Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-10-21

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is the result Fer The year ending Oc,o
Der, 1855, the per cent. OF absence WA,
IS; for the year ending October, 1867
Il; for the year ending October, 1868
~; and tor The year ending October
1863, it j. B per cent. Stripped u
/ figures. this means that o};r eoanty is
! throwing away oMe-th.ra osall the mon
! ~ paid teachers, simply because parents
ani guardians permit irregular attend.
aGcc, which S tolerated in every dis
;r;ct more or less aud is the most dis
canra-.a- feature II our schools. lo
guard ag. nst 1t, We must, before many
vars, have Sous Sysssm OF compulsory
attendance Under the p.eSea, III Ii.
ton ct the state. a small forfeiture to
the school and. for each day OF unnec
e.~ary absence. would, touch the root
OF the matter, be 4 lite time blessing to
many child anl 4 wholesome spar
to many a lagg2rd parent 1t seems TO
me that t. take the average annual at
tendance is the basis Ion the apportiun.
ment Of tie school land : would Dc az
IL. 0.sioral incentive % more regular
attendance this basis were chosen
instead OF thai otihc number otpersons
between the ayes OF five and twenty
one Yeas, We might then wisely aboI-
ish the maximum Schoo! age T.! years.,
AMI open the schools to all who may
need their al There is 10 good reas
on that can see, why y young man
who needs commonsc'lool Instruction,
should bar bis privilege with 50 small
a thing Is a ballot;
Daring the year there have been
lsS applicants Tor teachers, certificates.
ct these, I'll received certificates tor
yeaf; 30 received certificates for
hess inan enc year; and Il were re
iectel In the rejection OF applicants,
there is always something unpleasant,
both Oh account Of the feelings OF the
,l.Sapnointgd can ilatcS, and the liabll-
ity to errors ot IN. = ,mant on TIE part
OF the Surerin endent Bat al tbs |
teel confident, that TOR one occasion ot
regret have In | lor Withholding Ger
ti.ica,cs, my visits 70 the schools OF
teach rs he! ling the lower grades, have
accustomed ten for granting them. =
TINS part Of M experience has III NE
to decide that tie short term cer,itl
Gates would be better cast Oh, and i
via, therefore, cease TO issue them
Tie W !ltcn .orm Of ex IN natloA t'a'
been used tor the past year, ex ;ept up
on the subjects Of N Entail Arithmetic,
Rea..ag, and Theory anl i'factlce.
\ god teacher requires . part OF al
most every recitation to be done i'll
writing, rs a test OF thorou.hne-s. s.
In the same WAY M examiners opinion
can best he ma leup troma manuscript.
aaist.{ b. ora aeln l,ltiog, in part
Besides, the fling ct the written an
,.....a t.4n, cnnstitntns the Sunerln-
ton Tents only protection a-aln., eAars
es OF par,ialty and injustice.
have, wltt.A tn year, visited al
the Schools Of Tie coants, except ionr
or fyc which closed patore l could
reach them or TO winch | WAS pre-
vented from paying visits on account
81 Swollen streams. VI my OF them
visited twice an 4 few, three times
The Whole number OF visits m,ie WAS
2}1 | have held 81 evening meetings
for talks to the people upol the want 5
and con iition ct the schools, al am
roWin.. that 40 labor perform IL has
brought aqlicler return. OF appeal
cases. haze Iva, four, involving more
or less l.si:ul;v, AL i'll the years
work have travelled about 300 mics
Nine new houses have been finls,es 4
the past yer, n an expense OF from
500 to 500 each. AMI four others are
in process Of completion. The taste
in style Of building IS improving. school
officers show 4 com men !abia desire to
furnish the very ba,t houses within
their means, AMI we can almost always
approach them upon the subject OF
sca'in. AMI furnishing houses, with
hopes OF a patient hearing. They are
m ere neglectful. however, Of the school
houses and furniture already provided;
which is, probably, result OF unpaid
service, in part, and in part, downright
careiessncss.
Three Of the houses built this season
are furnished with improved seating -
The District Township of Highland
has feacel al its sen ,ol lots during the
summer. an 1 others are doing the I'M,
as fast as they ca1 \ few are oraa-
mentins the grounds with trees and
proviln. wno | houses, an most Of
them hore proei,aed oat houses. But I set
it down with shame that some of these
are disgrace AMI reoroach to a civil
ize community, an | I cannot unler-
stand the spirit Of some teachers whom
! have seen TINS daily submit them
selves and pupils 10 a personal insult.
In respect 10 these toul b,oEs on tho
play groun Is OF our schools, | am glad
to fall back Oh the flimsy consolation
that we are as well as our neghbors.
What | regard rs the greatest i'm.