The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-28

hOOM SUhBbh ONE,
on Monday, the 23d inst Miss ELIzAETn +
SWEET is teacher in this department She has
taught three wears, commencing with the new
system, and has given perfect satisfaction She
is we'll qualified to teach in higher departments
but is peculiarly adapted to teach and govern
children Reading, Spelling, Oral Lessons in
Arithmetic. and frs Lessons IN Primary Arth-
metic, are taught in this room. The children
have exercises on the black board, and have
learned several pieces of music, which they
! chant with animation and success The aver
was 50. Thirty have passed to Room Number
Two during the year.
This department is an important branch, US a
feeder to the whole school, and the graded sys-
tenn will not be fully developed until the pupils,
commencing in this room, have found their way
to the highest department in the building.
ROOM NUMBER TWO
This school has been taught the past year by
Miss HARRIET II. CAMP. She took this depart
ment under very untavorable circumstances on
account of the frequent change of teachers
prior TO that time Miss CAMP is entitled to
much credit for the improvement made in the
order of her school, and, as matter of course
this improvement has brought along with il a
general improvement in all other respects. The
branches Of study taught in this room arc Read
ing, Spelling, Primary Arithmetic, and first
steps in Geography. The scholars arc also e1.
ercsed in Vocal Music, The average attend
ance last quarter was So. Seventeen have been
passed to Room Number Three during the year.
ROOM NUMBER THREE.
Miss DAPHNE ?. HATHAWAY has taught in
this room three years, with good success The
discipline in her school has always been of the
highest order The pupils are taught not only
to 10 every exa" pie co, rectly. but also with
dispatch. Quickness Of perception, pIomptness
in manner and perfect order, characterized this
dep .rtlnent. The branches taught are Reading,
Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, Simple Rules Of
Written Arithmetic, Primary Geography, and
Elementary History. The average Attendance
last quarter was AZ, and IA have been passed to
the next higher grade.
ROOM NuMBERF0uR.
Miss MARY JANE Folsom has taught in this
room three years She Is Il most successful
teacher. Every examination in this room has
Inc examiIation the present year was decidedly
good. The first class, Of fourteen. embraces
some OF the brightest scholars in the whole
school, and they are bound 10 make their mark
in the upper department. This clas, have re-
manned in this room longer than the rules OF
the school require, and another class OF about
the same mum Der have been through the studies
required in this department, The branches
taught are Reading, Spelling, Mental Arithme-
tic, Written Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar
and Writing, The average attendance the last
quarter was so.
ROOM NUMBER FIVE.
Miss MARY BRowNsoN has taught in this room
the past year, and three quarters of the previous
year. She has given good satisfaction The
school was IN good condition when it came un-
der her charge, and she has been careful to pre-
serve It's good reputation. Some of the first
class have been in the school two years or more,
but in consequence Of absence are no further I'D
vanced than others who have been there but one
year, demonstrating by the examination, the
great loss to pupils and encouragement to teach
ers caused by absence from school. The exami
nation In this room was made more interesting
by exercises in defamation and select reading
Several young gentlemen acquitted themselves
we'll in defamation, and the young ladies reac
their select pieces admirably. The pieces lo
declama ton and reading were selected with ex
cellent taste and judgment. The number in a.
tendance last quarter was about thirty, bein,
less than usual. The next quarter will show
large increase. few scholars have been sen
from this room to the Grammar depa tment tn
past year, and Others are ready for promotion
The branches taught in this room are Reading
Arithmetic, Grammar and Parsing, COMPOSE
ton, History of the United States, and Writing
These five rooms comprise the Union Schoo
proper, and the examination of them was high
~ satisfactory. The schools are all In a pro.
porous condition, and the teachers are eminen,
ly qualified tor their several positions Wrtln
has been taught as II separate branch thre,
quarters of the past year, in Room No. 6, b
Mr.. j. NJ. KENT, and the pupils have made goo
proficiency in that department The premium