The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02

Edited b. tie Superintendent aud Assstcd BY
Tsuehers Of ihs Various Grades


Edited b. tie superintendent aud Assisted By
Tsuensrs IRE Various Grades
The schools Of the city have chased
the work 81 the first month The tencl.
crs have shown a lively interest ia their
work and have done well. The iirst Few
weeks always are more or less unsatis-
factory ns the pupils hive not all thu
hooks and IL IL hard in the Pheasant
autumn days for them To- get down to
good SOLID work.
The first aud second grades arc work
/ ing under difficulties, there being. on
nccount OF fhe large number al pupils,
( hull day SESSIONS. which will continue
only 80 long as IL tnkts the Board 81
/ Education To iit up "a new school room.
This - being done AK rapidly ~
possible.
! The lower part of the old court house
has lccn renralrlcd and school will open
~ soon ~ the scits. which have lsen
ordered, arrive mud can he ph,ced The
services OF Miss Eva Morrison hive been
secured nud she will have charge 40 the
2nd. A grade. Miss Sumd- inking the
mixed grade 81 lst. A and 2nd B.
When these changes havc lecn nccom-
plisllcd we will look for results far better
/
Az n corp ~ tencheIr we desire the cn-
nperatSon ~ every parent mud Interested
person IN the city. With this we can dn
much fnr the schools while without il
we viii bc greatly hampere,.
! We desire inspection and will welcome
anyone Ia our rooms at ANY ime, frel-
me TINT Non will come IN the 81 ght spirit
We feel that we have started in upon a
prosperous year.
There is something on foot "a bring
closer together he school aud our citi-
zens, aud which will he, we hope, henrG.
cinl 10 all concerned Lend "a helping
hand u you happen 10 he called upon
The High School has started out very
prolnh'Silgiy md we anticipate a. prn.
iitable as well rs pleasant wear. The
pupils n,tm ~ earnest tnd what rs 81 ~
better arr working with that spirit.
We have an enrulmcnt Of fnrty.cipht
with iuur entire grades. There Is no
tenth Crude properly speaking the
pupils VIII" comprised that grade have,
almost ~ a class seen iii tp leave school.
| Our rhetorical work wall begin this
month, These exercises aud the morn
| ing exercise constitute a feature of the
regular work We extend Il cordial in
| vItion To all who may wisll to visit IA
either then ur at any time they may
wish To come.
FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES.
Two OF our pupils attended the Coun-
~ Fair Thursday
/ Miss Eva Morrison visited us Wednes.
! day. We enjoyed her visit very much
and hope she will come ugrin.
The fifth grade likes being up stairs as
4 a
they will he in the high school.
All the children ARE taking nm interest
! IN their work this year, md IL seem to
be increasing daily We hope the par-
entE will add 10 the interest by
visiting us often.
Lucy Eldrcd was out Tuesday on nc.
count oi illness.
Time has come for digging potatoes,
consequently two uf our boys were oh
llgcd To remain at home and work.
The fifth grade il at work upon
| Longicllow's l3vangehnp. Ii il very in
tcrrsting. Whlttiers, Snow Bound, hns
bcnil quite refreshing To the sixth grade
during the last lew days.
Our room is the only one in the build
iug which has had ho tnrdincss the hast
month.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES.
The spirit 81 Willingness 20 study aud
readiness to respond manifested 10y the
/ pupils h very pleasing.
Selections from Alhaulhn, hy Irving.
coming in connection with our geography
work aud used Tor morning exercises
have pruvcn both instructive aud
interesting.
The World and it's People. No. 3, on
Modern Europe h 81 great ntsistHnce
To the seventh grade, while they are
upon TINT continent We should be
thankful to lind u srt npOn Asn IA our
bookcase IA soon ns We are ready foI
that continent.
Several absences were noted Thurs
day. Probably it's bcing lair day will
account for them.
We are all sorry George Lnpine il III
and Obliged To be- cot Of school these
DAYS.
The sixth grade has begun on the
Winters classics ThiscnnStitutes on,
Of the most pleasing FEATURES of on
work aud il n To Ia hoped an npprrcm-
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