Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-15
School Report.

low me 10 present the following report OF the
condition of the Public Schools for the term
ending March Dist, 1871:
Total enrolment SO7 average number be.
longing g17; total days present 1888; total
days absent s75t absent from sickness G3j1%
cases Of tardincss 345 time lost by tafdlncss
81 hours average daily attendance 2G2 av-
crage daily absence IS per cent. Of attendance
O3G per cent. Of punctuaity 99S; per cent.
Of department 95; total number Withdrawn
81 number Of these rc.enrolled %; number
neither absent nor tardy during the term 81 !;
number not absent though tardy 3j number
not tardy though absent 1877; number absent
two days or less 50; number absent three
days or more 1877; number tardy three times
or less 90 number tardy four times or more
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The following pupils were neither absent
nor tardy, viz:
Lewis Crosby, Augustus Dorman, Charles
Eames, Clarance Richardson, Fannie Culey,
Emma Warrington. Fannie Dickinson
Frederick Dorman, Henry Harris. Arthur
Luce, Charles Richardson, Mary Webb,
Emma Ketchum, Ella Knapp Fannie
Haskell, Ella Fox, Eva Baker, Lizzie Ans.
den, Katie Ducro, Nellie Ketchum, Ella
Luce, Anna Laurie, Libbie Moore, Alice San.
born, Lizzie Ticknor, Mary Ticknor Sarah
Trimmer, Clara Watrous, Libbie Ziele, Chas
Geoppingcr, Frederick Shoecraft, Berthe
Vaughn, Charles Fox, Ella Conlin, Mary
Sinclair, Samuel Newberry.
The above figures show an improvement in
almost every particular, on last term. You
will notice that about 70 per cent. of the alb.
sence was from sickness The per cent of tar
dness is exceedingly small for the winter
term; the average time lost by each case of
tardiness was about Gs minutes. We have OBJ
served the following rule in marking tardi-
ness All pupils are marked taroly uho are not
IN their seats aohen the bell stops toLRng. We
have found it quite necessary to have some
point of time, after which pupil is marked
tardy and as the tolling Of the bell indicates
the beginning Of the session of school, that
seemed TO be the best time to adopt. And yet
it seems quite hard that pupil shall be mark
cd tardy, when he is in the room before the
bell stops; so if we adopt any other point of
time or place, pupil might be within few
dy. We have found our rule to work remark
ably well, especially in preventing tardiness
at recess: and it is due TO the pupils that l
should state that in quite a large number of
the 345 cases of tardiness, tue pupils were in
their school room, but not in their scat. This
would be inferred from the comparatively
small number of hours lost by tardness.
Our teachers deserve great deal of credit
for their persistent efforts to secure these re-
suits; so also do the pupils and especially
the 1877 who were not tardy, deserve the high
est praise for their punctuality. l cannot but
feel that the parents deserve a part of this
credit for it seems to me quite impossible to
secure so high per cent of punctuality
without their assistance.
The results Of the year, so far, and especial
lY of the term just closed, in regard TO the
progress Of the several classes, in the work al
lottcd TO them, have been very encouraging
Although the teachers have labored at a great
disadvantage. on account of their classes be-
ing large and unwieldy, yet the classes, with,
perhaps, one or two exceptions, have done all
the work marked out for them, and have done
it well; indeed, some of the lower classes are
quite in advance of their work and might now
be promoted if other circumstances would
permit. In general the several classes are
fully up to our Course of study, and their
work in the future, if this course is continued,
must be much easier than it has been since the
course was adopted. This result has been
reached in a much shorter time than had an
ticipated. l think, however, there are few
changes that ought to be made in the course
of study before the beginning of another
year. The work allotted to the Grammar
School, and that to the last year in High
School should be re-arranged and somewhat
changed. A few other changes should be
made in other parts of the course. Some of
the difficulties we have had TO meet can be
overcome by diminishing the work required
of these classes, where it has been thought too
much study was necessary to do their work.
The present Course, as you know, WAS ar
ranged with almost no knowledge of the
school, and was, perhaps, the best that could
be made under the circumstances. Two years
of experience will enable us to- so change the
Course as to adapt it more nearly to the wants
of the pupil, and the wishes of the patrons of
the school, l recommend, therefore, that the
necessary authority be given TO make the
changes above mentioned.
In former reports, have called your atten-
ton 10 the necessity of ventilation and other
means of preserving the health of cur pupils.
1t should not be forgotten, however, that how
ever perfect the ventilation and however fine
building you may haye, a certain amount of
physical exercise must be provided in order
to maintain good health The present school
grounds are scarcely large enough for the
hundred and fifty or more pupils of the three
lower schools the pupils in the other schools
are obliged to stay in their rooms, at recess,
or stand about the doors, or, as the boys
sometimes do, leap the railing in front of the
building. This, while it furnishes some exer-
else, is attended with much danger TO the lit
tie ones passing back and forth to the pump,
and their rooms, &c. l therefore suggest the
propriety Of trying to secure the part of the
old grave yard, now vacated, for a play
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