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Report Of the Acting Manager OF
Common Schools Of Seneca
/ sus1 s Township. .e
/ (The Board OF Education Of Seneca
township approved the following Report,
and passed a resolution requesting tina, i,
be published. ED.
To the Board Of Education Of
! Seneca Township
/ GENTLEMEN-Aty your last semi annual
meeting. you saw proper to appoint the
undersigned, Acting Manager Of Common
Schools within end for the township ol
Seneca The same clause in the school
law thai gives you discretionary power to
4 appoint ali Acting Manager, empowers
dy you to prescribe his duties. This you
have seen proper to leave discretionary
with the Manager. The law hoes not re-
quire report from the Manager, but il
does seem to me that the Board should
from time 10 time, be made acquainted
with the condition OF the schools, collect.
OF the township; and Manager
who has attended 10 the ...educa.ional in.
|teres,s" OF the township can, in report,
Hay before the Board the condition OF each
4 sub.district, in manner that the Board
may al once see the condition Of the
cause Of education in their township. and
be prepared to act adyisedly in their de.
4 jIiberaiions. From the reasons above al.
|iuded to, and assincere desire 10 contrib
ute my mite TO ths cause OF education
4 generally. submit The following report,
Early in The fall gave The 1diff,srenl
y schools in the township 10 understand lha
4 / should visit then from time 10 time, n O
i iire particularly the advancement made
by each school. the order, government
&C.. and that | should report 10 you the
y result OF my investigations. A laudablt
4 competition, sprang up Immediately be
q tween, the different schools OF the town,
4 ship for the ,nsst favorable report, and III,
8 benefit ot thai, competition was greater
!. than your humble servant is capable o
4 realizing. The real advancement was no
!. confined to teachers and larger scholars
but very small boys and girls became en-
tthusiastic TO learn and looked forward Il
i the visit Of the Manager with pleasing an
II Iticipations. and with full assurance lha
! they were making more rapid strides VI
the hill Of science than the children o
aIsany other sub district.
II ip my visits 10 the different sub district
2 found about the following 10 be their re
/ spectisezo di,ions So
4 SubsDistriot No This sub distric
a hasa good new school house, but il is n O
we'll furnished with seats and desks, wiiicI
the undersigned regards as very impor
: tant aids to the cause Of educa,iol. Fh
Z local directors in this district are efhcien;
persevering men, and Fam confident the
: will attend 10 having their house properl
! furnished. SOON A school was taught 81
I months in this district by Mr.. John w
Banum, Teacher. Z 10 whom very mnc
Il credit is due'ior the skill he manifested i
I / the government OF his scholars. and sth
promptness with which very snail scho
: ars answered questions. spoke volumes i
favor f'the skill aud ability ofthe teach
: lsr. - -
q Sub. District No. 2.-This district has
4 good new house, but. like the former on,
J 10 in need Of proper seats aud desks. Th
|importaDce of properly seating schos
houses is not properly appreciated. Chi
d dren cannot concentrate their minds upo
: ftheif books when their bodies are uncou
fortably situated. Besides, much ipjur
! may De doneto the health OF the youn
= 1 s,udsntby sitting day after day upon sea,
without any thing to support their back
. They must lean forward for support. an
I lthe Consequences is that tha chest become
! / contracted. and the found alton is laid {,
!, school for consumption and spinal affst
Z ions. A school was kept in this sub
trict four months, by James e. Jones, sal
TO be Teacher.
8 Sub1 District No. This has heret'
3 Efore been one oi the most negleciedsdi
!, ltricts il, ths township. ffbe school hous
! is an old dila apidsied log cabin. we'll We,
le le ttiIatsd by ar. In This house four month
D school was taught. the past winter. by Et
ward w. lireeneltch. Teacher. aandsttt
y Ia.Iyan ce ment made by the entire seho
e speaks loudly in favor Of dhe skill an
n ability Of tho teacher Many achildre
n cemmeneed without know wing The letter
oil and at The close Of four, months cou
rs spell aud read pretty WELL The following
10 will show the largest attendance in Il
!. liownship and the least advancement her
* tofofe:sa Ssslli sfea sFsso ts7ae ~
10 Number of scholars in. Arithmetic,
IN lin, Avaiittg. 6;5 in lst Reader, 4; in end.
!. in Sd. 2; in 5,hs 4; 10 spsllars and letter
co. Total males, 81; females 29-6O.
IS There isamoney now IN the hands
IS Ethe Township Freasurerto to build scho
id house in this district. and il is hoped a.
n expected that the local direciofs will 10
q tno fine in pulling the work under Co
ID tract Ass sessa s> as 80
u Sub District No q This district has
,k Etolerabiy good hewedl log houses butt q
Isl tmost entirely destitute Of seats and desk
ig Fbat llearn the directors are now takir
h. me asures to fnrnish il. School was taug