Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-27
THE scHooL REaULAr1oNs.
superintendent Wright Explains the Rule
/ ON AhRantAaiam.


uperintendent Wright Explains tho Rule |
on Absenteeism.
To tho Editor of the Globe.
OFFICE OF BOARD or EDUCATION, ST. PAUL. |
May 26.-The letter Of Veritas, published in
the GLOBE of May 25, rejecting on the board
of education in regard to absentees, gives
me the opportunity to present the rule re-
ferred to, and explain that it is neither new
nor unduly severe in its operation. The rule
is as follows:
Any scholar who shall be .bsentsix half days
in four successive weeks, without any excuse
from his parents or guardians, given either by
person or written note, satisfying the teacher
that the absence was caused by his own sick
ness, or by sickness or death in the family or to
avoid serious or imprudent exposure to health,
shall forfeit his seat in the school, and the
notify the parents and the superintendent that
the pupil is suspended. No pupil thus aus
pended shall be restored to school till he has
given satisfactory assurance of punct uality in
the future. and obtained permission from the
superintendent to return. In the application
of this rule, dismissals and tardiness shall be
counted as absences, one case of each counting
as one half days absence.
Truant playing il strictly forbidden, and no
pupil shall be received in the school after play
ing truant, without = permit from the super
intendent.
This rule has not been changed during
the past year, but stands as it has for years,
except that dismissals and hardness are now
counted as absences in its application, and
that the avoidance of serious or imprudent
exposure to health is numbered among the
excuses accepted by the teacher.
Undoubtedly the rule was enacted to Sc
cure the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der, and in the belief that each case of alb
sence or hardness was an injury not only to
the delinquent, but to the whole school.
Our absentee rule does not seem arbitrary
or severe when compared with that of other
cities. The following is tie rule in Cincin-
natl:
2Ol. In every case of absence of pupil for
| more than three half days in four consecutive
| weeks, without satisfactory excuse to the
| mitted above, the absentee shall, without ex-
ception or favor, be suspended from the school,
| and the facts Immediately reported to the trus-
tees of the district or their chairman, and the
pupil shall not be re-admitted until the be-
ginning of the next quarter, unless by written
with the principal of the school.
The following is an extract from the reso-
lutions of the Fort Wayne schools:
| When any scholar in the intermediate or high
school is absent two days, or their equivalent
in parts of days, or any scholar in the primary
school is absent four days, or their equivalent
in parts of days. in four consecutive weeks,
! without an excuse from the parent or guardian,
given either in person or by written note, salts
flying the teacher that the absence was caused
by his own sickness, or by sickness in the fam
lily, he shall be reported to the superintendent
for suspension. No pupil being suspended
| shall be restored to school till the parent OF
onQ hae eriv fiafo ntn hot
the pupil will be punctual in future, and ha,
obtained permission from the superintendent
for him to return.
In Minneapolis the rule is as follows:
! 50. Every scholar in the High school, or in
the district or primary schools who shall bs
absent two half days, or tardy two times ION,
i hardness counting as one absence) iii four con
i secutive weeks, without an excuse from til.
parent or guardian, given in person or by writ
j ten note, satisfying the teacher that the alb
d sence was caused by his own sickness or OF
sickness in the family, or to avoid serious o
i imprudent exposure to health, shall forfeit hi
seat in the school; and the teacher shall forth
& with notify the pasent, and in special cases tn
superintendent, that the pupil is suspended
No pupil thus suspended, unless for sickness
shall be restored to the school till the parent O.
guardian has given satisfactory assurance tina
the pupil will be punctual in the future an.
obtained permission from the superintendent
for his return.
4 Believing that irregularity in the attend
ance of pupils upon the schools is an evi
that is often caused by carelessness and in
difference on the part of parents the co
operation of all who believe in the enforce
} ment of wholesome regulations is respect
fully solicited. B. F. WRIGHT.
The Minnesota Wisconsin, Tclegraphic Ma,
riaDe.
Z Chicago Tribune.
Marrying by telegraph has certainl
romantic flavor about it that
certain class of sensational young peopl
will be charmed with; but it is cas-
to see how it might lead to embarrassin
t and unsatisfactory results. Take, for exam
f pie, such case as the I'ribune's Milwauke
e correspondent sent on Friday last, whel
9 Miss Buddlngton stood up before clergy
: man in the telegraph Office in that city an
> was united in marriage with young ma
!. out West. Suppose that the operator at th
j. other end of the line had been resolved I
q play q practical joke upon the young lad.
q with or without the consent of the brid,
groom, and had reported him present whe
: he was not, or reported him as saying Eyes
: when the clergyman propounded the usu,
Il questions, when he really said "no'' Tho
E would the girl really know whether she we
b lawfully married or not ? She did not hes
t him cay he would take her for better {
t worse he did not place the ring upon ht
; finger; he did not raise her veil and kiss ht
: after the ceremony neither did her "sister
;. her cousins, and her aunts, !" nor any of tt
d witnesses. The telegraph, unlike NJ
Edison's talking machine, cannot be 81
# pealed to hereafter as witness in the cas-
y and proof produced from the instrumen
! Other contingencies might arise to mar Il
= happiness of the bride and render the q
legged marriage ceremony delusion and
. snare. Suppose the bridegroom shou
is bride the operator at the other end of til
II line to go on with the proceedings at ce
n tain hour in his (the backgrounds absenc
It and, after being run down and caught by Il
y bride and her friends, and the obligation
= husband being insisted upon, he should
,,e able to prove an abb on the day and date
e his alleged wedding. No! It may be 9
rs right in Miss Buddington's case, but Il
d practice is certainly a dangerous one to bot
d parties, and cannot be commended. Beside
u u the custom may have legal as we'll as NOR
= aspects that might be troublesome to O
h counter. We certainly cannot recommer
1t the practice, and hope it will never becon
,e universal. There is kind of habeas-co
IF pus reality about the old fashioned methe
10 of getting married that we are partial to,
le it is less romantic and does not smack
., loudly of the progressive spirit of this ia
and iconoclastic age.
II A BROKEN CONTRACT.
er - -
Fred BaiieU Diuorced from HIS Wife Ka'
= Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fred A. Bailey, for thirty five years prom