The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-09-20
School Notes.

School Notes.
s'If we retrench the wages OF the school
master, we must raise those of the recruiting
sergeant. "-HOrdce Mann.
Fallston school opened with As pupils on
the roll. The attendance has increased to 81
this week, which is larger than the attend
ance at the opening of any preceding year.
All the grades are represented, there being
two in the Eighth and two in the Ninth
Grade. Miss Carrie &. Richardson, principal;
Miss Ursula Grafton. assistant
Flintville school has Al enrolled. The at
tendance has been much affected by sickness
in the neighborhood. Some improvements
have been made to the building. Mr.. William
c. Sitter is principal, and Miss Bertha En-
field, assistant.
The schools of South Delta opened with 65
pupils on the roll with Il prospect of So for
the winter term. Unfortunately, the slate
quarries keep u number of small pupils from
school until winter sets in. The schools are
in prosperous condition under the man
agement of Mr.. Hugh A. Evans principal;
assistant, Fannie j. Lynch.
Jarrettsville school added 81 books tc their
library this fall. The school library now
numbers over 500 volumes, including Web
ster's International on a substantial holder
in the principals room. The present CLASH
tication is as follows: Ninth Grade, Hattie
Ward and Alice Eggleston; Eighth Grade,
MauQe Waru anu Eultn WILSON, seventh
Grade, Fannie Bay; Sixth Grade, Mary
Smithson, Mamie Brookhart, Katie Kinhart,
Lowe Brookhart, Estella Eggleston; Fifth
Grade, James Pentland, James Bay, Wilson
Cairnes, Mary Taylor, Sidney Lynch, Tillie
Gray, Ida Hawkins, Fannie Farnsworth,
George Hildt and Charles Taylor; Fourth
Grade, l6; Third Grade, 8; Second Grade, 2;
First Grade, Z.
More pupils are taking language les
sons in the Academic Department of
the Bel Air schools this year than
during any previous year. The CLASH
fication is as follows: Latin Junior-Min-
ME Cairnes, Grace Cole, Rush Williams, An
ME Reigle, Grace Walton, Helen Mitchell,
Caroline Hall, Ava Ball, Caroline Hunter,
McHenry Mitchell, Augustus Bradford, John
Finney, Frank Lee. Casar-Effie Geatty, NAL
colin Worthington, Locke Sothoron. Virgil
Junior. I. c. Hopkins, Jr.. Douglas Gil
bert Virgil Senior-Allis F. Mitchell.
Greek-Maicolm Worthlngton, Locke Soth-
oron. French-Ava Ball, Helen Mitchell,
Grace Cole, Annie Reggie, J. 7. c. Hopkins,
Jr. German Junior-Helen Mitchell, Grace
| Walton, Allis F. Mitchell, j. 7. e. Hopkins,
Jr., McHenry Mitchell, Howard Cronin, Rey-
nolds Gray. German Senior-Etfie Geatty,
Sadie Campbell.
| Fifteen new pupils entered Forest Hill
School within the past week. The Fourth
| Grade is the largest, numbering seventeen
| The literature class has taken up "Macbeth"
as supplement to their regular work. The
| water in the well is unit for use.
| Aberdeen School has opened under favor
able circumstances, and has bright prospects
| for prosperous year. While the enrolment
| is not full yet, the increase in the higher
grades is especially gratifying, and already
| the primary department is crowded. Last
years enrolment was IL per cent. greater
than that of the preceding year, and the
average attendance was &c per cent greater.
| This years record will probably be better
| than that of last year. The addition of two
nice, new rooms this summer will afford
room for good growth aud better work.
The school building is now second to none in
the county, perhaps, Tor convenience and
| comfort. The teachers are Mr.. John s.
Hill, principal; Misses Minnie l.. Moore, Rosa
c. Brown and Helen NJ. Coale.
Chestnut Hill School has an enrolment of
50 pupils-e6 boys and "a girls; in the First
Grade, 6 in the Second, in the Third, s in
the Fourth IL in the Fifth, Q in the Sixth, l
in the Seventh, in the Eighth. The princi-
pal has Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Grades, and the assistant First, Second, Third
and Fourth. The school has taken for its
motto, "Be polite, kind and truthful" Miss
Emma L. MiIdendorf is principal, and Miss
Eva s. Pennington, assistant.