The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-06-07
School Visiting.

May 90, 1872.
Rochester township, school district
No. 3, township SO, range 81; j: X. Will
liams, teacher; length Of term, 4 months;
salary $1,000 per month; enrolment 6O,
average att ndancc about %. Text
books: McGrrfey's readers and spoilers,
also Kidd's Execution, Brooks mental
and Rays written and intellectual
arithmetic, Clark grammar, Rays first
part of algebra; seven reading classes;
hears the first reader six times, and all
the others and Kids clocutIon twice.
No geography used in school as a text
book; teaches geography by the aid OF
Sherwood's maps; school furnished with
Webb's reading charts, but not used by
the teacher; school should be better
classified, and the fifth and sixth readers
ought to be laid aside and Kidd's elocu-
ton taken instead; system of instruction
good, if fully carried out. and We believe
that the teacher is doing al he car for the
advancement of the children, yet he Ia
bprs under many disadvantages; the
house being little better than none
seats of an inferior Kind; blackboard
of no consequence, and too many differ
| ent kinds of text books; irregular attend
ance of the children. There are some
living in the district who seem to be in
| terested in education, yet there are others
! who seem to care but little about the
welfare of children. This is known as
| the Allyn school house.
May %, 1872.
Jackson township, school district No.
| 8, township 60, range 36; Erastus Ward,
| teacher; enrolment 30, average attend
ance about 90; length of term B months;
salary $1,000 per mouth. Text books:
National series readers and spoilers:
| Clark's grammar, Brooks mental and
| Rays written arithnetics, Monteith's
geography. School we'll graded and
classified; system of instruction good
| The children are taught to think for
| themselves, and in all their recitations
| give evidence of having received that
| kind Of instruction which has a tendency
to make boys and girls practical, and the
| answers given TO many questions asked
showed some originality; and that they
| were willing to cultivate their minds by
doing their own work, and this is us it
| should be. Teachers should give in
| struction only where necessary, and
| should know how to give it; children
| ought to be taught to reason and think
| for themselves; discipline good; need a
new building, as the present M il but
| little better than none; being one among
| the poorest schools in the county, and
| this district can well afford a more COM
| Portable building, and they should wake
up on this point and provide for their
children, as good educational advantages
as are afforded to other children in our
county. They contemplate building dur
ing the summer, but cannot decide on a
site.
Benton township, school district No.
s, township 81, range 30; Hiram Ward,
| teacher; enrolment 81, average attend
ance about %; Length of term 3 months;
salary $500 per month. Text books:
National readers and 81 %ellers, Changing
to McGuffey's), Brooks mental and
Rays written arithmetics, Greeno's
grammar, Monteith's geography, CHANG
ing to Warren's). This school, under
| the supervision Of the present teacher, is
| being classified better than even before,
| and is in good working condition. The
children are Interested in educating
their minds, and are progressing rapidly
enough in their studies; are learning to
think aud reason for themselves. Sys-
| TEN of instruction good; and the teacher
| seems to be Interested in his work, and
| with a little more practice and a thorough
| knowledge of the branches taught in our
| schools, will make a first class teacher
and instructor; yet teaches good school
and is giving general satisfaction. The
parents should see that their children
are provided with tho necessary text
| books, so they can be classified, thereby
| saving much valuable time to the chill
dren, and ought to encourage their chill
4 dren by visiting the school often as posi-
| Bile. This is a new frame, situated 2
miles northeast of Rosehdale, and
furnished with maps and charts, and is
the best seated school house in the coun-
ty, being seated with the Cruikshank
1 patent folding desk, manufactured in Sa-
yannah. 49,
There are eight districts in this town
ship, and the text books adopted by the
Board of Education are McGuffey's
series Of readers and spoilers, including
Kids elocution, Brooks mental and
Rays written arithmctics, Wnrrcns
geography, Grcsne's grammar, Quicken.
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