THE STORY OF DEBORAH 3 



Feb. '99. Counts 1-30; writes 1-15. Orderly. 

 Folds neatly. 



March, '99. Draws circle and square. Writes 

 1-29. Combines simple numbers. 



April, '99. Conduct quite bad impudent and 

 growing worse. Transferred from Seguin Cottage to 

 Wilbur for a while. Seems some better. 



SCHOOL. Dec. 'oo. Disobedient. Graceful. Good 

 in drill. Can copy. Knows a number of words. 

 Writes them from memory. Reads a little. Adds 

 with objects. Counts and knows value of numbers. 

 Does all ladder and pole drills nicely. Good in en- 

 tertainment work. Memorizes quickly. Can always 

 be relied upon for either speaking or singing. 

 Marches well. A good captain. Knows "Halt," 

 "Right," and "Left Face" and "Forward March." 

 Always in step. 



Music. Knows different notes. Plays "Jesus, Lover 

 of my Soul" nicely. Plays scale of C and F on cornet. 

 May, '01. Plays scales of C and F and first two 

 exercises in "Beginners' Band Book" on cornet. She 

 plays by ear. She has not learned to read the notes 

 of these two scales, simply because she will not put 

 her mind to it. She has played hymns in simple time, 

 but the fingering has had to be written for her. 



SCHOOL. Excellent worker in gardening class. Has 

 just completed a very good diagram of our garden to 

 show at Annual Meeting. 



COTTAGE. Helps make beds and waits on table, is quick 

 with her work, but is very noisy. 



