Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-11-16
MeSOpnInmiA.

EDITOR CHRONIcLE:-As the time is
near at hal;d for winter schools to com
mencc, perhaps a word or two To the
Patrons uI Common District School will
NOT come IHIi>s. Have yuu vet hired
your teacher? If nos better do It at
once. DO not wait for some one to dyD-
Pty Tor The school Il gives 4 teacher
more confidence ia his employers if they
come 20 him first, than il dpcS for him 10
apply. II a teacher has To 20 two or
thrse or more times to the directors to
mud out about the school, il tends 10
make hum feel that they DO not realty
want him, but dislike TO tell him no. ~
they engage him. And too, the best
teachers are generally engaged first.
another consideration Ia be Thought oftp
engage your teacher curly. l. there a
good supply Of coal or SEASONED wood
stored away in the wooi-huuSe? And
are all the br1ken panes " glass re-
placed by new ones? We hear at times
Of children taking cold by sitting near a
broken window, producing sickness that
depryes them OF the benefits of nearly
the entire term. And how much more
light and cheerful il makes a school
room appear to nave the walls and CELL
ing whIte-waShed. We would not think
Of letting our dwelling houses go twelve
or even SLr months without white wash
ing the rooms. And when your school
begins, do not fail 10 visit il and see how
your children progress and are cared
for. A teacher ought 10 look to the conf
fort and health of the children placed
under his charge. as well as simply to
teach them the branches required nv
law. Go in frequently, if you do not
stay more han haitian hour. It gives
the teacher and scholars more confidence.
/ a known schools where the patrons
seldom il ever visited, that il there
should chance 70 any one come in they
would feel 50 embarrassed that they
would hardly know how 70 behave, and
the scholars would blunder through
their lessons some way, and the teacher
would make excuses, and say, "yOu have
learned this lesson very well to-day,
/ guess YOU did not study il very hard,
you are not accustomed to having such
poor lessons &c. Encourage your
children by talking with them about
their studies, and not complain Of your
teacher, especially moi in presence Of
your children.
The Board OF Education Of this town
have made two attempts 10 get a MAORI
" vote OF the people to raise a tax 70
build a High or Graded School Building
al the Center. Both the elections gave
the NO tar" the majority, but at the
last election. held last May, there were
NNAHEAHaNa A1AN AAAA az "a "a
tar" than at the preceding election; and
| hope the Board will persevere and con-
tinue to call ~eleCtiOnS-as the County
Commissioners did on the Jail question
until they succeed in raising the tax
necessary TO build the house. / see no
reason why MesopotImia cannot sup
port a good High or Academy School As
well a. any OF the ~neighbOring towns. A
former citizen of this town. q man who
now owns a large tract of land in this
town, and lives between thirty.and forty
miles from here, says that he thinks
Mesoputamia missed il very much in lot
voting TO build a school house. He said
he was willing To pay the tax necessary
un his LAND 10 builu il. Would that there
were a good many more such men. A
young man, who lives out from the CEN
ter, voted mo tar, " and said a good deal
against it, I am told, saying that they do
not need any better school house a: the
center than we do in the other districts,
&c. And the same young man made an
Atempt to get up 4 select schOol at the
center this fall, and succeeded in getting
names enough To warrant him to COM
meuce, but when he come TO ask the
directors for the school house, they an
swered him, II guess the house in your
" district is good enough &c. The ]
''select school, did not cLmvnence.
Nov. II, 1870. "ZEKE."