Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-02-19

centage of attendance during one month, fell
as low as IA per cent. Some parents who
thought their children were wronged by the
teacher, instead of applying to me, as our rules
prescribe, openly disturbed tie school and
abused the teacher in presence of her scholars.
1t is my firm resolve that should such acts be
repeated, to deal with the offending par ties in
accordance with the law expressly enacted for
such cases. Still have reason to hope that
matters will improve during the present term,
and that parents in that ward will understand
that by repeating such acts as have occurred,
they will hurt the school and their children
more than they benefit their passionate pre-
JUDGES.
Union School No. 2 was well filed from the
beginning of term. Besides the pupils residing
on the West side of the river, amounting TO
348 it was attended by about ia pupils from
the cast side fthe river living nearest to the
School house The attention was coed, the
graduation was as well established as the molly
material out of which the grades had to be
formed would permit, the general condition
was indeed very satisfactory, and the progress
made even better than could have been e1pec-
ted of a new school with mixed scholars, and
some teachers who never before have beed en-
ployed in graded school,
The cost Of erecting Union School House No.
2, including well, fences, sidewalks grading
and scho ol-apparatus and furniture, exclusive''o
heating apparatus is as as possible sic, $50.
A detailed account of the cost of building and
fitting out said schoo-fouse will appear in the
annual report to be made to the Common
Council on the First day of April next.
The Evening School. for t! e reception of
boys and voting men from IA to 90 years has
been in successful operation during the Fall
Term, and considering the small outlay Of
money incurred ii keeping the school, is in
my opinion, very beneficial and credtabIe
institution for our city tie average number
of scholars #a3 65, the average daily attendance
was about SO.
Judging from present indications it will be-
come necessary to erect another Union School
House soon as the Board is able to do So
The number of pupils we have to expect next
fall will, beyond any doubt be so large as to
exclude the possibility of accommodating
them in our present school houses.
The proper site Of the new school house
would most naturally be somewhere in the
southern part Of the First Or the Northern
part of the Seventh ward, and for the fecep-
tioR Of the pupils Of those two wards. All the
puptls of fine city could then be spportohed
according to wards, whereby the complaints of
those parents who now have to send their chill
dren considerable distance in order to reach
their respective school houses, would most eff
fectualy put an end to the remaining three
small schools now in action, and
the running expenses for teachers wages
would be Increased but little aud WATERFOWL
might justly boast of a school-system which
for completeness and elegant symmetry of ar
rangement would scarcely find its equal in all
the Northwest and all this at an expense which,
compared wit h the result gained ev cry body
would call a surprising moderate one, and
whose general expenses would very tavorablf
compare with those incurred by our sister
CT ties in this State.
Respectfully submitted
WM. BIEBER,
Supt Public Schools.
Dated Watertown, Jan. 18th, 1868,