The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-12
Mt. HOLLY.
Report of the superintendent Of
schools.

Felloc TJpRSmea In making my Sec
ond report as superintendent of common
schools Of Mt. Holly, can say with pleas
IRE that there has been Improvement in
our schools in the last year. The teachers
have been more efficient in cases of tar
diness less frequent. general attendance
better, and l doubt if the schools taken
together were ever excelled in thorough
ness of drill and for advancement made by
the scholars in their various studies. We
have had twenty-five terms of school in
town, and it has been the aim of your SUI
perintendent to get the scholars to work
thorough, to learn that what WIS worth
learning was worthy to be well learned, or
learned to retain. And by friendly hints
to teachers aud advice to the scholars, /
know that a step has been taken for the
right to make our schools more profitable,
but little complaint has reached me, and
the complaint of incompetency has not been
raised in the first instance to my knowledge.
There have been eighteen teachers en-
ployed and all but two have had more or
less experience in teaching. And in giving
a brief synopsis of the schools, will en-
deavor to deal justly with all, and although
l may fail to do what may seem justice to
each, what 1 say is an impartial verdict
made VIXEN visiting the schools.
District No. 1, Summer term Of thirteen
weeks taught by Miss Marietta Horton of
Mt. Holly. Number of scholars seventeen.
This was an excellent school for order.
Winter term taught by Miss Julia A. EN-
cry, of Plymouth. Number of scholars,
enough herself, but the school would have
been better had she been more decided.
District No. 2. Summer term taught by
Miss Emma Lord of Ludlow. Number of
scholars IS. This was very good school.
Winter term taught by Miss Louise M.
Colburn of Shrewsbury. Number of schol
ars thirty two. She proved herself a very
competent teacher.
District No. 3. Summer term taught by
Miss Betsey Tarbell of Mt. Holly. Number
of scholars IA. This was a very orderly
school. Winter term taught by Mr.. Free
man N. Horton of Ludlow. Number of schol-
ars 81; he tried hard to keep good school,
and think he succeeded.
District No. 4, Summer term taught by
Miss Nettie Archer of Mt. Holly. Number
of scholars 81. This was a very good school,
better order would have improved it. Win
ter term taught by Mr.. George r. Taylor,
of Sherburne. Number of scholars 81. This
was one of the best schools in town. 1t
being his second term and the district cannot
do better than engage him again.
District No. 8, Summer term taught by
Miss Ada j. Randall of Mt. Holly. Number
scholars 20. The order and exercises Ill
taught by Mr.. John Crowley of Mt. Holly.
Number scholars 27. He was very thorough
and his method of teaching very good.
District No. Z, Summer term taught by
Miss Belle Wilcox of Mt. Holly. Number
scholars 12 this was her first school, She
succeeded well. Winter term taught by
Miss Betsey Tarbell. Number of scholars,
IL. She proved herself an excellent
teacher.
District No. 0. Summer term taught by
Miss Imogene Barrett of Mt Holly. Num-
Der of scholars 81. This was a very good
school, but somewhat noisy. Winter term
taught by M. Ii. Pember. Number of schol-
ars So. This being my second term in the
district will leave the comments to them.
District No. 10. Summer term taught by
Miss Alma M. Howe of Ludlow. Number
of scholars lG This was good school in
order Winter term taught by Mr.. John
A. GIddings of Ludlow. Number of schol-
ars 90. For the conveniencies furnished
by the district, the room being too small
his school was equal to any in town for
thoroughness in teaching.
nietriot No I bad
Winter term taught by Miss Lizzie Giligan
of Ludlow. For circumstances that were VI =
avoidable, l didnot visit her school, heard
no complaint.
District No. ~, Summer term taught by
Miss E. NJ. Graves, of Mt. Holly.
Number of scholars IA; was very good
school. Winter term taught by her, this
being the only district that employed the
same teacher for the school year.
District No. A. Summer term taught by
Miss Ida Barrett Number of scholars II
this was very successful school. Winter
term taught by Miss Ada Randall. Number
of scholars 81. She is one of our most ex.
perienced teachers, having taught thirteen
terms
have thus briefly given you a history
of our schools, by whom kept and, in as
much as space would allow, the success at.
teDulnB eacn. we nave IL uistllctS unC
two fractional ones From the census re-
ports of the district clerks, compile the fol
lowing statistics there are 800 families, 22s
having children under 20 years of age
There are $50 children under 20 years o
age, of these ITO are under five years o
age, leaving 800 scholars. OF these abou
three hundred have attended school in PAL
or the whole of the school year. You have
paid for wages to teachers including board
sixteen hundred and ninety-fivc dollars
for fuel one hundred and fifty dollars. leav
ing out all other expenses, making a tota
of eighteen hundred and forty five dollars
OF this thirteen hundred and twenty-si,
dollars has been raised upon the grand lis
of the town, the public money amounting
to five hundred and nineteen dollars; max
ing at cost of over five dollars per scholar
for every scholar in town or over six dol
lars per scholar for every one that has at
tended school. That we are not benefited
by our schools what we ought to be from
what they cost us we oil know. Where il
the fault, not with your superintendent Of
teachers, but with the parents themselves
There is manifest indifference on th,
part of parents towards visiting our schools
A perfect teacher cannot make goot
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