2012, ISBN: 9781130111224

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ... are two school buildings--the Model school for white children and the Witherspoon street school for colored. These buildings are in excellent condition; they have modern furniture, and they have a joint seating capacity of 430 pupils. These accommodations are ample for all the pupils who attend the public schools. The Model school building has a Baker, Smith & Co.'s steamheating and ventilating apparatus, which is in the main very satisfactory, since it combines radiation with the introduction of pure warm air into the rooms. There are also ventiducts for the escape of impure air. The Witherspoon street school building is provided with a hot-air furnace, which is quite satisfactory in operation. There is no high school department, but pupils who complete the prescribed course of study in the English branches are graduated, and the diploma awarded by the board of education is accepted by the principal of the State Normal School as a certificate of fitness to enter that institution. For ten years past the one-session plan has been in satisfactory operation in the schools. The session begins at 8:50 A. si. and ends at 1 p. si., with a recess of fifteen minutes at 11 A. M. Of course, thi9 system requires the full preparation of at least one recitation out of school hours, but needed assistance is always cheerfully given to pupils either before the opening of the session or after its close. In the selection of teachers for the Model school preference is given to applicants who are residents of the borough and graduates of the State Normal school. A teacher's tenure of office is practically limited only by the ability to perform her duties in a satisfactory manner. The senior teacher has served continuously for thirty years, and the junior teacher for nine y... Weight:0.78 lbs, RareBooksClub.com, 3/6/2012 0:00:00<