The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-05-23

In Cur school as II u now ~eonducted, Is
less than any Vi tue pslsate sehaals ~
tine towns gwen, excep, Nesas.; All
the estimate I have made Of our expen.
SEES when sys,ema,zad. and arranged .
greater than any OF those given sxeer,
Cleveland. Salem ani Columbus.
But some complain Of ,he amouas OF
tax they have 70 pay for such purposes.
lie, rs try The matter. Most people are
endea oring 10 get rich a the same time
they are wishing to eDjoy the comforts
Of life.
New suppose III Ax b collected II
pr esai: sappsss 4 person have 5000,
in Eepsgsy ; he tax viii y 80. and
when the hsass y - bic property will be
worsh ~ lss ,haa 1l00 Q than Il
was before, sach has alnsss universally
been the cass 10 o.hsr places, and why
not here. then ia addiiisn be will have
the pleasure Of seeing The youth enjoying
the benefits Of good schools, and growing
up Intelligent men and women.
There is nothing 10 prevent the fore.
going estimates. or better. from being
realized, unless il be the unwillinguess,
or want Of union among the citizens.
Tho question 10 often asked. What
are graded scboolsl How do they differ
from other schoolsa aud what are their
a advantages over them? Graded schools
are those in wbieh.. there are three or four
or msre departments commencing at
the primary where ,hs first rudlnen.s Of
an education are Taught, and closing a,
the high department, where The 'igher
branches. - Algebra, Surveying. Geom-
eiry. Tr,gonome,sy, Philosophy, Chem
Ais.ry, Physiology. Grammar, X e.orlc,
and the like are Taught. Graded schools
differ from ordinary schools. not in re.
spec tn the instruction given, bu, III or.
binary schools the pupils OF all sizes. ages
and. requirements are included IN tue
same school. with one teac.er Tor tn~
whole school. vino mus necessarily b,
c,patas Of teaching all the d,t. rem
Ira inches ; while in . graded school tier,
may be one good efficient teacher Of tn,
high &c loot. Sno can have the oversight
Of the whole system. aud for the PRIMARY
departments i 10 not necessary TO employ
teachers OF 50 high a.sAinmrn's. as II
would he in an ~orjiaary mixed schoos /;
here is a rar, oil the saving attained BY
system.
But let us Illustrate. Suppose there
to be 240 pupils 10 be instructed in a CON-
n,n or mixed s~ceool, consisting OF a
grades OF pu 2ils. from the beginner TO III.
farthrs. advanced, 40 scholars is MS n.an
as any one teacher can teach 10 aiva :
tage. If so, j, would require 6 teachers
TO instruct the 240 pupils. Blu, those 8
teachers must h. ea aahl. 81 teach,ng the
entire course oil s,udirs, aud sue, t-act
ers experience has shown. cannot BE- a.
for less than $40 per month. $3.50 pei
year which is very low, making Tor til,
q teachers $2l60 per year. add for each
rooa $25 Tor iuel aud other contingent
expenses, would be $50 10 S2I60 makes
S23l0 when is S9.62 per scholar. /.
the 2i0 pupils are classified as III a graz
ded school. each teacher can take charge
o! go scholars, and then not have SO many
classes as mere would be IN eaeh of the
naked schools Of 40 pupils each. This
would make for the $40 youth 1 depart
men,s to the school, requiring 4 teachers
pu. q principal teacher d, $500. one
at 500, and two a, $3.50 each, making
$1,000 add sos per rcoa, for fuel aud
other expenses, making $500 /, the 24O
pupils, which is 81 80 per scholar, or
81. II les. than in mixed schools.
Blu, with The last plan there would be
a good high school. which would draw sty
20 foreign scholars al Sig, each making
S240 which would reduce i, to Sc so per
scholar. Ba, by 50 Classifying the school
each DIVISION of the school will be equiv
alent to dividing the number Of classes
BY two; 50 that each school will nave
only one fourth as many classes. as each
one o. the six would nave Il mixed schools
consequently. as we have increased the
number Of pupils 10 the classified schools
by adding one half. Or as 40 to so. and
diminished the number OF classes Is 4 10
oae, IT will be apparent that the teachers
viii have much more time to devote 70
each branci, Of s,ujy o, class. and oil
consequence the s.nool will be mucn
more beneficial.
IL an addition 10 the above We can
nave Tor the salsry stated . COOL an!
experienced teacher 1t tine bead OF the
scboo! and . b~t1er one in tbs second
place, than in either OF the aixrd schools,
a the 6Cu,es xili SNOW. Ia s1af. IN.