The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-04-17

4 what to do with such q crowd of little
j folks in such place would be apuzzlel
i sufficiently difficult for the most 1n-
4 ventiyo genius. It may be matter
/ Of doubt whether the great irregular-
lily of attendance could here be con-
sidered an evil. However, under the
/ circumstances both teacher and pupils
were interested and did their best. A
new and commodious stone school
honseIis now in progress of erection,
and it is expected that the next school
will be in comfortable quarters. The
best five reported by the teacher were
Sylvester Hiatt, John Q. Lloyd, Lizzie
Roberts, VIM. Jones, Charles Evans.
No. 25--Horttorl-A. d. Chambers,
Teacher.-This district rejoices in the
labors of a superior teacher. Prof.
Chambers is gentleman of fine schol-
arly tastes and attainments, and is en-
thusiastic in his work. The school is
known as Hartford Collegiate Insti-
| tute. The fall term was a public school,
to which all the children of the dis
| trict had access. The winter term was
sustained by tuition, and the spring
/ term is public school. Mr.. Cham
bers is an energetic teacher, and has
already accomplished a good work in
1 securing very great regularity of ut-
| tendance. lie endcavors to make cv-
cry absentee feel that every days alb
sence- is most serious loss; and WOE
to such an unlucky wight when called
up in the recitation of the next day.
About. that time he begins to feel that
he is an unfortunate and ignorant child !;
while those present take warning. No
mercy should be shown to the
lazy, or absent ones, unless there is a
| good excuse for absence and by this
means irregularity may be greatly
checked. la3H 1 e3 .f H
No. 2G--Friends' Netgh6orhood--
Saml. Maui, Teacher.-This district is
somewhat unfortunate in their school.
It was visited only once-there was
however a lack of interest on the part
of both the teacher and pupils, with con-
siderable disorder and irritation. This
district needs more school desks to COM
fOrtably accommodate the children
/
pupils occupying short school seat or
desk. Frr5 . -.l..-ct
! No. 2S-,JdckSon I0rnShip-R. ID.
Smith, Tcacher.-This district has had
three months of school: that is, a teach
er was employed, he went regularly to
the school house five days week for
the period of twelve weeks, and impart-
ed all necessary instruction to the dozen
or fifteen children in attendance, out of
the thirty-fOur enrolled, of the forty
eight i'll that district, then closed and
made his report. Look ut the figures /:
4S in the district, 81 enrolled as in at
tendance at some portion of the school,
daily attendance, 16i Now what is such
La school worth? The figures speak for
themselves. a few of the pupils, and
these must be very few, attended reg
ularly and received the benefits of the
school. And what can teacher do un-
der such circumstances? Much interest
i'll such school is out of the question,
and enthusiasm is absurd. To the dis
trict as whole the school was failure.
Sixteen is the average attendance Then
we may say to thirty-two children and
youth whole year passes without any
facilities for cducation-an incalculablc
loss, when we take into account the flu
| ture welfare of the children. A good
education is the best capital q young
man can have. Who of the mothers
would be willing to have the taunt
thrown upon their children, san igno-
rant young man, or an ignorant girl.
A year lost to the education of a young
person is worse than a failure of crops,
it is worse than the loss of money. Give
n young man or woman good educa-
ton, such as he or she ought to secure in
cur common schools, with good princi-
piles, and You may then hope that his
future will be prosperous; he will then
be worth something to the world; but
without them he will become a nui-
sance. We hope for better things from
% in the future. Tho best four reported
were: Josephine Payne, Lucy Long
fellow, Martha Shafer and Sidney
Beckus.
No. -Plyn,Owth-C N. Frazier,
Teachcr.-It will be remembered. that
this district was fortunate in its school
one year ago, under the charge of Mr..
Price The past season the Board was
late in looking round for u teacher.
Mr.. Frazier happened along, and though
a stranger was employed as last re-
sort. The arrangement proved for
tunate one: Mr.. +. proved avery excel
lent teacher, and the district happened
to sustain no loss from delay. We adj
wise each district to strike early, with
view to securing the best teacher pos
sibIc. The district finding that good
schools are good investment have de-
cided that their log cabin is not good
enough for that which is so valuable,
and have proposed to go to work at
once and erect comfortable and COM
modious house worthy the object. Next
winter we expect No. 81 will have
good; commodious school house, with
No. 1 school. Mr.. Frazier reports as
the best five: Miss Burilla Phillips, Jen-
ME Campbell, Annie Wilson, Ellen
Townsend and John NJ. Phillips.
No. 33-Rock Creek-May White,
Teachcr.-This was Miss Whites first
school, and the first school in the dis
trict, though it has been settled some
ten or twelve years. The school was