St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-02

secure lile Souu Will OF her pupils, and :
large a number left that the school wa
far from profitable. The few who con
tInued to the close of the term, learne
well, and good order was preserved. TN
want OF which has been one great obsta
Gle to the success Of this school in tn
past.
MIR. Galbraith-the teacher in tn
winter term-succeeded in keeping 900,
order, and at the same time won the re
spect and affection of his pupils. Hi
school was in ali respects a success.
In the lower department - summe
term - Miss Stanley commenced he
school under untavorable circumstance
on account of some dissatisfaction tn,
previous terms, but, by patient, persever
ing effort, won success. The order wa
good, and though the school was mucl
broken by sickness of scholars, yet thos,
who We're able to attend-the schoo
averaged 33 Learned well and the tern
was profitable one.
In the winter, Miss Emma Foster
taught two weeks, when sickness com
PEELED her TO give up the school. to the
great regret OF both parents and scholars
After an intermission of two weeks Mis-
Ellen L. Page entered the school and, SC
far as | know, her labors have provel
satisfactory TO all concerned. \ lttl,
better order would have made her schooI
more profitable.
DIST. No. !. Summer, Miss Emma
j. Harvey. Winter, Mr.. George \.
Gates. The Attendance in the summer
was 50 irregular that this alone would
have prevented successful school Up
on my first visit the order was good, and
the school appeared well, and the few
only seven-whom | found there at my
last visit, had made as good Improvement
as could be expected under the circum-
stances but there had evidently been
very little enthusiasm on the part OF
either teacher or scholars.
Mr.. Crates. who taught in the winter.
is Il fine scholar and his method of i'm
parting instruction is excellent. lie had
i'll his school large number of Young
men and women-among whom are bv
far the most advanced scholars in town
and, if he had adopted the principle,
that scholar too old or too large to mind
is too old or too large to attend school
at al, and then acted accordingly, this
might have been the best school in town.
Judging from what | saw, | should say
the school was, upon the whole, profit
able one, though 10y no means what it
might have been.
DIST. No. S. The summer term, Mis-.
Ida +. Gammell, teacher-was success
ful one. The winter term was Il failure.
The teacher, Mss Eurrorv. labored faith
fully, and in some other districts, Think.
might have done well, but evidently had
not the qualifications necessary TO govern
such school a> this. Had the parents
cordially sustained the teacher, and re-
Trained from speaking disparagingly OF
her Ietore their children, | think the
school would have been far better than it
was
DIsr. No. 9. Summer, Miss Emma
j. Page. Winter, Miss Elvira c. Per-
clval. Miss Page taught here the winter
previous. and her success this term show
ed the wisdom of the district in again Sc
curing her services. The school was in
all respects !; success, and the same Is
true, 50 tar as | am able to judge, of the
winter term.
Dlsr. No. 10. Has enjoyed a year of
The teacher in the summer.
Miss Jennie Smith. though wholly mex
pcrlenced, this being her first school.
yet secured the good will of her scholars.
maintained good order, and manifested
an aptness for the work which argues
well for her future success.
Miss Carleton. who taught in the win
ter, is one of our oldest ard best teach
crs, and her school was an unusually
profitable one. The scholars were enthu-
siastic in their work, anxious TO be pre-
sent every day, and therefore could hard
ly fail TO make rapid progress in their
studies
DIST. No. II. Summer. Miss Mary
y. Warden. Winter, Miss Mary H..
McLarcn. Miss Warden's school ap-
peared well both times | visited it, The
order was GOOD, and the scholars had
made good progress in their studies.
They were especially prompt in answer
ing general questions, and giving rules
and definitions in reading. The only
difficulty | saw, was the fact, rs shown
by the register, that some Of the scholars
had left, though SO far as | have been
able to learn, not from any fault on the
part ofthe teacher. When visited the win
ter school, near the com mencement of
the term, there was every prospect of n
successful and profitable school, and l
learn from a reliable source that thi,
prospect has been fully realized.
DIST, No. y. Upon my first visit
to the summer school-Nliss Ellen /.
Page, teacher-I found the order poor
My next visit showed great Improvement
in that respect the scholars We're quiet
and studious : recitcd their lessons well,
and the school seemed in all respects 4
prosperous and profitable one. Miss
Chamberlin, the teacher in the winter,
entered upon her work with that zeal
earnestness, and resolution, which can
hardly fail to win success. The school
was b-th pleasant and profitable.
DIST. NJ. l3 was obliged to change
teachers in the summer term, on account
of the sickness of Miss HattieJ. Warden
who taught the first seven weeks. After
a vacation of two weeks Miss Ella NJ
Moore took her pi'ce and completed the
term with so much success that the school
suffered but little from the change OF
teachers. Miss Mary A. Foster, in the
winter term, met with fair degree OF
success. This school is small and
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