The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-20
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
An Hour Spent by The Times Reporter
in This Institution.

III HIS luSbtNWeiOu.
a Times reporter spent au hour in tho
Roanoke high school yesterday morning
and was much pleased with what he saw
there In order that the people-o Roa-
noke may know something of what this
popular institution is doing, the reporter
will try and give them some idea of what
is going on, but would suggest thnt'the
fond parents who have sons and daugh-
tiers III this school go there and see fer
themselves The Times bespeaks for
them a cordial welcome on the pazt of
the teacher and school
The reporter ARRIVED n few minutes be-
fore the school was taken ill., About IL
hundred young ladies and gentlemen
were in the school room, all chatting i'll
Il most plcusanfssaud becoming manner.
1t seemed that the large majority were
discussing their books and the work Of
the day. Upon the tap of the bell by
Professor Mau2y, principal of the school,
everybody was seated, and the quiet
reigned almost supreme within tsn Sec
onds.
The roll wRs then called, and every
thing OF preliminary nature WAS done
with the utmost decorum. This work
alone is sufficient to show that the school
was under the very best of control. Only
one or two pupils came in during roll
call, which shows that punctuality is the
watch word in the high school. IN order
to show the people what excellent precau-
tionary methods are observed in the high
school the following incident is given: A
young lady came i'll who had been absent
several weeks on account of having been
afflicted witch whooping cough. OF
course there was no danger, but she was
required to leave the school room and
bring II physicians certificate as TO her
health before she was entered. This,
while it perhaps worked hardship on
this young lady, was altogether proper,
and goes tc-indicate to the school patrons
that the ut,slost care is taken that no
epidemic may occur or in any way inter
fere with the excellent work of the school.
At 500 o'clock, on schedule time, the
real work of the day began. a short
time was first spent in the school room
proper, where Miss Cora Board, the
teacher, took charge of the introductory.
algebra class of 10 pupils. This is the
first year o. these children in algebra, but
i'll five weeks they seem u have made re-
markable progress. They were called to
the blackboard in three sections, and with
remarkably few exceptions performed
their work perfectly. AT the same time
this class was called the classes in senior
mathematics aud intermediate English
arose and filed through to their respec-
tive rooms, where they were taken in
charge by Professor Mauzy and Miss
Wyant.
When the schedule time arrived for
another study, the algebra class had not
finished, but they were dismissed and
the next classes called. The pupils in
Miss Boards room going to the board
and the classes, called by numbers, re-
tired to the other rooms for recitation.
In Professor Mauzy's room the reporter
witnessed a recitation of geometry by
nine pupils. They were able to take the
most difficult geometrical proportions
and by reason reduce them to facts easily
understood. This is the first five weeks
study of this branch, and the students
are ex pected to complete it in the frst
4 1.2 months of the school. Professor
Mauzy says they can do il.
In Miss Wyant's department she had
twenty five pupils re citing grammar and
English composition. Good order and
quiet prevailed throughout. The lesson
was on English composition and variety
of expression, by varying propositions
by employing equivalent phrases or
words and changing quotations from
direct 80 indirect statements. They also
engaged in .diIferen: analysis and pars-
ing, all of which showed that they were
in excellent hands and that most excel
lent edacati0nal work is being done right
in this school. 1t isan Institution Roa
noke should be, proud of.