The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-20
promotion and examination within the

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 l The plan has this inherent merritt
 makes the daily and weekly work of
 the pupil the test of his fitness for pro-
 motion. It largely does away with the
 temptation to cram for examinations,
 and encourages faithful and steady
 habits of study. day by day. It is an interesting fact that out of ! the three hundred and ninety teachers | employed by the district during the | year two hundred and eighty five were graduates of the Hillhouse high school. At the close of the year class of if
 ty-four boys and eighty-six girls was graduated
 The Roardman Manual Training high school entered upon four years course of study. The school is now a high school with the usual four years course. It began, as an incident of its
 work, preparation for colleges of the scientific class, including, of course, the Sheffield scientific school
 When boys and girls leave the gram mar schools they wish, and their par ents wish for them, to go to school of the high school grade, and such in fact as well as in name Such a school the Boardman has now become. If the standard is made high one the school will slowly but steadily grow.
 Again. it must be repeated that the school is not a trade school. Manual training has precisely the same object as other school training-the develop ment of all the faculties of the individ- ual boy or girl, The boy may never make actual use of his algebra, neither may he become a carpenter because of his instruction in woodwork, but each kind of instruction gives him power, the ability to do certain difficult things and to do them well and in a certain way; this is education; this is the mak- ing of character.
 The work of the school in it's various departments is of very interesting character and l wish more of our citi- zens were familiar with what the school is doing. Such q school in our midst, teaching sewing, dressmaking, milli- 'nery, domestic science, free-hand and mechanical drawing, machine work, forging and woodwork in connection with the ordinary school branches, is of great value, although the number of pupils fortunate to receive it's instruc- tion is relatively small. At the end of the year class of twenty-five boys and nineteen girls was graduated.
 The evening schools were maintained for period of eighty nights, the ses- sion opening October 26 and closing February 26
 An advanced school was carried on at the Boardman Manual Training high school and elementary schools at Hillhouse high school, and at the Ham, ilton, strong, Cedar, Whiting and Washington schools These schools were taught by fortyfour teachers, ten of whom were women. Considerable modification was made in the work of these schools. For the first time the schools were graded, after the manner of the. day schools, according to the ca pacity of the pupils.
 Three grades were made in the ele- mentary schools. In these schools a pupil, if faithful in attendance, can complete the work of a grade in one season. At the end of season he is given a certificate of promotion, which admits him to the next higher grade the next year. Pupils go to the ad- vanced school upon the completion of the three grades in the elementary schools Upon the successful comple- tion of three years work in the advanc- ed school the pupil is given a diploma of graduation. No pupil in the advanc- ed school is allowed to take more than two studies.
 A graded course of study was pre- pared and adopted.