Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-03-15

diencc and attention. If they arc
governed at home and taught the com
monest rudiments of good breeding.
they will yield willing obedience
to wholesome rules at school; ii not.
let them be kept at home, or sent to
the State reform school for the needed |
discipline, and then the district school
teacher can devote his time to instruct |
ing his pupils instead of continually
discoursing and arguing to convince
them that they had better obey the
rules of school and attend to study.
Cephas Clark's District No. 4
This school was taught by Simeon
N. Clark. 1t was we'll conducted and
orderly. The average number oil
scholars was about fourteen, nine Of
whom went through Greenlcaf's Ma
tional Arithmetic or Davis or Robin
sons Algebra, in a thorough manner.
In this school as in the one at South
Hill and Mud Island, the scholars at
tend for the purpose Of learning, rath-
er than to play the clown and enjoy
a little sport at the expense of thci
narents and the district.
South Hill District No. 5, wa>
taught by. Miss Ann Mercy, and was
one of the most orderly and studioas
schools in town, and the scholars
made good progress,
Baxter District No 6, by Amos P.
Bean. This was his first effort in
teaching he commenced well, laborcd
earnestly and concluded his term Of
school successfully, and | think salts
factorily to the district.
Anderson District No. I, was taught
by Miss Helen Barber, with good sue
cess, so the appearance of her schoo!
indicated. The school being orderly
and rccitations good.
South Glover District No s. wa
taught by Miss Dora L. Smith, who
was q teacher Of some experience, aud
apparently of good ability to. teach.
Her school was we'll conducted and
orderly There was however, some
complaint in the district. and her
school was loudly denounced as dis
orderly and worthless, by persons who
had not seen the school during til,
term; and even her character wa
mcrciIcssly as3aiIcd; hut the concur
rent testimony of some of the best
teachers in town, and most advanced
scholars in other districts who visited
!. her school, relutc the former charge
and it is perhaps fair, topvcsumc thai
the attack upon her character was al
so groundlc5s, and was but a spcci
] men of that kind of cajumny whic.
some people arc always eager to hcaI
upon any teacher whom they chance
: to get offended with for any caus,
whether real or imaginary. 1t is Gu,
to this school to state that it was moi
as profitable as it might have beer
: had all the district given the teacher
the friendly cooperation and supper
to which every teacher is justly en-
{ titled. There arc a few scholars il
I this school who study only whci
i absolutely compelled to, who icarI
J. nothing, and arc of course an injur,
to the school and who ought 10 re
II ceivc their schooling at Waterbury.
Mud Island District No. G. Th
school was taught four months b,
. Miss Cynthia 4. Bean, commencing il
! the fall, with good success. Thi
u school affords according to its size
the largest number of intelligent iu
II yeniles Of any in town Nearly al
< from the age of seven TO twelve rca(
J and spell we'll, recitc good lessons il
d arithmetic and geography, and writ,
7 a fair hand.
{ Merriam District No. II, was sue
cessfully taught by Miss Clara 4
Merriam.
Parish District No. II, was taugh
by Miss Alice Hardy. and though
difficult school to govern was wei
governed, and most of tho scholar
made remarkably good progress. :
u The teacher is entitled to much crcdi
y from the district for her winters work
ln>spcakiag of schools as being goo,
y and orderly, and Of schools maxim
a good progress, Iwish to be undcrstoo,
9 as speaking comparatively, since fe,
q IF our scholars arc making the pre-
9 sress that they might, and few of on
e schools are what they ought to be- az
! lew indeed in which scholars may no
be found who idle away half OF !hci
| time or mere Our scholars cn,a
d from year to year 4 supcrabundanc
G Of school advantages, and seem t
q calculate on six months schooling pc
$, year for twelve to fourteen years rs
2 mater of course; consequently the
u do not take hold of business at scho0