Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-15
Timely Surgestions,

III, We clip the following common-sense roinarks
from the Manchester IN. H. Mirror. a'l ~Es
The winter sehoSls throughout the State,
and generally in New England will COM
mence on Monday following Thanksgiving.
A word in regard to their management is
not out Of place in our Journal which finds
access to 50 many teachers, parents, school
committees and pupils. All have duty
to perform, which IF we'll doho insures as
good government and good instruction. .,s-,
The trst duty is generally the most
neglected-that of providing comfortable
and convenient houses, with agreeable
surroundings, for the accommodation Of
pupils. This is the duty of the districts
IN their corporate capacity,4aR it, wfre s
incumbent on an individual the work would 4,
generally be done, but when q part can
shift the responsibility from their own
shoulders to those Of others, When this
rich man with no children to educate will 81
nQt vote to expond money for Tie benefit
Of others, though it indirectly benefits ia
himself, when a large proportion of the
legal voters of a district are controlled
by such rich men, or are of themselves
indifferent to the educational interests of
the town Or State, we cannot expect to see 9.I
our school-houes properly constructed, s5i
located, warmed and ventilated. This is y
the first great duty which we desire to o,-r.
urge upon the attention of the readers of
our paper.
In making appropriation for schools,
the voters sRottld rot ID influenced by the sH
fear OF a small additional tax, but should -l
be sufficiently liberal to afford at least r
three months school summer and winter,
and employ teacher of adequate quail.
lcatons, even at higher rate than they 29
have been accustomed to pay. They should d
either by town or district vote, provide
Tor maps, black-boards, charts, reference
books on the teachers desk, and even for
ornamenting the walls Of the school-room
and the grounds around the buildings.
Much of the character of coufitry aH'
sahnol ,d4-, l--.iI
intending committee If both are liberal
in sentiment and practice, free from self
ishness, and willing to work gratuitously,
they will prove essential aids to the school.
A teacher as we have already more than
intimated, should be selected not with an Il
eye to saving dollars and cents, but for 20
his accurate knowledge, his love of study
and Of teaching for his readiness to dis
cern the capacities and dispositions ofpu-
pills, and for his ability to govern without
frequent resort to physical force. He "
should be one whom the pupils respect for as-
his wisdom and his daily department, q
Having secured such teacher, let him be r
sustained by the parents, invited to their
homes, visited in the school-room, and
consulted with reference to tho conduct
and advancement of the pupils f'h ,-'"
Above all, let the pupil feel that for
him effort is put forth, money expended a
and many an anxious care experienced. I'd,
Let him resolve to be attentive, obedient,
studious, and he will not fail Of accom-.
plishing the great object Of his soLool
days. With such preparations, such in
terest, such instruction and such industry,
every school district may reap the rich d
reward Of the common school system.