The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-21
THE SCHOOLS OF BELT.
They Are In Excellent Cotas and the
Pupils Remarkably 1ut.eeea
in Their Stmlies.

They Are In Excellent CoEas and the
Pupils Remarkably 1tik..seea
in Their Studies.
Belt, Feb. 20--A visit paid by a
Standard correspondent to the schools
of Belt since they have been reorgan-
ICED and graded in the new building,
proved to be one of more than ordinary
interest The building is a thing of
beauty and standing as Ii does on the
hill above the town proper it presents
a very imposing appearance. Every
day citizens can be seen standing on
the street admiring the architecture of
the new building and congratulating
themselves and the camp in general
upon the possession of so very credi-
table 2 place of learning.
The interior of the building Is finished
In most artistic and convenient man
ner During the early part of the pres
ent term, when the schools We're
crowded into various buildings, located
in all parts of the town, it was found
a difficult and almost impossible task
to properly grade and handle the pu-
pills, while the pupils themselves did
not manifest the interest in their stud
les that is necessary to the progress
and advancement of the scholar. In
the commodious and pleasant rooms of
the new school house they are taking
a vigorous interest In their work, and
are rapidly regaining the ground lost
during the early part OF the term.
Principal Remington, who has felt
keeniy the disadvantages under which
teachers and pupils have been laboring
for so long, is now III an exceedingly
happy frame of mind, and is very san
guine over the results that will yet be
accomplished before the term comes to
an end.
The Fifth, Sixth Seventh, Eighth
and Ninth grades are under the i'm
mediate supervision of the principal,
who is ably assisted by Miss Kate Muir
ply. In this room are the young men
and young women who are just be-
ginning to realize the wonderful possi-
bilities of manhood and Womanhood.
They display an eager interest in their
studies, and, under the careful training
of their teachers, age progressing in
the high school branches in a manner
that is gratifying indeed. In the room
of Mr. Kellison the "A" Fourth and
81 Fifth grades interest the visitor
Immediately. They constitute study
within themselves. Youngsters, boys
and girls, with happiness and eager
ness in their faces, and the sparkle of
mischief in their eyes, they are under
perfect control, and in their various
studies display a quickness and ability
that is surprising. The A Third and
b. Fourth grades, on account of the
absence of Miss Conlon, who was the
regular teacher have been temporarily
Brown, Scott and Halverson, pupils of
the High school, who have taken turns
in teaching these two grades. Miss
conlon having resigned on account of
her mothers serious and protracted ill
ness, Miss Harriet Vidal has been reg
ularly appointed to fill the vacancy in
the room. The pupils of the "B" Third
grade Miss McAnneliy teacher, are
a very interesting lot of little people,
who want very much to be big boys
and girls. In the way of knowledge
they are making wonderful strides, and
with Miss McAnnelly for teacher
they will continue to grow fast Prim-
airy classes b" Second and "A" Sec
ond form a SWeet-faced group of
aged infants, who open great innocent
eyes in widest wonder as new and per-
picking things are made clear to them.
They are making their debut into pub
lie life under the eyes of Miss Adele
league, refined and careful govern
ess, who is justly proud of her little
men and women Beginners classes,
b First and "A First, with Miss
Nettie league and Miss Locke as
teachers, are perhaps the most interest
ing of them all. They are babies, in SO
far as knowledge is concerned, and
many of them are but little more than
that in age and stature. They are
fortunate lot of babies, too to have Sc
cured the teachers that they did, and
to understand why they all love them
so it is only necessary to visit the
school and see the refined and gentle
way in which their infant minds are
taught to grasp at the tangible threads
of knowledge. Miss Sanford of the
Kennedy addition school has the great
est number of scholars, and they are
particularly bright and winsome. The
new school house is to them a Mecca,
to gain which they are working relig
iously and hard. Miss Sanford is an
entertaining and progressive teacher,
and has a happy faculty of being able
to readily understand her pupils. When
one considers that a careful canvass
would show fully so per cent of the par
ents of Belt to be foreigners, perhaps
% per cent of whom do not speak the
English language at all, the excellent
condition of the schools and the re-
markable advancement of the pupils,
under the difficulties heretofore exist
ing. becomes d matter of some wonder.
The children, with but few exceptions.
speak perfect English. Many of them
speak with equal fiuency the language
of their parents, while some few are
masters in a limited way or three or
four languages. Taken as whole,
they are about as interesting a block
of the rising generation as could be
found anywhere.