The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-20
our Vnlnge Schools,

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Rotary, Rev, WIN. w Thayer, NJ the annual
School meeting on Friday evening Of the 9Th
instant We hope Il Is unnecessary 20 sug-
gest that this report, with the accompanying
statistics, deserves careful consideration rom
al tho inhal,itanis Of the district The a..
tendance at the annual meeting was respecla-
bio In numberi butby no means what Il
should have been, considering merely the PEE
cuniary interests involved in the support Of
these schools, The Auditors report showed
an expenditure Tor their support and for In
cidontals, during theyear just closed, Of about
three thousand dollars, The Taxpayers Of
the district, We presume, are satisfied that the
money has been all properly expended and
youchcd for by the proper officer aud that Il
has yielded fair equiyalert In the intcllec-
tual growth and training Of the children aud
youth for whose inpro, II wa intended,
Hut this Is no sufficient excuse Tor staying
away from the School meeting, Our schools
are by no means perfect, OF ~ COOL ~ they
may be made, aud II Is the duty of every cit
izen TO lend hi, influence wherever Il can be
made available, 10 increase their efficiency
and make them, more than they have been
hitherto, model institutions for the cultivation
Of the intellect, manners and morals Of the
entire youth Of the community Now the
School meeting il just the place whore this
influence il needed whore II may be made
available in various ways which We need not
stop here to specify, for the furthcranco OF
this object and We insist upon II that every
good citizen Of enlarged views and just CON
ceptions Of his social obligations will make It
point Of duty TO be there.
II will be noticed that the rcpor, represents
the condition Of the Schools only for the win
ter term Of twelve weeks now just closed
but Notwithstanding the uniayornblc season
Of the year for securing constant attendance
Of scholars, It will not fail to strike every rca-
der Of is statistics that there has been very
| large percentages ef ahAontccism from some
cause aud that the percentage has been larg-
have been least, II deserves inquiry, on the
part Of the Prudential Committee, whether
some means may not be devised for the dimi.
mutton of this cyl ln the annual report Of
the Principal Of the High School Of Philu.
| dclpha for 1856, now before uS--the number
of scholars six hundred-thc absences for six
months embracing the winter season, is stat
ed to nave been only t,ro anil onc.hoD per
cent The average distance which these schol.
ars had to 60 20 reach the school is estimated
to be more than nile and a half In refer
ing TO this subject the Principal says &c." ]
| toke great pleasure IN calling attention 10 his
matter tince according 10 -nlg phserEaiiali ll4.l
experience, there is no more ccj7am test ochc
condition Of a Schooi Than the state Of It's at
tcniancc." So small a percentage nE aLGens
ccs certainly should not be expected in our
High School during its FIRST years, but there
ought to be n rapid approximation toward it
and we doubt not thee will be, if the right
stimulus con be found and put into npplica-
ton.
1t should not be forgotten by those who
arc already nppriscd Of the fact--nnd those
who are not, should be forthwith notified Of
/ it-that the annual School meeting Of the
| 9Th instant, stands adjourned to Friday.
March 20th, O'Clock l.. NJ, when the re-
port Of the Committee found below, and 9TH
+-4-.ttasS Illl LIZ liz nIlGr- consideration.
We hope the legal voters of the district one
and all will be there to adyis, with the sew
ernl Committees already entrusted with the
annual care OF our schools, upon the ncccssa.
ry means for their Improvement.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR
DISTRICT NO. /.
Your committees appointed for 1867, beg
leave to report through an organized Bourd
as a medium common to them all Upon Gu.
gaging in their duties for the year, it seemed
important that there should be such mutual
understanding and cooperation of the com
mittccs ms might secure the benefit Of harmo-
Nous action, the stimulus of systematic
plan, and the greatest weight Of influence
which might he brought to bear in favor of
the general design of their appointment by
the district. Such result your committees be-
ieved would best be secured by an organiza-
ton which is recorded as follows -
NoremJer 1911, ls57.-Pursuant to an ap-
pontment made at preliminary meeting of
the Prudential, Examining and Visiting Com
mttces, of School District No. !, St. Johns
bury, met for The purpose of organizing an
Educational Board to consult and net for the
interest of education in the district, intending
thus to secure an increased efficiency to our
influence in the general concerns of educa.
ton without interfering with the proper func-
tons Of the several committees embodied in
the organization. To effect the proposed or
ganization, adopted the following Constitu-
ton -
ART. l. This organization shall be called
the School Board Of District No. /, St. Johns
bury.
AET. .. The officers of the Board shall be
Chairman, whose duty it shall be to preside
at oil meetings Of the Board and at the pub
lie examinations of the schools and Sec.
retnrV. whose duty IL shall hc 70 cpn tho roc