The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-20

{" Teacher. Observation-Disclosures. s35S 6B
/" JanitoTs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. III %
J. r. Brace, 2nd pa mt on school
house lOt (snutlI). .............. Az &c
I" Reber Kutz for stoves SC for
sehoOl house (southl. ........... 93 -
" Insurance on school houses ...... a ~
" for purchase OF lightning rod for
school house (south) ............ % 81
j. ". Card for surveying ....... ID ~
Incidental '.gs rspen,ss. ........... $50 e5
Ta.I swo,n. or disbursements ........ s.O75 4f
Balance in hands Of treasurer, Aprll, 1852 1924 ~
Since our last annual report, the School
House South has been completed and occu-
pied by schools. The school hOnse lot, in
Old District l3, has been sold for $500, to
be paid in four annual payments, and the
Cottage School House has been leased for
one year at rent of $50 to be paid quarter
y
The whole number Of school youths enu-
merated in the city is 1875; number Of
scholars enrolled 1925: average daily attend
ance 6l2. The schools are under the charge
Of JOHN WILLIAMS, the present able and
efficient superintendent. The number Of
teachers, including the superintendent, is
l3-fOur male and nine female. The SUI
perintendent received $500; the principal OF
the female department, 500, and her assist
ant 1900; the male teachers S40O, the female
teachers from SlOO to $3.50. according to
grade. The schools are divided into -four
grades,-High, intermediate, Secondary and
Primary departments, and schools taught Al
weeks in the year.
The public schools of Lancaster have
been in operation three years, on the 'Un-
ion System" and we are happy in being a.
Bile to state, that there has been a constantly
increasing confidence in them, on the part
of the public. The schools have been more
generally visited by our citizens, and there
seems to be more Of a union of effort, a union
Of interest, and union of sentiment, than
heretofore.
The Union School System" can no lon
ger be regarded as an experiment, though the
system at first met with considerable Oppo-
siton; but the general excellent and i'm
proved condition OF our schools are working
out more decided appreciation ofthe union
system. The people are beginning to feel
and see, that it is much cheaper and better
to support a well developed and well organ
lied system of schools, than to give thei
support to select or academic schools; and I
trial of three years has demonstrated its su
periority over the old district system; in C
curing better school houses, better teachers
graduations of schools and proper ciassitica
ton of scholars, more systematic cours'
of study, and the advantages of division
labor, found to be so important in all the IN
dustrial pursuits of lile;-hence a highe
standard of qualification aud attainments arr
demanded of teachers; system and orde
have been established; good progress in stud
les, and manifest change for the better il
the manners and morals OF our youth, hav
been the result.
The old drawback, so fatal to the prosper
ity of the schools and the advancement
scholars-that of a want of punctual an
regular attendance on the part of scholars
:, in some measure, corrected; and il paren
n would cooperate with teachers in securlI
IF punctualty on the part of their chi!dre
the evilwould soon be eradicated. One oft
greatest obstacles in the way ofthe succt
II of faithful teacher, is the indifference
If parents in this matter. The best schoC
}, can do but little for those who are frequent
= absent from the school room; and when pa
ents allow their children to stay at home
every trivial occasion, they must not be su
e prised to find their children behind the Tt
d in attainments, nor blame their teachers b
,r cause they do not learn. Itdoes seem tn
: if parents could only appreciate how IA
! moving and disheartning to teachers, al
D. how preiudicial frequent absences are to t
l. whole school, and how injurious to the pr
gress of their own children, they would
detuin them, or permit them to remain trc
a school on slight grounds. 1t not only adds
rs the labor of the teachers, but causes childr
n to become idle and backward in their stu
: les, and forms in them habits OF irregularit
"i which NAV cling to them through life. y
e. remedy this evil, no regulation or discipli
n, which teachers can enforce is sufficient vii
ID out the cooperation otparents. r. 81
Much praise is due to all the teachers
r their successful labors in the schools un'
E. their immediate charge, and particularly
ne DR.. WILLIAMS, the Superintendentwho
lis labored with zeal energy and ability uns'
passed; and to Miss Wilcox, Principal
the Female High School, who is thorough
ms mbued with the true spirit OF her stau'
or and has aroused an interest among !
:; scholars worthy ofall praise. Her amiabil
'n of disposition and devotcdness to the int
est of her school, has secured to her the Il
ito and confidence OF her pupils and the resp
he ofthe community. 900. .,..
=; In conclusion, we sincerely hope that
- public schools may be sustained by the c
III zens,-that parents will frequently
hit them: and il defects of any kind are obscr'
,gs that they will endeavor to have them re
nv died. rather than seek its prostration.. a
-: ~ which is respectfully submitted.
Ut ..-,,.Hfq p JOHN l., TUTlllLL, >;
ST.. ROBERT REED, Treas. ~, .,,...... ...,.
asst AQUEER Place FOR AWoMGN.--lnd
res adelpbia, on Thursday last, awoman was
ra- covered wedged in the chimney OF a no
OF in Whites Court. To extricaie her i
ana found necessary tocut a hole through
'o) solid masonry, just above the fire ,piac
When relieved she was nearly suifoc
,;'so ,teo and badly injured. How she came IN
's ,,hs perilous and awful. situation could not b
,''a wv certained with certainty, Her story
I've" that she fell down the chimney BY a mi.
while hanging out some clothes. !
,llar was another story that she entered the
ular from the top to conceal herself from d
mile tstabley Who, with Zone ,or'twU ,nthers,M
take tpursuits of her. She, wascin the chi
f1s some five hours 4. t7,-ss1