The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-29
SCHOOL. MELANCE.

hanktul Tor IN an educational way; and
considering all things, we surely have
some reasons to be thankful. l, We
have good school buildings for both u
public and private schools. .. We have
a good school system, run by a board
of education, the members of which are
fully alive TO the Importance OF a pub
lie school education, 3, We at last
have a high school, well under way, a
contamination long wished for and even
prayed for by those who had made the
matter a study, and who knew the i'm
portance ri such q school to.a city like
ours. 4 We should be thankful that
so little sickness exists to keep pupils
from school and that all our schools are
well attended, perhaps better than ever
before.
One OF the greatest improvements in
our schools the past two years has been
made in the subject Of drawing, The
Prang system introduced at that time
In the primary room has proved a
success beyond the fondest expectations
Of the friends OF the system, During
those two years under the efficient SUI
perVislon of Miss Parsons wonderful
progress has been made, The teachers
this year are doing all intthelr power to
carry on the good work, but the teach
ers In the higher grades are at a dlsad-
vantage in the matter as they haye had
but one years instruction from Miss
Parsons. This year will show whether
Il was wise or unWise to continue a SUI
perVisor of drawing In our schools. As
far as known to the writer the teach
ers are doing al In their power to do
Just as good work as was done last
year, but in the higher grades, II Is
venturlng upon work In which the
teacher has no guide except the rules
laid down In the books. In nearly ev-
cry city OF the size OF Wheeling and In
many where the population is much
less, n supervisor of drawing Is con-
sidered a necessity.
Throughout the public schools,
Thanksgiving services were held, either
Wednesday or Friday, Of the week just
past. This Is as 1t should be. It gives
the children an idea OF the meaning OF
the day, 1t Is n good lesson in the
early history of our country, as the pu-
nils study up and write concerning the
origin Of the day. 1t fixes on their minds
the heroic struggles of the Puritan
fathers. who, In che midst OF all their
h~ardships, found time 10 spend n day
In prayer and praise to the Giver or al
good. And they are thus taught the
true object Of Thanksgiving and they
can see how the day Is now prostituted
from its original purpose Nv the great
mass OF our people, by making Vt a day
for the lowest sports. and for c%nrousing,
instead Of remembering the mercies OF
Him who keeps us fromyoarto year and
giving Him the thanks due Him for HIS
mercies.
The following Is the programme CIV
en- by the Longfellow Literary Society
nv the second clqss-all the perform
ances relating to Thanksgiving:
song-"Happy Greeting" by Glass
Reading of the Presidents Procla-
nation .....,.... HrrrV Russell
Recitatlon-"The Dressed Turkey"
John Minkemeyer
Essay-"ThanksglvinF' Gordon Wait
Recitatlon-"Thanksgiving Day"
Song '''iuss
Essay-"The Right Way to Keep
Thanksgiving" ......Wllte Detwiler
Recitation-"Waitlng for the Chill
dren" Geneva Anderson
Essay-"The Origin OF Thanksgiv-
ing, etc. ..!.".."...' Lucy MaGKim
song-"The Thanksgiving Turkey"
'''','.. Nlass
Essav-"The Last Thursday Of No. y,
vember" .....".,...!.....Ada flood
Recitation-"For What We Give
Thanks ......... Minnie Hinkieman
Observation-Disclosures Dinner"
Mary Williams
song-"The Farmers Hoard" Glass
Essay-"The Puritan Thanksgiving"
Nettie Petitt
Recltation-"The First ThnnksGiv-
ing" .....................Ma Mabel Rahr
Essag-"Eow Some Keep Thanks,
giving" ............ August Fette
Essav-"The Pilgrims Thanksgiv-
Ing" ..........".. John Conner
Dialogue-"Away Down East ..Ge-
neva Anderson, Lucy MochIn,
Mary Williams, Willie Detwiler,
Harvey Adams.
Song-"Fill the Baskets .."..By Cl7ss
After the exercises, the Rev. S. Y.
| Crummett. pastor of the Wesley NJ. y.
| church, being present, was called on to
say a word and responded in some time
ly remarks on the importance OF the
work In which the pupils ere engaged,
He urged on all to make the hest OF all
opportunities they have placed before
them. 1t IL a great thing to he n hoy
or a girl fifteen years old to-day. and lie
urged on all to become what every boy
and girl can become, If he tries, After
his talk. the entire school sang. TIE
West Virginia Hills" with n vim.
And now Thanksgiving being over.
the mind of the average boy and girl
will begin to look forward to Christmas
and for the next four weeks, visions OF
Santa Claus will I'll the mind much
| oftener than Will visions Of geography
and history or arithmetic and gram
mar. But these holidays are the spice
| OF child-llre. They are the red-letter
| DAYS Of the school boys and school
girls. and they should he allowed to
enjoy them to their fullest extent We
,are only boys and girls once In uur
lives. and the older ones should re-
member that they were children before
they were men and women, II this were
done always, our boys and girls would
| enjoy better times than thev some
| times do now.
THE PEDAGoGUE"