Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-08
SCHOOLS Of DOUGLAS SHOWN
TO BE- IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Douglas International

les perhaps. realize mat sue h4Ae
months allotted to the school year
are about expired. and that on Fri
day. My 18th. both pupil and teacher
viii bid farewell to the school room
and its duties, TO fill the next three
months with other joys and iabcrs.
In visiting the Twelfth street and
she Fifteenth street schools this
morning. aud chatting with superin-
tendent. principals and teachers,
heard but one wish. 4 it We're not
Tor its being q real desire 10 have
those who should be most inter
ested in the welfare Of the school.
show more actual appreciation Of
what is being done. The lack Of
interest in what ones child is doing.
tng il can only be learned by visiting
and in the manner Of how he is do
the schools. not on special days.
when programs are prepared 70 show
OF on. but the regular work-a-day
STUDY days days when the child Is
not ia trim to do good work. and
DAYS when ne is doing such splendid
work one feels he has had an IN
spiration and begins TO consider how
one can put him along faster than
Che class work win do It. But each
and every one talked as If they had
not had amy encouragement from the
parents. who need 20 keep abreast
with the child's work, if they do not
soon find themselves behind il i'm ac-
tuaI know ledge. as well as in teen
meal knowledge. One says so much
depends on the teacher. Yes. and
though that teachers training is the
best that a normal school can turn
ont. though her manners and dress
are beyond question when IN
public. her impotence in the school
room may unfit her for all that IS
best in the work Upon the teachers
selCcontrol depends the manner in
which she controls her pupils. aud
this is apparent the moment you 90
into a room.
At FifteenIh street.
6s wandered from room 10 room
OF the two buildings visited. ] Was
IMPRESSED with the air Of the room.
that wholesomeness that is in the at
masphere. one teacher said my
papiIs have good memories. and when /
II comes 10 reviews they seem 20 /,
have it better. if such a thing were
rassible. thsn when they went over
4 the 6rst time. They are alert and
alive 10 everything they have 20 do. I
sr tina is done in their hearing
Thts same teacher said her pupils Z
had "a keen sense of humor. whether Z
hey had acquired IL at her expense.
Dr. s1e at theirs was and always
would be- an unsettled question, but
that iba, possessed it, is sufficient.
She said her pupils had learned to
mink and in helping them TO be IN
iiyidual workers she felt thar she
had ACCOMPLISHED one Of the best
.hiugs possible. The teacher VINO
an open the door Of a chiid's mind
o a sense OF its own power has done
more Tor that child than Years OF
parrot teaching can do
MANY Of the pupils of this room
nave made such good grades they
,re excused from final examinations
In another room where there were
many little tots. at least they seemed
mere babies to me. and most OF them
Vaxicans. ! was told that these lit
.Ie fellows enjoyed the drawing and
work OF cutting paper
INTO shapes more than they did the
stories that were read to them, but
hat this was due TO the fact that
.Aav did not understand the words Of
I2p=iish as well as they could under
stand the things they could make.
In this same room the little tots had
not only learned the stories OF the
little Red Hen" the Three Bears.
Red Riding Hood" but had acted
zach one out and they do this so
naturally that their teachers regret F,
Cd very much that their parents :
.ouId no. see how nicely they adapt
ID themselves to each little thing.
In another room in the grades a
ittte Mexican boy was brought out
10 read TO ne. that might hear his
pronunciation. which was excellent
indeed. ana others brought their tab
els 20 me that might see their
,eamanship, which surpasses that OF
many man now in the business
grid The routine work OF the
.chool room is being carried forward
nth all the skin and interest to be
-ornd IN many eastern. or schools OF
,.he- sections. and when II is known
,h,, TIE teachers are all graduates
!, srecisl schools we have right 20
a~nse- inst what We have. the best
At Twelfth Street
The twelfth street and High scnooi
e. a. += prettiest at this time. The
80 and roses, the clover and the |
40 an the lawn. and the ivy. sers-
,e,,ps foliage plants, and fountain
:, The patio. give one feeling OF
b,me life. not found in many schools .
s-.-...-f,,.e,dent I.utz was seen III /