The herald., 1898-10-20
SCHOOL NOTES
VI Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

Lafayette day was generally observed by
all the public schools in the city yesterday,
programs OF exceptional merit being pre-
sented in most Of them. The high school
exercises IN honor of the French patriot will
mot be held until Friday afternoon, when
the Star and Crescent society will have full
charge.
A very good program was given by the
pupils OF the eighth grade of the Spring
street school, under the direction of the
teacher, Mics Mary F. Claypool, as follows:
Opening song. Flag Of the Free" school;
"a Description of the Battle of Brandy.
wine,"'. tottie Merrill; "Siege Of York
town." "Norvin Whistler; reading, Lafayette
day, Laura Shredder; Bunker Hill Monu
ment," Willie Shoemaker; reading, LA
fayette, Cecil Brightwell; Thoughts on
Lafayette" class; song, America by the
school.
In Miss Cooper's room of the same school
specially prepared program consisting of
several original sketches was rendered, as
follows; Lafayette, an original song, was
sung BY the school to the air of America" !"
The story of Lafayette" was told by Miss
Gertrude Connell; mandolin solo, National
Guard March" Carleton Bainbridge; "Our
Monument to Lafayette" Gotta Owen;
song, Flag of Our Nation Great,p school;
duet, Sadie Blumenthal and Ethel Daven-
port; reading, Surrender of Cornwallis,,s z =
Harriet Chaplin; recitation, "The Meaning
Of Our Flag" Hattie Mahan; violin solo,
rlummer Montgomery; concert recitation,
The Flag. Of Our Union Forever" class
recitation, True Heroism," Fay Mahan:
"Star Spangled Banner" school.
The high school faculty held meeting
last night at the high school building for
the discussion Of the proposed sixth amend
ment to the state constitution. Practically
the same views are held by the members Of
the faculty as those expressed by the COM
mittee appointed by the Alameda county
teachers institute, who reported unfavor-
ably on the proposed amendment, and
whose report was adopted by the institute
on the ground that it would work serious
injury to the schools we now have, in that
it would crowd grammar schools with the
classes properly belonging to the high
schools, and that it would also prove a
source Of litigation by its ambiguous word
ing The feeling exists amongst educators
generally throughout the city that the
amendment ought to and will be defeated at
the coming election.
The pupils and teachers Of the Spring
street school are preparing for grand
flag-raising on Friday morning at II o'clock.
when very interesting program will be rem
dered. Two handsome flags, 9x18 feet in
size, will be hoisted, one over the Spring
street and the other over the Broadway
entrance. The flags were purchased by the
children of the school, each room contrib
uting its share. The program will consist
of addresses by Charles Cassat Davis, pres
ident of the board of education; A. G. Bart
lett, member from the Third ward, and j.
A. Foshay, city superintendent. There will
be several patriotic selections by the school
and Miss Elsie Shredder will recite brakes
American Flag"
The heat of the past few days has been
very trying to pupils and pedagogues alike
in many Of the schools. The pupils of the
high school particularly have suffered from
its effects, and during the first three daysof
belonging to the senior A class tainted
during the chemistry hour. They were cared
for at the school as tenderly as possible
and. d;..2x soon as sufficiently recovered werc
sent in carriages to their homes. 1t is sup.
posed that the warm walk up the hill to the
school building, combined with the heat of
the furnace in the chemistry room, was
the cause of the prostrations.
A Young Folks Literary society has been
organized in the Amelia street school, with
the following officers: Fannie Bradish,
president; Minnie Stott, vice president; ;
secretary, Myrtle Hitchcock. Daisy Ting
strom, Jamie Mackey, Annie Probert, Har-
ley Griffith and Amy O'Neill were appoint
ed committee on program. At its first
meeting the following program was rem
dered: Duet, violin and piano, Amy O'Neil'
and Mary Green; readings, Minnie Stott,
Charles Guenthart, Myrtle Hitchcock, Re,,-
ben LIE Cyr and James Mackey; recitations,
Pauline Behrens, Daisy Tingstrom and Mat.
tie Bradford; piano solos, Lulu Weber, Ella
johnson and May Green; vocal solos, Myr-
solo, Frank Price.
The high school parliament has been re-
organized with the following officers: Eu-
gene Overton, president; Beatrice Snow,
vice president; Grace Barnett, secretary;
Harry Gregory, treasurer.