Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-16

enced teacher who has given such gen
eral satisfaction that | almost fear
she will reap the woe pronounced
"when all men speak well of you j
The illness OF the teacher at the time
of my second visit prevents my inter
fering to avert this calamity, and
am glad to confirm my judgment at
my first visit, by agreeing with the
patrons and scholars that it was a
good school.
District No. 6, is getting to itself a
reputation for good schools which it
is to be hoped will be maintained
Both terms have been under the care
Of Miss Nettie Sartle, and have been,
in my judgment, very successful.
pronounce the winter school, so far
as | can determine, the stillest in town.
Not the stiffness of death or of fear,
bnt the quietness and decorum of we'll
disciplined workers, is the kind of
good order of which | speak. The
whole number of scholars in the sum.
mer was thirty. This winter it has
been thirty-one. | am unable to give
the average attendance.
District No. 7, or Barton Landing
The summer school was taught by
Miss Abbie Cowles. Forty-fve names
were recorded upon the Register, and
the average attendance up to the
eighth week of school was stated to be
twenty-eight. Miss Cowles is a good
scholar, and appeared to be energetic
and faithful in the discharge of her
school duties. Still the school lack
ed enthusiasm and farce. Whether
this was due to Indifference on the
part of the district at large, or to a
want of sympathy between teacher
and scholars, or to some other cause
| am unable TO say. by no means
hold the teacher solely responsible.
/. The winter school was divided into
two departments; the smaller schol-
arS being under the instruction of Miss
Nora Spencer, and the larger under
that of Mr.. Addison f. Parker. Miss
Z Spencer's school was considerably the
: most numerous, and the arrangement
: of the room she occupied, such that il
2 would be impossible for any teacher
- to secure the best of order. She how
e ever seemed to have the good will of
/ her scholars, and to have secured con
5 siderable Improvement in them. Ii
| my opinion the division between thk
j and the large school should be sucl
d as to make the number in each more
f nearly the same. Mr.. Parker is on,
I OF our veteran teachers in this county
0 de has had no little experience IN re
n ducing to order difficult schools. With
o in his SchOOl-rOom the StricteSt Orde
e was enforced, and the scholars pres
|. ent al the times of my visits appeare,
ii to be doing well, especially in aritf
+ metic and spelling. | Judge tina
1t some Of the boys of Barton Landin
is might with profit have attended thi
lie school constantly, who either did nc
is attend, or if they began the tern
t. soon became aceary IN nell doing.
infer also that it is a rare thing t
v find the teacher who both enforce
Is strlcl regulations, and conciliates til
II, favor OF all his pupils. In schools {
n. elsewhere,
ID No rogue eer felt the halter draw,
en With good opinion of the law"
as District No. 8 supported two tern
n Of school OF eight weeks each. I'll
III summer school was kept by Mi
p Laura Jenness. | did not visit h,
he school but am informed that she IN
. with reasonable success. She, for
re wonder, did not please every one
er the district, but in the opinion of mo
ne was diligent and faithful to the lit
,ol ones under her care. The secoI
ge tenn was taught in the early fall
m Miss Elsie Mason. At the time &
ID my visit, found no reason to rever
ny my favorable opinion of this teach
II. expressed in my report last year.
sh- District No. 8, at South Barton, b
he divided its school year into three she
of terms. The first was taught by Mi
we Josie Garland, who resorted to a 90,
ra- deal OF corporeal punishment in e
forcing order, but appeared at d
'as visit to have the school under 90,
it'll discipline and to be laboring faithful
en- Tor their good. Miss Helen Kimb;
to taught the second term and kept e
i'll phatically a good school. The {
he pertinent and recitations of the pup
Els were a credit to themselves and tn,
,hy teacher. The winter term was taug
The by Mr.. Milo j. Owen. | was disa
en-, pointed in not seeing his school
APPS second time. The impressions of l
has first visit were in the main favorat
- and | learn from others that Nj. Ow
ne, did well in his difficult and respon
for bic task.
one Thus have you, gentlemen, with
- pdSSCU III IGNlGW luC SCuOOlS Ol
tnd town, and their work during the p;
ars year. | have not been too blind
sem see great imperfections in some or
on- of them, nor too bashful to speak
this mind. My judgement, OF course, (
this fers from that of others in some D
will ticulars, but such as it is, I submit
ain Let me ask your attention briefly
wn. the further question, How may we
ere prove our schools III the future?
- The most important and most
ma elusive answer to this question is,
irst Uelop and n'dimtain proper public S
Dol" tlment concerning these schools. III
cen are as Luther has said "More imr
um- tant to the state than princes or IN
hat istrates." 1t is not right therefore
ear suffer them to be neglected, or C
dis troled for merely personal or tenn
ing, rary purposes. The direction
we'd school affairs should not be SUR
ERIN dered into the hands of the baser
Jaw, ments of society nor should the
age tious spirit of constitutional CRU
The lers be permitted to DESTROY the m