Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-07-20
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PRINCIPAL
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
TOLEDO, IOWA.

To the School Eodrd Of the Ind. District:
GENTLEMEN I'll have the honor to sub.
NIT herewith my third annual report, for
the school year, comm oncing Sept. 9TH,
1870, and ending July l4th, 1871. The
year has just closed with much hard work
on the part Of teachers and pupils as will be
shown by the accompanying abstract Of the
annual examination. which, trust. will be
carefully examined by parents and friends.
By these results, teachers as well as pupils,
are able to judge, in . manner, of their
success.
ORGANIZATION.
The school is organized as follows LIST.
Primary Department, four classes 2nd
Primary Department, two classes. Srd
Primary Department. two classes, Inter-
mediate Department, two classes; Higher
Department. three classes; through the
promotion Of classes at the commence ment
Of the next Fall Term, the 1st Primary De-
partment will have one class less, and the
Higher Department, one more, than the
present organization.
DISCIPLINE.
A decided Improvement in discipline, as
we'll as in scholarship, has heen made
Teachers have accomplished this principal
y by o constant pressure Of moral influ-
ence. more than by resorting to violent meas.
ures; although . few have been made pain.
fully aware, that any willful misconduct
received no federation; the strong and firm
support which the School Board has given
is another cause Of success in this direc.
ton. "Pupils are never SO little prone to
characterization, as when they kno v there
is power which they are impotent 10 re.
sist; teachers are never SO indulgent %
when they know their authority il estab-
lished beyond the possibility Of an over
throw
ATTENDANCE AND PuNCTUALITY.
"IIsnor to whom honor Is due.'
Emma Frazec, Of the Higher Department.
Flora and Ella Frazee, of the 3rd Primary
Department, were neither tardy nor absent
during the entire school year.
ABSENCE AND HARDNESS.
We still encounter these two great obsta :,
cles to the success Of our schools; against
these We have lahored long and earnestly
have made some progress yet, our chief
cncourag cement lies in the old saying, that
all genuine Improvement makes haste
slowly, SO We look to the future. Ian.
we'll aware, tina. the Western people are
emphatically working people, and for this
reason, pupils are more frequently detain-
ed at home; but let US look at this ques.
ton moment in its true light; the child
rem Of to-day, should be educated and
trained, for an age far in advance Of ours
to deprive them Of this training, is t. inflict
on them great wrong, but by urging and
encouraging them to improve the adyan>
tages which I'LL may enjoy, We start them
on the road to success. "Absence is disin.
tegration Hardness, decentralization. No
school can prosper until these are reduced
to minimum"
By making our schools goo d, We can get
such control Of our pupils, that ninety
out Of every hundred will hardly be absent,
the remaining ten are the nuisances Of the
school they are under no parental res>
traint Tho school las no attractions for
them-the street has; It is this class Of
pupils that nothing can reach but strict
rules, and these rigidly enforced.
To the School Board, return sincere
thanks for the cordial support they have
always given me, and especially do the pu-
pills have my warmest friendship, for the
prompt ard cheerful obedience to my re-.
quirements and the teachers my graft tudc
for the earnest cooperation which they
have always rendered in my efforts for the
advancement Of the school.