El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12

singing In "two-part song" but they
ind Miss Trumbull, the new music
teacher, 30 attractive that their eyes
often unconsciously wander from their
hooks to her face; hence, wrong notes
are sometimes heard and small voices
ouayer out on the occasional rests.
They will learn better by and by, or
will be prevailed upon by the Preslo-
inc teacher to harden their hearts
agsinst such alluremeuts. Mons ver-
rons.
The special feature OF the month has
already been Observation-Disclosures
ing! The old, ever-new, story OF the
Pilgrim fathers and mothers 1s being
told over again to the children In
every class-room;-the perseculon In
England; the departure In the May
flower for q new country; the landing;
on cold, bleak shores; the long and
litter winter; the kindness OF the In
dams; the seed-time; the bOunt1ful mar
vest and the first Thanksgiving cele-
| bration. They are hearing again ABOUT
bittle Ruth Endicott and baby Oceanus
of John Alden and "the redouoGaole
sword of the redoubtable Myles Stan
dish.n Thew are interested in hear
| ing that the president has written
| letter, telling all the people in the
country when aud how to keep Thanks-
| giving. BY the morning talks, read
; logs, songs, stories, language lessons,
and beautiful memory gems,
! the teachers are leaolnR
the children along me
sweet old story, and also trying to lead
them to understand the deeper mean
| ing of this celebration; to awaken the
| snirit of thank fulpes for the common
blessings of everyday life, and bring q
realization that the greatest joy is in
irving to make the Thanksgiving of
some less fortunate one brighter and
happier.
: FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
The attendance throughout THE
school has not been as good as usual tbs
| past week on account OF sickness
among the children. The number os
cases of hardness has been greatly
decreased by the united efforts of prin-
cipal, teachers. and parents.
On Friday morning Miss Meule and
Miss Logan visited the other school
and report having enjoyed very much
seeing the wo-k of other teachers.
| On Friday afternoon the children In
the fifth grade had reading match.
On account Of excellence shown last
week Eula Harper and Leo Andrews
were chos leaders. Euls Harper's
side won in the contest. Those who
| TSdQ WILL 10" OANOio "OIO 100
| per. Belle Lundsford, Lille Manning.
Willie Skies, Mascot Won Bslldow,
Jessie Mitchell. Leo Andrews, Eleanor
Cole, Kittie Buck.
| In the fourth grade Friday after
noon the children had spelling con-
test. Those pronounced the best
spoilers were: Clement Villegas, ose
Flores, Lorraine Baker, Lena Meisel,
Clover Shackelford and May Craw-
ford.
SAN FRANCISCO STREET SCHOOL.
The chief complaint among pupils Of
the San Francisco street school is on
account of the cramped quarters as
signed to them in the building west OF
D. A. Reckhart's assay office. The
walls of the building are low and the
rooms narrow and poorly lighted.
Ventilation is attained by keeping
the doors wide open. This answers the
purpose very we'll during calm wealth
er, but when the wind blows and raises
clouds OF sand the doors have to be
closed to keep it out.
Miss Gallagher, the Irin ,ipal OF this
school. has A pupils in her room. The
other room is in charge of Miss Lobb
who has about the same number OF
scholars. Three children are on the
| the list of applicants awaiting admis-
sion to this school.
| Friday Miss Gallagher's pupils were
each required to write letter and
read it. In their letters, which were