Minneapolis School Journal from Minneapolis, Kansas • 5

5 MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL JOUllJNAL. Try a sack of flour at Harbaugh's. We had no school last Thursday or Friday, owing to the inclemency of the weather. Wo had a number of visitors the last day before the holiday vacation, whose names we did not learn. We are sorry we cannot place them on the visitor's roll of honor.

Ana Edwards is the champion ciphererplease do not read 0 of the Sixth Grade. Parents, we wish you to read the ournal carefully. It is not intended wholly for pupils. Much of the matter is explanatory of the work of the school and is addressed lo parents. My brother was employed in it for one month.

There are eight other large buildings, and a fountain one-hundred-twenty feet high. They had fire-works every Saturday night. The display was grand. Some of the figures were Geo. Washington Niagara Falls, Flying Pigeons, Seals of tho seveial States, a Dude, etc.

In the centre of tho main building is a musical hall which seats eleven thousand people and contains the largest pipe organ in tho United States. The Mexican band played every day; there are sixty-five members in it. Kansas took the gold medal in many displays which made me feel very proud, indeed. Harry Eiciioltz. We think no other school in the State has so good a record for punctuality as ours.

L. E. Harbaugh keeps a first class Hour and feed store on Second Street, opposite Ballou House. We understand that the principal of our city schools has adopted a new plan to prevent tardiness, which we think is an outrage upon both the taxpayers and scholars. It is this: If a scholar is tardy three times in succession, even if the scholar has each time an excuse from its parents, the scholar is expelled from the school for the remainder of the week.

This matter should be looked into. Council Grove Guard, We are glad to say that a rule of this kind is not necessary in our school. We never have pupils tardy three days in succession, and very few pupils who are tardy as often as three times a yean You parents, who are inclined to complain because teachers insist on a regular and punctual attendance, wont you please stop and reason with us just a minute What can be the teacher's object? Is it to make less work or trouble for her? It is but very little work and no trouble to record an absence or tardy, not nearly so uch as it is to labor with a pupil to secure an improved attendance, and surely, the fewer pupils a teacher has, the less work she has to do. Is it to build up her success as a teacher? How can this be when she loses your friendship and makes herself less Will not some parent or friend please answer in the next number of the Journal We should be pleased to know how the editor of the Democrat learns so much concerning our schools. Persons wishing to send copies of the Journal to friends can secure a copy for 5c.

or three for a dime. It costs $20,000 to become a number of the New York Stock Exchange, and $50 a year for dues. Can any of our pupils tell anything of the business transactions of the Exchange? Mr. J. alias Joe Tomlinson, took a stroll through the various school rooms after school one evening in the early part of the month.

He wanted to see the decorations of course. Two of our first graduates, Misses Mamie and Emma Dunn were, among our visitors during the month. They are attending the University, and we can vouch for their being earnest pupils. The child is father to the man, as the child is trained so the man will become. The child who is habitually tardy and absent from school, unless the habit is corrected, will become a careless, ul man, or woman.

It is desired that the paper used in examination shall be of uniform size, so that the various sets of answers may be bound neatly and preserved, hence the teachers will procure paper and stll it to the pupils at cost. Chas. Eastman makes a splendid Santa Clause, and LeGrand Cole personates Jack Frost to perfection. We wish to express our thanks to those parents and friends who have favored us withtheir subscriptions. A promotion does not signify that a pupil will be transferred from one room to another, but from a class to a next higher.

This is the second number of the Journal. What do you think of it? Is it not worth 30 cents to you for six months? Story About a Little Bird. One time I saw a little bird up in a tree and I looked up in the nest and saw some little egss in it. The bird was blue'and had some yellow on its wings. I wanted to catch it, but it soon flew away.

I told mamma that I saw a little bird in a tree and asked her to come and see it, but she said that she did not have time. I would like to have a little bird for a pet. I had one ouce and I liked it very much, but she did not sing and I gave her away. Nellie Snyder, age 8, 2 13 Class. What I Did in Vacation In vacation I had a nice time.

On Christmas I went up to Mrs. Powell's and had a nice time there too. For Christmas presents I got a ring, a book, and a nice doll. The name of the book is, "Mother Truth's Melodies." The doll is very nice. It has a blu bunting dress, and a blue plush bonnet with a bee on it.

I went coasting down hill with some other girls. On New Year's Day I had a nice time. It was a cold day when I started to school again, and it snowed very hard, find there were a great many snow-drifts. Some were as high as my head. Stella Cole, age 7,2 A Class.

There is much rivalry among the and teachers as to whom shall have We had the pleasure of showing Mr. Jas. Myers and his two daughters through the school building on Christmas day. We request those parents who have not yet subscribed for the Journal, to do so at once, and thus assist us in its publication. the nicest decorated school-room Much taste is exhibited by all and we are unable to judge as to the best, but invito parents and friends to visit us and see for themselves.

Irregularity of Attendance. We know it seems to many that a case of absence from school or of tardiness is a very small matter, and so it might be if only one pupil was irregular, but when all or even a few of the pupils of a room are irregular, it becomes a serious thing to that room. For example.suppose three pupils were absent from a class, say the 2 yesterday; to-day the teacher must review the lessons of yesterday for the benefit of those three pupils. To-day three other pupils are absent; tomorrow, the teacher must again review, and so on from day to day. Much valuable time is thus lost, and great injury done to the members of the class who are regular in attendance.

The irregular pupils become laggards, lose all interest in their studies, and soon drop out of school altogether. Parents, do you ever think, that, when you cause your children to be irregular in school, yo-are making them laggards in their class? Such is generally the case. We respectfully ask the hearty cooperation of parents in securing a regular and punctual attendance, so that the pupils individually and collectively may receive tho greatest benefit lrom the school. During examination week, the classes examined will be dismissed at recess in afternoon to give teachers time to grade the work. We rejoice to report the Fifth Grade as the Banner Grade for the ensuing month.

Both teacher and pupils have worked hard for this honor, and they are justly entitled to it. They have advanced from the lowest place last month to the highest. We congratulate them. We were pleased to see the smiling face of our friend and former pupil, Fred Hose, during the holidays. He is investigating the mysteries of unknown quantities and the verb "amo" at Ottawa University.

We hope, however, that he is not making a practical study of the latter. If you think we hav'n't the best school in this part of the State, come up and visit awhile with us, and be convinced of your error. We shall be pleased to give space in the Journal to parents or friends for the discussion of any topic connected with the school work. Mr. II.

F. Thompson and brother visited the school building one evening after school to see the arrangements of the rooms, decorations, etc. Miss Lucas was compelled to be absent from school one day during the month. Her place was filled very acceptably by Mis3 Blanche Thompson. Parents do you want your children to grow up to be prompt, reliable men and women? Then assist us in securing a prompt and regular attendance.

All the classes below the Seventh Grade will be examined for promotion, commencing Monday, Jan. 18th. The promotions will be made Monday, the 25th. My Trip to New Orleans. On the third day of last February, I started with my parents and brother to New Orleans.

When we left here, the snow and ice were on the ground, but how surprised we were when we got there to see the green grass growing, the trees laden with ripe oranges, flowers blooming and everything in nature smiling. We went on the cars from this place to Kansas City and then changed cars The Second and Third, and the Fourth and Fifth Grades united for rhetoricals Thursday afternoon preceding Christmas. The exercises, which were quite pleasing, were witnessed by a number of parents and friends. We trust they will come back and see us at our every day work. A good school requires good teachers, good pupils, and good parents.

Our teachers are energetic and careful, our pupils are industrious and obedient, our parents kind and sympathizing.and we are proud to say that we have a good school, but we desire to make it better. This we can do by united determination and cooperation. Picture Story. In this picture it seems to be spring. I guess it is a picture of the country near Denver in Colorado.

Ther are high hills before them and a little stone house on a tiny green island, which is in the South Platte riyer. There are many big rocks or stones in it. On the largest one of them a little girl is standing She is bare-footed and dressed as follows: A red skirt where a blue one peeps under, and light blue waist with white dots in it, and yellow cuffs. She is leaning against a white horse loaded with green limbs. She is holding the bridle of the horse and wants to get on it to ride over the river, because she wants to go to her home across the river.

Her mother and her little sister are watching near the coast, so if she would fall off from the horse she would go for help, Her curly hair flies in the wind and she is very happy. On the rock where she is standing is a dry limb of a tree About half a mile down the river her larger sister is coming. She is my cousin Ella. Clara Nightingale, 4 A Class, age 11. Tests of a Lady.

Prepared by the boys of the Fifth Grade: A lady is polite, kind, charitable, diligent, neat and tidy. A lady does not chew gum, tattle, flirt, use slang, keep bad company, talk or laugh loud on the street, abuse school furniture, act telf-ish, be noisy in school. Tests of a Gentleman. Prepared by the girls of the Fifth Grade: A gentleman is polite, kind, freehearted, courteous, obliging, neat, tidy and honest. A gentleman does not smoke, swear, steal, spit on the floor, chew tobacco, tattle, fight, act selfish, mako ill remarks of others, enter room ith hats on or muddy shoes.

I for West Memphis, where our train L. E. Harbaugh will not be undersold. He keeps constantly on hand Hour in a great variety, bran, chopped feed, etc. Fop-corn only 15 cents a peck.

The stories, are given as part of the regular language work of the pupils. As they are the work of children we trust they will not be severely ran on a transportation boat and crossed the Mississippi river to East Memphis where we changed cars for New Orleans. We crossed many large swamps, one on a trussel four miles long and ten feC high, and we passed through many very large forests. When we arrived at New Orleans, we were glad to get out and find where my uncle lived. He lives near the Exposition, and kept a boarding house.

I saw people from almost every State, even Pennsylvania, the State I love best of all. The Exposition wa3 grand. The mam building is the largest erected. It covers thirty-three acres of space. Tiro Superintendent and the Misses Glenn attended the State Teacher's Association at Topeka during the holidays.

Miss Camp, Miss Williamson, and Miss Lucas partook of Christmas Cheer with friends in the country. Miss Wilson and Miss Johnson remained in the city and report a pleasant All are ready with renewed vigor for the work of the school room, and a full determination that the remaining part of the school year's work shall be more successful than the part already past. It is desired that all children who are not attending school, but who wish to attend during the year shall start Monday, January 23th, the beginning of the second term..