Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-05
TTY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1853
themselves. They no longer measure
their learning by the number Of leaves

their learning Dy the NUMBER ol leaves
they go over. .aiy7 sra t -
Sub-district, No. 3.-Primary school
Mrs, Alma S. Bennett, Teacher.
| Whole number Of names registered
forty; number present first day ol
OF school, 81 average attendance
for the last two weeks, "a. The pu.
pills generally are not late, but there
are few who are almost invariably
behind time They are usually obedi
ent and their moral habits seem TO bt
good. Eleven persons have visited
the school, but two of them, however
were parents of children attending.
!Sn5-district, No. 4.-Miss Carthage
mia II. Allen, Teacher.
have twenty-five scholars aver
age attendance, l6. Scholars are moi
generally tardy. Morals are very
good with few exceptions. The pa
rents seem to be interested in the
cause of education. / think my
school is as pleasant as any have
taught '&@" -A .g".'t E#.. -'
Sub,dissric,, No. 5.-Orrin Allbee,
Teacher ...a...g .. x
have twcnty-four scholars |; aver
ago attendance, 81. The scholars are
not tardy. The scholars are industri
Gus, and their moral habits good. Pa
rents manifest bnt little interest, 9th
erwise than furnishing books and al
lowing time to attend school.
Sub-district, No. 6.-Miss Marion K
Bliss, Teacher. ..1a
There are eighteen scholars belong
ing to the school the average attend
ance thus far has been Is. The NOR.
al habits Of the scholars are tolerabl,
good, have not heard a profane wore
on the school premises. Some of the
parents appear interested in the edu,
cation of their children, while others
seemingly consider it matter of Sec
ondary Importance. A spirit Of tardi-
ness prevails this winter some morn.
ings it is ten o'clock before all Of the
scholars are in their places. ~
NILES. Ss6-dissria, No. =. Edwin
Klinetop. Teacher. t b. :
have twenty-six names on the list;
average attendance, 80. Scholars are
generally punctual. aud their moral
habits good, as far as l have been
able to ascertain. The interest mani.
tested by parents is, perhaps, on a
fair average. some having lively in
terest, while others seem rather indif-
ferent. s,,-.e... ..,..7 f........ I'd"
Sn6-dislriet,. No. -. Miss Lizzie
McCauley, Teacher.
Ny school is very small, only twelve
are attending /; average number, 9.
They are most all in the school-room
by nine o'clock. cannot say much
in regard to the interest manifested
by parents !; many Of them do not
seem to know what schools should be,
and feel that they have no time to
visit them. The moral habits of my
pupils are much better than / expect
ed. Profanity and falschood are ex.
cluded from my school.
Rock GROVE. Sub-dislricl. No. L.
E. w. Hartman, Teacher.
Whole number of pupils, fifteen !;
average attendance, IA !; moral habits
Of pupils very good, and parents man
ifest an unusual interest in the school.
There are, | think, five children be.
tween the ages Of five and twenty-one
years, who do not attend school.
SGb-district, No. II. A. Harri-
man, Teacher. bgu 1 D. ha 81
Number Of pupils, twcnty-eight; ;
average attendance. 81. Scholars
are generally prompt. Moral habits
Of pupils very good. Parents seem
to be very much interested in the
school, and do all they can for its
F-# I'll .
good. ..
Ulster. Ss6distriet, No. l.-Miss
Clcmentine McEwen, Teacher.
Ihave fifteen pupils average at
tendance. 10; generally tardy. The
moral habits Of the pupils are good.
Ipresume the parents feel an interest
in the school. but they have not man.
ifested it by visiting it. sl
Sab-distriet, No. a. Miss Katy
Wright, Teacher. at.aa s. IA 81.
My school consists of thirteen schol-
ars average attendance, IL !; ages of
pupils. from seven to twenty-five years.
Perhaps ] cannot better satisfy you
in regard to their morals than to re-
mark that every child in this sub-dis.
trict, is the offspring Of Christian pa
rents. The parents. without an ex-
ception seem determined that their
children shall have a good education,
and do all in their power for the good
of tho school. n..s I, st 4ef g
CEDAR. Sub-distr;et, No. 2.-Wm.
s. johnson, Teacher asa e
| have at present twenty-eight pu-
pils--fifteen from Floyd county, and
thirteen from Mitchell county. The
average attendance is Is. Ny scbol-
ars are usually tardy. With . few
exceptions, my scholars are very NOR
al. If the parents have any interest
in the school, they do, not manifest il,
either in procuring suitable books