The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-06
EDUCATIONAL.

The First ward school district re-elect
ed A. NJ. Richter clerk and levied tax O.
S3,25O for school purposes. A resolution
WAS passed to appoint committee tc
confer with the other school districts il
the city with view of securing the adop-
ton OF a city system.
In the Second ward school district
Thomas E. Torrison was elected treas
urer, and Oscar A. Alter clerk. The sum
of $1,000 was levied for school purposes
and 500 for the enlargement of the
school library.
In the Third ward school district G. A.
G1elow was reelected city treasurer. 1t
was decided to employ an additional
teacher and to fix up aD additional reci-
tation room.
The school board of the north side dis
trlct has taken step toward preventing
| teachers from throwing up their con-
| tracts. Contracts are to be in writing
and payment for the first months salary
is to be made at the end Of six weeks
after the opening of the term 80 that in
case teachers should break their con-
tracts they forfeit two weeks salary.
The Third ward school has re-employ-
ed all the old corps of teachers except
Miss Roeffs who intends to take a years
rest. Her place is taken by Emma Eber-
hardt. Fred Christensen will have
charge of the grammar department.
Graduating exercises were held in each
OF the three schools of this city on Friday
last. The attendance was very large at
each place III which the exercises were
held.
The large hall in the Third ward school
building was appropriately decorated for
the occasion. The salutatory was deliv-
cred by Hugo Chajkowski, It was fol-
lowed by discussion of the Atmosphere
| which dwelt with It's constituent parts
and It's properties illustrated by expert
ments and explanations from drawings.
Ella Honrath in treating the subject,
Success Treads on the Heel of Every
Right Effort, put the query as to how far
success ls due to luck. 1t was shown
that carelessness and lack of proper
effort were responsible for failure attr1-
buted to lll-luck. Proper training al d
| traits of character make success follow
on the heel of right effort just as the
winds and the waves are on the side of
| the good navigator.
Ella MIMI IN discussing Our Flowers
dwelt upon the effects flowers have on
individuals, making them genial, tender
and loving. The flowers appeal through
their beauty and diversity to the ordin-
airy observer; but give a higher pleasure
to those familiar with botany.
Alma klingholz III dealing with the
subject Wealth, first considered it in re-
lation to what is ordinarily meant by that
term and showed the dangers attendant
upon It's worship as it gifes children false
Ideas OF life. The wealth of country, what
and how made and it's use TO man was
then reviewed. The summingup was that
wealth in it's better sense was not the
possession of bags Of money, but the ca
paclty for dong good.
Rose Stupecky wrote on Music and
treated IL with reference to its effects
upon people. Music exists in all nature,
has existed in all ages and is now given
Its proper place among other sciences de-
signed FIR mental development.
Eddie OF erland in discussing the Criti-
cal Period of q. s. History gave philo-
sophie development of present form of
government through events of the period
preceding. After having concluded the
discussion of his subject be delivered the
valedictory.
MIR. Wits then addressed the class and
explained what graduating meant. He
stated that the elements of success in life
depended upon persistence, character
and associates.
Principal Guttman then addressed the
class and conferred the diplomas.