The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-19

| sN pC pltseHleu to the children at the 1 close of the day.
 l It has been the desire of those ir
 charge that these outings should SUD- | plement natude talks already given l lurnlsh material for others to come, as
 well as give the children an afternoon
 or real enjoyment in the pure, fresh air ! Morris Cove furnished excellent oppor- 1 tunity for the carrying out of these plans. Shells, seaweed horseshoe crabs, pebbles, etc, were found in abundance and a well filled box brought pack Tor use in the school The latter | part or the afternoon was spent by the boys in ball game on the gymnasium 1 lot of the Y. M. c. A., kindly furnished by MT. Lotz through Mrs. Street. The second excursion was made August 2 by invitation of Mrs. Leo Herz to Woody Crest on the west shore. Here
 the children had not only the delights Of the seashore but of the country as well, and added flowers, ferns and leaves to their collection for nature
 study Mrs Hertz and friends also serv-
 ed lemonade and other refreshments to
 the children and made the afternoon
 one long to be remembered. The plan
 adopted last year by which the chil-
 dren voluntarily contributed their pen
 nes for incidental expenses was carried
 out very successfully this year. Light
 refreshments for each trip were paid for
 out of this fund Ice for the school was
 also furnished by the children until an enterprising and enthusiastic little Ital
 ian girl found that the Hyglenlc Ice
 company would furnish the ice if she
 would do the delivering, q task which she cheerfully and faithfully perform ed every morning for a number of weeks.
 The closing exercises were held Thursday, August 8. A full and cred itable exhibition was given of work ac- compished during the six weeks, and exercises by the children, consisting of singing, games, etc, were enjoyed by the visitors who numbered about 25.
 At the close of the programme flow CTS, which had been most generously provided by friends, were distributed among the children, whose happy faces would have convinced the most skepti- cal of the success of the work, even though they had not heard the uestion which came from one and another as they filed out, Twill there be school here next summer"
 Zunder School.
 No question arises as to the need and worth of this school in this swarming district. One hundred and twenty-one children were present the first day and the average daily attendance for each week was as follows: First 109, second 10S, third S6, fourth S4, fifth 80, sixth S6. Average daily attendance for six weeks was 91.
 The teaching corps was as follows: Miss Elizabeth Allen principal; Miss Ada l.. Ruth, assistant in charge of room; Miss Louise G. Reimann and Miss Mabel Rochfort, assistants in class work.
 Morning talks" conducted by Miss Allen, upon definite and practical sub iects, were both interesting and profit able The subjects were these Pa triotism," "Trustworthiness," Help Cleanliness. "Truthfulness" and Honesty"
 Children were asked to name different ways of showing patriotism. Many thoughts were expressed, among them this one: We can show our patriotism by helping make our city clean and beautiful This talk really resulted in l general sweeping of sidewalks. Miss | Alen extending her walk to school sev- aral mornings for the purpose of mak ng personal observations along this inc.
 The desire of the children to prove trustworthy was shown by the very way In which they took are of themselves when left alone for lwhile.
 Cleanliness was dwelt upon every day. ut special attention was given to it me week to induce the children to use he school bath The result was a gen. ral reuest for bath tickets.
 Singing, sewing, nature work, read ng and games followed the morning ak. L.
 One hundred and twenty-f five gar nents were completed No matter LOW warm the day or how knotty the bread, the sewing was always reluct- ntly put away.
 The study of birds during the nature york period was made both interesting nd profitable by the use of bird charts ssued by the Audubon Society and ,aned to both schools by Charles D fine, of Hartford, secretary of State 'oard of Education. The study of flowers. color work, pie ire cutting and mounting, and free and cutting were sources of interest nd profit. We are again indebted to the State formal School for books loaned for the sading hour. These books contained ,any of the favorite fairy talks that ever lose their charm, such as "Cin- erela," Little Red Riding Hood" Sleeping Beauty" "Jack and the ( eanstalk," "Aladdins Lamp. "."Alice i l Wonderland" and stories of fact lch as Colonial Children" and Bird : tories" : In this school, as in Eaton, the games l ere an inexhaustibe source of delipht. 6 l addition to the old favorites such as ] Magic Music" 'I went to visit a q iend one day" "LaZv Betsv," "Will- y m Penn" "London Bridge" Round c ld Round the Village Muffin Man" 2 nd Follow the Leader" A Vale arvard game was originated which, f tough played with bean bags instead c
 a football was played with all the r lthusiasm of Yale field game. New t t,Ft,t.. T,- T,... sfyf,r-