Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-11-17

PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS The followiu Q
extracts from the official department Of tbe
Educational Journal, the organ of the State
| Board of Education, are published for the
| information Of teachers and other school Of.
| fcers, who are not subscribers to the Jour
nal. 1t is advisable that all public school
teachers should subscribe for the Journal.
fA j. b. Guy, Co. SUpr. School.
CLOSING SCHOOLS FOR INSUFFICIENT Num-
BER.-All schools supported wholly by pub
lie funds must as ordered by the regulations,
be closed as soon as it is ascertained, that
| the required average attendance was not
reached during the preceding month unless
good evidence is furnished that the deficiency
| will not exist in the future.
As soon as the teachers monthly report
discloses to the county superintendent the
fact that The average attsndence for the month
was under twenty, it becomes the duty of
that officer to communicate the fact to the
district clerk, with instructions to close the
school OF once and to keep it closed until
pledges are obtained from parents in the
Geighborhood which give assurance that
there will be afterward a sufficient Increase
of pupils to constitute lawful school.
This rule is as valuable in an educational,
as in an economical point Of view. [rregu-
lar attendance is among the greatest evils to
school and its pupils. A large proper
ton of parents either from ignorance or 9th.
err cause are too ready to keep their children
from school for slight reasons, even whilst
desiring them to be educated but if they
find that they are ia serions danger Of losing
the school for want of a certain number,
then children will be sent with more regu-
larity Regular attendance is so essential
to education that school of irregular pu-
pills is scarcely worth maintaining, and he
loss to the neighborhood of closing such a
school is more fancied than real. 1t istrue
that there are always few faithful ones
who are made to suffer in suc case, but
the State is too poor 10 pay teacher Or
any one else full wages for partial york.
The school can 60 on if the public has TO
pay only according to the services rendered
as is set forth ia the regulations.
TEACHING PENMANsII1p-Tb Spence ian
Copy books having been officially adopted
for use throughout the State, it is the duty
of teachers to become familiar with the sys-
tenn of penmansbip embodied in those books.
They should read the instructions, and even
practice the copies in Nos. l, 2 and 3 of the
series. and would also do well to study the
"Teacher's Guide" to the proper use Of the
Spencerian Copy books and charts, little
| pamphlet containing information, valuable
in organizing and conducting writing class
es. 1t may be obtained gratis, by mail
from the several repositories OR from the
publishers of the Copy books Qvison, Blake,
man, Taylor & Co., New York y by simply
enclosing two cent stamp for postage =
Where practicable, a larger and more COM
plete work for teachers, entitled ''Spenceri-
an Key to Practical Penmanship," should
be studied and kept in the teachers desk for
reference. asT re
APpoRTIoNMENTs OF MONEY We hope
there will be as much as 20 cents head
still to be divided out for the last year
The money is not collected yet, and some Of
it will probably not be ready for distribution
before January. 1t will be apportioned as
fast as it comes in.
FAccINATIoN.-Evide of the vaccina.
ton must be furnished to the teacher before
an an applicant is admitted into public school.
The teacher must be made RESPONSIBLE in
the contract for carrying out this provision
| Persons who have hitherto neglected vac
cination of their children, should be warned
Of the necessity of attending to this require.
ment, as no exception or indulgence can be
! allowed City papers please copy.