La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1919-02-01

ghIeri, II diploma di licenZa dalla ia
mes Wilson School. Egli entrera nella
Central High, mentre sua sorella Ro-
salia, di quasi un ammo piu avanzata
di lui, col primo del prossimb febbraiO
frequentera il secOndO ammo nella
High School for Girls.
Durante la cerimonia della conse-
gna del Diplomi di licenza, nella ia
mes Wilson School 81 svolse un ge-
male trattenimentO, di recitazione di
musica, al quale parteciparonO, Oltre
ALA Direttrice Miss Doyle, maestri
lie maestro, gil alumni di lutte le
classi, j loro genitori ed il pubbico in
generate.
Al nOstrO piccolo Antonio, eletto
storiOgrafO della classe, tocc0 il COM
pito di parlare di essa ricordandO gil
EVENT. piu mott, specialmente del
l'ultimO ammo. Mel programme musi-
Gale fu motto applaudito quando sue
no, acc0mpagnato al piano da sua So
rella ROsalia, lassolo d "Thais".
Sebbene sia breve il periOdo dacche
ha incOminciatO ad impaTare a suOna-
re il viOlinO, per pochi mesi soto la
direzi0ne di suO zio GinO Papola ed
ora con la guida del Prof. Giovanni
Cianciarulo, il nOstrO piccolo Antonio
ha fatto un nOtevOle prOgressO. Sua
sorella che, come abbiamo detto, Sc
deva al piano, richiesta, suon0 anche
il RigOletto.
EccO mel suO testO in inglcse quan-
to il iigliO del nOstro diettOre ebbe
dire della sua classe:
/ PRINCIPAL, FACULTY, GUESTS
AND CLASSMATES,
Notwithstanding my unworthiness.
the graduating class placed an honor
upon me, by electing me as historian.
ut is my duty to tell at this gath
ering, to the best Of my ability, the
history Of the class.
IF | had not been limited of speak
ing only of the history of this class.
l would have been glad to go back
to earlier schooldays and tell about
the James Wilson School in general
and prove that, beginning from the
Principal, Miss Doyle, to a teacher of
a kindergarten grade, in our school,
the best systems of teaching have
been adopted, surprising any other
school in the city. So, now that Pm
about to say eau Revoil" to the vii
son School and to enter a higher gra-
de, there comes to my mind Of all
the good days that we passed here
among our schoolmates, under the
wise direction of the faculty of this
school But, Pm discovering that Pm
departing from the real subject that
is, to narrate briefly, the history Of
the class.
During the year Of 1917, there
were two sixth grade b classes, which.
afterwards, went to make up the pre-
sent graduating class of February.
1919.
zone Of the sixth grade b classes,
was assigned to Miss Webster and
was composed of about twenty five
pupils, while the other sixth grade h
class was under the direction of Miss
Spear.
"After being promoted, we united
into one class and entered the seventh
grade A. Miss Alsop, the present Eng
llsh Instructor, was our teacher.
"As soon as we entered her room,
we began to feel the atmosphere of
a higher education and to do real
work in all subjects, namely: Arith-
metic, Geography, English, History,
Physiology, Reading and Music.
Miss Alsop has, as always, been
active and good and has taken great
interest in our class. She has tried
to influence our minds with good Eng
lish; has taught us how to appreciate
leisure time; and has made US unders-
tand the meaning Of discipline.
We were getting along splendidly
with Miss Alsop, when, all of a sudd-
en-, were told that the grades ranging
from the seventh grade A to the
eighth grade b were going to begir
a new system. This new method is
called the Departmental System"
"The reason why the Board of Ed,
ucation put this system into use is tc
prepare us for High School.
"This, moved and frightened us &
little, because we thought it was going
to be very difficult undertaking, but
as time went on, we began to ge
accustomed to the newly born mo
vement.
b ''By receiving the instruction tau
ght US, with such a method, we hav,
B. discovered, that it has been more a
| pproachable to our minds and thu
result is proven by the graduation O.
today.
"At the very beginning of this new
system, we had Miss Alsop, one O.
the most competent teachers as ou.
English instructor; Miss Strien ha.
. demonstrated her ability with yer,
4 sldllful mind, by teaching us geogra
e. ply, writing and drawing; Mr.. Hill
e. has proven to be the most pratica
instructor in spelling, oral compost
, ion, defamation and orations; Nh
Riemschinder, the mathematician
with the wonderful mind, taught u
l mathematics; and lest Of ALL but no
least, we had Mr.. Finn, who was yer,
D thorough in teaching us physiolog
= and history.
4 "The departmental system WASH
: quite three months old in our school
when Mr., Finn, our physiology an
history teacher, resigned as a gram
mar school instructor and took up tn
practice of law, which shows that, a
?. l said before, Mr.. Finn was a teache
! with broad knowledge which mad
him able to continue his studies an