The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-23

0osweaA Inc ye4H night hand balcony
BOZ contained Ns Dr.. Frank Conn. Mr..
Ihomas Prosch, Miss Carrie Simpson and
Master Arthur Prosch. In the rear bal
cony boz on the LEFT were Mrs. Whitney.
mother Of SECRETARY H. =. Whitney. with
several guesta
Hxv19W OF 1u4 SCHOOL YRAR.
espessasssasos Barnard anA Secretary
Whssssy 1aax 81 the nseslts.
school headquarters yesterday were
busy sight between preparations for COM
neueemsnt, submission Of reports. teach
err calling for warrants for pay. etc.
Superintendent Barnard vas evidently
glad Of the approach Of vacation. and
spoke of the work Of the year With pleas
ure. In rsviswing the changes made he
spoke especially OF the change in the sys-
TEN Of classification and promotion Of
pupil; he said:
A. far - knov. our Seattle system q In 3D.
vancs Of nine-senths Of the cisiss In The land
We have got rid fossvss OF the old style c.a.si-
nestion. which keeps I'll children Of the same
ase 10 grades without regard 70 their individual
ensfaesefisties, slow o. quick, alert or
paoddlss. o. what not The quickest way
TO describe our systsn 10 10 call IL
daily promotion" Eight ysan u allotted
to the grades below the high school: bat surely
ia pupil can DO it In six ysais there 10 no fea-
son Why that amount 81 time should noe b
SAVED 70 the pupil sud h b pushed forward 70
make room for Others ana save The dissrics that
much time and money. We nov divide the
grades into four classes, strictly according 70
abilities. when pop.i shows that he can do
the grade work In lees than year re promote
him 70 the lowest dtvtsson Of The next gsnde b..
~ hn a~A ~RH>
through In SIX and . half ysan who, undsr the
old system. might spend eight shesA The only
rule here 10 70 study each pupil q an indi.
vidual Some minds develop early. others late
The 'sdunes." II kept chained 70 the s.bsightss'
pupils, may mover get along: but let alone 70
psoxssss as bis own gait and not at some one
slses, may become eenius or . marvel The
rule cuts both waya 1t d wroog to hold bach
bright pupils. wrong 70 usss forward the slow
ones ahead Of their natural paee. We. I believe.
have avoided both nissakee In the Seattle
schoo!s
must rsitsfsss what said about the nscss-
stty Tor good primary teachoss, the ones Who are
to lay foundations Il doss mot do to suppose
thas because the fouudatIon dcssn't show Il
isn't vitality Important think mono but thor.
ouGhly educated pcrsous should tsach In any
school. Auothsr thing visit 70 refer to with
pleasure 10 that 20 large proportion Of our
teechefo are peoleesionaia, taught and trained to
the business. Fully ons-hsh Of our tsaehers
come up 70 this requirement, and am glad OF
Il II II exactly In teaehing - with other occu-
pasicss; IL 10 . busipees, and should b. % ~
sasdsd. People should b trained to IL q to
other callings. But whether specifically trained
for teaching o. not. ] desire 70 pay the very
highest praise 70 our force Of eeaehesS q .
whole This 10 no idle, formal compliment. but
10 based upon eonpariscn and upoa experience
With other citisA
iutasesting. The reports for June are not res in
ana eompisss compartsons with last yser 81,
therefore, not possible But We can get . good
Idea OF the year complete, except for June. By
contrasting Nay. 1882, With May. l0ea Our
method Of reporting Is to prepare statement
esch month for that month aud also to give tho
entire year up 70 that month. The original en-
tries and pupils In the schools for the rear Of
ls92. up to aad including Nay. 1897, were 6,s97:
for the period including May, 1885, they fell Oh,
being &sss. The number actually belonging at
the end Of May. is92. was As62, and q the sams
date In 1898 A6l6 The average attendance for the
school period ending May 81. 1872. was A,679. and
for the time ending May 81, 1898, II Was A7si, .
gain Of lo2 The percentage Of attendance IVES
not quito 90 good, being % for lssc and sos for
lS91 The number Of rooms In le9l-93 was 1i9;
In 1925 Il IVES III The average number OF
pupils b each teacher was u In 1872 and y In
1854, showing fair economy attained.
Clerk H. r. Whitney. like everyone else
Ut headquarters yesterday, WAS busy, and
not 30 pleased at the near approach Of
vacation. since he will have little or mono
Of 1t for himself, being busy 1t head
quarters nearly all summer. He gave
some interesting and curious information
about the school work from the financial
and statistical standpoint. saying:
ON June 20, 1870, there were In seattle ., 100
children OF school age; ON the same day In
lssS there were Q. SIS Oi those under school age
there were S,0SS In 1909 and A.iu In 1903 Tnis
year there was . decrease OF 63 In the school
population in one ward. the First In the Ninth
the gain was very slight, being the difference
between sss ana sM AL the other wards showed
an iucrsasa
The greasest was In the Eighth and vas $50
Our census takers found some curiosisiss One
family reported thirteen children below q, an
other three patra Of twtna In one case q
woman had children Of three oil Rereni nsmes,
having been three times married. The money
spent on rea, estate and Improvements in the
school wear ls9, d So. SIS. and SIS ia IS vas
spcnt on oui!d!rga The schoo. board paid on
room decoration And beautify.ng eesa 10, and
the pupils raised for the came purposs 0sla
salary accounts for this year are not yet CON-
plete. but the sum this year will Be about Sisn.-
90. aad about tia.o0o over last year. Tha dis
trtet owna real e1tafe wortss ~ assessed vaiuA-
ton In April. &ssSsSa II ovns buildings worth
e4ia.es7 Govt and furniture which cost
12,s52 This 10 . total OF tsss.sIa Tho
deb: OF the district 10 about ss,oooa
including al saiariss and expenses for the our
rent month. The bonded debt Is $3.50, coo and
about ga. 900 in warrants are outstanding. We
have sixtsen school buildings and another 10 BE-
Ing built 10 cost 3.A.soo and 20 contain elk
rooms The district owns ten sites not built
upon aad without the spending OF . cent Of
money for land. the present capacity OF the
schools can be more tran doubled By putting
haildiass On ground owned by The district Two
o. the school bui.dngs are also arranged 90 a.
~ b. greatly enlarged without buying any moro
ground The Day school can b coahled la ca
racisy. - oniy ons-haf the originally Planned
structure was put up The ground for this Wa
donated by Mr. anu Ma n T. Day. OF Fremont.
The nav Cascade school. Of which one wing 10
building. will b the largest GA the Pacific
coast The district IL ia hrst-eiass SHAPE.
BALLARD fCnLIC SCHOOLS.
New Teacher Empieyed-Oves seven
Hundred Psptts.
A, the last regular meeting Of the
hoard Of directors Of the Ballard public
sshr>sis held On Tue1dny eyeniny t,ea,,>