The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1867-07-19
CRESCO HOWARD co IOWA, JULY l9, 1867 WHOLE
Howard County Schools,
New OREGON, July Sd. 1867.

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| Howard County Schools.
New OREGON, July Sd, 1867.
Mrs. NJ. Tuttle Teacher, Il
scholars.
This school is taught in the room
where the Plain Dealer Press SC
long held sway, before emigrat;ne
north. For want of school house,
in some quiet place, the children
of this village are furnished with 9
room in the business part Of town,
where they can have fun out side Of
the scientific amusemcnts of the
school room. Parents cannot expect
them to make fast progress in thci,
studies. while the-school room is ad.
jacent to stores and groceries, and
too often the scholars are disturbed
in their studies by a crowd of idle
boys. The most of the recitations
were good. I saw ono boy Gold
enough to set good example for
small scholars, whiting his desk.
Room neat, and order medium.
Mrs. I. works faithfully, Gin the
school room, but owing to the
above disadvantages, the scholars
are not as orderly, and studious, as
l find them in many ofthc other
schools of our county.
New OREGON, July 9, 1867.
Emmons' District. Miss Sarah
Howard, Teacher. 10 scholars.
The Reading exercises were
watched with care, and the little
mistakes were corrected. Geogra-
ply lessons were COED, Mental
Arithmetic was, good, but Written
Arithmetic lesson needed more close
study; the Grammar lesson was
good; the first class spelled the les
son CT, without misspelling a word,
and the other classes spelled we'll.
Order good, and the room neat.
New OREGON, July 10, 1867.
Shaw's District. Miss Josephine
johnson. Teacher, % scholars.
In this sub-district, they have a
new commodious school house, Cone
Of the best in the Co.'S furnished
with black board, chair, pail,
stove and table. The scholars arc
mostly Norwegisns, and, those who
attend school regularly, are learning
to read spell, write and cipher quite
fast. There is in this sub district
so scholars, and yet the average at
school is about fifteen. Parents
who CAN, but WILL NOT send their
children to school, ought to BE
MADE tn send them or pay a somi-
annual fine. The most of the schol-
ars are in the habit of speaking too
low while reading, spelling, and an
swering questions. Order was very
good the scholars were diligcnt,
and the room was neat.
There ought to be law to com.
pei Parsnts to furnish their chi
dren, over 6 and under 16 years Of
age, with suitable books, and send
them to school three months in the
year. .
PARIS, July 10, 1867.
Miss Lucy Walker, Teacher. 81
scholars. ..s.r
They have new School House,
and when properly seated will be
quite convenient. The school room
is furnished with a pail, chair, stove
and blackboard. The most of the
scholars are tardy and the most of
them spend too many days at home
that they ought to spend in the
school room. (Let all the children
in the sub-district attend school
while they have good opportunity,
for such privileges may not always
last!) Order. and recitations good,
and the room was neat. ...
NEW OREGON, July lO, 1867.
Farley's District. Miss Caro-
line Booth, Teacher. 13 scholars.
When a class was called in this
school, they came promptly and in
good order, with the book at the
side, and at the word attention, -
all made a nice gcntecl bow CATER
which they recited their lessons
without leaning against seat, black
board, wall, or each other, and re-
turned to their seats in the
same good order. Miss ,B. attends
to but one thing at time. While
a class is reading she pays strict at
tention to that recital ion, and does
not leave her class to take care Of
itself, while she solves pr omlems in
another part of-the room, Gas some
do. Recitations all good but one
in Geography. Order good, and
the room very neat, for not only the
broom had been used to renovatc,
but also soap, mop, and water.
T. w. LEE.
.a II Go. Supt. of Schools.
The tlial Of Surratt.