The daily sentinel., 1907-04-24
THESE ARE BUSY DAYS
At the City Schools Monthly Examin
ations on-Field Day
Just Ahead.

The students are looking forward
with pleasure to Field Day. Friday,
the 26th. Those who are in training
have been doing faithful work and
promise an interesting series of field
and track events. Admission at the
gate of the fair grounds. where the
events Will take place will only be
25 cents. 1t is hoped that a large
number of our citizens will be pres
ent doing good roofing for their fav-
orltes among the contestants.
This is the week Of the monthly ex-
animation tests In the high school.
Pupils are putting forth earnest eff
fort In preparation for these tests
and we hope they VIII make good
records. This is the last test before
the final tests the last week in May.
Miss Mildred Garrett. teacher of
the sixth grade In the high scho
building, has received a government
appointment TO the Philippines, She
Will sail for her new field of labor
within few weeks. Miss Garrett is
very strong, efficient teacher and
one who has good Influence over the
pupils with whom she comes in con-
tact She will be missed by her fell
AbW AtdANtINH HEI DNUlIA ana IlhnN
warm friends in ;he community.
The superintendent recently visit
ed the work of Miss Mcconnell, teach
er of the first grade of the Emerson
school. Miss Mcdaniel during the
present year has had some hard con-
ditions to meet. but has proved equal
to the demands. Her total enroll
ment for the year is 10. Some of the
time every seat in her large room has
been filled and a number have been
seated in little chairs. In spite of
these conditions the pupils In her
room have made remarkable advance
ment and are up In all lines of work,
Besides her regular work. Miss Me
Connell has taken Into her room n
number of children VINO could not
speak English and has succeeded ad-
mirably well in giving them the
ground work of our language. These
children all through their lives will
owe a great deal to the patient work
OF Miss Mcconnell. Miss McConnells
influence over her children Is always
gentle and pleasant and carries with
it an eleyating tone.
The general teachers meeting last
Tuesday evening proved to be inter-
esting and practical. In addition to
the usual routine work, Superintend-
ent Allen read short selection from
wrong view of life to think that
wealth and honor constitute happi-
ness. The article closes with the
following selection from John Rus
kin: ITO watch the corn grow or the
blossoms set: to draw hard breath
over plow-share or spade; to read, to
think. to love, to pray-these are
things that make men happy" At the
request of the superintendent, Miss
Mary Enoch read 2 selection entiti-
ed "The Judge and Tim" Miss Enoch
read this in her usual attractive and
expressive manner. A scene in Judge
Iindsey's court is described. 1t re-
lates the story of an apparently In
corrigible boy. He would not at
tend school but stayed out to work.
One morning he came to the Judge
and told him why he had stayed out
of school. He had been earning mon
ey to buy a tombstone for his moth
er. The boy said "She done lot
for me; that's all | could do for her
now" After this incident the boy
was a model in school attendance
The teachers reading club held their
last session for the current school
year. The time was devoted to two
entertaining ESSAYS from Ella. The
teachers passed a resolution extend
ing a vote of thanks 10 Miss Helen A
Dewey and expressing their apprec'
iation of her ability and her interest
ing way of conducting the meetings
of the teachers reading club.