Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-09

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the communication Of the Steward Of the
Poor House, would report that they approve
Of the course pursued BY the Steward in re-
fusing to admit any person into the Poor
House who is affected with any contagious
disease, believing that il was never designed
tina, that institution should be converted
into Pest House.
Wm MuHnr, Chairman.
Report adopted.
M. Gstes offered The following feoolulion
Reeolved, That the TIE asssss b e0poeer.
ID - borrow money d par, With toteress DOS
exceeding 8 per cent, asd ssid money. When
90 bosroved, to Be placed 10 the credit OF the
relief fund, tie amount necessary to meet The
orders that nay Re Issued Gu said fond be-
tvre Z eufllcient a. ouss o. taxes ars collected
that have this day been levied foe said fund
which resolution was read and adopted BY The
Bolrd unanimously.
iAr. Pafbes moved that tse report Of the
Committee on Equalization for tbe Ievyiug Of
State and county revenues % taken from the
table, which vas agreed 10.
Mr.. Mead thea moved The adoption Of the
report.
Mr.. Clark moves to amend TO strike out
one mill for bridge fnnd and insert one.half
mill, which was sgreed t..
The report was tnen adopted az amended.
Un IA, oi Mr.. farb.r adlouiIed till .
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FIFTH DAY--MoRHisG SESSION.
The Clerk read the report Of y. T.. Cor
ton, County Su )e,ii.tcndent Of common
schools, from June Is. to Sept. list, 1864, as
fellows:
Since The work Of visiting schools COM
nenecd. I have visited ~ schools, occupy
ing So days. Of these % were visited prior
10 June j ST., 1864, occupying IS days, leav-
ing 81 schools ,steu since the lst of June,
occupying 45 DAYS In discharg. Of other
official duties, have spent ID days. making
a total CT 60 days sport in the official dis
charge Of the duties of the office OF s. per
intendcnt from June LIST to Sept. lst 1854.
Since the work OF visiting schools COIN
mcnced, nearly all the schools in the county
have been listed. some few having been
n,is1ed, owing to the teachers having been
engaged for short terms, and closing before
harvest, and owing 10 the limited time Of
visiting. Owing to this the work of visit
ing has been more hurried than it otherwise
would have been.
Durin. harvest the schools were mostly
closed, necessarily suspcndng work for a
season From observation of the few schools
which continued through the harvest,
think it would bc advisable, and would re-
commend vacation during the months Of
JAW and August. 1t is my conviction that
school during those two months is OF but
little value. Fall schools, which arc new
commencing, are far preferable 10 what are
called summer schools.
On visiting schools have found every
variety of buildings, teachers ant! books
Until we have suitable buildings, teachers
! f4srafed for their work, and uniform Sc
res OF school Looks, our success in educa
ting the children Of the county will be but
partial.
| OF the school houses in this county not
onc-half are worthy of the name of the
teachers not one in five is properly fitted
prove their qualifications. Three incompe-
tent teachers have been discharged saving
in one case 500. ct hers have stopped
one having forged cert .iicatc-stopping
Just before the visit Of the Superintendent.
| is hoped that better times are coniing,
for the teachers find it necessary to study
i'll order to come up to the required standard
Of examination, ant to keep pace with the
times in the school room. Quite a number
| Of teachers have been found who only need
ed direction to make excellent teachers.
In relation to school books, propose to
call convention Of the various School
Boards, to be held On the 1ath of this
month, at the Court House, provided the
use Of the Court Room can be obtained on
that day, which would respectfully solicit
The object Of this call is 10 atte'np. the IN
| tra.lu ction Of better style Of architecture
and uniform series OF ooks, ard to dis .uss
the welfare ofour schools.
In the schools visited have found an en-
rollment Of about 1000 children, and an at
tendance c! about ], 400, making ABOUT 90
per cent a fair average. This is too small
and is owing, in part to summer schools
but more to lack Of interest among the poo.
pie.
The method Of teaching and the scholar
ship in majority CT our schools is poor
Reading, especially, is very paor. and il
most cases is much neglected and poorly
taught 1t has been my aim to rcmed,
these evils and such others as ! :ght dis
cover TO this end have paid special at
tention to what [ considered the poorest
schools, and have found upon subsequent
visits, marked Improvement 5ne,,. is ,
manifest Interest awaking ainomg lise teach
ers for Improvement OF themselves and theii
schools.
Many of the townships are poorly sub
Distracted -seyeral schools having an at
tendance 81 hu. from four to ten scholars.
Respectfully submitted,
d. l.. GoHToN,