Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-02
CITY SCHOOLS OPENED.
BUSY SCENES ABoUT TIE SCHOOL
BUILDINGS,
Larger Attendance Than Ever-Indica-
tions Point to a Successful
School Year.
A LIST OF THE TEACHERS.

At a very early hour this morning.
he majority OF the homes in the city
presented a scene which, for hustle,
noise and and animation among the
children compared fayorabiy with
early morn on Chistrmas day. BY
half-past eight O'Clock the principle
streets Of thecity were thr0a&ed with
merry, playful boys and girls, think
ing more. perhaps, Of their games and
TOYS than OF their school books, on
Their. way to the public school build
ings. Some We're well clad, comfort
able clothing, good shoes and stock
ings. while Others were thinIy dressed,
bare feet and legs, all in haste to ar
rive at the school buildings. Before
nine O'Clock the school grounds
around the High School and Ward
School buildings were crowded With
bright-eyed. rosy-cheeked boys and
girls, full OF life and fun, each waiting
to be assigned to the proper grade.
The scene was impressive, enc mefri-
ment and JOY, and each little urchin
possessed OF enough self Importance
as to feel within himself that his
presence was altogether indispensable
ON this occasion.
A smile of satisfaction, now that
school was about to reopen after so
long a. vacation, seemed to flash from
almost every countenanee, growing
in intensity as the ranks began to
swell and eXultant shouts to grow
louder and louder 1t appeared as
though there was to be grand re-
union of some kind where the young
people were to perform distinguish
ing parts. The children began to
congregate in groups OF from three
| to dozen and more in a groupe,
every one having something to say,
and all chatting away at the same
time like flock Of birds. Two boys
each about twelve years OF age, who
stood near the front gate entrance of
the City High School. ON account of
seeming indifference attracted especial
attention; they We're scanning the
building from turret to foundation
and seemed to look upon the beauti-
ful and ornamental structure as the
.sBastile" OF Pine Bluff, where for an
other nine months term they We're to
be imprisoned Joe, says one, have
you seen Miss Nc (McBride) since
she got back from the mountains"
NO, Bill have you?' ''Ah yes, old
boy, said Bill, and I tell you she
looks stouter than ever before. She's
not going to have to Use Peck 5
patent whipPing-machine. Jee-whiz!
how she will make us fellows walk
the chalk line this term" Just then
the sounding of the gong for school
to open interrupted the conversation
and the two little martyrs, verita-
BILE Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn, marched into the building with
the other pupils.
In that line We're boys and girls of
all ages and sizes, the rich as well
as the poor, all neat and genteel in
their appearance and manners,
There was the little six year old boy
who had Just donned his first pair of
pants, the little girl who could not
vet speak plainly her own name; the
big boy who had Just begun TO
think himself a man; the big girl who
not long since began 20 wear long
dresses-all1 Rad congregated there,
some for frolic, fun and pleasure,
others to study, improve and adj
vance. The teachers were also on
hand fully impressed with the respon-
sibility resting upon them. Now if
the pupils viii be perfect in attend
anc6, punctiality and department,
obedient and polite to parents and
teachers, how great will be their inn
proyement during the current term.
Now if the teachers will be true to
the trust contided in them they will
be personally rewarded and leave
an impress for good; they have in
their hands the destinies Of men and
women, they are moulding temporal
and eternal citizenship.
The capable apd efficient principal,
Miss Ruth Mcbride, has a well Sc
lected and qualified corps of teachers
and we predict the school year will
be frought with more satisfactory
results than any previous year in the
history of Pine Bluffs Public Schools.
The Board of Directors. Messrs. De
woody, Hanf, Goldsmith, Parse,
Moon and Crawford are due hegreat-
est amount ofpraisefrom the city and
community for having pushed to
completion the High School building