The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-24
EDUCATING THE YOUNG UNGS.
TWO BIG CELESTIAL BOYS ENTER
"A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CLASS.
The First Primary Of ROckAway Beach
Acquires Enthusiastic Pupils--1hey
Achieve Success In Their First Pic.
tOrlal LessOn--Teacher Helps Them.

Acquires Enthusiastic Pupils--1hey
Achieve Success In Their First Pic
tOrlal LessOn--Teacher Helps Them.
The roll of the first primary class OF
Public School "A, at Rockaway Beach, has
been increased in the last two days by the
suggestive names of "Unch ING and tom
ing" The addition has been made at the
cost of much reflection both on the part OF
Principal William M. Gilmore Of the school
and of the single Chinese laundryman of
Arverne. L. |. Niolet-cotton- garmented
and capacious-wa -bagged, Charlie ing
is familiar not only to all Arverneites but
to all such Of their neighbors AZ preferred
to have their collars reglossed in the ORR
entail style. Recently, no one knows ex-
actly when, two young assistants have
been noticed in the ing laundry, squirting
starched water over Arvernian shirt bosoms
and smoothing out the heavy eyelets Of
Arvernan night gowns.
Charlie said the pair were his sons, and
no one thought much about them until
Sunday week, when the Rev. John c. Green.
pastor of Rockaway Beach's First Congre-
gational Church stepped out Of church to
yet a breath 'twixt Sunday school and
Celestials sitting on the fence rail. An
empty laundry bag suggested duty done,
an abnOrmally stolid glance following the
pastors Juvenile flock suggested the worm
wood of loneliness.
~Why don't you come, too?" suggested
Mr.. Green.
"Wlo'kee wIo'kee, wlo'kee alice time
lamento d sixteen-year-od Tom ung.
The pastor comes of old New England
stock, and he said "Oh, but you mustn't
work on Sunday"
Last Sunday morning going over the
points of his discourse on his Pleasant
avenue porch, Mr.. Green looked up to find
himself the object Of three rapid-fre
saaamers.
"Tom an inch payee Glod. makee
fends,' chuckled Charlie.
Enrolled in Sunday school class COM
posed OF boys of their own age, Tom and
inch listened through an hours catechismal
questioning with an intensity of polite
incomprehens ion.
I'm afraid you didn't enjoy yourselves
| a Bit" said the pastor, obviously, at the
close Then that Providence which eggs
| OH the little girl who drops penny in the
| foreign mission box descended on him in
| a revelation.
Just you come and see me next Tuesday
and III fix It all right, he said
| When Principal Gilmore of School A
| found that he had on his hands the task
| of teaching letters to a pair of sixteen and
seventeen-year yellow boys, he shook
his head. As neither of the boys had ever
studied anything, they would have to go
! into a closs with five-year-olds
And it's hard eonugh to hold First
| Primarys attention. ANYWAY, without 1t
being distracted by two great John China
| men," protested the prir cipal. Neverthe-
| less. as NJ. Green had been at great trouble
| to persuade the laundrymsn TO give up his
,t.,f MT, for vi # IL rlfn
| of part of one, MIR Gilmore finally gave his
! consent
The mental direct ress Of First Primary"
is Miss Grace Wilson. who has found that
| in teaching the rudiments the "pict orial'
! method is most efficacious She WIS a
little chary at trying even this on either Of
| her two new pupils until toward the close
Of the day, Then she pulled little string,
unrolling many pict ured chart.
What is that2" she asked Tom, pointing
out one of the works Of art with ruler,
"Dlog! DIog' vociferated Tom, highly
excited.
$50 it u.s. agreed Miss Wilson, APPROX
, ingly. And to show that you are right,
here you see it all spelled out for you. This
il a dog Say it after me. Now, whenever
| you see that picture or whenever you see
those words, you must always say this IL
! a dog Then you will learn to read: y
Unchs turn came yesterday. A single
upright line was chalked on the black
board and he was told to say "one.' When
another was added he was made to say
"two," and when still another WAS chalked
| up he was informed that it made three.
Now what does that make?" asked Miss
| Wilson. dabbing out one of the uprights
| with stroke Of her eraser.
| Unch contemplated first the board, then
| his fingers Slowly he raised forefinger.
{ "Wlon."
. Then he raised middle finger.
"T'loo.'
f. Finally he verified the addition
/ "T'loo!"
| And he grinned sagaciously.
J Principal Gilmore said that his Chinese
| boys we're surely with him to stay.
F! Just as soon az they can read and figure
J at all they'll catch right up with the boys
! of thei own age" he said