Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-03

the regularity At attendance has BEEN far from
what y desirable, FIR below what y secured By
the more rigid systems h vogue In the larger
townA For e1Ample. Bsloit reports an at.
tendance Of 05 per centum Of the number en-
rolled, Lacrosse 81, Madison and Watcrto wn
90. A few Of our pupils have been at school
every day Of the year. Az such record 10
extraordinary. the names Of these deserve
special mention. They are ~ follows: Maggie
Crawford, Lydia Stephens, Eugene Boynton,
Harmon Smith, Geo. Foster, Sophia Schwastz,
Ella Prisk and Thomas Prisk.
HiGli SCHOOL,
Tie lsw which authorized Tho establishmea
OF free high schools throughout the state. made
It the duty OF the Superintendent OF Public In
a,ructlou to nx the terms Of admission to sue
schools. and to provide courses VI study. In &C.
cordance with this requirement. qualifications
for admission were hxsd 40 follows: Reading
and Spelling, ali that 10 conssined IN the Foarth
Reader nj most serics; Arithmetic, through the
fundamental rules, common and decimal frac-
tiOnr Grammar. through Etymology; Geog.
raIhy. through Ire United Statcs. In order that
ofshs cources Uestudy may be completed In the
prescribed time, II Ia necessary that the exam-
nation over The ground here marked out should
be very thorough. Failure to pass good exam.
inat,on here would make failure to complete the
hrst years courre In the year inevitable This
papers Of the candidates ara kept on llle, aud
may be called for At any time by the super :ntcn-
tcndent Of Public Instruction. Should it be
found that candidates were admitted on too low
standing, this officer would be justified in vita
holding the State appropriation. The examina-
ttOns at the be ginning Of the yesrfwcre made a.
l.nieut rs seemed consistent vita the apirit Of
the law. As re.ult twenty three students " ere
admitted. These with others previously admit
ted mace total enrolment tn.the High school
classes Of hfty-seven. As . large number here
tOfOre prone ed from the Grammar departments
failed to pass this examination. there was neces
sarily large ella 3 Occu plying eeats In the High
school room, that belonged 10 = lower grade-2
most undesirable cIAss ~ q high school and ono
that II IL hoped the lapse OF time will remove 10
its proper place by filling al the seats In this
Department with pupils entitled w their qpalin
cations 70 places there.
Th.'e Is not ,uiiic space IN 81 ale review to
dwell ~ lenghlh GU the merits and defects Of tho
several courses Of study. The conrse selected 10
designed to extend through three ycars. And all
studies except the common and higher English
are optional. As the result Of this there has been
but Que class pursuing Othes, than the regular
st"Gies-a small Class 10 Latin. small class
has 20 far advanced in the work Of the course a.
to n, ed but one more ,esr " finish il. To the
enthusiasm and perseverance,, and general
hsslthy inGaence Of this class. the school II
indebted for mach that 10 commendsbie In its
character.
The school 10 for' unate in the possession OF 4
small library Of about 200 volumes, which hxs
been used to good purpose by many Of tho
Students. These books provide means Of cul
tare not Furnished BY the class text books. and
one quite as essential to thorough scholarship
The student who knows text books only, even
II he knows them very thoroughly, has but
meagre sttA'nments-tho skeleton Of an educa-
tion 1t would be wise expenditure to add from
twenty Ave 10 nifty dollars worth Of new and
carefully selected books to this library annually.
Especially is this desirable IN view Of the fac,
that most of the books arc tho publications OF
forty years ago
ms ss.r,s below sLow the .tandi.g of th,'
members OF the High school for the ERIN closing
June II; The maximum ~ each column IL lON
The scholarship II determined by averaging he
standing III the several studies at the final exam
ton the attendance, by deductlng one for eat h
half-day's absence and each case of hardness :
the department, by counting off one for each
dcmcr,t mark. The arrangement OF the names,
It Will BE- seen, IL In the order Of schol.rrhip.