Milford chronicle., 1939-05-05

ture libraries. Last year the inter
mediate room became interested in
better-picture library. They bough
liling cabinet and one hundre'
folders to put the pictures in. At til,
end of the year this one room had |
library Of almost 1000 pictures. Th'
children also have a stamp collection
Al the beginning Of this schoO
year the intermediate grades hal
two hundred and nineteen library
books. Each pupil keeps q recOrt
Of the hooks which he reads. The
record cards are kept in small films
case. Last year the children read %,
Looks.
The intermediate room has a new
museum. A case with a glass door
is used to store the museum mater
| ial. This is not a museum of dead
: material. Ii is used in connection
/ with class work.
/ This room has had club for sew
cral years. Each year the children
I hold an election of officers. At each
I biweekly meeting there is a literary
program. The children raise money
j in various ways to buy framed pic
lures. filing cabinets, paper towels,
+ health scales. book cases. yictrola
records. etc.
The primary room. consisting of
grades one. two and three. has morn
ing inspection by pupil inspector.
Personal cleanliness is stressed and
the children come to school neat and
clean. The children wash their
hands before eating their noon lunch.
Safety is taught and praeticed.
The picture library. consisting Of
labeled and classified pictures creates
interest. The pupils have cOntribu-
ted tn a small but growing museum.
In keeping with the spirit of mod
ern education. the first and second
grades are making miniature farm
while they study farm life. The
children learn 10 work together and
he happy.
The Pennington school has served
hot lunches for several years. They
serve sandwiches. ham. lettuce and
egg, soup. cocoa, buns. dOughnuts,
etc. Cooking is done on an electric
stove, and the school is supplied
with the necessary cooking utensils.
Games and athletics are taken care
Of Boys and girls from the first
grade up are supplied with play ma
:erials.. The school has dodge balls.
base balls, bats, base hall diamond
and they play basketball out OF doors.
Baseball. vOlley ball and soccer are
the fayorite games Of the older chill
dren.
The Pennington school has a small
wood working shop where the boys
make and stain useful articles, The
! 0ys like this work.
Mrs. Elizabeth 6. Fields is the
music teacher. and Mrs. Isabella NJ. |
Kast teaches art.
The school grounds have recently !
been improved by the planting OF
lhrubbery. The money for this pur- !
pose was raised by donations. Cen
arous contributions were made by /
prominent people who once lived in
a rock garden fourteen /
'eet i'm diameter surrounds the flag
pole. The rocks came from Pennsyl-
iania. West Virginia, Maryland, Vir-
yinia and Delaware. I
This school is a three room brick
completed in 1929. Each
lass room has two cloak rooms. The
is lighted by electricity.
The Pennington teachers are Mr..
.cater A. Judy. principal: Mrs. Hazel
}. Taylor and Mrs. Clara B. Steele.
'he board of education is composed
# william b. Tharp. Arthur l..
.ynch. J. Wallace Hill and Elmer
|. Tull
In 1885 the village and community
iere served by school known as
hOrt's, located about one mile from
he village. The winter term was
lught by men as il was thought
hat they were better able to con-
rol the husky bOYs who worked on
he farms In summer and attended
rhool In winter. The teacher often I
'alked up and down the aisies with {
stick in his right hand resting
gainst his shoulder after the man I
er Of driving a team Of oxen. Like
.habod Crane of Sleepy Hollow. he :
rged the lOiterer along the fiOwery d
lth of knowledge with the birch.
With the coming Of spring the (
rge boys returned to the farms. c
nd Young ladies' were employed to
ach the rest of the term. II
In 1863 the first private, or select >
,h0ol. was opened in the Presbyter- ii
n Church. v
In 1924 PineY Grove district and {
0ey's School district tbettFr known q
Coon Denl consolidated Farming
n. Buses iransnort the children !;
ON the surrounding country to c
,rmingtOn. II
It's far cry from the good old 8
Iys" 10 "a modern $4,000 school Il
ant! u