Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-02-05
THE GRADED PUBLIC SCHOOL.
A Report by the Principal-some PERTH
nent Suggestions to Parents

| Is 2US. Inc tardleS are more numer-
Gus than usual, but the increase is ow-
ing to the fact that we have number
of new pupils who had to be educated
to attend punctually.
Every department of the school is in
fine working order. There is no sham
work being done any where; and the
standard of work has been raised every
term. The enrolment, as large as it
is, would have been larger if we had
consented to sacrifice thoroughness to
show. This aim, thoroughness, is APP
parent in every department. Our mu-
sic and elocution teachers, whose sal
aries are dependent on private patron
age, insist on thoroughness in their
Glasses. The music teacher abhors
changing" on the piano, and will only
teach her pupils to execute the best
music according to the approved prin-
ciples of time, position and expression.
The elocution teacher believes in
grace of body, fiexibility, sweetness
and naturalness of voice, and thor
ough understanding of the selection to
be rendered, and not in elocuting.
The intermediate examinations and
reviews have just closed. The results
show good, conscientious work on the
part of every teacher and satisfactory
progress on the part of most of the
pupils. The pupils who are not pro
crossing satisfactorily may be divided
in three classes. First, those pupils
who are naturally deficient mentally.
This class is very small. Second,
those boys who are allowed to roam
freely about the streets where they
learn more of evil than can be unlearn-
ed during school hours. These boys,
whose bodies are impregnated with
the nicotine of cigarettes, whose
minds have been fed on unsavory sto-
ries and trashy literature, whose vo-
cabulary consists of large selection
of vulgar end profane words, are not
in condition to profit by the instruc-
tions of their teachers. The attempt
to teach such boys is as futile as to at
tempt to raise large cotton crop by
carelessly scattering the seed in cane
brake. Third, those girls whose moth
ers allow them too many social indul-
gences. Boys and books no more mix
in a girls head than oil and water in a
Seves china vase. Parents will you
see that your boys keep off the streets
after dark, and see that your girls pay
more attention to their books?
We have been hoping and signing
for a fence. 1t is impossible to keep
the premises clean and in proper
sanitary condition when stray dogs,
COWS and horses may and do roam
at will over the yard, to say nothing OF
stray humans who commit many de-
pradations at sundry times and in di-
vers ways. Neither the principal nor
the teachers are to blame for the untidy
and unsanitary condition of the yard
Below is given list of distinctions
on an averake of studies. 100 is the
maximum grade. Any pupil making
an average of 80 or more is entitled to
distinction. The average is made
this way: Suppose a pupil makes on
his written examination 65 on reading,
60 on grammar, 81 on history of Missis-
sippi, 100 on mental arithmetic and 50
practical arithmetic, his average
would be 10 As and he fails to win a
distinction. He needs to. put more
study on reading and grammar. A
majority of the pupils gain distinc-
tions on one or more branches but it
requires good work on every branch
studied to win distinction on gener-
al average.
4th Grade Charles Butler Sc, Carrie
Cassidy IS, Mary Grafton S4, George
Oliver 81, Ably Cohn SO, John Boadwee
81, Joe Chrisman 80.
9Th Grade = Addie Willoughby Sc,
Kate Grafton "a, Bessie Cooke 81,
Frank Parsons SO, Gertie Scutt 81, Joe
Berger so, Nellie White 80.
B Section 9th Grade-Mamie Powell
50, George Crosby 81.
It'll Grade-Flora Walthan 100, Ed
win Dreyfus 81, Katie Suber So, Mary
Oliver 81, Eugenia Bee SO, Leona Eitel
81.
9Th Grade-David Kohlman 90, Bes-
sic Mari 90, Mary Boadwee o3, Ada
Magee SO, James May 81, Julius Prize
batsch 80.
9th Grade-Clara Preston SO, Laura
Myers Sc.
In the 4th, 9TH and 9th grades to be
promoted to the next higher grade pu
pills must make general average DO
with not less than so on any study,
and receive the vote of the teacher for
promotion.
The following pupils were promoted
from A Section 9th Grade to the 'th
Grade at the intermediate examlna-
ton: Bette Womack 81, Nathan
Kohlman 81, Sallie McCalip 50, Van
KEGS "a, Tom Mccormick 80, Warren
McNair SO. Joe May 81, Mack McCor-