The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-27
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES |

oSulA tedCH0TS meet1nR OcCuIS
Monday, Jan. 80. Visitors are always
welcome. The especial topic for dis.
~cussion is nature study. The meeting
begins at 4 p. m.
1t has afforded the high school teach.
ers much pleasure to know that a ma
jority Of the students in each high
school grade are making heroic efforts
to keep their work up to the required
standard. Our teachers do not object
to social pleasures INDUCED by high
school Students, provided lessons are
properly prepared, but the average
student can only do excellent secondary
work by devoting all his time and at
tention.
The second half.year' classification,
high school, shows the following en-
rollment: Eleventh grade. graduating
class, Z; tenth grade, 5; ninth grade,
30; irregular, g..
A careless reading~of school notes
might lead one to do an injustice to
the attendance report Of Miss Phillips
room, eighth grade. The month re-
port from this room gives the attend
ance, etc., Of the eighth grade only, as
they are seated there, but Miss Phillips
also teaches one high school grade,
seated il Miss Evans room.
The members of the general history
class are studying chivalry and feuda-
lism. They are much interested in
their work.
Glass of 1900 are glad to welcome
Grace Grove after an absence of a
week.
The English literature class is enjoy
ing the ''Ancient Mariner" The
American literature students are study
ing Bryant.
Enos Nelson has returned after a
sickness.
The pupils Of Miss Reynolds loom
are studying the color, orange.
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The Youths Companion collection of
for nature study are appreciated
by the pupils of the sixth and seventh
south.
Grades two and three, south, have
been particularly interested in illus.
drawing during the past week.
In Miss Pitchers room the fourth
grade pupils have just finished the ma
ture reader, "Our Shy Neighbors, and
the fifth grade have completed No. g..
Youths Companion series.
The pupils of room No. 1, south, are
Lowell's "The First Snow
The literature work of the seventh
grade at present consists Of selections
from Sir Walter Scott. The supple
mentary reading of the sixth grade is
Ten Great Events in History"
Ethel Mcbride. Clara Foster and
Pearl Nelson have been advanced from
The fourth to the fifth grade
Room No. s.. south, already asks for
books for their grade library.
Some Of the pupils already have many
Of the same books in their W home
The children in the fourth grade,
north, are learning something Of the
life of John Greenleaf Whittier and
to memory his poem,
Barbara Fritchie." They are reading
of "Great Americans for Little
Americans" The third grade has COM
primary geography. Both
grades have had lessons on the gray
crowned finch and the clothing of birds
md animals.
The fifth grade, north, began the
,tudy Of grammar last week. The
literature hour has been pleasantly
'pent studying the life Of Eugene Field
md reading his works. The science
lass were interested in dissolving q
,enny in acid last week.
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Position Of Glasses Report, Jan. Is,
899.-Room q, North. Miss H. A.
crawford. Teacher.
A Glass, First Grade. Reading. -
The pupils Of this class have finished
Itickney's First Reader. From Stories
or Children they have read twenty.
i've lessons. For further supplementary
! rewrote tho poem Of "Hia.
adapting u to this grade, and
keeping II ~ neal tho original ~
Al ! have rewritten u II has
~ lines. This elaas have low read i66
OF 10. In connselion with thess
allure ssudy thsy have had = number
I reading lsnsoSs from, NE Blackboard
IA sstrhe Annlo.W ttIshe enider.u