Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-04-10

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and. second, those who are not willing t.
build and maintain school houses. for tn
outlying districts. In only one way cal
We lengthen the schools where there shoul,
be more weeks for instruction, and shorter
them where they are now longer than /
: just or profitable to all. The COMMITTEES
: cannot feel that the State aid about to come
to the City. ought to be apportioned so un
fairly as the present districts of Ellsworth
make necessary. With Board of Publ,
instruction chosen from the City Govern
ment, TO manage the disbursement of al
school funds equitably, and for the creates
good of the greatest number, we ar,
confident that opposition to consolidation
would languish. Schools of nearly equa
length in all parts of the town, and schoo
houses built and maintained By the whole
is of the greatest necessity and benefit
Let us not 90 backwards in our manage.
ment OF free schools.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
The Committee chosen TO value the
school property in the city. made as We
think very fair valuation. From their
report we find that the whole school prop
erty ofthe city is valued at only $50, ,33s so.
In District No. Is. Falls Village. there
has been built the past year fine school
building. at cost of nearly six thousand
dollars. The house is an excellent one,
and proves TO aptly meet the wants of that
portion OF the city; the building is two
stories, Sexes feet on ground. with projec-
ton In front, l5x24, with two school-rooms
below, and good sized hall above; large
lot for play ground in front. District No.
!, has new building nearly completed
which will contain desks for forty schol-
ars. The cos; of this house exclusiv. Of
lot will be $500. District No. 2, also has
erected a new building the past year, a, a
cost of $40, including lot. Thus you will
see, that although nearly seven thousand
| dollars have been expended for school
buildings the past year, our whole school
property amounts to only little more
than $4,000. In fact within the city
limits there re not more than ten decent
school buildings, and in several districts
new buildings should be Immediately
erected We would call your attention
especially 10 the Morrison Dist, West Els
worth Dist, District No. 10, (Which has n
building valued by the Committee at SJ0.)
and TO District No. l6, which has no build
ing at all. Some of these districts are not
able to build without aid from the city
The money expended for such purpose IS
not wasted but we'll invested, and from
the known liberality of our City Council.
we are confident they will act Jon this
question at once, and in the direction
desired. The Grammar School building
in District No. 3, has been repaired and
will answer for the present, but this dis
trict Is amply able 10 build good buildings,
and ii is hoped that the parents and friends
Sd odt edsSSSStionl sSS vii ndte Waqd then ta.he
men, to argue the question OF new school
buildings, for you properly appreciate how
much they are needed. and what school
rooms should be.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
At the beginning of the year your Com
mittee found that there had been no
schools in Districts l. ,, and l6, for nearly
| a year, upon investigation 1t was found
that there was only one school house in
these three districts, and that this was
owned in part by one OF the religious
societies. Your attention was called 20
the fact. and by an act, which pa ssed both
brances of the City Council at your regu-
| lar meeting in May, these districts were
newly bounded and after some delay,
new school houses have been built in Dis
tricts No. /, and 2, as above stated. A
dwelling was hired in District No. l6, in
which school was started. We have
been unable TO find any record of the
bounds of the school districts, with ex-
ception of these three. This has been the
cause of some little annoyance, from the
fact that the Assessors, In assessing a
School District Tax. have been obliged to
call in old citizens to establish the
bounds OF some of the districts. If the
districts are consolidated there will be nc
necessity of rebounding these districts.
Should you conclude to let the districts
remain as they have been, we think II
would be we'll to have the bounds estab-
lished and some record made of the same
TEACHERS.
LAS is the teacher SO Is the school.
The best of school houses with abundance
of apparatus, good text books. and atten
tive scholars, with Indifferent teachers, will
furnish Indifferent schools.
There have been employed in our Public
Schools the past year between thirty ant
forty different teachers. The characte
and success Of our schools depend largel.
upon the culture, and attainments, thu
patience, and tact, of these teachers. On
, male teacher failed through want of execu
tive ability, and one or two of the femal
wished, but nearly all have been faithft
in the performance of their duties. Th
schools in District No. 3, have been yer
-, successful. The schools of Miss Lizzi
True, Miss Sarah NJ. joy, and Mr.:
Backus, are deserving of mention.
These teachers have been connected wit
these schools for two years and this "
think had much to do with their success
. They have not Only become acquaiDte
with scholars but parents. The cOmmitt'
would recommend that when good teacl
ers are obtained in other districts they
retained at least one year. Miss Adam
- Miss Hopkins and Miss Abbie Joy ha'
also had good success.
The schools at the Falls Village taug
of by Mrs. Hinckley and Mr.. Reynolds ha
A. been better than for many years. The wi
a. ter schools taught by Mr.. J. b. Johnson.M
Martin and Mr.. X. Perkins should not
mn passed without mention. The Gramm
- School in District No. Is, made good pl
- gress for two terms under Miss Joy, a
the winter term under the instruction