St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-02-27

The graded school of this village for
the last term has been under the mail
agcmcnt of Mr.. Hay. a young man from
Dartmouth College. The scholarly
ability of this gentleman as far as
have learned ha; been fully equal to
every demand. BUt in the management
Of the school he found il necessary after
a week or tWo'S experience to establish
Il rule which the people of the district
seem never to have heard OF until he
adopted it; the rule in question pro-
vidcd for the appointment of Il Monitor
of each sex taken in alphabetical order
each To serve Il week, whose duty it
was, not ito peek round among the
boys and girls and make himself as OBJ
noNious as possible, and report every
thing seen or hcard,r as 'One in the
district would represent but simply
to report any wilful violations of rules
such as running, jumping, screaming,
&C., on the stairs and in the halls OF the
buI!,ling. As far as this writer has
been able to learn the scholars had per
feet liberty to 90 ont doors and be free
from all restrictions i'll relation to such
exercises. The scholar who received
the discipline Al which my friend, your
former correspondent, is SO lighteously
Indignant. knew weeks before his APP
puintment that when his n;.Inc was
reached in the order established he
would as Il matter of course be de>ig-
mated for the place, and this matter l:id
been talked over between the said
scholar and his parents at home, but
unfortunately not i'll Il way which Sc
cured the obedience of the boy to the
rule. His turn came however and hc
was appointed he first time he yc-
fused t" report the names Of tran>grc>>-
ors he WAS excused from punishment
with The understanding tie must do li~
duty the following day. Bu when inc
hour of recess the ucNt d1I came Ac 70
manned in hi seat. AMI WHEN Lis teach
CT requested him To go !c refused. and
- absolute WIS this refusal. it Ms i'm
I'''S>''l' i"' ''' ''''"'' III inc 'N'I'l~'
81 his tull strength t. get him ont of his
seat until some di~sipIi.t had been adj
uimi>Ic!cd with a Switch al, huge per
maps as one i'l.@rr ut the butt. /; Is
only just at this point /" say MAT til
scholar haN tAr reputation "i h"ii&
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'''.''' NI'h HIS ""' H'''>' I'll ""'' "'."
IL ''"'' ana HIS parents "''c "' 'H' >''"'
'Pi'i"" "Ilh h''i''tl'' some Steps were
Il"t '''Nt" II ADVANCE |" ">"'' me COZ
''>'"A "'i''h II """I' seen" h' an" ''''H
N'''" must come unless something 81
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''' u SCHOOL '"''l H' H''' i''s' "c'''"'"
w. i'''''I' tx "''' ''t"'''' "''' ''''
-'"'"'I N'>'''" ~ one 81 '''H Il '"' pa
rents there can re h"t Mite """"i tn
""Ie h'"'''t c"'''H nave 'c'l arrange"
~ '"' l"''''' 9,'''Ni"''i'" o' al i''''''>-
l''' ''''i"'c |" 90 inns ""~ III over 'ii''
"''n the writer Has l." u"""l ZIG. IS
ii"'h 'S any orc t'Ht "cp!"ic'
ll>, III hllct. Is ali that zone in the
District, had out of which to manrfac-
are his almost sensational article in re-
ALTON /" oar school m"ttcls. 1t Wcic
IS easy to answer his many questions
Is to ~ neither the teacher Is an ALSO
itC, and uncontrolled tlIant and dtS-
pot III the school room. with power Of
lie and iimb :! &c; rs II was fox him
3" ask them. Nobody claims amy such
hnG ; and 1t would not be c"mrllmcn-
IrN to HIM to say that he docs not
snow tins as well as your present cor.
cNpondeht. Nor, Is 1t ci"Inicd, that
the parcnt5 VII" ale interested III the
present welfare oil their children, AHA
h'ir future success III liic,-h,.Vc no
light to inquire into t'.e laws and rcGG-
atl"ns OF the school room. or that any
'ne' not captI"us IN spirit has not also
ne f@ht |" express Il candid and re-
'p'cuni criticism. but 1t Is claimed.
nat |" conceal thc LactS' and yet hold ,