Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-03-29

UestDaentS of money that can be made. Be- I
sides in the end lessening the amount of t
pauperism and crime and so diminishing I
the burdens sustained by the productive
energy of the people,-a burden greater in
its encouragement to enterprise and thrift
than in the actual tax it imposes,-besides
providing for the more intelligent and
| therefore more valuable industry of the
people, there are many more immediate
| benefits to be realized. Take, to illustrate
| these advantages the case of two neighbor-
| hoods similarly situated in other respects,
but where it is known that one has good
school house, sustains a good school, and
takes real pride in the intelligence and
refinement of its young people, while the
other presents the reverse of this picture.
In which district would farms command
the best price? In which would men that
were of any account in a community prefer
to settle? How long would the list and
the ability of those districts remain alike
Extend this picture to two towns if you
please. 1t needs no argument to show
that the extra money and attention expen-
ded to secure good schools by any district |
or town is directly the best investment its
citizens can make. But more to be tho't !
Of than even these pecuniary benefits, is |
ttc refining ana cnaobiing iafucnce of sHch
sch00S. All the social. moral, and relig-
ious interests of society are quickened and
aided by them. One or two good schools
in town will 90 far toward comforting
blessings Of this sort Their standard will
affect other schools around them. But if
all or nearly all could be among the best
Of their class all the interests of the town
would feel their effect To the sober and
practical truth contained in these old but
weighty thoughts, I add only the hope
that in your districts you, fellow-ctizens,
viii vote and act as if you felt such truth,
and were ready TO make wise investments
= for the present and future good Of your
, town, meeting your duties to these schools
as if you had some higher end for which
TO live and labor, than to cut down the
, school tax.
. OF the facts and observations noted by
=. me in my supervision of the schools the
, past year, | give the following brief sum
4 mary:
/, During the year have examined and
given full or limited certificates to fifteen
persons, and have spent parts Of more than
a forty days in the duties of my Office. al
F., 50 spoke the first Of this winter in this vii
# laee and at the Landing at public meet
ing Of the citizens, with view to arouse
greater interest in school matters.
:. In this village the Upper Department Of
f.. the school was taught in the summer by
Miss Martha H. Norris Of Danyille, and
- in the winter by J. NJ. Dutton of Crafts
bury. q member Of Dartmouth College
The summer school was well managed, and
r., thoroughly taught The order was good
and the recitations of average excellence
~ 1t the times Of my visits. The Iaziness OF
, some pupils, the irregularity of attendance
n, Of others, and the want Of proper love fol
10 study on the part Of many, were seriou.
hindrances to the success of this hard
+. working and experienced teacher,
~, The school for the winter was all in all
j. the most successful that has come under
T. my observation in this department Mr.
= Dutton has enjoyed the training of one o
-. our Normal schools, holds a State certih
n cate, and well deserves it, Ills school wa
81. no, the ,fI'fst in town, but the large mum
j. Der in attendance, and the evident intere>
l., Of nearly all in their work made this de
feet excusable and of little account. Th
q statistics of the school appended below
III will tell their own story, and furnish a rec
Is; ord which the district will with me pro
No. nouuce one worthy TO be remembered
~ The Lower Department has been unde
h the care of Miss Helen kimball during
both terms. Miss Kimball is too wei
ia known a. au0fectionate and skillful teach
h. er of children to need any encomium from
!, me- Her task both summer and winte
- has been an exceedingly hard one owin
!. to the large number committed to her care
a. but she has acquitted herself well, and tn
j record given below is every way creditabl
nj. to her and to the school.
Dist. No. ,. has sustained no school dun
= ing the past wear. renew the expression
4, Of the hope that a better spirit may pre-
,o~ vail there on the part of those who Will
i securing their own ,rU are in effect depriy
-. ing the youth of the district of proper IA
!. cllities for education. 1t is lar better t
~. suffer than to do wrong, and manly an
H.. noble course upon their part would 500
IL, settle the whole difficulty, and all the tow
III would sav-amcn.
.Lo No.3, The West District has sustaine
,.o six months Of school under the charge {
.. Miss Jennie Mosman. | noticed in tn
.au summer term the special skill of this teach
~ er in instruc,ing the small scholars TIL
,on recitationS as a whole were good and tn
ora order creditable The winter term was a
N, 50 a success.
,.l, no. 4. The River DISTRICT supporte
TT two terms Of school under the care of Mi
nt7 Alma Batchelder Order was somewh.
I'D deficient in this school, and the teacht
ca. did not seem to throw her whole energ
,a5 into her work This school is quite bacl
+o3 ward and needs no little enthusiasm an
h. skill on the part of the teacher to make
,oI- what it should be. With an increase
+be zeal on the part of the parents, and
not teacher making school the first thing
tho her efforts, l should hope for great improv
ara ment in the character of the school,
,aat In No ), the poor old school house h
,ols been occupied for two terms The fir
i'm under the care Of Miss Emma Peck wa
ons so far as | could determine, a very goo
in school. The same may perhaps be said
Won the second taught by Miss Alice Wright
anv Newport. The miserable hut in viii,
IiLa these schools were held is of itself reas,
abo why the best teachers could not teach
++or first rate school. | am glad to know tn
dor the District are sensible of this fact al
hin propose soon to build a house which sh;
in be a credit to them and the town inste
heir of a disgrace as is the present one.
on Dist. No 6. The Mountain Distric
for Miss Nettie Sartle has been teacher in IL
the district during the school year. Under h
ac- efficient management and thoro' instru
,ard ton this school has taken its position
orr in many respects the best in town. | f
,oc+ bear to say more than have hitherto sa
= os Of the success of this teacher. The fo
for successive schools she has taught in No.
! ON, together with one term at South Bart
under my supervision, are a better reco