Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

most prominent of which is that the former is
required in the examination for teachers
third grade certificate while the latter is re,
quired only by applicants for certificates of
the second grade. No member Of the High
School has completed satisfactorily t1e work
of the first year fact attributable mainly TO
two causes first, the difficulty Of inpressing
upon many Of the students the necessity for
careful, unremitting attention to school work
to the exclusion Of all other imployments and
interests, and second, the insufficient prepare
ton with which the work Of the year was be.
gun. Twelve members in this class die. how.
ever, accomplished SO much of the required
amount as TO assure their completion OF it by
the employment OF more than the ordinary
amount of time during the first term OF the
coming year in review of the studies not yet
fini shed. 1t cannot be too strenuously Insisted
that the successful termination of any years
work Of this course requires not only thorough
acquaintance with all the subjects belonging to
preceding years. but the economical use Of ali
the pupils time during the terms OF school.
osences of half days or whole days; neglect
in the preparation of here and there lesson;
devotion of part of The time 10 some other pur-
suit whether of business pleasure irregu-
lar habits, as regards study, physical exercise,
sleeping, eating and recreation excessive de-
votion to amusement, allowing it to encroaeh
upon time required for study or upsn the
hours demanded by nature for seep-all these
are wholly incompatible with the successful
pursuit of rigorous course OF study The
student, OF all men, requires good health. and
mind undisturbrd by exciting or stimulating
Influences,
Connected with the High School as an APP
pendage there has been large class OF pupils
Of two low grade to pass the examination
r. l.: - la,
tuting in fact portion of the grammar de-
partments, yet necessarily excluded from their
proper place in the school because room
can be found for them there. The presence Of
this class is a serious drawback to the prog
ress of the High School classes, and the char
acter tina. this department should maintain. 1t
| will be greatly for the interest OF the High
| School to attain so large a membership of its
own MS to necesstate the organization OF
separate department for these pupils who now
| constitute sort of preparatory class.
1t is impossible in this place to describe
m,nutely the different subjects belonging 70
this part of the school In the preparatory class
they are similar in character to those OF the
grammar departments. In the High School it
| bias been the constant aim to free tho student
| from his dependence upon book ana teacher,
and make bin, as far as his own mental pow
ers and the nature Of the subjects studied
| would admit, an independent investigator.
| To this end, text books have been used merely
| as aids, and not as the sUMMuM BoNuM Of all
| school work.
The portions of the course Of study COM
| prised in the second year will included zebra,
! Physical Geography Physiology and, by de
| sirable change in the course, Science OF Gov
| ernment. Latin and German to be continue
| BY the present classes, and new class in each
| to be organized if sufficient number desire IT.
| The review spoken of as necessary for the
class about to finish the first years studies can
be accomplished without dctriment to the
standing at the second year. if members of the
class are resou,e in the performances of an
unusually large amount Of work. There is
! justification for expecting from this class much
better results at the close of another year OF
| school than have been heretofore attained.
GOOD ATTENDANCE.
append here the names of pupils belong
| ing to the different departments who hive at.
| tended school 10 more days out of the
| l76 constituting the school year William
Curry Leila Prideaux. Alonxo Pr,deaux ,Nettie
| Whitney, Bella Whitney, Adrian adheld /,
! Lydia Stephens, Fred. Cox, Fanny Schwartz,
| Rufus Hooking, Sophia Schwartz, Ruth Treb-
ilcock, Hattie Lynch, Agnes Hay, Matilda
| kessler, Lena Kessler, Waiter Sherwood.
| Nearly half Of these pnpis were present.
every day of the year. Twenty seven pupils
belonging to the various departments were
present Every Day during the term closing
June 22d. The steadiness of purpose, and the
| acquisition of good habits indicated by these
statements deserve more extensive recogni-
ton than is secured by mere entry OF the
| figures upon the school record.
J. IL. TERRY,
Principal.