Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 December 1895 — Page 4

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OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

A FEW FACTS AND FIGURES CONCERNING THEM.

The Extent of Valuation of the School Property—'TheTeacherO,Their Number*# the Total 8al»rl«i Paid-Some Xnterestf«injt Statistic* Concerning the Public Library.

Every taxpayer, every citizen, of Torre Haute, is interested In our publioschools, for in these institutions of learning do the greatest majority of our children receive their education. It is the only heritage that many parents are able to give their children, and to them, therefore, it is pricolesa. Yet how many of them are familiar with the working* of oar school system, and how many of them have the faintest

idea

of the course

of study in the different grades of the schools, the extent of th« system, or of the manner in which it is conducted by those in whose charge it is placed. We have one of the be9t school systems in the state, and its affairs are being managed in the most business-like and economical manner by the present board of trustees, whose offioers are G. C. Lindeman, president Howard Sandison, secretary and J. Button, treasurer. The members of the board are men of experience, are alive to the demands of the schools, and are using every effort in their power to improve the already high standard. The following facts relative to the schools, will prove of interest to every resident of the city:

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT.

The trustees own eighteen pieces of property, located in convenient parts of the city for school purposes, valued at $399,811.03. The total number of school rooms is 149. The school bouses are heated with steam, hot air, and stoves.

The total number of desks and sit ting*, mostly single and of modern pat tern, is 6,157. Reference books, wall maps, and other apparatus are supplied to tbe different sohool rooms liberally.

The school buildings in most cases are surrounded by grass plots, and the yards have in them a total of 484 shade trees. Nearly all of the buildings have ample drainage and sewerage. Tbls property is kept in repair by the school carpenter, under tbe general direction of the superintendent.

PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS

Our school facilities are likely to be further enlarged during the coming summer by tbe erection of two new houses—one at Eighteenth and Chestnut streets, and the other at Tenth and Lin den streets, at an estimated cost of $30,000 each.

TEACHERS AND THEIR TRAINING. ....

The whole number of teachers in the 'schools is 150. These are classified a* follows: Principals 18 Assistants U£ German teachers Kindergarten teachers 5 Observation and supply teachers .... 3 Music teacher 1 Writing and drawing teacher Physical culture teacher ... 1

Total ...... 130 Of the number above, twenty-two teachers are men and one hundred and twenty-eight are women.

Our teachers have made excellent preparation for their work, as shown be low: -College graduates, with cx^orlence ... 17 High School graduates, with somo special training. 31 High School graduates, with half or more of the State Normal course 59 Graduates of the State Norma', or oiher professional schools .... 43

Total 150 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE The total enrollment of pupils, so far this year is 5,709. Of this number, 678 are in the High .School. The total en rollment in the High School from its or ganization until June, 1895, has been 3,747. The course of study In the High School •oocupies four years, and there have been 761 graduate* to date.

KCHOOL FINANCES.

The rec^p'* and oxpeniiltures for the year O'ldtug .Ju'v 31, 18!W, are shown by the following rtnres: JBalance on hand at beginning of year 841,60617 State distribution ..... 59,918.11 City taxes 8,820.45 County taxes. 56,04K.6i Miscellaneous collections ...... 122.40

Total receipts ... 01,41(172

Permanent investments and Improvements 128,915.60 Salaries of teachers and officers. 8»,ia).$5 Current expense, Janitors, fuel, repairs, etc 20,798.56 "Xotftl payments ......... •133,834.85

Balance for new year ........ 27,581 87

COURSE OK STUDY,

Ths emirs® of atudy comprises thirteen years in all—one in the kindergarten, eight in the grade*, and four in the High .School,

The work of the kindergarten is con •ducted «n the most approved methods by professionally trained teachers, following the ideas e»f Froebel, the great -founder of the system of training very ytVLing children.

In the district schools there is persistent and intelligent effort to ground the pupils in the legal branches of atudy, "good behavior" included. The teachers are especially trained in most cases for 4he work expected of them, and the attainments and conditions required of «ew applicants for positions are being «dvanoed from time to time. The subjects of writing, drawing, music, and physical culture are under the direction of specialists.

The work of the High School Is almost entirely departmental—the teachers be tog ohosen, as far as possible, with refer «ooe to their fitness for special subjects -of study. It will be readily granted by all that this arraogemeot, although costing a little more in dollars and cents, must redound to the increased efficiency of the work. The trustees are sparing no pains to make this depart meat of our public school system as complete and thorough as that of any similar Institution to be found anywhere.

TBS PCBUC MBR4RY.

The Public Library is organiaed under a law of the state authorising a tax of SMt oenta on each one hundred dollars of property for library purposes. The trustees have heretofore used only a two „«ent levy for each year. It Is their paras!®

pose, however, to make a three cent rate for the comiOR year, in order to start a sinking fund for a new library build ing, something which is certainly muoh needed, if the wishes of tbe people for permanent and better quarters are to be consulted.

The library was first opened to tbe public on tbe 20th of May, 1882, with 1,140 volumes on tbe shelves. The growth from that time until the present has been at the rate of about a thousand volumes a year. The new catalogue just published shows a total of 12,021 books in the different departments.

The circulation of the books among our people has grown from year to year until at present it averages more than 3000 volumes per month. The total oir eolation from the opening of tbe library until July 81, 1895, has been 458 683 books.

It is a matter of common remark among well posted people that the char acter of the books of tbe different de part meats is of a very high grade, and growing better as new ones are added These books are selected by an advisory committee consisting of Messrs. W. C. Ball, Geo. M. Allen, Judge McNutt. Prof. C. 8. Meek, Mrs. Lizzie S Byer* and Miss Eliza Warrea, with Supt. Wiley as a medium of communication hAtween the committee and the trustees,

MISTLETOE AT YULETIDE.

Not So Generally Used as Holly—Venera ted by the Druids.

The connection of mistletoe with Christmas is a very curious one, says Robert. Blight in the Philadelphia Press, and far from being a general one. Literature is perhaps mainly responsible for it, in that allusions to a custom, in a great degree purely local, have made a large number of persons interested in the plant. It, moreover, seems to me that the custom of using it in Christmas decorations depends on two considerations—first, its evergreen habit, and, secondly, the veneration in which it was hold by the Druids. In tbe orchards of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, in England, and in thoso of Normandy, apple trees may be seen covercd with mistletoe to such an extent that in winter time, when divested of their natural leaves, tlioy present a mass of green in the leaves of their parasite.

The reasons mentioned have no doubt done much to secure for the mistletoe the place which in recent times it has held in Christmas festivities, but it is not so universally honored at Yuletide as the holly. In fact, Its popularity is purely local, and its use as an ornament, in plaoes where it does not grow, is due rather to an antiquarian sentiment than to any feeling that its presence at the rejoioings of tno season is neoessary. You may have a very merry Christ-mas without any mistletoe at till, but to the majority of the people a Christmas without a sprig or two of holly would scarcely seem to be Christinas at all. Even that rare old plant, the ivy green, canntft compete with the holly as a necessary part of domestic adornment for the Christmas merry gatherings.

Still mistletoe has a certain amount of sentiment attached to it, and therefore the mistletoe bough finds a place in the farmhouses, mansions and castles of the districts of England where it grows and in the dwellings of the wealthy where it can bo purchased, while here a spray is bought just for the sake of old memories.

Hanging

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The English holly is finer in quality than that grown on American shores, says the St. Louis Republic. The leaves are a better green and the berries larger, and before the holiday season sets in great hampers of it are shipped

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ports to delight American eyes and hearts. An attractive manner of using it is to tie big bunchos with long satin ribbon loops and ends, matching in shade the hue of the herries, and place them over pictures or mantelshelf, or fasten against the wall, especially in somo picturesque nook or corner. Underneath the mantel, when there is no fireplace, the space may be banked with masses of the spiny leaves and bright berries jars or vases may be filled with them, while holly wreaths and ropes arc another form, of decoration, very effective both in large and small apartment"

Carving the Christmas Goose Ono must learn, first of aJl, to carve neatly, without scattering crumbs or splashing gravy over the cloth or platter also to cut straight, uniform slices. Be careful to divide tho material in such a manner that each person may bo served tqually well. Lay each portion on the plate with the browned or best side up. An essential to easy carving is that the platter be largo enough to hold not merely tho fowl or joint whllo wholo, but also the several portions as they are detaohod. The platter should he placed near the carver so ho may cnslly reach any part of it. All skewers and strings should bo removed bo foro the dish is brought to tho table^fg^gf

Meaanrc For Measure.

Gladys—What a horrid, rude thing that Mr. Flirt-mash is I He stole six kisses while I was standing under a holly wreath and claimed bo thought the holly was mistletoe.

Edna—What did you do about it?|g| Gladys—Do? I did what any othc* Self respecting girl would do under the circumstances—I made tbe horrid thing return every one of them. fig?

Christmas Church Decoration* In Italy.

More attention is paid to Christmas decoration of tbe churches la Italy perhaps than In any other country. On Christmas eve the young men* and women assemble at the churches and spend hours in making them beautiful. At midnight amass Is said, and after this a toothsome collation Is served to the youthful workers and there are singing and playing upon musical Instruments.

The Bowiu Cturtetnuuu

In many parts of Russia, particularly In provinces remote from the populous centers, Christmas is celebrated more as It was when first introduced. Families, friends and often small neighborhoods gather at one house for celebrations. Tbe mistress of that house at once becomes the supreme manager of all the services and festivities, even to selecting the young men who shall each be the special escort ef a certain young lady. These "elections," as they are called, coming In the reason for betrothals and associated as ihey are with the mystic influence of tbe uistletoc, often lead to festivals where the jlive branch joins the holly and oran«s Mossoms.—Selected.

A new woman's olub has just been formed In Chicago, which has taken the name of the White City elulx II will admit men to membership, bat trill not allow them to bold offioe or Tote.

WOMEN LEARNING THE LAW.

The Practical Work of the Women's I*K*1 Education Society.

TERRE HATJTE, SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, DECEMBER 21,1895.

The Women's Legal Education society, on© of the bast known of women's societies, had its origin in the philanthropic purpose of some earnest women of this city to establish a legal dispensary where men and women without means could procure legal counsel and assistance gratuitously. Emily Kempin, LL. D. of Zurich university, Switzerland, was appointed superintendent of tbe dispensary, but inasmuch as she was not a member of the New York bar she could not practice in the courts. Dr, Eexnpin then undertook to establish a school or lectureship of law for women and succeeded so well that tbe Women's Legal Education society was incorporated on June 14, 1890. The object of the society, as stated in its bylaws, is "to facilitate the study of law by women, both as professional students and also as amateurs, interested in law as a subject of genera] intellectual oulture, and also for the sake of practical guidance in personal and business affairs." Ten ladies, who were to be the first directors, each agreed to pay $100 a year for four years to provide the salary of the lecturer.

In the fall of 1891 the lectures were begun under the sanction of the University of the City of New York and have been continued ever since. The lecturers have been: Emily Kempin, LL. D., 1890 to 1891 Christopher Q. Tiedeman, LL. D., 1891 to 1892 Isaac Franklin Russell, LL. D., 1892 to 1895. The lectures are delivered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 11 o'clock a. m., during the winter months, and are repeated in the evenings of those days at 8 o'clock. This year the following ladies were appointed assistant leoturers in charge of the evening work, each having been graduated from a college and law school and admitted to the bar: Miss Melle Stanleyetta Titus, LL. B. Miss Katherine Elizabeth Hogan, LL. B., and Miss Ethel Rboda Evans, A. B., LL. B.

Four courses of 12 lectures each are delivered during the year, covering in outline all the leading divisions of legal doctrine, and are followed by reviews and an examination. To those who are successful at the examination tbe university grants a certificate signed by the chancellor. The attendance at the lectures has steadily increased. About onehalf of the regularly enrolled students apply for the chancellor's certificate on examination. In 1891, 14 certificates were issued in 1892, 15 in 1893, 23 in 1894, 29, and in 1895, 48, making a total of 129. Up to the closing exercises in April last no less than 800 women had attended the women's law olass with more or less regularity. The sixth year opened on Oot. 28, with 75 present at the morning lecture and 50 in the evening.

The first president of the society was Mrs. Leonard Weber, to whose zeal and energy the establishment and maintenance of the lectureship for four years may be ascribed. Mrs. Weber held the presidency until her death, in May last, at Heidelberg.

The Rev. Dr. Henry M. MacCracken, chancellor of the university, has carried out a plan of reorganization of the board of directors by which four of the original subscribers have been retained as directors and the board has been strengthened materially by enlisting the interest and service of women well known in educational and philanthropic work in this city. Mrs. Munn, the wife of a distinguished physician, and herself a faithful and proficient student, who received the chancellor's certificate in April last, has accepted the office of president of the society.

Tbe funds of the society have heretofore been derived from three sources— tho annual subscriptions in sums of $100 by each of the members of the old board of directors maintained for four years and expiring in 1894 the annual dues of $5 each, paid by members of the society, some of whom availed themselves of the incidental privilege of attending one course of 12 lectures, and finally the fees paid by students, $20 for the entire year, or $6 for one course of 12 lectures. Free tuition under the name of scholarships hasbeen extended to all who could not afford to pay the regular fees. None of these scholarships is endowed. The fees paid by students, some of whom attended but a single course, amounted to about $600 last year.

The Alumna association was formed early in 1894. Two annual banquets have been given, both of which were attended by many distinguished men and women, and a number of parlor meetings havo been bold in the interest of the university's work in law for women.—New York Sun.

Cooking ud Matrimony.

We are ready to believe that if any tinwedded woman desirous of wedlock were to secure a training that would make her as good a cook as Mrs. Rorer is her chanees of gaining her desire would be excellent, more especially if she could talk as pleasingly tipon cookery as Mis. Rorer talks daily while cooking and while passing things around. Where is there a lonesome, hungry, melancholy and weasel eyed old bald headed bachelor who would not surrender his heart and fortune to a spinster who knew bow to make his banqueting table the source of daily bliss? Mrs. Rorer is the most entertaining of all the public benefactors now in sight She ought to have thousand women in her classes, watching her handiwork and listening to her words. —New York Sun. 'Model H«r

The woman's congress made an excellent impression in New Orleans. "If these are new women," remarked a distinguished lawyer, after reading reports of the sessions, "if these are new women, and thaw are their teachings. I say let us have more of them. Such convection will do our women good, and oar town too." The Times-Democrat says, "The speaker of tbe above words Is one of' tbe most ouuservative men in (Hew Orleans."

Dr. Anna Howard Shaw.

Dr. Anna Howard Shaw is of English ancestry. Her grandmother refused to pay tithes to the Church of Etogland, and year after year she sat in her door knitting and denouncing tbe law while her goods were seized and sold for taxes in the street. Her granddaughter inherited from her tbe sense of injustice of taxation without representation. She graduated from tbe theological department of the Boston university in 1878. She served as pastor for churches in the southeast part of Massachusetts for 14 years. The Methodist Episcopal church refusing her ordination, she received it from the Methodist Protestant church in 1880. During her pastorate she studied medicine and received the degree of M. D. from tbe Boston university, As an eloquent speaker she is widely known, baying served especially in the Woman Christian Temperance union and the Woman Suffrage association. She is vice president of the National Council of Women of the United States. Shu is one of the most eloquent, witty and popular speakers in the leoture field.

Sensible MlaA Ctynn.

Georgia Cayvan is a bright wit well as a great actress. On her return from Europe the other day she was interviewed by a representative, of the press, who varied the time honored conundrum usually asked in such cases by the question, "Does tbe new woman exist in Paris, and did you run across her there?" Her reply deserves to be cut out and preserved: "My dear sir, do not be deluded. There is no new woman. She is a myth and a fiction. There is only the dear old woman who has aiways been here. You may dress her in bloomers, put her on a bike, give her a ballot, admit her to the bar or hear her speak from a platform, but that does not make her anew woman. The French have a phrase that I always oppose to the nonsensical talk of tho now woman. 'The eternal feminize, they say, and therein lies the whole truth."

Mr*. Helene Badder.

In the city of Dallas there lives a woman who is the mother of nine children, who believes in the bicycle, who shot at and bit a prowling thief, who, when she lived in Michigan, was a deputy recorder of deeds, was admitted to tbe bar, then went to Ann Arbor and earned a diploma as an M. D. Mrs. Helene Badder, the Texas woman of this story, in an interview says: "Between the professions law and medicine for women, I prefer medicine, because I think it is not such a great departure from woman's ordinary sphere and it draws out her finer natural sympathies and feelings. In tbe selection of an occupation I think a woman, like a man, should be left to follow her own inclination and talents. She should be guided solely by adaptability and reason."

JOHN G. HEINL=

Florist.

25 North Eighth Street.

Headquarters for PRIMROSES, HOLLY WREATHS,

GALAX WREATHS, WREATH1NGS, PALMS,

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CUT FLOWERS.

Headquarters for Christmas Candies. E. H.. Wilvert, 1115 Main street.

Useful Christmas Presents are, no doubt, what, a majority of people are looking for. We have made great preparations for the holiday trade.

at Eiser's. All styles.

Our

stock of Neckwear, Handkerohiefs, Silk Suspenders, Silk Umbrellas, and Mack intosbes is the largest and best we have ever shown, all suitable for Christmas presents. Oar Rtock of Overcoat*. Suits. Odd Pant* and Furnishing Good* is one of the largest and best in the state, and owing to the very backward season is larger than ever at this time of the year, and being compelled io sell we have made great reductions in prices. Come and give us a look before you buy. It will pay you.

GOODMAN fc H1RSCHLER, Clothiers and Tailors.

A set of Silver Teaspoons with every purchase amounting to $3 or more at Taylor's, 1105 Wabash ave.

Fancy Boxes and Baskets

Telephone 379 for Mince Meat, Pies, Oysters? Celery, Turkeys, Ducks, Chickens, Oranges, Jams and Jellies. First-class goods kept. Sold cheap for cash, at Woodruff's, 1107 Wabash ave.

Bretuig'a for Rocker*! Breinig's for Coaches! Breinig's for Lounges! Breinig's for Sideboards! Breinig's for Bedroom Suites! Breinig's for Dinner Seta! Breinig's for Chamber Sets! Breinig's for Lamps!

Fruit Baskets, Box Candies, Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits, all brands of Cigars* E. H. Wilvert, 1116 Main

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We have just received a new supply of Shoes and Slippers, which make a very dur ible present for the holidays. We have fixed the prices so that no one need go without a pair of Shoes or slippers for Christmas.

Men's Slippers from 75c to $2.50. •*.,*«• Ladies' Slippers from 75c to $3.50. Baby Shoes from 35c to $1 W* Call and see them. We give Merchants' Premium Coupons.

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EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS JUVENILE BOOKS, TOY FURNITURE,

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I also furnish security bonds for those in positions of trust. Doj fail to come and see me before purchasing property or placing insurance.

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