Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-02
Report cftne superintendent OF
Common schools of Cambria
County. f0r the Near ending
june Z, gSG2.

Eox. :. Il. BrREowEs, Sap,. Com Schools:
Sir: The fact that was not commits
stoned Superintendent of Cambria until
the 9th Of January. when the school term
was more than half over, and that l was
copseauently unable to visit all Of the
schools. will, | trust, be sufficient apology
for anv failure on my part TO comply with
the instructions 70 County SuPerintcn-
dents. published in the journal Of May,
1852. While the official acts Of my pre-
decessor are on record, his obsn-catioHS
are not and If fail to give the Depart
meut all the information It requires, q
connection OF only four months with the
County Superiuteudency must be my ex-
cuse for any imPerfectlons IN a report
intended to embrace the operations OF a
whole wear. I shall not attempt to pre-
psre the tabular statement asked for by
the Department. as il could al best be but
approximately correct, but will endeavor
to give the required information in the
order suggested. and 10 make it ss com
plete as circumstances viii! permit.
Ncto !School Hgtlses. This year, Ale
Chauv, jackson, ClearfeId, SummerhLl
and Richland each erected new house
FIVE in all. OF the one in leaifield,
nothing Is known but the remaining four
are of much better style than the old
fashioned, uncomfortable structures they
replaced. They are all frame buildings,
sufficiently large to accommodate all the
pupils in the districts in which they are
located, we'll ventilated and comfortably
and tastefully furnished, but, with the
exception of the one in Allegheny, as yet
unpainted. Those in Allegheny and jack
son are built after the plans Q: the Penna.
School Architecture.
School Houses The whole number Of
school-houses in the county is 143. For
reasons already given, l am unable to state
the exact number unfit for use but we
have a great many that are objectionable
either in themselves or their location
The most prominent Of these-that have
come under my noJicc-are two in Jack
son, one In Summerhill, and two in Chest
Have heard of NO houses being refurnish
cd during the year. The Directors O
Carrollton district intend to furnish then
building the present summer. according
to the plans OF the Penna. s \. Tht
number Yet with wholly unsuitable furni
turO cannot be given, but is very large
= majority Of the schOol-houses in Cam
bria are without suitable furniture. Hav,
heard of no houses being furnished will
suitable or considerable apparatus. Abou
half the schoOl-hOuses are Furnished
with good black boards; the remainde
are either without, or are furnished Will
blackboard surface too small to be Of am
service One-fgurth are supplied will
Orthographical Charts, and these, Will
the addition Of few maps and globes il
Johnstown, and maps in Ebcnsbur- an,
Wilmore, make up the sum total Of schol
Schools. No CIR .ded Scho is were esta!
iishcd during the year The only Cra
ded Schools in this county are iu Eben:
ubrG and Wilmore boroughs About on
fourth of the schools are well class
fed withou. being graded; the remainde
are neither graded nor classified Thi
want of proper classification will coatinu
TO exist until Directors not only adoI
uniform series Of books, but afterward
observe carefully that no other kind
brought into the schools Some Boare
have failed to comply with the rcquir,
ments Of the Common School Law
adopt u uniform series of books. viii
others, having adopted such series By re
olution, have failed TO exact complain,
with it, aud the schools in such distric
have derived no real benefit from the q
ton OF the Board. During the SUNNI.
and fail, the necessity Of Observing tn
section Of the School Law viii be urge
upon all Boards that have hitherto f,iIe
IN so doing.
E.can,jnoti;o1 cf Teachers. The who
number Of applicants examined public
by Mr. Swank from the lst Of June, lS6
until his RESIGNATION on the 18th Of y
vember, was lSS. Number examine
privately, :. Total, 195. To IS0
these applicants, Provisional Certifcat
were granted the remaining ) were +
jected. Since my appointment, Ii teac
ers have been examined privately. at d
request OF the Board Of Directors emrlo
ing them, and received certificates.
public examinations. is Provisional Ce
tiicates have been issued. Acting und
instructions from the Department, | al
issued, at the County Institute, Profsssio
81 Certificates to Q teachers holding hrs
class Provisional from AIr Syank.
thus appears that, during the year endir
June /, 1862, 257 applicants have be-
examined, % Provisional and Q Proft
sional Certificates granted, and certifcat
OF any kind refused to ID applicants.
Visitation Of Schools Previous to
resignation, MIR Swank had visited
schools. Since my appointment, 80 schoc
have been visited once and II twice, N
king a to:al Of l04 visits. Whole nul
Der of schools visited once during I