Evening journal., 1894-09-01
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THEY WILL OPEN FOR THE FALL
TERM WITH FULL ATTENDANCE.

Everything IN the Various Buildings In
Good Order for the Children-N Number
Nine Scholars WIN occupy tho Old
Library Rooms.
Monday morning the public schools
will open, and the several houses under
the charge of the board will become aa
buey as beehives The rooms for the
past two months silent will sgRin echo TO
the patter OF scholars feet the streets
will shake off their summer drowsiness
and become lively with the little ones on
their way to and from school Teachers
and children alike have returned from
their vacation, with the touch Of sun
shine In cheeks and eyes. and the c llor Of
fresh air in their cheeks, bright, rested
and eager TO again take up their studies
IL is a common idea that both the
teachers aud pupils dread the opening OF
the schools This Is fallacy 1t may
have been true in the DAYS to which
the old fogies refer as the 'tgrand old
days" of their boyhood, when the boys
were forced to sit In close, poorly
ventilated room on = hard uncomfort,
able bench, and con their lessons from
books of which their teachers knew little
more than they When hours were long,
and lessons hard, and when the ferule
occupied a more important place in
the eurriculam than the grammar la
those days, perhaps, the boy or
girl hated to begin school after a month
or two of fishing, pcnicking or the many
pleasures which 70 to make joyous the
life Of the voung generation. Now with
| buildings fitted with every convenience.
the latest and most carefully compiled
[ text books, comfortable seats and com
modi0us desks, rooms well-lightea and
we'll ventilated, and teachers whose rule
Is love. and who lead rather than drive,
school life is pleasure and the boy OF
/ girl who does not look forward to open
ing day with genuine pleasure, Is cara
avis
The teacher shares this feeling. Sht
knows that her responsibility, ia train
/ ing the hundred and one characters en-
trusted 20 her, is great one, but II Is
also an interesting one. and the bending
OF her attention to that duty is pleasing
The knowledge that in her hands ha.
been placed the moulding of the men anc
/ women of the country, al that on heT
to great extent, rests the future Of tbs
rising generation, cannot but be a matter
OF pride to her She therefore halls tn,
taking up of her power again, entering
in it with new hopes, new strength anC
new resolves.
In ali the schools the committees Of th,
Board Of Public Education have mad,
numerous repairs and they are now il
| first.elass order. That they will be vel
| filed Is foregone conclusion. but, ow
| ing to the fact that Monday is Labor Day
aud the only National holiday this great
country has, it is probable that
majority Of children viii not be on hand
until Tuesdsy morning. There will b.
! enough, however, to keep the teachers
busy assigning them to their classes anS
| getting them in line FOR the days Il
I come.
The scholars Of No school will occupl
the old library room Of the Wilmington
Institute until the new school is finished
With this exception the school childrei
we're never better housed This is onl,
Temporary, however, and in few month
at best, these scholars will have hom
they may well feel proud Of.