The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
CLOSE OF THE SCHOOLS
HAPPY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR
PUPILS AND TEACHERS.
Resume of the Past Years work
shows FIattering Conditions
Teachers and Their Vacations.

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Everyone will remember the happy feel
ing that comes with the realization upon
awaking the first morning after the close
OF the school term that work for the year
Is over and entire summers vacation
just opening The schoolboy of to-day is
not unlike the lad of yesterday. for this
romping. happy individual. whose present
ambition is to return home at night with
large supply of marbles. will always be the
same There was a happier ring in the
shouts Of the schoolboys as they went home
Friday. and even the sedate school teacher
bad pleasanter smile than usual. for she.
Goo, will put her books and records on the
shelf for three months and seek the recrea-
ton to which everyone turns with the adj
vent OF warm weather.
The past school year has been one of the
most successful in the history of Indian
apolis public schools. Although numerous
drawbacks in the way OF smallpox condi-
tons and other hindrances have impeded
progress along certain lines, yet the year
on the whole has been productive of excel
lent results. and the work done by the
pupils Of high standard. Superintendent
Calvin ~. Kendall expressed himself as
very pleased with the past terms work and
spoke especially OF the general good spirit
that dominated the teachers and pupils
alike. One OF the advances made last year
was In the manual training departments of
the grade schools, this work being in
creased and carried on extensively. The
facilities for technical work in the grades
VIII De increased next term and also in the
Manual Training High School There will
be number of improvements in this insti-
tuition, an account Of which has already ap-
peared In the Journal
BETTER ATTENDANCE.
Besides the character Of the work done.
the reports for the month OF May show that
the attendance was much better than last
term. At the close Of last month 23,S73 pu-
pills belonged to the school roll There were
registered in the Office 12.457 boys and 1870
girls. making total of 25.247 The aver
age daily attendance was 22,s2G an increase
OF nearly a thousand over the previous
term An illustration of the steady attend
ance of the pupils this year is seen in the
record for presence, which last year was
403,25, against IA. ga this There was also
a noticeable decrease in the absence list,
which this term was 31.911. against "a 952
The Robert Gould Shaw colored building.
which will replace, school No. 40. will be
ready for students by the opening of school
In September, and the Improvements In the
M. L. II: s, Will also be completed. The
Shaw school is located at the corner of
Senate avenue and North street New
schools In Irvington and North Indianapolis
will also welcome a large number of pupils
after the vacation. OF course, there will be
q number OF minor improvements during
the summer which will put the buildings in
tip-top shape for the beginning of the year
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The big family of INDIANAPOLIS school
teachers will begin Immediately to separate
A large number will remain in the CITY, but
many will betake themselves from the dusty
streets and heat OF the Hoosier capital and
seek the cool and inviting seashore or the
''babbling brook" in the pleasant country
districts.
Miss Kate Thompson, of the Manual
Training High School, has gone to the Brit
ish isles. where she will study municipal
government in that part of the world. Prin-
cipal Charles Z. Emmerich, OF the same
school. will remain in the city most of the
summer, looking after things" at his
school.
WHERE THEY WILL GO.
Following is list of teachers who win
spend the summer out of town:
Violet A. Demree Dublin Ind: Arthur 7.
Bean, Worcester. Mass: Mary E. Davies,
Waynesville, Y. c.; Harriet E. Robinson.
Chautauqua, n. Y; Arthur ]. Pienkowsky.
Grand Junction, Mich: Josephine Loomis.
Buffalo, N. Y; Harriet Rhetts, Salem. Ind:
John T. Brown. Chicago Heights. ILL.,; c.
A Abbott. Greencastle; Milo Stuart. Hor-
IonViie, Lno;; hemper Mchomb, Hanover,
Elizabeth c. Hench, Carlisle, Pa; l.. n
Johnson, San Diego, Cal; Don E. Smith,
Derby, Erie county. New York; George E.
Maefina% va" island na[k Mieh Es ttnns9
Borden, Ind; Frank Mueller, Milton, Ind
Edith NJ. Compton, Anderson, Ind; Addie
Wright, Greenfield. Ind; Harriet e. Wal.
lace, Jackson, Mich; Elizabeth Wilson.
Peru. Ind. Lillian Weyl. Franklin: Eliza
Ripley. o.; Nettie Swindler, Belleville, Ind
Laura Frazee. Frankfort. Ind; Cora M.
Halsey, Oshkosh, Wis; George NJ. Cross
Theresa, Wis; G. H. Coburn, Waltham,
Mass: c. s. Stone. Oshkosh Wis: Minnie
Cofman. Cloverdale. Ind; Ernest Bier
man, Arcadia, Ind; Emma Lakey, New
Ind: Elizabeth Bettcher, North Liberty;
Laura Benedict. Paragon, Ind; Sophia
son. Ludlow. Ky: Efie Wilson, Point
Chautauqua, N. Y; Della r. Kingman,
Middleboro. Mass; Maude Huestes, Green
castle; Estelle King, Dabney. Ind; Mayme
Coldwater. Mich; Katherine Kelley, No
hlesville: Jessie NJ. Hogate. Danville, Ind;
Helen Weidig' Germany; Edna c. Harter,
Hagerstown, Ind: George NJ. Caldwell.
Hampton, Va Sara c. Youtsey. Southport,
William A. Thomas. Port Chester. n. Y;
Ambia Keene. Churubusco Ind; Nora A.
Roberts, Kokomo. Ind; Ella Croker, Rich
mond. Ind: Alice O'Hair. Bay View Mich;
Sadie Thomas, Knox Ind; Grace Van
Buskirk. Greensburs, Ind; Agnes Z. Shea,
Lexington, Ind: Minnie Dodson. Maynes-
vile. o.: Josephine Moran. st. Mary's,
Vigo county, Indiana; Alice Alexander.
Norwood. Ind: p. T. Miller. Evansville.
Ind: Elizabeth j. Cotton. Charlevoix
Mich; Martha Allgire. Eugene Ore; Fred
Sillery. Bloomington. Ind: Eliza G. Clarke,
Dale Ind; Clara Washburn. Petoskey
Mich; Edna O'Dell. Greencastle, Ind
Mary Moriarty, Oswego. n. Y; Lulu Horn
aday. Plainfield. Ind. Carrie Merrill.
Southport. Ind; Mary f. Cotton, Charlie
voix. Mich: Lucy earle, Southport, Ind.
Clara Morley. Calumet. Ind. Allie Bland
Brownsburg, Ind; Lillian Behmeyer,
Bridgeport, Conn: Mary "A. Hancock,
Charlottesville Ind; Media Movigan
Girard. o.; Jean Rankin. Greensburg, Ind
Miss Brockhausen York Beach. Me-; Caro-
line Townsend, York Beach. Me; Alice NJ
Hull Monticello, Ind. Olga Schellschmidt,
Leesburg. Ind; Louise Pugh, York Beach,
Me-; Mary Dixon. Paris. Ind.