The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-06-11

building l26 are enrolled; and IN the
German school, there ars 135. The other
primaries, excepting the highest grade,
are now quite full, and they viii also,
probably, be oVer-cToWded next year.
The attendance in the secondaries. gram
mai school, and high school is fully up 10
the right capacity of the rooms. The day
seems to be at hand when Canton must
either furnish additional school houses. or
the pupils, in most Of the aehools. will
have to be divided into classes. some TO
attend IN the forenoon, and others inthe
afternoon, as we have been compelled 20
arrange, already this term, in the primary
schools above named. Notwithstanding
the unfavorable results of the late action
Of the Board, looking 10 an immediate
remedy IN school accommodation, and the
popular cutlery made against it, largely,
as l believe, from the want Of q clear
knowledge Of the real situation on the
part Of those engaged in it, / feel con-
strained by a sense Of the obligation rest
ing upon me to labor for the comfort and
health Of the little ones, again to suggest
the necessity, awaiting the pleasure Of the
Board to provide the way out Of our pres
emit embarrassing ~situatlcns and TIE sup
port of the friends and patrons of the
schools, to sustain and carry out any
measure; which the Board may deem best
for present and future relief.
By the new schoollaW, it becomes the
duty Of the Board to adopt text books
for use in the schools, and this will give
them q good opportunity 10 make q lew
changes, which have been long since de-
sirable; after having given the matter
much consideration, [ recommend the
adoption of the following textbooks IN
the several departments Of the schools. to
wit: McGufies Readers and Spellers;
Whites Arithmetics; HarYey's GRAMMAR;
the Eclectic Biographies; the Eclectic
copy-books; Anderson's U. s.. readers /;
Appleton's Scientific primers, and Miss
Youman's Elementary Botany for obloct
lessons BartholomeW's DraWins Rays
Mathematical series including Astronomy,
Woods Botany, Youman's Chemistry.
Norton's Natural Philosophy, Browns
Physiology, Wayland's Political Economy,
| Quackenbos' U. s. History, Smiths Eng
land, Wrage's German Primer and Fret
Reader, Whitney's German Grammar and
Reader, Bartholomew Latin Grammar
and Gradual, Aliens Latin Reader and
Virgil.
To make the few changes required, il
the above recommendation be adopted
as light as possible upon parents, and IN
accordance with what 1 believe to be the
true policy wherever changes in text
books are made which should be - sell
dom az the prosperity and efficiency Of
the schools will allow. 1 further recon
mend that the books now TO be introduced
only at the formation Of new classes in
the studies requiring them, and that al
classes now formed be allowed to inish
the books of study with which they are
already furnished under the rules.
As the teachers NOW in the schools have
all received certificates covering the en-
suing sehool-year, and longer, from ths
first Of next September, have al beer
diligent and faithful in the discharge o,
their duties, and have approved them.
selves as capable and successful tsachers
1t gives me great pleasure to recommend
their disappointment without exception
Changes in teachers and school ohssrI
generally ought not to be made, except
for very good and sumcie=t reasons, a
long as 1t can be avoided. BY the pro.
visions Of the present Law, the Board il
empowered to elect q superintendent anC
teachers for any time Eot exceeding thre'
years this provision, I presume, Is in,
tended to give tried and well approved
g4S4 AN0@AaAAA2A - Mg4A4 AgAll
credit upon them, and also ave then
from the annoyance of appearing beforl
the Board, year after year, for re -election
THIS is, IN my Judgment, an eminently
wise provision, and one only Just to
great many Of the hard.WorkinR, zealouI
and devoted teachers Of Ohio and willis
l would not advise lite Indiseriminats ap
plIcatien, 1t is q question worthy OF thI
Boards consideration, whether we haVl
not some teachers In our schools, who's
long service and eminent success III teach
ing deserve this recognition at their hand
Wisely applied it would also encouragJ
other teacners to emulate the devotion o
such, and to attain unto the same WORTH
recognition from the Board, a. that whicI
has already been attained BY some. AnC
as this is the time of year, when election
of teachers In the graded schools usual,
take place in this Stale, and IS ell Ii
: teachers ara mora or lesa- anxious abou
their engagement for the next year, I re
spectfully ask your immediate considera
ton Of, at least this portion Of the report
Charles Cock, frankie Bates, Ida Blum
Carrie Krause, Lille Middaugh and Bell
Willis, having c~reditably finished tn
course of study in the High School, ar
recommended for graduation at the en-
OF tnlS bcIM. 4RhoQlasS PROVISION 61OQl
also be made for holding the usual som,
menoement exercises with the graduating
clsss. Respectfully submitted.
DANL WoELEY, Supt.
Canton, June 8, 1874.
NoTE The total number of persons Q
school age. viz between ak and twenty
one years, in Canton school district. j
| nearly 5000, and the wonder issometime
expressed, that not much more than hAl
of them are enrolled in . whole year, il
the schools. It should, however, be re
! membered that there are two large paro
chial schools, and two other privat
, schools which enroll Of the children c
l this district, between i've and ak hundre
during the year. Many Of our pupil
leave school much too early, bat, in th
! absence Of q compulsory law, the remsd,
for this lies entirely with parents; onl
about forty per cent. Of the pupils enrolle
remain with Us after they are thrice
years old and after sixteen we have
Z very Smannumbsr indeed. Compared wit
most towns and cities Of the State, hoWsy
er, the enrolment actually in the school
, Of the district is greater than IN most, an
, oa - - ILL.,.