St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-15

| noItpNti Io prov lSlon Has btell nliut
nor space allowed for recitation seats
But place may he found for these i'll
the Encouragement spoken of above.
SCHOOLS IN THE CORPORATE VILLAGE
OF ST. JoHNSBIRY.
These are nine in number five in the
Union building. two in Maple street
one in Paddock village, and one in
Fairbanks village. There have been
several changes in the corps of teachers
in these schools during the year. All
who have been employed have labored
diligently i'll all the departments, but
not with equal success.
The High school is still in charge of
Mr.. G.. l.. Clay, who is devoted to his
profession, progressive in his educa-
tional ideas, fresh, minute and full in
his knowledge. lnrequiring much from
his pupils, he may have omitted to eX-
press due sympathy for them, and thus
have failed to gain the good will of
some of them. The Academy, occupy
ing essentially the same grade with this
school, has drawn upon its membership
and has diminished its numbers con-
siderahly. Miss Eunice A. 5. Arnold
has been the assistant teacher in the
High and Grammar schools through the
year. and has shown herself to he Il fine
scholar and an accomplished teacher.
| The LIST term of the Grammar school
was taught hy Miss Minerva Fyler. who
had charge of the same school previous
ly. For thorough administration in the
school room, Miss Fyler has few equals.
The remaining two terms of this
! ,r.r. t,u,rht l,- Miss l. T. Jnp.s
superior scholar and teacher. The
order however was deficient, and the
fine scholarship and earnest efforts of
impression on the school us IL whole.
The spirit of evil cropped out i'll mean
and unmannerly acts and i'll covert and
open mischief, with no mitigating quail
| lty attending.
Miss Eta NJ. Sawyer, Il professional
elocutionist, gave lessons in her art to
reading classes in both the High and
Grammar schools. Some made marked
improvement. Others could have done
50, had they brought to the exercise. Il
moicty of the enthusiasm of their teach
er. Others still passed over the oppor-
! tunity III stupid Indifference or equally
stupid mischief.
| Intermediate school. The first term
was committed to the care of Miss
Sarah y. Spencer, wcll-trained i'll
structor and one who has done good
service in some of the other schools of
this district. She succeeded well i'll
this difficult school, which is praise
enough for any teacher.
The second term was taught 10y Miss
| Lucy Wells. another fine scholar and
earnest and thorough teacher. The
elements of this school are such as To
demand discipline of the sterncSt kind.
Miss Wells lacking this in her kindness
and lenicncl towards her pupils, did
not reach the best success, though she
stroVc hard to make the term Il protita
bile one. She taught to the end of the
term with rather increasing success :;
but finding her experience i'll this school
unpleasant, she consented to take an
other school in this district for her next
term, which will lie noticed in IL subsc
qucnt part of this report.
The I'd term of the intermediate w;is
committed to Miss l.. VI. Sinclair. 1t
was evident to the superintendent and
| doubtless to other visitors, that Miss
| Sinclair knew and met the needs of her
situation. With easy dignity she he
took herself to her work, using Il large
experience i'll teaching To the very best
account. She not only managed her
scholars with tact as to order, but she
awakened enthusiasm i'll many of her
pupils in their studies and thus made
the term to all appearance IL success.
The I'd Primary Department. The
lst term was under the tuition of Mis-.
| Kate Flint. This teacher had long
been in this school She is disciplin-
arian and IL good teacher also. Her
room always found i'll good order. |
might almost say in perfect order. Some
have thought her too rigid in this di-
rection. Not 81 the superintendent.
In this term Miss Flint showed her llsu-
al characteristics though she lahored
under the depression of IL degree of i'll
health. Her success, so far as known.
was good.
The 2md and :'d terms were taught
by Miss Ellen f. Sargent. This WAS
the beginning of Miss Sargcnt's expert
encc us Il teacher. But she acquitted
herself well in hcrnew position and i'm
proved as she became more wontcd Ia
work. Her pupils to appearance were
orderly and studious. Miss Sargent
!
one of our best teachers.
LIST Primary Department. Miss NJ. +.
Newell presided over this department
: through the entire year as she had done
several terms before. This of Itself
must be considered no small praise
Here are assembled day after day the
youngest scholars of the district. With
rare Kindness and Judgment has Miss
Newell watched over and instructed
and developed the opening minds o
this large number (this year 92) of lit
tie ones She has labored, in the esti
nation of the superintendenta and doubt
; less of many others, with pleasing sue
cess. In no term has she done Il better
service it is thought, than i'll the one
Just closed.
The School in Fairbanks Village
This has been taught through the yea
; by Miss A. A. Wheeler. Miss Wheele
has labored under difficulties. Tn,
school has been itnerdting the create
part of the year. The first term was il
' the Methodist vestry. The second il
the old school house after its remova
and while yet on stills. The 3D. tern
i'll the new school building. Thus tn,
regularity of school duties has beel
e greatly broken up. The pupils hav,
= taken advantage of their unsettle,
/ state and have almost insensibly be
A come lawless and unmanageable. Ii
: coming into their new and beautiful
= school room they have unfortunatel
: brought with them from their wander
i ings, their uncouth habits, which i'll he
5 come their new abode. Miss Whcele
i has done what she could to reduce ther
u to order. bmt with partial success. Tha