The herald., 1898-10-01
SCHOOL NOTES
Of Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

Memorial services will be held on SUM-
day afternoon at 2:so o'clock in the Beth
esda Presbyterian church, corner of Gen.
trail avenue and Ninth street, In memory
of Mrs. Emma Hanchette, late principat OF
the Ninth-street school. Rev. Warren F,
Day of the First Congregational church
who was Mrs Hanchette's pastor during
her lifetime, will be the principal speaker,
assisted by several members of the board
| of education.
| One of the most interesting departments
in connection with the city school work
this year is in the upper story of the
lSprinR-street school. Two rooms have
been fitted up for the reception of the
deaf and dumb children Of the city, and uI
to date eleven pupils are enrolled. ranging
| in age from to 16 years. They are taught
entirely by the lip method, and the teach
ers in charge report their progress as al
ready being wonderful, proving the superb
ority of this method over the older one OF
the hand.
Miss Helen Vineyard. who has been a
teacher in the Cambria-street school ever
since its erection, is a student at Stanford
univ ersity this year.
The Tenth-street school opened with q
smaller number of pupils this year than
last, owing to change in the boundary
lines. This is one of the oldest schools In
the city and accommodates several over
flow classes from the more crowded school
of Cambria street, which brings the en-
rollment up to the usual number.
Miss Nettie Dick has introduced an in
|teresting feature in the Cambria-street
school, of which she Is principal, in the
form of an exhibit room, where the best
work of the pupils of the entire eight rooms
will be preserved and exhibited in an at
tractive form. The pupils In Miss john
sons room, who are deeply interested in
entomology, are preparing a collection Of
butterflies and bugs to place among the
first exhibits.
Sentous-street school began this year 8
work with several new teachers, Including
r. A. Bouelle, Geo. D. Abrams. Miss Emma
Griffiths and Mrs. Williams and an en-
rollment Of 5O7 pupils.
Spring-street school has begun prepara-
tions for a fag-raising in the near future.
The pupils are subscribing toward the pur-
chase of a handsome flag, and Old Glory
will soon float from the. nag mast OF the
Spring street school.
One OI lHt lIlOSl otudiOusS puPho Va thS
Cambria street school is Suey Young, a
aueueless Chinese boy, who is fast becom-
ing Americanized. Suey hopes to be a
Christian missionary to his native land
some day and is applying himself with all
the perseverance of his race to fit himself
for his chosen vocation.
The literary society of the eighth grade
of the Sentous school will hold its first ex-
ercises next Friday afternoon, when the
members of the society will have full
charge and musical and literary program
will be rendered.
Geo. D. Abrams, one Of the corps Of the
Sentous school teachers, has been on the
sick list ever since the opening of school,
and his fellow-workers would be pleased to
have his address, that they may inquire
into his condition.
The members of the literary society of
the eighth grade of the Spring-street school
held their first meeting last Friday and
elected officers.
Mrs. c. p. Bradfeld, supervisor of draw
| ing in the city schools, is teaching in few
schools a system of both right and left
hand drawing.