The Progress., 1893-03-25

was socially aud financially pleasing
success Tho hou-c was throngcd with
gur-ts. aud the programme, which we
add below. was carried ont N full Can
better assurance br givou of the dcught
ful cutc, tnmmcnt of all prrscnti
Piano solo. ....... Miss Alma Green
). .up..............M Miss Minnie SCoVcll
Violin solo ......... Master .Inkcy Mover
IiCCItntipu ............ MISS 7 hfp Nls'
Piano anIn......... Miss Fannie Nrwmnn
WhistItur .............. Miss Nina Srny
SOM ...............M MT. POLICEMAN
Violin solo ......... ........ MI. tu" hllh'
Rrritntiou ...... Miss lucillC Foster
pmun solo ..... Mizs Cuin V. Prescott
Sung ur..................M Mrs i. &. Hamilton
\iuliu solo. ... ...-..... Mutl'l Ian Moon
NJ
cur sweet little browu-vNCd friend Jcs-
-ir was spending n summer nj the s"n-
shore. aud there met bright little
Jewel" The two became vCty warm
friends aud constant companions. but
ike all small children, would hnv" their
little disputes. one day the question OF
the sin of bathing on sunday came up
buwccu them. Jessie held that Il was
not n sin, while Jewel wns sure Il WINS n
sin. 70 settle the dispute. Jewel appeal
cd to her mother. who confirmed her
opinion "rhorc." shc exclaimed. ~
know was right: Jessie is six ycars old
aud nm only nvc, aud know more
about sin than shc does. "
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The Young Lndcs' Euchrc Party wore
the pucats of Miss Minnie Scovcll on
Wednesday evening. aud were delight
fully entertained Miss Lizzie Michic of
kentucky. Miss Chlda of galveston, nnd
Miss Brnll of California. were the visiting
Young lniic~. First prizes, souvenir
cup aud saucer and n Mccchaum cigar
holder. were won by Miss Katherine
Hamilton aud Prof Byrd; the boobies, n
pug dog and cob pipe, were awarded to
Miss Lucilln Foster and MIR. Jack Kline
Delightful rcfp'Hhmcuts were served af-
ter the gumc. Mr-. Scovrll h still absent,
aud Miss Minnie In To- be- congratulated
upon her graceful aud accomplished
manner of serving unstiutcd hospirnlit,
vi
MIR. Il. l.. Collins. general i,..,t ug,ut
or the vcport aud Houston, EnSl ANA
West railroad, came up with his family
on Thursday. aud will make Shreveport
his home. They ARE boarding With Mrs
IaCossitt, on Hope street.
M
Mrs. John X. Jones. who has been Scri
ously M for several wccks. has passed
the crisis aud Is ou the rcturu 90 health,
Tue writer extends congratulations. aud
ipcs that her couvalosCcuco may br
rap Il aud permanent.
IN
The writer made social call upon
school No. n few days since, and but
Tor the Intrusion upon the valuable time
OF the accomplished principal and her
"A whole day In such pl a-aut and intel
lcutunl company. The pcrvadiug senti-
mcut of gentle refine mcnt. aud the sweet,
nlIrCtiuuRtc respect between teacher
aud pupil Il most pleasing 10 II visitor,
aud certainly reflects great credit upon
I
was 80 Impressed by the atmosphere of
home life in every department, that |
asked the courteous principal how she
aud her assistants managed to proiutc
such beautiful moral effect, from such
heterogeneous matrTiall She answered
that they first taught themselves,
self-coutroll, next their pu-
pills self respect by trustb &
them, putting cn,re faith In their state
mrnts thus forcing the burden of n false
hood upon the pcrpetrntors-the rest fol-
lowed as IA natural consequence. The
problem of moral discipline m the school
hns Ia me never been more sntisfacto-
rily solved. To place "a child upon Its
honor and self respect, however little IL
may naturally possess, seems To me II lar
more correct way OF cultivating th, 50
virtues than by the use OF the rod, or
other punishment.
The same text books, of course are
used In this as in other public schools,
but the method of using them differs.
Mrs, NJ. $. Jones, the bright and accom-
phshed principal, isa saprosressivc teacher
aud one who carries her work more In
her heart than IN her purse In outln-
lug plan OF instruction ut my request
she stated, that as she had some little
tired brains among her pupils that need
cd kindness and encouragement
more than diagrams aud fractions, she
found that to read them well written
stories proved an excellent method OF
cult,vating an interest In study, besides
being In itself very Instructive. I bav,
seen this demonstrated before by Mis-:
Lula Soape, another earnest aud pro-
gressive learner of young ideas, aud am
sure no better plan for both teacher aDo
pupil could be- adopted. Miss Amands
Howell, showed me some beautiful maps
several OF which l mistook for litho-
graphs. Their method OF teaching geog
raphy is very unique and interesting
After drawing the map Of any particu
III.