The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-02-21

VI TIT URsDAY, FEBItU U4ARY 81
s OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
lISeport OF the r Public schools fol
tile Month.
February 5, 1895, the semi-annua
apromotions were made. This is thu
EE.third year for this plan, and in many
ways it is proving an excellent one
alIt was a noticeable feature Of the
.Imovements this year that almost all
atof eache class we're advanced; not only
1IsWas thegeneral average Of scholar
9ship higher than formally, but very
.1l'few were SO low III scholarship that
Hthey could not be promoted. In other
words, these frequent adjustments
4 Nave developed classes of essentially
]llniform ability; classes that can adj
Vance upon new ground, abreast,
spupil with pupil. ~ ~..es.
From January % to February 2
1.-THE regular work Of the upper grades
aIVas laid aside, while. the pupils
tlI|Wrestled with the State Examina.
sEfions; from that time urtil the six
.Eteeth it was teachers versus State Ex-
Examinations. The reports are now
sfsent in and a decided feeling Of re-
Ilief is evident. The record is s pei
Hbetter than that Of last. year, averag-
ling 81 certificates to each pupil un-
1sdertakipg the work. 49,.
lS3 Furthermore, the subjects are all
lsof the more substantial character this
.Eyear, not of the lighter sort that count
Ibut do not represent very much actual
lFwork. The grades gained are very de-
Tcidedly higher, another proof that
1.-THE general scholarship is improving,
February 6 Mr.. Town gave the
|.pupils of the upper grades an occount
Eof the capture of Vicksburg as he
himself saw it. The description was
1.not only vivid, and instructive on gen
].eral points; but was filled with littl e
points of much value that we of the
younger generation can never get by
reading, but only by listing to those
(who have themselves gone through
1.-THE experiences. The school thor
|:oughly appreciated Mr. Towns ad-
dress and expects to call upon him
again. ....5.: *. =. n
5s The fag-rope has been fixed
again. We hope it will stay fixed
ins
a good oiled, pine floor has ken
the place Of the broken, cement
floor in the dinner room. Those
bring their dinners will flow have a
cleaner, pleasanter place in which to
spend the noon.
A slight change is planned in the
heating fues which, it is hoped, will
make it easier to keep the west of the
building comfortable on windy days.
The schools contributed $6.14 and
eleven packages of clothing to the
South Dakota sufferers.
Venetion blinds have been put in
to room 4 and 8, neatly improving the
in these rooms.
Quite an order of school suppl es
and apparatus came recently, includ-
ing several microscopes. The work
in Botany this term is along a some
what new line, and is making much
use of these instruments. The class
in Chemistry is also doing regular
work in the laboratory, while the class
in Physics is there frequently.
The following pupils have been
perfect in their attendance from the
time they entered school until the
close of the first term-neither alb
sent or tardy. The first term ended
January 25, 1895:
Room 1-Mfiss Bateman-Walter
Anton, Victor Strom. 43 not tardy
since entering. |
Room miss Gaarder-Barlow
Frank Sanford, Amy Forbes.
Room, 3-Miss Kennedy-Esther |
Harding, Fannie Henricks, Flora
Buchan.
Room 4-Miss Nisbit-Mary Sulli-
van, Rosa Wills.
Room 5-Miss Humiston-Bernard
Capenter, Laura and Fred Darling,
Nettie Fitch, Lee Forbes, Earnest
Hammond, Eva Miller, Laura Pepple,
1eOrpe Rippberper, ..