Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-05
NUMBER IA.
District No. 5-Tho Summer term was

District No. 5.--The Summer term was
taught by Sarah Trumpass. This was her
first school. l think she did not have
quite confidence enough in herself. The
school was small and quiet; the scholars |
anpeared industrious and made considera- /
BILE improvement Theaverage attendance
was 10 whole number, II.
The Winter Term was taught by Ida
Hoyt. Miss Hoyt has the faculty OF keep
ing good order, and having time tor ev-
cry exercise her management ofthe school
was very good. do not think her faculty
for teaching and explaining quite as good
as it might be with more care and practice,
yet her school appeared well and made a
fair degree Of improvement. The whoie
number of scholars attending this school
was "a; average daily attendance about ~.
District No. 6.-The Summer Term of
this school was taught by Ioa Dingman of
Montgomery. This was her first school.
think she did very well, considering the
| circumstances under which she labOred;
the house was not convenient, and there
was not books enough to make the school
interesting and profitable. The average
| daily attendance was Is; the whole num-
Der that attended this term was %.
The Winter Term was taught by Clara
Honsinger of Jay. This teacher seems to
have energy and enthusiasm to a greater
extent than the patrons Of the school Al
though the school was not so still as some,
there seemed to be a good degree of inter-
est. and improvement with the few scho.-
ars which had books. The whole stock of
books consists of: Fourth Readers, 3 :;
Third Readers, 3 Second Readers, ) First
Readers, 5 Primers, 3 Spelling books, E !;
Arithmetics, ), and these were pretty well
worn. The average attendance was 10 !;
the whole number that attended, 80, and
the whole number of school aye in the dis
trict, %. This district has built a very
comfortable school house the past summer.
And now hope the parents will make an
effort to have their children at school, and
furnish them with books. The average at
tendance this winter has not been but a
little more than one-fourth of the scholars
in the district According othe registers,
the number of families in town are 100
the number of children of school age. go
average daily attendance 1873 number OF
instances Of hardness, 1,G77; number hav-
ing no absences, 30. The amount expend-
ed for teachers wages was 1919 for board
S35210; for fuel, S96.35; for erecting
school house and shed, S345.50; repairing
S3.75; making Sl476.70 for the total ex-
pense Of the common schools the past year
In laying out this amount Of money il
seems to me that we ought to have an in
terest in trying to do it to the best adyan-
tage.
To secure punctuaIity and regularity
each district ought TO have a clock in the
school house; and 20 secure correctness
and thorough understanding of the DIFF
ferent topics which are taught, each dis,
trict ought to have dictionary, and globe
but there is not one of them in any Of the
schools in town. Now let every man be
interested in trying to have his children al
school constantly, and be punctual, and
furnish them with good and suitable book.
and other utensils to work with also in
trying to support good schools, and in Sc
lecting man for committee who will try
to secure the services of a good teacher
and be interested in the welfare of the
school. And by all means select some or,
for superintendent VINO is better qualified
for the work than I am, and who will d,
more for the advancement ofyour children
! than | can. Please make due allowanc,
for mistakes. 0. :. MILLER,
: Town Superintendent