St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
st. Juhnsburp Galedunian.
Our Village Schools.

oul oSAOOlS
In the eight village schools. made up
when the graded system was introduc
ed amongst us of original districts
Nos |, = and 3 and now known lis dis
trict No. There are some 300 schOl-
lars i'll attendance the present term.
The number Of schools is - in the
Union House, one on Maple street. and
one each at Paddock's and Fairbanks
village In the Academy also there
are quite number of pupils of school
are from the district. For the : com
mon schools there are ten teachers.
A year ago or more, the catholics i'll
this place set up school i'll the Doct.
Bancroft house on Prospect street.
The scholars of catholic parentage did
not all leave our common schools at
once, but since they have obtained Il
supply of teachers not one, ac
cording to our observation, remains i'll
our common schools. They are all
withdrawn. The parents of these sch"l-
ars, so far as they are able, pay tuition
to support the school. as ii" those par
ents who send their children, of school
age, to the Academy. They have an
undoubtcd right to do SO.
The roll of names in the Catholic
school numbers Ito. There are now
in operation, in the house referred to
above, three departments one for
boys, one for girls, i'll the third the
boys and girls are mixed. Two more
departments are to he opened soon, 50
30 a. to separate the boys and girls.
The managers do not hold, We infer
from the arrangement, to the co-cduca-
ton of the sexes. The three depart
ments are much crowded, in cham
beers of the house Last Friday after
noon the number of scholars present
i'll these departments, was 10 quite II
number of the Younger ones then being
absent
Father Dnnolou is fully awaIc of the
need of more room to accommodate
this large number of pupils. They are
not all from our village. Quitca num-
Der come from district No. ID, upon the
east side of the river, and some from
other sections beyond the boundaries of
the village. He is strongly in favor of
the education of the youth under his
charge, and will endeavnr to supply
suitable accommodations torthc purpose
at the earliest day possible. East of
the present building used for Il school
house, il an acre or 50 of open land.
Upon this, next summer. il Is i'll con-
temptation. to build school house and
aconvcnt. The lot, with some grading.
will make il pleasant location for the
purpose.
The school is under the general su-
pervision of Father Donolou, but more
particularly and constantly under the
care of Mother StanislauS, with Sisters
Pauline, Baptist, Schoastica and JUS
tina.
In the mixed school one class reads
in French. Their parents are Canadi-
ans, and wish them to retain their ma
tioull language. The class read finely.
Practical Arithmetic. and Grammar.
are the highest studies pursued, at
present, in the school This is not al
WAYS to bc so. The books used the
readers more especially, are different
from those in our common schools
Occasionally il selection is noticeable
very similar, if not the same but more
OF the selections are upon architecture,
the sciences, and religious topics. The
readers used. OF as they are called iii
the title page. "Literary Class books,
are prepared "hy brothers of the chris
tian school approved of 10y the Broth
er Provincial of the brothers of the
christian schools i'll America in prose
and verse"
We were gratiiicd by Il visit to these
schools one day last week gratitied to
see many familiar and bright faces we
had often seen in our district schools.
and with the politencsS and lady like
manner we we've received 10y the Moth
I'll and her assistants. The pupils are
orderly in school. and 50 much 50 out
of it that they might he patterned after
to ADVANTAGE bN many pupilS in the
other schools of the village. There is
much good material in these schools.
and the teachers are doing il good work
present opening period int" beauty.
usefulness and STRENGTH.