St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-03-11
SuDeriRtendeht'S Report
BURY, FOR TIL: YEAR ENDING
MARCH 81, 1870.

MARCH 81, 1870.
To tie Cdt,cnS Of 81. JoinSbtny:
In accordance with the dem ,nds of
my office "a superintendent of schools,
present my report of the condition of the
public schools for the year ending with
the 3lst of March, 1870:
The school report, touching as it must
upon nearly the same topics from year TO
year, can hardly avoid byiug somew hat
mouotorous and unintere>ling. The
most, therefore. which can be expected
ut it is. that it should be brief and
truthtui.
,n'crcd upon the office YOU assigned
me with reluctance and with an honest
doubt of my fitness for the place, be-
cause OF my short residence in town. II
fer no other reason. But | have done
what could with an attempted fidelity
and hearty good will. cannot from
my own observation comprrc the schools
OF the past year with those of the year
preceding. But the difference in etiicien-
Judging from the one hundred and four
teen visits | Lave made 10 the schools the
wear now closing, it is believed that
the teachers, aS Il whole. have iaO Jrrl
earnestly and are deserving the commen-
dation OF the town.
The whole number of schools cmbrac-
cd within the Il school districts OF the
.wn Is %. OI these. 20 have had three
terms each, and six but two terms each.
making in all - terms, embracing 12O
wccks-the average leng Ii of the terms
bvirg 10 weeks each. In these schools
46 different teachers have been employed
five II alcs and Al females | held
two public examinations, the first, May
|. and the second. Nov. 30. At these
public examinations. nine only presented
Themselves, whlle the great maj ,riry oi
teachers sought Il private examination.
Licenses were gwen TO so female and 10
four mac teachers.
Mpst of tie schools the past year have
been of a hi"h order. Some have not
done - well a. was hopel. But this
viii appear in the reports OF the indsid-
uaj schools which follow.
The whole number of schools in the
three districts tmbraccl in the corp rate
village of st. Juhnsbury is 9. Seven
Graded and two mixed. These schoul-
have been 50 system4tized and controlled
"a to have become modci >ch0oS, and ii l.
believed that no schools in tha state cX-
eel them. They have continued to MAIN
Some changes have taken place i'll the
corps of teachers. At the close of The
first term, Mr.. G. Q. Tire | ot the High
Sch ,ol, resigned his position, and wa~
released with regret after an efficient and
successful engagement in the school for
TWO years. His place was filled 10y Il
w,.ri iy successor in Mr.. {. l.. Clay, who
wiki lis assistant, Miss III. +. Peabody,
has conducted the schoo! the past two
t. rus 10 the general satisfaction. In the
later part OF the last term, through the
-ickncs- and absence of Mr.. Clay from
the school room, Miss Peabody las pre-
sided over the school with intel igencr
and decided acceptance. Miss +. +.
Wright, whose reputation as most sue
reS-ful teacher was established, was call
ell away from the Grammar school al
the close of the first term, and Mis- Nj
: Richardson was promoted to her place
from the Intermediate school. Miss ;
l.. Kinney took charge OF the uterine
diaie, coming up from the second Pri-
mary. Miss Katie Flint became teacher
of ii second Primary in place of Mis-
Kinney. and Miss NJ. Z. Newell TOOK
the place of Miss Adams in the first
Primary. In Maple street, Miss Miner
va Fyler retained her connection with
/ The s-cond Primary through the year
Miss Laura L. king. after the first term,
took the place of Miss Flint in the first
Primary in Maple street. Mrs 5. A.
/ Marshall was teacher through the year
in Fairbanks Village, and Miss Mary
NJ. Gibson was geappointed TO the school
in Paddock's Village, which she retained
through the year. These all have labor
ed hard and with credit TO themselves
and with profit to their respective
schools.
District No. has school above the
average number OF scholars of the out
districts. Miss Lucy A. Lynn taught
the first term. She is an experienced
: teacher, and the school app Jared finely
at my first visit. l failed Of closing
visit by some miscalculation, and cannot