Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-05-04
YALE SCHOOLS.

In 1886 the only school buildings
which the village of Brockway Centre
(now Yale) afforded, were the primary
building, situated on North street, and
the high school building on Main street.
About this time the rooms became go
crowded that it was seen that larger
building was needed. The hill in the
western part of the village was chosen
as site, and, at q cost of about ten
thousand dollars, the present High
school building was erected. The old
building was moved to the place it now
occupies, and has since been used as
town hall. The new building is heated
and ventilated by the Ruttan-Smead
system. 1t contains four class rooms,
a recitation room, an upper and u
lower hall, besides the basement.
Last fall an addition the same size
as the original building had to be
added to the Primary building. This
addition cost little over five hundred
dollars. The building now contains
two class rooms and two entrys. 1t is
heated by "jacketed" stoves.
The teachers in the Primary depart
ment are Miss Maud Grinnell and Miss
Phoebe Roy. Both are experienced
teachers and well liked. 1t is very
interesting to watch the work in these
departments, as the kindergarten
methods are followed as far as practi-
cable. Over one hundred bright faces
may be seen in the Primary depart
ment.
The High school building is brick,
| finished with gray stone. Turning to
the left as we enter we find the room
taught by Mrs. +. S. Black, the First
intermediate department.. She has
taught for one year in this school and
has thirty-seven pupils enrolled.
At the right of the lower hall the
Second intermediate department is
found. The teacher here is Mrs.
Drummond, who has long held her
position in this room. She has about
fifty pupils enrolled.
Opposite the entrance door is the
stairway leading to the upper hall. At
the left of this hall is situated the
Grammar Room, taught by Miss Estella
Darcy, one of this schools graduates
of '9l. Miss Darcy has forty pupils
enrolled. She has taught in this school
for two years.
At the right of the hall is the High
Room, taught by K. 5. Black, under
whose wise uperintendence the schools
have improved a great deal during the
last two years. He has forty-one pupils
enrolled. The average daily attend
ance is greater since he got after some
of the boys who like to fly kites and go
fishing. The school rooms are all
frightened by plants and pictures.
The buildings and pupils are kept in
order by our janitor, Joel Shades.
A philosophical laboratory has lately
been added, which serves to make the
study of physics a great deal more in
teresting. Among the other adjuncts
of the school is a library, also large
flag, which this year is gracefully
draped over one of the pictures in the
High Room.
All text books were carefully chosen
and proved to he the best works by the
best authors.
The number of pupils is always
greater in the winter, rs then there is q
greater number of foreign pupils; but
we have always enough foreign pupils
to mention rs the fact of our schools
being worth attending has become
quite settled. The tuition charged in
the High Room is one dollar, but in all
other departments seventy-five cents
per month, payable three months in
advance.
Those who creditably complete the
work of the High Room receive diplo-
mas signed by the Board of Trustees
and the Principal. Six have already
graduated and there are eight IN the
class of this year.
Trees have been set out in the spa
cious grounds about the High School
building, and in front of the building
are several flower beds.
Last, but not least, the class yell for
"a may be found at the head of the
school column each week until the
twenty-second of next June.
ANNA h. Brown.