St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-24
TIE CALIFORNIAN.
SuDerinrendcnt's Report

or COMMON SCHOOLS ryrGNTE, roe !HE fiN'
rNm>G MARCH 81, ISL
To the cti,snS # EggG'e:
In each OF the ten school districts III the low wv
terms Of 4chool-onc in the GUNNER and on III inc VII"
.rb,vo bccu u,int incl during the year. Ih schol-
or. atteudin, the summer schools number IN all one
hundred and eighty five thoTc attending the winter
s,oors ,,vo hundr,d and t!iry-rix. Twenty-Five di:
c,r, ,eochsrs have been employed; I'VE nal and
,,outc n f,mal,s Each Of there teachers received
certificate and though rome Of them much b ttcr
qualified others, they all respectable scholars
Iudced many of hom in point of scholar hip were much
lcyond the cvcragn of common school tcachcrs, and
manifested ability, earncEtnCss ard zeal in thcir yo
cation truly ndahlc. And hence in most Of the
schools in The attendance tudi,usncs aid conduct OF
the sholArs, there has Lccn very marked improve
meut
After the cpcning of the winter school. found that
was the priccc not to call the roll till l'F the read
ing of the scriptures, thus avins il op:icn vita tn
scholars to be present not At that oSc;csc II AZ!
were not pr.fcnt they wcrc lot mark" tt'N- "'N W
courrc Il they came IN at the closc of the rc'diz |
Bible they would in -g ,rd to attendance, It the enc
oil tn tcrm sa'.d high Oh the merit ron y
were there punc.ialy ut ococh, the h'ur max no'i
opeus. Thi. woud not b. iu.t. therefore S-g7vf'u
to the teachers to call the roll precisely AZ o'o'h'
,,.;., .c-tion they and mot chcertully
,Ii.I aid the result hls been not ony TO secure
,,r IcrIaii.y in attendance, ut what "a ofintutc-
~ greater importance, T. Cause NOR + b. p:rt vi lie
code word war being rc.rl.
In ord to rt,in their state nd coalition haV
pad forty visits the schools tn past var. And
viii now proceed to give You particularly my "rn
ION concerning tn
pi.trict No l. Til people in TIL district have b.
exceedingly fortunate in the teachers t!cy have ci-
plny,d. They have fouaI what many a.c very -io' 10
learn that "Js i the teacher 90 is the scio"l and
have acted accordin-y. Thy sought for good lea Il
crs and found them. M=- Nilctc Mcl', who VIA en-
ploycd t. teach the summer scho'L iay St"Hc' 'I
rcuut,ti,n a. tirrt c'r teach r. Sh engaged for
four month but to the great r'rc' CT AL N t!' dh'
rho left for l mia fou weeks lc,Tc tn close Of the
term Mi, Kat, Il. MrFcc succeeded hr and iinish'
the school I. the cntr s.ti4fI ton Of the district Ic
winter term WI, taught ~ Miss uuir ). Wink c,
fine holir n d exp ricaccd and conscientious teach
,r Her scho"l, the larscst hut one in ia town. ap-
p...rci we'll particularly the second tine Visited IT.
and the eslolara made great proficiency III their tGdi
crpcciuy in geography, grammar ana arithmetic FIX
teen having gone through TIL htt The cNaUnato on
and rhetorical the close of the term passed OIL
very slti flctrily That growing interest II being
.uakcncd in this district in the Inca in Of liz chol IL
= ryinccd the fact that in addition to blackboard,
the school La recently been furnished with ""p o.
Vermont Globe aud a COZ Of We tor l hFd-''d
dictionary.
Di.trict No ? This hool in the and,
the care Of Mis- Florcn-c Ncyc', very competent
teacher Mis- Nryc- Fhovrd hyr.,f !it' adept in
keeping orl,r ami irnparin; in trc;inn. he school
wac rather email, numbering only Hia,:con di.cren;
tcholars. But shc =urcc,c in awAk, Tiu- an int, ret
among them in their =uiics in which they made COM
mrndlLlc pIoprc's. Some of them aye very coed i'll
arithmetic The school woull have he II NOR, p oft
able if the scholars lad been mtrc ;rIT III thor a
tendance The winter terra, II .Sht by Mrs IL. Dora
Glover, waa n,aurahy ruccc-riul. Some of tha small
achoar- especially, improved under lcr tuition here
wa, however, l d. fcicnry in ord lhs, t-,cthrv
with irrcgulrity ani tardincs t part of the -col-
rr-, impaired -omrw hat TIE usefuncs- of til Fc'ocl
District No. ,. Mss 10 allie Wrinkle lad charge o.
this school in tn summer ani generally the di
trict plea.cd with her ability II govern, and rptnc.s to
toac that Al fort mad secure her scvs to-
another tenn The r,hoI:s rc,'ullr in their ut
tendance and acn.iv to their .tlii,z. some of then
very good readers The y int taught y
Mr.. Cyrus 4. Darling, Nc-y promising Young
This WAS his int school, and it good ono No
flt was found with hin in the distrct lie has qulli-
fcaons for making him an excellent tclchcr; all he
wlnt- il little more experience.
District No. 1. This school il EMAIL numbering in
the summer only different scholars, under
Mz. Laura w. Miner, with reg ID TO whose ,ompc-
tcncy compaints made in the district
When visited the school found that geography was
much better tluGht than arithmetic. ut, on whole
pleas, with the school. The scholars order
~ and rtudioup and the shOo'-.oom had and at
tractiye Appearance. The winter term wa taught hy
Mis- Nct'ic =. Moore, cXpc rnced aud cnerg, tic
teacher. Miss Moore kept good school The scholars
orderly and respectful and ma lc rood progress
all their studies, especially in rcain. When last
visited the school, for want Of chalk, coud lie
made Of the blackboard, and hence Lad not good
opportunity of forming opinion ofth, proficiency
made in arithmetic | otherr g would have hid.
But the readiness It'll VIII CHI hc Scholar answered thu
general qucstiors put to them h,w,d that they hid
been wcll taught in that study E'iica reading tie
scriptures every morning, the chola~s required e
mcmorizc portion Of the inspired word every week
and before left the whole school rc,itcd the it 2&l
and 13Cth Palms. With thi- "Ncrci.c ] wa mo;c thar
pl,l.cd-I Wa d,ight. d. 1t woaid Ic wei, on many
accounts, if all the othcr school in the would
low the example of Dstr ct No in this rpot t. Their,
is little religion taught in our SCHOOL, We trc cu
children n it they were merely m1tr.rh being. W,
forgot that they have soul well ~ bodice, and thai
education be ruitcd to thc. IT., houlI We re-.
poet to both.
District No. 8. rh4 il, also, -u. school. in th'
summer it tIught b. M Abhir \. E.own. Wh
viit,d it found only fifteen scholars il attendance
The teacher, though youn-: and her pupil w in nun.
brr, worked hard to make her school 81 succ , and
have reason to believe that il wis protl c T. many
he winter school, under tho care If Nj. Lows II
NJ adcr, wls larger, oponin; with twcrty v dtlcrcu
fcholais But there was great faIlm. OF in att,li
dance towards the close of the term. 1h' t,achcr
though a pcctahlc scholar, made Nit Ike in tkn
He= l.i,,
and member of the district, til Re wa L pr iudic
against him, know n thee t,,t. advised him to Feel
employment elsewhere. Tu he vas not pleased +, tax
my advice. Nearly al who acquainted with tl
circumstances predicted that if the school did prov
an entire failure, it would lie very ti-flctory An
20 1t turned ont. The young man, however, was rot
much in fault come f:cuds OF i4 who rpclsuad &,
him to pursue the he did. pc,con my slccc
teacher in the district which he is 4 member bn
general thing his fcrvsor in that capacity wol,
be more acceptable somewhere else, cpcciny if it Il
first attempt at teaching. When last yisitcd the schoo
four weeks before it closed there were only eleven pre-
cent and these, thou4h qr',t, manifested great lac
of interest in their studies. The teacher appeared d
outraged, and the minds Of the scho'rs w,r, g, dent
occupied with the trouble iy which the peace Of I'll
school had been distr'bcd. Eu; while tn, school va
very much dcEoralizcd, and it. number diminished
was not entirely dcsttutc of pgoi,t. For nearly tvl
thrds OF the term most OF the scholar attended an
made some pro5scss in their -tudcs This school l. PIC
vidcd with glob', the .:nc:,r and Il clock Rut II,
clock might well have bccn fomcN hc., ,ls. for ~
teacher made re of it.
District No. 6. This school In the sumner WA lud,
the instruction OF Miss Muil Caldwell, a very zoo
scholar. though member of the dis let she kent
pleasant aud profitable school. The winter school W:
put in charge of Mr. Henry Kicker Whose il h, aIt
compelled him to give it up at the cad Of two week