The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
LISA MODEL SCHOOL.
State journal Reporter Spends an
Hour at sumner.

This is the last week of the Topeka
school term and the teachers in all the
schools are busy placing the prize
work of the little ones on exh1pltlon
in the rooms. A State journal re-
porter spent an hour Tuesday in the
Sumner school at Fourth street ana
Western avenue and saw much inter
esting evidence of The good work &C
complished by that school the past
S. H, Howard, the principal, is a
young man, but he understands the
greatest problem school man is call
ed upon to face-how to treat the
boys, good and baC, to get them to DO
their best. Professor Howard has
been in charge of the Sumner school
two years. He started out by Install
ing a playground on a limited space.
He had no ground, so he used the
parking in front OF the school. He
has the children playing volley and
fasketkaIl and a half dozen otner
games He helped them buy apparatus
for these sports and encourages them
to become expert in the games. start
ing this way, and showing the boys he
is their friend, thu principal can en-
force rigid discipline and make the
boys believe it when he tells them IL is
for their own good.
The ten teachers at the school speak
in the highest praise OF the Work ac-
who worked his own way through col
lege and succeeded in spite of every
obstacle.
The rooms are all beautifully deco
rated this week with the children'S
work. Maps and essays and drawings
are hung all tn. way along the black
boards and make pretty borders. Some
of the wark is very fine and all OF IT
is neat and shows pains and care. On
the desks a 10. IF manual training
work is on display. This includes clay
work, weaving, sewing, woodwork and
the products of lot of useful trades
some OF the work the children show
wonderful aptitude for the manual
training courses.
Another noticeable thing about the
Sumner school is the fact that fine pic
lures are hung On the walls of all the
rooms. But the room of MISS Mary
Arnold. teacher of the third-fourtn
grades, Is worthy of special notice.
Miss Arnold is an artist and she mas
painted he autiful borders of birds ana
flowers around the blackboards- The
walls OF her room are hung with many
pictures and some of these she painted
herself. The display is an inspiration
to the children.
Mrs. Mary e Hale of the fourth
fifth grades is the musician OF the
school. Her work is invaluable IN
helping the children with exercises
and entertainments. Miss Ellen Heart
berg AMI Miss Sue Stevenson teach the
primary grades Miss Meta Alfred
teaches the secord-third grades. Mrs.
Mary Il WdlWCTln mas lehuSAI IAAO
fifth-sixth grades at Sumner for four
years with fine success. Miss Lou
Tillson is at the head Of the sixth
seventh grades AMI Miss Lou Sptker
teaches the seventh-eighth grades.
Professor Howard instructs the A class
in the eighth grade.
The graduating class of the eighth
grades will give an entertainment
Thursday, Memorial day. in honor OF
the veterans of the great war. The
graduates are: Albert Anderson, John
Becker. Maude Bell, Fred Chinchou,
Pearl Dahlstrom, George johnson,
Pauline JohnsOc. Naomi King, Albin
Lawson, Dorothv Madoulet, Elsie Mil
Ter, Clarence Mceser, Blanche Noll,
Vera Nygren, Pearl Peterson, Albert
Rodel, Mildred Steinkamp, Bertha
Lauterbach Helen Wiss, Gladys Witt
Painted on the blackboards of sew
eral of the rooms il Sumner school is
a fine picture Of the three wise men
of the east following the star OF
Bethlehem. The picture is ideal for
school room. 1t is a symbol OF Wis
dom seening more knowledge, of good
ness looking for godliness, of patience
and persistence finding a great reward.
The ri eture is a lesson that has been
studied by countless millions and will
never grow old and will never be
solved except by death. Whoever
placed ;Eis picture on the blackboardS
of the Sumner school rooms had an
understa ding of what was the best
and most useful thing to place before
the children while they were working
at their daily grind in the school room.