Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

can see no good to result from an indef
mite prolongation of the controversity, it
must end so far as the BULLETIN is to be
made the vehicle of communication, with
the rcjoinder Of the party of the second
part:
JEsUP, Feb 18th, 1871.
MIR. EDITOR:-I would not, for mo-
ment, trespass upon the col1mns of your
valuable paper again, had not S. SO en-
phatically accused me of lying. Now s.
claims to be one Of the six Directors Che
shall have his full honors this time) Per
haps he thinks the laws they make are
the same as the Meades and Persians, and
that we patrons have nothing to say. no,
not even the right to think, aught of their
imperous power. Has S. denied that
there is grade higher than the fourth?
Has he denied that Division is as far as
they are allowed to go in that grade?
Then have not falsely represented in that
particular What seems to hurt the worst
is the promotion of some scholars of the
imperious six Now that is so well
known that it is useless for him to deny,
as have it from those who attended the
examination. S. admits finding three
patrons who are dissatisfied. Does he
count those who do not send at all to the
fourth grade, because there is no advan
tage their pupils can derive over prima-
ry grade? Now the grading back is not
what the patrons find fault about; it is
keeping them back Some might. with
propricty ask is not the teachers drilling
in the four rules preparatory to advanc-
ing in the fifth grade? No; he has not
heard them recite in Practical Arithmetic
for three weeks AS to reading, he says
they read well enough. Now, s, you or
W. are sadly mistaken when you think it
hurts Rs children 1t does not in the
least; but being somewhat acquainted
with what it takes to make good school
[ wrote the first article. SIS vanity was
very much excited to have Mr.. Webb no
tice our school building. Perhaps few
ficts in regard to the management by the
imperious six would not be amiss. The
District voted six thousand dollars, in
bonds, to build school house; not to en-
close large building which would cost
from three to four thousand more to fin
ish The first thing done by the six was
to move the old school house off Of the
site for the new one There were good,
responsible men who offered to move it
for twenty dollars, but they gave thirty;
and so it was with every job that they let.
They let the highest bidder have it, even
to mixing of the mortar. The result is,
we have two rooms finished in the l., on
large space Of prairie, protected from
the winters blasts and the scorching rays
Of the summers sun, and there it stands,
a monument to the ayarice Of the imper
ious six. Can we expect any advantage
from our money while governed by these
six s. says they are satisfied with the
grading, so that must be the end of the
law. One word to A. d. Webb and l
close You say my communication was
too cOwardly to need refutation. Do you
think that while you live in Winthrop
you can understand the wants Of the pa
irons of jesup better than they can tell
them9 Do you think it brare to make
that assertion? There was an cxamina-
ton of three days after most sixteen days
of Mr. SIS teaching, at the close of which
he did ask all who wished to be examined
for the fifth grade to raise their hands.
l think but one did raiseit hand. What
was the reason? In that short space OF
time the teacher had spent about six days
in examining his school. Would he be
any better prepared to advance them by
spending another week in examination?
We think not think there are some
pupils who do not know why the sum of
the subtrahend and remainder equals the
minucnd, and do not know what State Is
north, &c Why were they put in the
fourth grade except for the reason in my
first? Or do you mean the most advanc-
ed scholars? If you do, think you too
severe on our worthy Co. Supt., for there
are some who have in their possession
certificates to teach from him, and not
only him. but from the Supt. of Black
hawk county, and there are others of rs
good scholarship, and, I think, would
make as profitable teachers as any that
have come from Winthrop-though they
might not be endorsed by so many Pro-
fessors. or have the advantage Of their
lectures to the patrons. Yours,