Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14
OMAHA PROUD OF SCHOOLS
New System is Taught from Kinder
garten to High School.
BUILDINGS ARE PERFECT MODELS
Many side Issues Are within Reach
Of Pupils Beside Mere Book
Learning - Training In
the Grades.


that by education more good Is accom-
plished than by any other reforming func-
ton or any other Influence for civil bet
terment
The children are the charge Of the gov
eminent in every sense Of the word and the
proper caring for their physical. moral
and mental welfare is the final test Of It's
efficiency.
The schools OF Omaha, the skill with
which they are administered, the care
with which all the features Of educational
work are planned and executed are among
the city's proudest possessions.
The publlc education of Omaha school
children Is administered In thirty-five
schools. including the high school, Housed
in fine buildings. most OF them compare
lively new, 10000 school children are trained
by the best teachers that can be obtained
for the money that the authorities can
afford to spend and everything Is planned
for their advantage and lasting benefit.
The high school leads in attendance with
1877 as a daily average and an enrolment
Of 2O51 KeIom has the largest of the
grammar schools, has an enrolment OF
1850 and daily average OF over 800. All
the others range In size between the KEEL
Iom and the Sherman, which is a small
The high school itself is an institution
which must serve as the final secondary
education for hundreds of children and in
deed lie an educational goal which great
many never reach. 1t Is organized and
run on scale of thoroughness and com
pleteness that would have been impossible
in the small college of a few years ago.
Its staff numbers experts Of standing in
the various lines of study. Its rules OF
teaching are scientifically gagged and In
sympathy with the latest conclusions Of
pedagogical experts and psychologists. The
state building on the very top of one OF
the city's highest hills. with its surround
ing lawns and streets and the spleilGId
view across the town to the bluffs of the
river Is a gracious alma mater to thous-
ands OF graduates.
students Well Grounded.
The courses of study, based on eclectic
principles are calculated to give every stu
dent thorough grounding in one or two
fundamentals and to allow those who have
special leanings to get some taste Of their
favorite subjects so that they may be en-
courased and inspired to go further
Every pupil who graduates has gone
through four years of continuous study OF
the English language and literature He
has been acquainted with the greatest of
English classics and with the ancient ira
ditions and mythical lore that are the
foundations OF literature He knows to a
certain extent not only what things to adj
mire in his reading. but some simple basis
of judgment that will give him a reason
for his likes and dislikes. He las been
trained In composition to express himself
carefully and clearly. In the Omaha high
school this training is not only the purpose
of the work in English. It is the actua
result OF It, E>
The thoroughness and efficiency of tho
rhetorical training are what have made tn,
graduates Of the Omaha high school SC
readily accepted in higher institutions OF
learning, and the college theme teacher
very seldom can complain OF the Omaha
graduate as he does of the graduate OF
so many preparatory schools-that he can.
not write an English sentence
All mddern languages that are commonl,
used-Freuch, German and Spanish, ar,
taught Nor four years, and in that tim,
the careful student can get a wor<ins
knowledge. Greek and Latin are taught
and the one who cares to ground himself
In classics can get three years OF the frs
and four OF the latter.
mAtnemutAca Required.
Mathematical training TO a certain degre
is required and opportunity is given 4
carry It much further II desired. scienc
is represented In the curriculum Of botan,
and zoology, physiology, geology, physics
chemistry and photography. Every pup
must know some ancient history ana tn
first principles OF American history an
civics
In keeping with the modern ideas @
what education includes as necessary in
young students training, the high schoC
has taken the lead In establishing a sys
tenn OF manual training, and the systei
has spread to the ward schools Manu-,
training itself has been taught in II
high school for twenty years in tw,
year course So far the work has been a
in wood, but the Board OF Education
contemplating an extension for the cours
II will then take up the full four year
and the junior and senior years will
spent in forge and machine shop practic
The work OF the Omaha manual trainin
pupils has always been of a remarkab
high grade, and at exhibitions around II
country the turning lathe work that
done by second year boys has won a nun
Der OF prizes.
As an adjunct TO manual training.
domestic science department was esta
llshed In the high school two years az
One hundred and twenty girls a ter
can be accommodated. and the classes a
always full Among the girls It has prov,
the most popular OF all elective course
and extensions must soon be made. n
original investment was not large. Al
the extension can be made with small a
ditions to the equipment already purchase
From the high school the manual trair
ing movement has spread until there an
complete equipments under the charge ,
n competent teacher in the following war
schools, Monmouth Howard Kennedy. La
throp Lake. Cass, Pacific. Vinton. Fore,
Gin eonstruction), Comenius. Mason. Win.
sor Beals, Columbia. Farnam, VAIN,
I'M and Clifton HILL Even the younge,
OF the children can find a chance In thes
schools TO get some training in the us
OF his fingers and in the mastery of tool
Progressive Spirit shown.
The school system OF Omaha, thanks
able and prospective officials and 10 n
progressive spirit OF the boards OF educ