Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21
OUR SCHOOLS
oronblc Reporter Pays q Visit to the
 city High School.

crapblc Reporter Pays Visit to the
 cry High School.
 At the invitation of and in com
 me with Capt. N. T. Roberts, who
 nresident of the Pine Bluff School
 aard. a GRAPHIC reporter visited
 ,e City High School yesterday
 orning where several hours wel Q
 easantly spent in an examination
 it- system and methods. We ar
 sea at the school building about
 sa o'clock, and were EnmeliateAy ushared into
 urefintenGeHt liincuon'a pri-
 afe office. who uas taken entirely
 surprise, Although engulfed in
 cork, the Superintendent obl3gingly
 aid aside his official labors and con
 noted Us through the various de- bartments of tie school Tie first point visited was the Exhibit Room, which is q new and late addition to
 he school, wherein is displayed in leat and artistic manner, the work
 f the students from time to time, Mhch clearly demonstrates their progress in their various studies. For instance, we will take pcnman- |ship in one of the primary grades -side by side is the progress of the Istndent i'll this course displayed. We Nv q sample of the penmanship of q young student three months ago ] land then by it's side is later com |position which shows the progress the student has made in that branch oi study.
 I':s i~ .a'ss1 true of every other de- partment oi study. Map drawing also occupies q conspicuous place in the exhibit, and this character of work is particularly creditable to teachers and scholars. And SO on through the entire course of the schools, the work of the students in all departments from time to time is placed on exhibition in the "Exhihit Room.' This room has been conn pleted and furnished ii ifs entirety by the Superintendent end his corps of teachers without any expense to the School Board, and it is certainly Interesting b all who feel any inter- est in the cause of education and the methods of teaciling.
 The reporter Vas then in- yitea into Prof Ceurtney's room where class in arithmetic were re- citing their lesson, and the methods employed in teaching this most important branch of e9ueatien were clearly Demonstrated. The class showed great proficiency in solving q very difficult problem and eviaen- eed their complete understanding of the same.
 We were next ushered into the study hall, up stairs, where Prof 0gelyie was hearing the graduating class recite q lesson in English litera- ture. Miltonss Paradise Lost was the study, Of which the class gave a very clear analysis. This room is kthe handsomest in the building. By the efforts and contributions of stu dents, it has been beautifully deco rated with paintings ;.nd pictures, and a very fine piano added. It was at this tine that the recess hour came. when one of the young ladies mounted the platform ana seated herself before the piano, and to the strains of | beautiful march the entire school marched down stairs in perfect order and decorum.
 Ihe time for recess being over, the students again formed into line and marched into the building to their proper places. In the meantime. they were at all times under the eye oi the teacher, both in the school room and on the play grounds, it oelng the policy of the administra- tlon to avoid temptation or the for any infraction of the rules rather than the punish menf Of the same when once commit 'ea' ln other words, they work on 'ne theory that an ounce of preyen- toa Is worth Q pound of cilre.
 A short visit after recess was made 10 Miss Mckinney's room where q eiass was reading latin Here Super lhtehdent Hineinon intervened and S''3eeted the class to a rigid oral ex-
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