The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-12-12

grows IN interest anu value. unutf
the able supervision of Miss Kilgour,
teacher of biology in the high school.
The eyes of the children have been
opened to the wonderful things
aroud them, and the teachers them
selves are getting the enthusiasm
and inspiration necessary to make
science teaching a success.
Departmental System and Ungradcd
Rooms.
The departmental system of work
in the upper grammar grades has
proven to be all that was claimed
for 1t. Teachers are conducting
classes in the subjects to which they
are best adapted and in which they
have specialized. Mrs. Townsan,
Miss Rose, and Miss Williams, are
thus doing splendid work for the
schools in English literature and
grammar, while Miss Needs, Miss
Young, Miss Koontz, Miss McMur-
trie, Miss Shannon, Mrs. Hawks
and Miss Forman are meeting with
equal success in arithmetic and
| history.
! The two ungraded rooms which
you provided are doing all that
can be done to help those whom
they were intended to help. The en-
rollment of all schools drop off
rapidly as we approach the upper
grades, and this Is particularly true
of the boys There are several
causes for this, but the chief one is
encouragement arising from accu-
mulative deficiencies as they pass
through the grades. Schools are
over-crowded, weakness in one grade
becomes failure in the next, and the
| left-overs drop out. The great
problem in graded school work is
to lessen the number of left-overs.
Could we have an ungraded room in
connection with each building,
there would be no left-overs, for
as soon as the child begins to fail.
he would be sent to the ungraded
room for special instruction. Our
ungraded rooms in charge of Mr..
Schwartze and Mr. Willett are prov
ing themselves to be of inestimable
value.
Home Reading.
Your generosity in providing the
schools with books for home reading
has helped them as much as any
other one thing you have done for us
this year. The books selected are
the very best to be found in our Ian
guage. and as such are calculated tt
awaken on the part of the pupil'
, an appreciation for good literature
Our teachers are tactfully studyins
the children. and are endeavoring t.
, enlist their interest and hearty co
!, operation in this matter. and so fla
q aave succeeded. Children are cage
TO get books, and are rapidly aoquir
ing liking for good reading.
. Athletics.
The football seaon is past and tn
? spirit shown by the high school tear
is practically all that could be de
), sired This team, has been a cred
it to the school and credit to tn
: city. Capt Strauss and Manage
:. Smith, and Coach Townsan all re
/; port that the boys have playe
!, conduct while away on trips ha
been in the main exemplary. and sey
:. eral hundred per cent better tina
in any previous year. The boys di
r not win all the games they played
but on the other hand, when unsuC
/: cessful, took defeat Ike true sports
: men.
"They lost the game-no matter TO
, that
They kept their temper and swun
their hat
To cheer the winners-a better wa
; Than to have lost their temper an
won the day"
/ I am pleased to commend mos
| highly, not only the football squad
but all of the pupils of the higl
school, for the loyal spirit they ex
hibit toward the high school faculty
the board. to myself. and.for tn,
interest which they take, not onl,
in their own success, but also il
/ the good name of the school,
Thanking you, gentlemen. for The
, many courtesies you have beer
pleased to show me, for your inter
! est in the well-being of the schools
and for your many words of appre
citation of the work of the teachers
and of my management of tht
schools, l remain,
Yours respectfully,
d. C. REED,
City Superintendent