The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-23
in elementary education in the public
schools in the future"

SCHOOLS IN the EuInre
Master Charles Bank played a selec-
ton on the violin, after which Miss
Margaret Mcdonald of the Greeley
school read paper on IA Possibility.
She said
1T is the nature of man to look for
| ward as well as backward, and as the
end of the century approaches, seeing
the dawn of the Goth century of the
worlds progress, the question natural
! ly arises: What possibility Of the
! boundless field spread before us can we
grasp and make golden certainty
And yet were they not earnest
| souls, these pioneers in education? Be
| cause drill work was disagreeable and
| irksome, did they drop it? No, in
| deed. On the contrary, any tendency
| towards yielding to what was most
agreeable was despicable weakness
which must be overcome by striving for
| the object to be attained with re-
! doubled zest.
I'VE hear that in each and every
! child of the 40 or so in our school
room there lies a germ which unless
| destroyed by the teacher may producH
| for the coming age a genius greater
than ever the earth beheld Think of
| the nightmare existence which would be
led by the teachers all over this broad
| land if they believed that 1t Is their
fault and theirs alone that Johnnie did
| not become a Mark Twain or WASH
| ington Irving! True 1t is that in every
| soul entrusted to the teachers care
! there is a germ of perfection which she
is bound to cherish; but for US to be-
! lieve all that some with their advanced
ideas of education would tell us would
| take greater credulity and less sense
than our average American teacher
possesses. Let us be glad that there
are some who possess cool heads enough
not to be carried along by this mad
rush for reform In education"
In the evening the Ladies' Art club
held an informal reception, at which
a large number of citizens attended. 1t
was brilliant gathering and the la
dies of the club were congratulated
upon the success of their art display.
The Teachers club adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, The past and present sue
cessful sessions of the Butte Teachers
club are .manlfestly for the good of the
public school of the city;
Resolved, That we authorize the
officers to incorporate and completely
improve the organization; and,
| Resolved, That we invite the CO.
operation Of all interested in education
both in city and state.
Moved, That we extend a vote Of
thanks to the board of trustees for
their kind favor Of the Christmas
week.
Moved, That the club express its ap-
probation of the earnest efforts of the
Art club to assist in improving the
conditions of the school room and for
their admirable art display
Moved, That we extend our heart
felt thanks to the musicians who have
most pleasantly and splendidly assisted
in the afternoons programme"
The music, which was charming, was
furnished by the Butte High School
Mandolin & Guitar club. the Regal
Mandolin & Guitar club ard the Butte
Butte Conservatory of Music orches-
ira, of which the following is the per-
sonnet
Mandolin, Christine Agnes Brebner.
Genevive T. Davis, Agnes M. Holland,
Esther M. Meiklejohn. Mamie z. Dris-
coll, Angel Miles, Clara Louise Morgan,
Marie B. O'Connor. Atlanta w. Birds
eye. Mayme q. Nevin, Mrs G. A.
c. Kerr D. Andrew Heath, George ].
Merchant.
Guitar, Anna S. Thierman, Laura M.
Berger, Marie M. Armstrong, Mae L.
Sheldon, Nora ]. O'Connor, Sadie S.
Doull, Anna M. Langston, Mark
Twain Hanley. Burwell c. Atkins, w.
S. Wix, G. A. Chevigny, Abraham Gar
field Lewis
Violin, Frank H. Laird, Christine
Brebner William J. O'Leary.
Harp. Ella K. Driscoll.
Flute, Lloyd Bushnell.
Trombone, George J. Merchant.
Plano, Abraham Garfield Lewis.
The officers of the Teachers club
are: President. Mrs. Mary Doughty
vice president. Ida Crossman; secre-
tary. Laura M. Berger; treasurer, Della
Gibbons; executive committee, Ella Orr
Central. Mary Lindenthal Washington
Annie Richards Lincoln, Emma Farlin
~ AL Is I,iy
Peters Franklin, Jennie Woodbury.
Grant, Lottie Fl. Glover Monroe, Amy
L. Madden jefferson, Anna M Sulli-
van Adams, Pearl E. Reed Madison
Annie Pierce Greeley, Mary L. Pillsbury
cadet class.
are: Mrs. A. S. Christie. chairman;
Mrs o. Hight, Miss Alice Reznor, DR.
Mary Mccain, Mrs. T. w. Buzzo, Mrs
w. o. Speer, Mrs. c. Fl. Moore.
The following figures show a very
gratifying condition of affairs for this
school district:
Value of school property,
1899 ............ ............ S460, 600 0t
I Volumes in free text book
library, 1899 ................ $500
Volumes in building libraries 3,44
Volumes in teachers profess
sional library ............... Is
Expenditure for school pur-
:, poses for the school year
5 ending Aug 81, 1899. ......... 1888 o.
! Estimated expenditures for
{ school purposes for the
5 school year ending Aug. 81,
5 1900 ............. ......,...... 1877, 800 Of
Z Teachers salaries for the
{ year ending Aug. 81, $780,. S9,7S9 OF
s Estimated teachers salaries
! for the year ending Aug. 81,
! 1900 ............... ........... lis, 900 o.
: Growth of the Butte City Schools Sine,
81 1887
Census
Teach Total en- school
Years erS rOlm't aga In