The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-09-09
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Opened this Week with a Good At
tendance and Full Corps
Of Teachers

Those who noticed the struggling line
of boys and girls as they wended their
way in the direction of the school
house Monday morning must have been
carried back in their mind to the time
when they, too, were boys and girls.
and how. with tinge of regret for va
cation that had ended, and some doubts
as to the future, they listlessly discus
sed the new teacher that was to be. One
can scarcely help Illuminating on those
/ bygone days. and there comes rolling
over US a wave OF sadness because they
are gone, and will never return. Lit
tie these careless, happy-go-lucky boys
and girls know that their school days
are the happiest they will remember in
after years, when the cares of life be-
gin to press on the mind. Not that
those days did not know their troubles
too, but they were short lived and did
not gall; A night efTaced them, and a
rising sun brought the joys, the hopes
and bouyant life Of another day.
Happy days. Let the children enjoy
their childhood 10 the full Only let
them be good, pure, noble and generous,
so that in after years it may be pleas
ure to dwell on, and in the language Of
one Of the most unhappy, and yet one
of the most gifted of men, ''may you
better reck the reed than e'er did the
adviser
Only one of the most practical of Cad
grinds will condemn us for dwelling for
a brief space in the halls Of our mem
Dry.
Leavenworth's public school opened
with full corps of teachers. Prof. c..
E. Green, principal, at the head. with
with the seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth grades in his charge. Mrs. NJ
Farmer with the fifth and sixth grades,
Miss Julia Argos with the third and
fourth, and Miss Fanny Walford in
charge Of the primary grades. In the
first room II, second 26, third % and in
the the primary grade IS. One hun
dred and six in all.
OF course the children did not all
start on the first day. They never do.
There are some thirty more that will
be added to the choul when the attend
ance is full.
The prospects for profitable school
are good. The teachers are faithful
and experienced. The board has the
Interests of the school at heart. The
parents will be welcomed when they
visit the school. says Prof. Green, and
are urged not to blame the board or
the teachers, but to call on the princi-
pal when they have fault to find or care
to know about the school.
The school will grow as the town
grows and should help to make it grow.
The first and second grade is full.
Room can be made for all who deserve
high school work, and all high school
subjects can be taught.
Two good sized sheds should be built
before the snow begins to fall. One
for the boys and another for The girls,
where they could take their exercise
and not be compelled TO stand il the
snow during recess and before school
opens.
The teachers want the help and CO.
operation of the parents to the end that
the term may be a benefit TO the chill
dren and a source of satisfaction to their
parents.
The Echo will cheerfully do anything
that will be benefit to the school and
will publish the reports as they are fur
nished. showing the progress made by
the children,