The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-30

| These were made of woolen goods by diff | ferent children at home.
 The manual training rooms in the base | ment were also thrown open for inspec
 ton. Among the things seen here wer ! drumsticks, tabourettes, music stands ! fancy plate shelves. library tables pedestals. piano stools. seats, cabinets clock faces and writing desks. Consider. ing that this department had not finished
 Its first year and is as yet provided witf
 only limited facilities. its showing wa, creditable alike to the pupils and Pro- lessor Adams. Some of the pieces were !, the work of girls who chose to take the | training and who have done good work | Their work was represented by not only l wood-carving, such as backs of mirrors | and picture frames. but by heavy articles | of furniture, as library tables, music stands and chairs.
 Teach Girls Domestic Science. AtIrving school problem seemed to be the occupation of the seventh and eighth grade girls while the boys were at manual training. Consequently the Mothers Club shouldered a class in domestic science for their benefit. During the past year twenty-four girls have been l receiving weekly two-hour lessons. The work was outlined with the assistance of Mrs. s. Noble King of the State Domestic Science Association, and the lessons have been presented on different days by Mrs. King. by Miss Belle Gowdy, the principal. by Mrs. T. F. English, president of the club, and by other mothers.
 A litt.e room in the basement was clean ed up. The school board put in sink and the woman bought a range and some wall paper. The manual training boys and their instructor, MT. Shireman, paper ed the walls, made the table with drawers for the utensils and partitioned off from another room a portion for a pantry.
 The entire outfit of utensils and dishes was contributed by patrons. who also from time to time furnished materials for the cooking lessons. With cash dona- tions and money that the girls have earn ed selling lunches and homemade candies teh entire cash outlay of $55 was paid be- fore the coming of the June vacation.
 As an experiment, with the assistance of the board of associated charities, a penny savings bank system was institut- ed. Franklin school was selected Although 1t was not started until the mid dle of the year, about $100 in pennies has been invested. Of this sum all but SzO was drawn out at the end of the school year. Next year this work also will be spread in other wards.
 In Edwards district by means of an en- eSA toshihVHt BOt up uy the SCHOOL ana contributions from patrons $4OO was raised for the purchase of a Chandler Price printing press. The purpose is not to do the board Of education's printing cheap, but to give the pupils practice in spell ing, punctuation and other language forms.
 Stanley Taylor. the 17-year-old son of pr. J. B. Taylor. had a printing press at home. As he showed himself to be thor oughly familiar with its use, he has been delegated to care for the new plant and to instruct others. In the three months that 1t has been set up he has instruct ed twenty boys, taking three at a tme For every hour thus spent he is given proper credit.
 Before coming to Bloomington MT. Sta bleton had made himself a record in Ne- braska and Charleston, Ill. He is looked upon by people all over the State as a thinker and leader in educational mat ters. He is greatly loved by the youths under his chavge and whom he always treats with kindness and courtesy. In re- turn they are peculiarly free from the stiffness and constraint so often felt in the presence of a superior. He has writ ten book, Diary of Western School master," that has attracted wide attention in educational circles. In this he gives sympathetic character sketches of some of the types of boys with whom he has worked.
 Mir. Stableton is not only capable from literary and pedagogical standpoint but he Is richly endowed with benevolence, is magnetic organizer and a sympathetic, helpful friend to the boys. Indeed this last point Is one for which he Is strongly commended wherever he has been located. In addition he Is fired with a hopeful de- termination and what a state normal pro- lessor recently expressed as the enthu- siasm of a boy" His zeal and his work are commanding the attention of educa- tors of the country. He was invited to address the State Teachers Association at Springfield in December and several other conventions in the State and he has been given place on programs of the two most influential national gatherings of the year His address before the school superintendentS section at Cincinnati in April was upon Public Opinion and Good Schools" The subject discussed by him before the National Educational Assocla- tion at Boston was How to Increase the Attendance of Boys in the High School"
 Horatio G. Bent, an attorney, who is President of the Board of Education for the fourth year, is progressive, wide awake man and gives unstintingiy of his time to the schools. It Is hs habit to discuss daily the condition of affairs with the superintendent. The Board contains one woman. Mrs. Susan Pike Sanders, who, because Of the ability and efficien- cy which she has shown. las been placed upon the most important committees. 9th CT members are Professor B. S. Potter, Henry Behr Jesse Hoffman, Robert E Williams ard Dr. C. s. Noble.
 One hundred and five teachers are em- ployed for nine months. Some of them have been connected with the Blooming ton schools for a long term of years When a good one Is found she Is retained. Miss Mary Mack, formerly of Denver, Colo, has been the primary supervisor for one year.
 While Bloomington does not pay the highest wages, 1t Is an educational cen ter and desirable residence town and consequently many applications for po- sitions are made, but as the standards are high 1t Is useless for inexperienced. incapable teachers to apply.