The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-11
WORK OF SUMMER SCHOOLS
MANIFESTED BY THE WORK AT
 ZUNDER SCHOOL.

Fairgrounds Afforded Children Be-
 tween the Ages of Two and Eight
 Years-Teachers Have Many Interest
 ing Experiences-An Account Of the
 Day's PrOgramme-The Attendance is
 Larger Than Ever.
 An idea of what the summer schools are accomplishing may be obtained by visit to the Zunder school on George street. The exercises each day furnish a study in human nature which is de- cidedly interesting and many of it's phases are certainly entertaining. The rear of the school lot is fitted up with swings, see saws and hammocks. Cov- cred seats are also afforded those who wish to spend the time quietly. This playground is for the use and benefit of children between the ages of two and eight years, and the little ones are cared for by most capable corps of teachers, of which Miss Alice Barrett is the director, with Miss Evelina Park CT as the all-day assistant and Miss Mabel Close as assistant in the after noon. The playground is utilized by the little girls who are taught sewing on Mondays and Wednesdays, and who play 'at school' and enjoy themselves at other tasks and pastimes which might naturally be expected to interest them. The boys hold running races, oc- casionally attempt to play school, and are at all times in mischief. The boys keep the teachers busy. the teachers be- ing obliged, at times, to interrupt gen. uine fistic encounter.
 The attendance on the playground averages 200 per day. These 200 little people indulge in diversion on Tues days and Thursdays which is one of the most interesting imaginable Miss Carson, who is employed for that ex- press purpose, stands in front of the large bath tub on the first floor of the building and with plenty of soap, a spraying apparatus and a sponge, cleans the children one after another, as they reach the tub. The little ones stand in line waiting for their turn at the scrubbing.
 When it is considered that the greater part of these children are from the homes of the poorer people of the city, and many of them come from the poor est homes, the bathing programme and the clean healthy sports and exercises will ha roadiI,y
 The summer school proper, which em- braces the department devoted to edu- cational purposes, is in session every | morning and is attended by 16O pupils, on the average, daily. Four rooms in | the building are devoted to the use of the students, each room accommodating about forty. Miss Elizabeth Allen is | the principal. The assistants are the | Misses Ruth, Comboy and Rockford, | with Mrs. Barnes who has charge of the classes in domestic science. Read ing, writing, music, singing, and bot any are taught. The students are those over eight years of age and the boys are taught to make blouses and other use- ful articles, while the girls are trained in all kinds of sewing, such as the mak- ing of aprons, skirts and shirt waists. The department of domestic science is one of special interest. A suite of rooms is devoted to the work. The pu- pills are taught to set the table, properly | wash the dishes, and do other work of an household nature.
 The school this summer is larger than ever and the teachers are doing an ex- cellent work in training the children in the useful customs and habits of every day life.