Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-11-12

will emulate the example oi' Che form
er ones. There are still other points,
| Wingville, Woodman Patch Grove,
Iatton, British Hollow and Beetown,
that might sustain graded schools.
The new school house At Boscobel
his been well seated tGis year, with
" kauklns improved school desk
thi- district haye t,ow t@o good
school houses upon tieir lot and are
I beginning ia discuss the necessity u
/ yet another - meet the Increased
..nd get Increasing demand for room.
There have been several school hous
es building during Che year. most Of
them Of improved plan. may men
ton those OF districts No. / OF Fen
nimoro and No Ii OF Lancaster
YET some districts build without
! plan, and thus waste their money ID
a house entirely unsuited to the pur>
| pose for which ii IL bnilt The seat
ing Of the house al Hazel Green was
completed aaring the present year
| At Boseobei and Cassyille complete
sets of outline map have been Ff0
cured and at the former, 3 SOS Of
| primary charts, ana considerable OH,
er apparatus, as Wei rs backboai3s
all around the several rooms lat t6e
latter, as also ia district No. . Of
PirtteYilie, BEN sufficiently arge,
perhaps, 10 be heard All over the
district has been furnished At Lam
caster steps have been taken to build
alino school house, to cost about Sl2,
coo, of which SO, 500 are already Sc
cured with which to commence OPP
erations. Aud so throughout the
country there are many improve
ments and signs of better times.
One town, Platteville, has moved
in favor of the township district
system. The member OF assembly
from that district is instructed to
ask for law allowing towns to orr
ganize their schools upon this sys~
tenn. And this town has decided
unanimously to so organize, when
so permitted to do. This, | think is
a step in the right direction, and we'll
taken. Some towns, perhaps some
entire counties, may not be prepared
for so radical a change-Platteville
is ready and viii gradually educate
her bordering towns mp to the same
preparation. hope soon to see the
system adopted throughout the coun-
t. and the state BY il every man
may haya tie advantages Of i Grad
ed school which every town can thus
and ought to, support and which
advantages are now enjoyed by those
only who live in few OF the village
districts The villages Of BeetOwn
and British Hollow arc now divided
each into two districts, supporting
four second rate schools at a greater
expense than would be tho expense
to each district TO support Il good
school Of two departments, and still
the children receive but little advan,
tagc-crowded eighty together in q
room, perhaps, sufficiently large to
accommodate forty pupils. So in
many country districts there IS some
tendency to digide-every man seem
inc to want q school house, al least
at The corner Of his farm There are
| 4.-o otla,. n..fle thof n0seibl,r rbr
ta,,.u.l':.. s,e...n, r1;,ebt roael, and
n.,a l'.I,l cbar-in.e7ba lay,.in@ of
toves from tbo sn6.,listriot b The
township and removing the ozpeud
iture Of it from the sub~oilicers TO the
town officers. refer to Tie neglect
e e. o',i'4 thoa y,;tb MI boa5es I'll
- I- '+ +nrn oJarl,s renorf for fbie 80;
o III - t,,n,tv- s;tos oIt of two bnc,lrai
Gor onn.tartb of an the county 4 are
MI ;aol..e,5 ara oniv th;ri,-.n;,o
af tba com, nr,n,bar sra fnr1isbeJ
,,;ti /" o,thnnses Is rool oor1;t;an II
' ~ ssal,..5, IA a,.r1nn3
g -, j. j. ,,,o,s T.. II i;r. teaab
~" 49, ;ppft.Ts:.,s.,f - a.,ss,,Il,,
et' go da~@a3o, oat + ,3entinn
1871 far ~ man eaati,aonf If
,nSs;t,. MI poIinanenf IS cIildgan
shonld Il woald seem. PROMPT school
boards "a fornisb these necessary
buildings. That SO many oil our
school houses. standinn IA they DO
upon the opon prairie. ana often dis
nntino tbe rjobt Of wav with passing
WAGONS and r9rriaoes should 80 uu-
;noIosod and unfinished with ont
tna.as i e,r f.nn, nrod;tahl. a. onr
- ~, ~, nrosant voor have h,
o,n f. reeon;ra monthly renorts from
fba taachars have received sucb
ranorts from ono hundred and forty
6Ta teachers had no means If mt
4;no blanks into the hands of ALI the
tnaoobors dnr;nr tbe f;rst nm ofus;ng
49,, + fnd 5bon, . - # means of
;ndnninr taachors ton or,h of1orts
and 7 tal[e i thev hav. an effect mn.
on nnnils TOO / have endeavored
10 make the reports suggestive Of
improvements such as entcrprisinc
teachers can make. They arc a help
in securing co-operation between