The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-02-05
The Boom in the Schools.

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The Boom in the Schools.
Talk about your booms and the way
things are coming in Greater Oska-
loosa!" The biggest boom Of all is in
the public schools. 1t is getting so
there's hardly room to turn around
Hospital Day in the trolley cars over
and over again to the end of the week.
Everybody seems to have turned pro-
moter, same as in new town, but
with this difference; the school boom is
a reality, not simply on paper When
town becomes crowded it expands,
taking in more territory, and that is
just what our schools will have to do
very soon. Two classes with 80 to 40
pupils as the outside limit are enough
for any teacher if the best results are
to be expected. A number of our
teachers now have three classes. 9th
ers have two classes and half the reci-
tations of another class with as many
as fifty pupils on the roll. Fifth ward
school should be made into ten-room
building, so should Fourth. Thru
ward building needs another room, or
a building should be erected on the
property owned by the district on the
south side. In cities where the free
kindergarten is a part of the system
there should be nine or ten rooms to
the building so as to accommodate the
eight grades leach containing two
classes besides the preliminary divis-
ion of the first grade and the kinder
garten) without crowding more than
two divisions or classes on teacher.
If any one thinks it an easy matter
to dispose of 300 to $50 pupils, diyid-
ed into seventeen classes and kinder
garten, among eight teachers he
should by all means be permitted to
go over the ground and make sugges-
tions. Changes or promotions in one
room have to be made with reference
to the effect on all other grades and
rooms in a building and usually with
reference to one or more other build
ings. One may go to bed with the
problem and sleep with both eyes wide
open in trying to see a way to adjust
everything to the best advantage,
without too many transfers and too
much friction.
The half year step or interval be-
tween classes is as we have explained
at other times very satisfactory ad-
justment of classes, making it possible
for strong pupils to go ahead Of
class (There were four in one eighth
grade class recently and not causing
too long review for those who get be-
hind. We work on that plan and have
tried to fill up all missing classes.
The schools are also trying to be
economical in every way and are doing
the best work possible in their crowd
ed condition. Whether it is good
economy to do without adequate school
room for the children, the citizens of
Oskaloosa must decide. We believe
they will meet the necessities of the
case as they have done in this and
other directions in the past.
R&s
Admitted to High School.
The following pupils having COM
pleted the work of the Eighth grade
were given certificates of admission to
the high school.
Lincoln SchooI-First Ward.
1. Nancy Jane Klepper.
2. Charles Moore.
3. Gertie Killa Vittum.
| 4. Hilda Johnson.
5. Mary Frances Holmes.
| 6. Frederick Lawrence Sondregger.
Z. George William Harriott.
s. frank Harold Strouse.
9. Sarah nosa Wetsman.
TO- William Fred Steddom.
II. Linda Luella Adair.
II. Maud Rebecca Evans.
13. Lou Ella Brown.
IA. Minnie Wilhelmina Nehring.
15 Orrie Wilson Knott.
jefferson Building-Second Ward.
/. William John Bennett.
2. Max Harvey Fierz.
8. Donald Bernard Hawkins.
4. Walter Joseph Pilgrim.
5. Frank Emil Schilling.
6. Tom Harrison Williams.
7. Evalyn Virginia Baugh.