Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-06-29
Village High School.


| The summer term of our village schools
closed last week. We attended the ex-
animation of the high school on Friday,
going in at the morning session, intending
to remain but al hour, but became so in
terested that we attended the entire day.
This school as our readers well know is
under the charge of Prot. L. F. Ward as
principal, assisted by Miss Leach of West
minister. The other schools closed day
or two previous, and were all under the
charge of well known and experienced
teachers, Misses Tenney, Wightman and
Leach, the latter sister we believe of the
assistant in the high school, and all have
performed their duties faithfully. Indeed,
we doubt if our schools have all of them.
at one time, ever been in so good condition
before, certainly they could have been no
better. The interest of course centers in
the high school, that being the graduating
course. We have all heard much of Prof
Ward in his profession, but one needs to
see and hear, to fully appreciate his abil-
titles as teacher They will then better
understand upon what his fame rests
The interest which he has SO thoroughly
infused into his pupils we have hardly
ever seen equaled, while the perfect equal
ity which reigned as to order and mode of
disposing of business was admirable. We
would render due credit to the pupils, and
the teachers are doubtless much indebted
to the fact that they have good material
TO work with. There were over forty
scholars present during the entire day,
Gas full as could be expected at this seas
on,) and each appeared 10 have an equal
interest in the proceedings, or in their
particular sphere of study. The class in
arithmetic made most excellent showing.
They could fairly charge upon and put
whole army of arithmetics to flight. 1t
was evident they would like to "meet the
enemy" and were eager for the fray
The science of numbers has evidently
been presented to them in the most thor
ough manner, and certainly we did not
know before that our village contained
such a little army of mathematician.
The class in Latin translated well, and
the definitions in botany were excellent.
Miss Leach's grammar class showed
most excellent state of progress. This
class is large, making full file round three
sides of the recitation room, yet in this,
to many dry and monotonous study, all
to be interested, and bound to
philology. Miss Leach is ev-
identity the right person in the right place.
Later in the afternoon various pupils
were called upon for compositions, and
each read their own. These compo sitions
were written in the school-room without
previous meditation, at time given out
by the principal for that purpose. This
system secures genuine article and
leaves no chance for borrowing or plasar-
ism, and we must say they were all cred
table to their authors to very high de-
gree.
AT the close of the examination remarks
we're made by George Slate, w. II. john
son, and others, all expressing much SAY
sfaction at the condition of the school and
It's future prospects. Prof. Ward also
spoke briefly and read the names of sew
,ral who had been absent nominally or |
lot at all for that term and some of them |
or several terms. We had thought of
giving some of these names, but as we do