The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-03-13
The schooIs of salem.

DISTRICT No. I.-Mr. NELLIs, Clerk.-In Capt.
Tuttle's District, as it is commonly called, they
have the second best school building in the town
Of Salem. 1t has good appearance on the out
side, and is very well arranged on the inside Mr.
Bingham, the Teacher, has appropriate notices
hung around his room, which make it inviting and
pleasant OF his order, we have nothing to say,
except that the clock is the origin of the most noise,
as you can hear it tick any time during school
hours We wish it was more common fault.
DIST. No. MIR. PADDOCK. Clerk Here, we
find very comfortable old building, with site
thraefourth3 enclosed. The inside of the room is
arranged after the old style, with blackboard
only large enough to accommodate one or two pu.
pills at a time; and to make the arrangement more
complete, they have the multiplication table very
nicely painted the walls as if the scholars were
not capable of retaining it in their minds over
night. Mr.. Thompson, a Teacher of some fifteen
years experience, has the charge Of the School
DIST. No. 3.-Blr. PEAsG, Clerk.--It is with
school houses as with everything else; there must
be a best; and for the town Of Salem, the School
house situated in the village of Wilmot, is in the
superlative degree. Itoost eight hundred Dollars
The school is divided into two departments, Mr..
BARNES having charge Of the Higher, and Mrs
Barnes of the Primary. The two departments ia
ken together form the largest school in the county
We do not ask for any better discipline and sys-
tenn, than we find in Mr.. and Mrs, Barnes school.
We notice one set of Mtchells outline Maps Mr.
Barnes has spelling class hard 70 be excelled in
the county The officers of this District will have
good Teachers, and pay them fair price for their
services.
| Dist No 4.-Mr. CoGswELL, Clerk.-Here is
school house site enclosed on two sides, with a
good board fence, for which Improvement the dis
trct deserve much credit. The house is poor
concern inside but we presume the distsict antic-
ipate something better. The District seems to re-
alize the necessity of retaining good Teacher
more than one term; for this reason Miss McKil.
lip, one Of our best Teachers, has been in the
school the past year
DIsF. No 5.-Mr BUDDY, Clerk.-The "Saem
Centre School house" with some repairing and re-
arranging woald make a model pig pen or grana-
ry. They have very extensive play ground in
Dist No 5; it is four rods wide, and reaches from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, and is
occasionally decorated with large, ornamental
shade trees. Miss Hawley, the teacher, has a small
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DIST. No. 6.--Mr. BAILEY, CIek.-We will
make no comments on the appearance ofthe house
but confne our remarks to the interior We fine
the seats and desks nconveniently constructed, bu
the school, as We expected Systematically awang
ed and and conducted; walls hung with one set O
Mitchell's Outline Maps, and School notices. The
people in Dist No. s. see that there is benefit Il
be derived from continuing a successful teache
more than single term. Miss Murphy has beer
their Teacher for the past year, and her reputa
tion as competent teacher, is certainly fattering
She has always manifested unusua9 interest in ou
educational meetings, and is one of the main sup
ports or pillars Of the Salem Town Teachers Assc
citation,
DIST. No. Mr. UDALL, Clerk-In this neigh
borhood they have a respectable old building 70
s school house. The site is bounded on three side
by fence, aud on the fourth by the highway lead
ing to Wimot. The seats and desks are about
feet long, and undoubtedly the people think then
justright. This school has suffered much sickness
the present term. Miss Brown commenced tn
school under the most favorable circumstance
with large number Of scholars, but on accoun
of her health, was obliged to leave it. at the middl
of the term. After vacation Of nearly four week.
Mr.. Benedict was hired to finish the term, with
small school. Wa notice that'the school room
decorated with evergreeus and school notices.
Dist. No S.-Mr. VAN ALsTINE, Clerk-An
one who passes by Liberty, will notice nice littl
building on the north side of the road leading t
WiImot; size seven by nine, with roof shingleC
and walls mostly covered with clapboards If 20
step in, you viii say it is well ventilated, as goo
share Of the plaster is gone from the ceiling, an
the floor is perforated with numerous aperture:
Miss Parker is acting as teacher, il this model Ii
tie building.
DIST. No. 9.-Mr. STocKwELL, Clerk.-Th
building has the appearance of most of the Salel
> School houses. The Arrangement OF the inside
= rather better, however, than the average Tt
pupils are nearly all yankees, as the desks an
:, seats abundantly indicate. Mr.. Rector, the teac
:. err, man.iests considerable pride in the good CO.
duct of his scholars, and from report is giving vel
good satisfaction.
! The Town of Salem is certainly in need of nu1
- Der OF good school houses, and we hope that Il
pressure of the times, win not prevent the erect
y, Of few buildings both substantial and orr
mental
3. L. DODGE,
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