miss Ida Hensleigh, Sec
ond grade.
The relief buildings for Central district are
two rooms at Third and Pine streets two rooms
on Pike street. between Seventh and Eighth,
two rooms corner Seventh and Cherry and two
rooms IN Trinity Guild hall on Cherry, between
Seventh and Eighth streets
Denny school, between Fifth and Sixth and
Battery and Vail streets; boundaries of district.
center line OF Depot 81 the bay. east on Depot to
Wilbur, north on Willow TO Harrison. cas-. on
| Harrison to Brook street, south on Brook to
| Twelfth, southeast on Twelfth to center line Of
| Stewart, southeast on stewart to the bsy: Pro-
| vice principal; teachers, Miss Kate Bigham.
| Miss Ellen Reed. Miss Mary E. smith.
/ Miss Louise shepherd, frss grade Miss
| Kate NcCauley, Miss Abbis 3 1ones
| Miss Grace Albright second grade. Miss Carrie
/ + Coo-ielI, Miss u. Estelle Barnes Miss Kate
/ : Hopkins. thirI grade: Miss Flora Parsons
1 Miss i4Buie A MoburR. fourth grade: Miss Jeu
nle A. smIih, aiss Anna Il. Brown, Miss Anna