Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
No. Is.

II u'etN shoulu ne any ladies' ln-
terested in something like this,
we propose that they meet at the
High school building, Tuesday af-
tenoou, Nov, 25th, If they come
only for n single occasion, we shall
hope to scc some.
Those who are interested IN the
school have been cordially invited,
70 visit It frequently, and scrutmiao
It's management and this we prs.
POSE to do henceforward, Our OBJ
loct in writing these articles has
been entirely misunderstood by the
principal.
Concerning the Latin class W,
an have admission to make. We
should have said dwindled, or be-
came reduced, instead Of died out,
In tho conversation the principal
refers to, he brought up the fate of
the Latin class as an argument
against the study-that there was
So little interest in it that now il
consisted of only five or six, We
did not intend 10 convey tho inn
preston that there was no Latin
class whatever, but that il was inn
possible to have our children COM
monco Latin and that il was not
encouraged, In that conversation,
when want Of time was urgent, we
said as the Latin class was so small
II was no moro than fair to divide
the time and give three lessons per
week TO the advanced class and two
to the beginners, Such an arrange
ment IL is well-known is frequently
made.
We leave the whole matter of
slandor with two questions. With
out beginners where arc the Latin
elassesP Without Latin in tho
course" wherc are the bcginncrs2
Since the preparatory department
of tho University is about TO be
abolished Latin il of more impor-
tance than over in the public school
md being an elective study should
be recruited from any ward aad
my grade.
Our principal wishes "the just
public TO decide on the question
of n beginners class in :.un of four
or more Why not ask u just pub
lie to decide ON the "A" class of
two pupils for this and last year,
and perhaps future years? Docs
Inc not take moro than one-half
hour each day from "tho interests
Of several hundred" for thoee two?
We leave il for the public TO decide
whether IL would not be better to
merge these two with fifteen or
twenty of his best scholars and call
il A or b class as he pleases. In
this case his power for usefulness
would be increased eight or ten
times for the public good, and givo
him time to organize other classes :
Perhaps our standard for u public
school is too high, but since we are
told by the Nero of the present
hour, that these schools arc the
bulwarks Of our national institu-
tions wo cannot rate their impor-
tancc too highly.
On this subject we are far above
personalities, Whit patriot in
seeking the good Of his country and
its future thinks much about in
dividuals, and what officer in ac-
cord with this sentiment has q
grievance? We think of teachers
as teachers, mediums by which our
children are educated. Like tho
rest Of us they are not infallable,
and like the rest of us they will
hayc the same amount Of respect
that they show others. This O
matter Of action and reaction. We
claim just the sclfishness that de-
sires for our children and those of
our friends, neighbors and fellow
citizens the best advantages they
can possibly have; and desire such
school that not only our own but
the youth of surrounding towns and
hamlets shall flock here to enjoy as
good advantages as they would Nv