The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-03-20

ltstsus strange thA ther shoud gsis
toe necessity 81 warning parents 10 rc
rtri If that ga ~ uatoR N rvgsrl &,
y.itIng luols, So university commit
tgd iu litis town school, where thei
gwn children are uajug educated Yet
such is gl5s fact. ll Is rare thing {,
sec their aame, inscribed o. the visitor
page q lie School Register, an exception
TO tbe geaerd rule, like angei, visits
they are sew and Tar between Nv phil
osorhy /, at fault to account tor This /
son hire s man to tend yonr cattle ant
sheep, or horses Nou have an eye ont aus
see 60 it that he docs his duty faithiulh
sud IL he lail iu any particular he receive
gentle hiut TO do better and {. tiuall,
turned OF, unless be net in aecordanc,
with your wishes, bat strange Ia sa,
your hired man ur woman TIE Instructor
ofyour children Is left alone with nom
90 modest or make afraid This 4 II
wrong aud should be rectihed SOM
one of more interested in the welfare o
the school should visit il weekly At least
oiteuer would bo better The teache
should expect IL. ifyon expect visitors
preparations ait made 20 treat them well
TO give The best the house affords, $,
would it be with the teachers of YOU
children they viii prepare for company
serve Up the best tley have, show or /,
the best advantage possible-in short Il
you take an interest in your school ant
show it by your actions, 50 will teacher
aud SCHOLAR. aud the very best resuh
would follow, try IT,.
A word about the school houses. Thi,
report would be incomplete were no
something said as to their condition
Generally there are some repairs needed
to make them comfortable. Mach la,
been said aud written within few year,
in favor lof yentilating public building,
aud il is doubtless very important bu
we should be careful ia di,carding old
customs aud adopting new, not to run to
the opposite extreme. The best authori
ties recommend Il ventiator which usu.
ally consists Of an opening simply, over
head, in the centre Of the room, whicl
may be opened or closed at pleasure, bul
our school houses are ventilated on diff.
tereut plan, not only over head in the
ccutre but over head all round, and at the
sides in many places without much order
or regularity, and SO arranged that the
inmates get draughts of air from differ.
emf directions and with no provision tC
shut at pleasure. was credibly inform
ed that the business of the school in tho
coolest weather, the past winter was Ia
tend the fire, in vain effort TO keen
warm; especially was this the case IN
districts No. /, ?, 3, 6 and Z. Your Su
perintendent recommends you to close
these yentilators in some way, the best
would be an application of lime mortar
by the hands OF good mason.
Most of the districts in town have had
two school terms within the year, one il
summer the other in winter. Dis. No. !
summer term, taught by Mary T.. Con
key ;.winter term, as a last resort, by your
Superintendent; Dis. No. 2, Mary 4
Hubbard, winter by Almeria Bently
Dis, No, 3, no summer term, winter by
Miss Jennie Turner; Dis. No. 4, summer
term by Mrs. Alice Bowen, winter BY
Emeline Wilcox, Dis. No. 3, a fall tern
by Maggie Sullivan, winter by Henrietta
Bentley; Dis. No. 6, summer term by
Maggie Sullivan, winter by Anna 4
Carr: Dis. No. z, summer term by Ellis
Peck winter by Julia Harman; Dis. No
s, long summer and fall term by Mary
Lincoln, Dis. No. 8, summer term by
Emma Wood winter by Eliza Peck; Dis
No. 10, no school.
These teachers have been employed
at from - 30 TO $500 week and board
aud il cannot reasonably be expected that
iirst-class teachers can be had at that
salary, such could be procured it l. be.
lieyed at double these figures and wheth
er it would not be good economy TO pay
higher wages aud have better qualified
more experienced teachers is left fol
Yourselves TO determine, The experiment
has been tried the past winter in Dis
No. in West Sandgate Miss julia
Harmon was engaged through much op
position, understand, at one dollar pel
day aud board, and the patrons OF thai
school will tell YOU il was good invest
ment, that the experiment was success
aud such was my impression on visiting
the school
W. Il. How.