Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-06
SCHOOL

Owing to the irregularity in the time of opening the
schools, and the shortness of the time a large majority are
kept open. the superintendent cannot visit all the schools.
This is the sole cause of this failure. Il Is my desire to
remedy this, and have a proposition to make to the
school directors, which will 0Dviate tine cause and It's re
suits.
If the directors of Monroe, Albany, Wilmot, Overton,
Darrell and Asylum, will commence their schools III the
The directors of Standing Stone, Wyalusing, Tuscarora,
Herrick, Pike and Warren, theirs in the third week in
November
The directors of Wysox, Rome, Orwell, Windham,
Litchfeld and Sheshequin, theirs in the first week in De-
Cember:
hery. South Creek, Wells, Columbia, Springfield, Smith
field and East Burlington, theirs in the third week IN Dc
cember:
And the directors of West Burlington, Troy, Armenia,
Granville, Canton, Leroy, Franklin and Towanda, theirs
in the first week of January, ! can visit every school house
in the county, that has a school in it, during the winter;
and if the order | have marked out, or something approx
mating it, is observed in the opening of the schools, and
then remain open one month, | Will agree to Visit all
Now, what say you, school directors? There is nothing
to prevent this arrangement; will You go into 1t!
The best way to commence the work is, for each district
to advertise for teachers, and give notice in this advertise
ment, of the time of commencing the schools. Ihe cost
of advertising Will be one dollar, and ii any board of di-
TectarS feel unwilling to take this much out OF the school
fund, I will pay the dollar for advertising, on the coRdl-
ton that all the districts of the county go into this ar
rangement.
/ hone the different boards will cooperate with me, in
every effort made to advance the schools. Complaining
will not mend them. This has been tried ortwenty years,
and still they are very poor and we may find fault twel.-
ty years more, and they will be no better unless we take
hold. We cannot get rid of the school law. This is set
tied. The question then is, shall We suffer it to be a bur
den without any advantage, or shall we second the efforts
of our lawmakers II improve it? The latter seems to me
to be tie only wise course. Let Us try it, only for a few
years. But to make it better we must look after it. We
must order out of chaos, or the fruit will still be bitter.
INSTITUTES.
In TOWANDA, for Towanda borough, Towanda and
North Towanda twps, Monroe and Wysox. \. ID. Mon
tanye, Secretary. TUwanda.
In ALBANY, fer Albany, Wilmot and Oyerton. O. U.
Emery, Esq, Secretary, New Albany.
In FRENCHTOWN, for Durell and Asylum. E.. II. De
Long, Esq, Secretary, Towanda.
In H~ERRICkVILLE, for Herrick, Standing Stone, Wy
alusing, Pike and Tuscarora. w. Elliott, ESD, Secre-
tary, Herrick.
In ORWEL for Orwell, Windham, Warren and Rome.
O. J. Chubbuck, Esq, Secretary, Orwell.
In ATHNNS for Athens, S~nithlicld, ~Iitchfcld, Ulster,
Sheshequin and Ridgbury. II. 0. Allen, Esq, Secretary,
Athens.
In ROY for Troy, Springfield, Armenia, South Creek,
Columbia and Wells. n. N. Carnochan, Esq, Secretary,
Troy.
In LEROY, for Leroy, Franklin, Granville and Canton.
Robert M'Kee, Esq. Secretary, Leroy.
IN BURLINGTON, for Burlington borough, and East
and West Burlington. DR.. Vim. Coryeli, Secretary, Bur
lington. f. GUYEls, County SuPt.
Highland, Pa, August IS, 1855.