The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16
Pupils -H0CNAG] BACK
School Season for 'o6 Will
Soon Open.
PROSPECTS FOR THE YEAR
Indications Point to a Successful SEES
sitn-Cha ngt.s In Grades-Studies to
B.. Pursue VIII BE About the Same
as Refore-SeveralNew Buildings to
be Opened.

fall has come, is the signs Of activity
pervadiHg the scloO, houses The win
dows and doors are open AMI there is a Con-
tinual coming and going OF numberiess in
tlividuals armed with buckets. brooms and
brushes, and the extensive paraphernalia Of
the wii5e washer, Li.inoei s..- ,at ienter.
Along with the TURNING q E,ia leaves ald
the song of the cricket and katydid, these
never-failing shaking up and busting down
periods in the school annals call tomind that
before many MONS nave CON. ahl gone lie
Frost King will be abroad In all OF his
majestic power, biting and nipping the
noses and ears OF all who venture outside
neutrality-suspicious. the fireside, not even
sparing the merry children as they trudge
through the ice and snow toward the insti-
tutions OF learning. from whesce are to
come or future statesmen. politicians, and
professors.
In ali OF the school buildings the same busy
genius OF cleaning is at work. Floors and
windows are being scrubbed, furnaces
cleaned out and inspected, and a. general
peering in to and scraping o IL OF ali the Ozark
closets and dingy cloak rooms and halls.
Such Is especially the case in those build
ings where remodeliDg and repairing is
necessary. as, for instance, the Waliach
School. in the Third division. which, under
the supervision Of Alexander 7. Stuart. is
rapidly being Thoroughly overhauled. having
several new rooms added, to improve the
general plan and increase the comfort and
convenience OF all concerned.
Very soon the halls and corridors will be
resoundinS with the tinkling bells and the
incessa mt patter OF little feet as the children
small and large. come trooping in. in all
the buOyancy OF their happiness ut being
again in school. ...,.....
TEACHERS COMING BACK.
Just now many OF the teachers and pupils
alike are lingering in the mountains or at
the seashorc. reluctant to leave until the
last moment t he spots where the sumnerhas
sped SO pleasantly n nd all too quickly. But
each da V brinGsthemin, and by the time the
2lst rolls around the stay-at-h homes. who
live in the vicinity OF the various school
houses. will be wondering where in the
world all the children came from.
With few exceptions, the same teachers
and principals will be in their accustomed
places, and in most cases where there are
missing ones, the vacancy is due To the
prauks OF Cupid, who, with his Characters
tic audacity, invades the stately institu-
tions OF Knowledge with as much avidty as
he stalks abroad at the summer resorts.
There is very little difference in the plans
of study this yearin any ofthc grades The
only generally adopted course which may
be termed new is the cutting and fitting tie
partment for the sixth grades, and this.
too. has previously been Experimental upon
in some OF the schools This as we'll as the
entire course in sewing Tor the third, fourth
and fifth grades, is under the direction OF
Miss Margaret W. Cate and her assistants
Sewing was begun in the schools here in
1883 as an experiment. with two teachers
and well did it succeed that now there
are fifteen regularly employed instructor.
in That line SO perfect and Extensive has
become the system that there are now
6.250 girls weekly receiving thorough in
struCton i'll the Fundamental and more ad-
vanced details of this cmincntly practical
and useful accomplishment. his number
does not include the pupils OF the colored
schools, who enjoy the same privileges.
TAUGHT To SEW.
The cuttin. and fitting by measurcmcnts
has been enlarged and developed, so that
it will he universally adopted in all the
sixth grades. One and half hours per
week are devoted to this important branch
of the work, and when the Young ladies
of this grade ascend higher it viii be with
a complete and finished education in the
work of patching or Sc wing on of buttons,
as well as having some definite kno wledge
in the construction of such useful. if not
ornamental garments, as ohildren's clothes
and shirt waists.
The course from the third grade up is
thnrouvh in all If tS
The little girls, commencing with bas,ing
and overcastng, are taught hemming, patch
ing, tucking. weaving, French gathe ring,
and stocking darning, and so well drilled
are they that buttonhoies. gowns, Under
waists. skirts and plain hasques are in
cluded in the category of the accomplish
ments Of the young lady of 800. What an
immense amount of satisfaction such n
state of feminine advancement ought 30
give to the knight of the next century,
when it will be the exception TO find girl
who cannot Sc W on a button or execute
patch. .-.- eos
If 1900 can boast of a single domici!e
where such tiine-worn disturbcTs OF FAM
lily peace as heavy biscuits. weak coffee
and tough steak can be found, it will not
be in the domain of any woman who en-
ioyed the privileges of our cooking schools.
The seventh and eighth grades will as
usual commence their study in this branch
as early as practica bic, unGer the diTcc-
tion of Miss Emma s Jacobs. Let any
who doubts ard sneers at the pronounced
ability of the members of the Washington
cooking schools to cOncoct aud compound
splendid soups ard delicious pastries, stroll
past one of the school hoGses Oh cooking day,
and a sniff of delectable odors which issue
forth from the doors and windows Will COIL
vince The yeriest cynir that those girls know
what they are doing, ard how to do it, too.
THE USE OF TOOLS
Allthe accomplishments are Eot expended
upon the girls alone for the din Of the
machinery. accompanied by that of the
hammer and plane, will ere long te heard
in the various manual training shops, and
the ircpient carpenters and cabinet
makers. under John A. Chamberlain's
guidance. will pound and saw and revel
among the tools and shaviiigs. turning cut
book-shslves. tables. stools, little cabiIets.
hraCisets, work-boxes and benches as artist
ic;lly and proficeriiy as their predecessors
of the past have done.
change has been made in tie numbering
of the divisions. the, white schools of the
city aud the whit. ard colored schools of
the country being now known as the first
eight divisions, while the colored schools of
the city will be the ninth, tenth and
eleventh divisions. Second division b
will be know n henceforth rs the sixth: the
sixth A as the seventh, and the sixth as