St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-10

biotii'l No. IL. lhlS school was
taught i'll the summer by Miss Emily l..
Parks, and in the winter by Miss Susie
A. Mason. Both were successful terms
under the care of excellent teachers.
District No. ~. Summer, fall, and
winter terms, Miss Mary l.. Williams.
teacher. A small. but well disposed
school. With more enthusiasm inspired
greater success would have been at
tanned. The teacher was faithful.
District No. l3. In the summer Miss
Lila NJ. Connell taught The school
was as good as could he in so unattrac-
tive IA school room. The teacher and
the pupils were very successful i'll their
work. The fall term WAS under the
care Of Miss Mary }. Liddell and was
reasonably successful. Winter term,
Mr.. Harry +. Howard, teacher. The
school might have been a great success
if there had not been Il tendency to in
subOrdination on the part of ii few OF
the pupils who were old enough to
know better. The teacher and Il few OF
the pupils deserve great credit fol faith
full work.
District No. IA. Misses Alice +. Hol-
ton, Abby l.. Stanton, and Minnie A
Dole. were the teachers of this school
in the summer, fall and winter terms
x-.1x. .,ll f,if Ia ftI1
and successful teachers and the school
made good progress during the year.
District No. Is. Higher Department
Summer term, Miss Mary }. Liddell
teacher. A sprightiy school and re-
quires Il sprightly teacher to make it Il
success. The teacher was faithful. Fall
and winter terms, Miss Ellen }. Morris
teacher. She soon got the good will OF
the pupils and made two very success
full terms. The school appeared we'll.
District No. l5. Lower Department
summer. fall and winter terms, Miss \
Bella Owen. teacher. This was her first
experience at teaching and she gradual
ly improved during the wear. Th,
school did we'll.
District No. IL. Summer term, Mis-,
Hattie l.. Goodell. teacher. This is q
very small school and consequently {;
difficult one to inspire with enthusiasm
1t did we'll. Winter term. Mr. Eugene
b. Hopkins. teacher. This WAS his first
term at teaching and was fairly sue
ceSstul
A few closing suggestions of mor,
general character, may not he ont %
place here.
The common school is the great boor
of blessing to the youth of the common
wealth. Let its interests he guarded
we'll That this MAY be done the
parents should take deeper Interest
in the schools by more frequent visits
that they may know from personal oh
servatiOn of the progress of their chill
dren. A few do this; but by far the
more do not.
That this may he done also, induce
ment should hc held ont in the form %
greater pay T." draw to our schools ::
better class of talent. and Il higher grade
of teaching. BY far too many In'"m-
pcten; teachers appear annually before
the Supcrintcndents. asking appr"va
To teach, and 10y far too many such gel
such approval simply because the pay
does not draw we'll qualified and com
petcnt teachers. and many of the schools
would go untaught unless such teacher
were approved.
The old stvle of ''boarding round
should he forever abolished. No fcmal,
teacher ought ever to he asked to do it
and no teacher with sufficient self
respect to bc Il suitable instructor u
youth will do it, unless pressed 10y thu
diIeSt necessity.
4 new era is dawning upon us an'
soon. we trust. the old system of weight
and measures will he done away an'
the new the Metric system will b
adopted for general use. This is Ger
tainly to be hoped for and should b
turthered in every possible way. ThI
system was lcgalized by the tnite'
! States Government, in lSG6. and "ugh
to he in use everywhere. An attemp
has been made during the year {
awaken IL deeper interest in this sub
iect, among the pupils and teachers q
our town. Respectfully submitted.
ID. f.. MILLER, Sup't.