The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-16
WHOLE NUMBER S2S.
EDUCATIONAL.
HOI tIIc JtLtrsOn1
A WORD TO PARENTS.

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2. All the departments of our publ,
N schools having entered upon the las
:. . term Of the present school year, du
ring the past week, we we wish tc
II call the attention of parents and
n guardians to very important sub.
y ]ect. 1t has been a noticeable fact in
previous years, that before the close
d OF the Spring term, some of the de.
s partments would be reduced. per.
: maps, to dozen pupils. Especially
4 mas this been the case in the Hiob
oehooi departments, where the pune
tnal and regular attendance of a
pupil Is absolutely necessary, In or.
DER to make any advancement in the
course of study.
In the Fall, after the Iono Sum
ner vacation, school is once more q
novelty, and all the children and
youth are anxious to attend. Before
'ne close of the term they begin to
leave, so that the Winter term oftan
numbers less than two-thirds of those
previously enrolled. The Spring term
calls out yet fewer pupils ) these fall
on one by one, till the end of the
] ar.I. n
school year finds buG a fraction Of
those remaining, who set out with sucb
good resolutions ten months before
In these days of progress and general
education. Of fine school BUILDINGS
good text books and better edueated
teachers, parents should feel under
strong moral obligations to attend TO
the education of their children
fhey should realize that they are
ininring theis fellow-msn and DISC
eeylaS the laws of God, if they neg
iect TO do all within their power for
the attainment Of this end. tire
quires no great sacrifice or privation
to do this, as our school BUILDINGS
are ample and cominodious, and our
teachers anxious for fun schools and
large classes. Parents should stren-
ously insist upon the regular attsn-
dance of all their children, unless
sickness, or other calamities prevent.
This allowing children to STAY at
nome Tor some slight indisposition,
or because some favorite school. mate
Is absent, or other reason equally
trivial, is dong the community at
large an Incaiculahle injustice. To
allow a parcel Of uneducated bows
'n't sfrs to grow up in our midst
8 an evil which cannot be condemned
90 strongly. There are numbers of
youth In this town, between sixteen
md twenty-oae years of age, who
ire idl,ne away the golden moments
u lille, in gossiping, flirting, or read
ng trashy books, might-if sent to
chool, by energetic and determined
PARENTS, and told to remain till thew
lad finished the High School course
become ussiul and intelligent
Members Of society, but who now are
a fair way to accomplish nothing,
ither for themselves, or for the
world. This ought not SO to be.
md we would urge parents to con-
ider this matter seriously, and. see
o 1T that our schools are kept full
4 pupils. lanetual and regular in
tteasanes during the entire school
ear. As the long vacation begins
efore the cheated teYms is fairly
pom us, the decrease in our schools
,ust mainly be referred to careless
eaa and over-indulgence in parents.
semember, we beg of you, when
hns remiss in your duty, that the
lture welfare of our country de-
ends, to very great extent, upon
he education of the children of to-
ay;: and see to it. that after you
ave passed sway from earth, your
in this respect, as we'll
all others, will enable them "to
se up and cal you blessed"