The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-04
EDUCA TIONAL.


years of age enrolled during term, 257.
Number of pupils over Is years of age
enrolled during the term, "A.
Total number enrolled during term. $40
Average daily attendance of pupils. 261.
GO &c absence GO 100.
Average daily attendance equals 70
per cent of the enrolment
The following are the names of those
who have not been absent during term ::
Theresa Pankratz. Lizzie Schwartzenbart,
Emma PankratZ, Richard Hoffmon,
Rosa PankratZ Clara Muller
Emil Pautz, Henry Westphal
Christian kOSten. Freddie EQgertS.
Lizzie Scherer,
The above figures show that but very
few of the pupils registered attend school
regularly, some of those pupils whose
irregularity of attendance goes to swell
the average daily absence, not having
attended school more than couple of
weeks during the entire term. 1t is true
that the prevalence of disease in the
district has had much to do toward
lowering the average daily attendance
of pupils ; that occasionally, the fnan-
cial circumstances of pupils have tended
toward the same end but it is also true
that in summing up the causes which
govern the attendance or nom attendance
of pupils at our schools, the indifference
of parents should be reckoned as no I'M
important factor It has been well said
that s'costly apparatus and splendid
furniture have no power to make
scholar. His books and teachers are
but helps. The work is his" Irregu-
larity of attendance not only causes the
pupil to become careless in his work and
negligent in his studies, but works in,
justice to his class and teacher,-to his
class who are obliged to review at least
part of the work completed during his
absence, in order to pull him up to the
Level of the cIass,-to his teacher who,
at the next school. meeting, is denounced
as disgrace to the profession simply
because he failed to accomplish wonders
with a pupil whom he saw, on an aver
age, perhaps two days in week. Tn
my last report ! dwelt upon the adyan-
tages to be had by purchasing our school
books direct from the publishers. Since
then have been investigating the mat
ter, and know that there are publishers
willing and anxious to enter into con-
tract with our district to furnish books
to the district for about sc per cent of
the prices which we are now paying, or
should the district not choose to take
upon itself the responsibility Of hand
ling the books, the publishers agree to
send the books to responsible book
seller in this city who will handle the
books at a small profit to himself and
still sell them to pupils for less than
two thirds of what we now pay for them,
thus saving to the district, at least, one
hundred dollars each year.
JOHN a. HUsaEY, Principal.
THERE has been considerable discus
sion pro and con, since the municipal
election, in regard to the position as
sumed by the Temple Of Honor. We
have made inquiries, and several mem
bers have told rs that as an organization
no action was taken by the Temple
They are to be credited with the good
sense exhibited by the failure to do SO.
But the fact stands undisputed that one
or more members waited upon the can
didates for the Mayoralty and requested
to be informed how they stood on the
question of high or low license for
saioon-keepers. IS personal matter,
these heterogeneous were doubtless
prorer, but we are led to believe that
the members of the society-or q large
portion OF them-cast their votes in ac-
cordance with the views expressed by the
candidates and did what they could to
elect the man whom they thought would
favor high rate Of taxation. In this
the Temple of Honor, thorough its rep
resentatiga members, injured itself for
while admitting That 1t has accomplish
eu HUGH Soou, thI5 eHofu 60 lnHuence
local politics has awakened a determin-
ed effort to counteract it's influence and
the issue in the next election will be on
the question of high or low license, and
the Temple is not in condition, nulaer-
icaliy OF: Influential, to prevent the cleo
ton OF men who viii be pledged to low
license and thus have result directly
contrary TO tIiat which is sought. We
do not care to discuss the question Of
license: but the opinion forced upon Us
is that the temperance people have made
a great mistake and that their cause will
suffer in consequence.