The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

iSTIONS AS TO THE NEEDS
OF SCHOOLS.
FREE TEXTBOOKS.

Y. EREE At1AI-BOOkS.
aln Of purchasing textbook.
by districts, and then furnishing
th rec Of charge, to the pupils il
on lie schools, has given satisfac
Tx most instances, where it has
be lied in the State. 1t has decided
ad ages over all other modes of sup
pl. lese books 10 the pupils; pro
viz vae school boards which have
ad it, exercise Sufficient care in
tn chase Of the books, and in their
dl tion, use, and preservation Ia
tht coils
areases the attendance of the
pu as the children of INDECENT OF
cal parents need not be kept from
sci for the want OF books. 1t aids
in roper classification ofthe pupils:
anC ) can be promptly effected at
th( ming OF the term, by having on
la full supply Of books. 1t ena-
bic pills to pass readily from lower
to II classes when they are pre-
pa Or the change, without waiting
fol Irregular purchase of the books
by parents. Families removing
fro ne district TO another, are not
COZ led to buy new book7.
V. JRSE OF STUDY FOR THE UNI
GRADED SCHOOLS.
] subject has been discussed, III
ono N or another, by the leading
tea and school officers OF the
st; uring the past nine years. In
t ections, the experiment Of de-
Wis i full course Of study for the
COZ schools, and of introducing it
int ne Of these, under the charge OF
eXl nced and intelligent teachers,
has II tried by some county super
int Tents, with reasonable measure of
SUE At the last annual meeting
OF tate Teachers Association, the
out Of such q course Was adopted,
an, use in the elementary schools
wa nestly recommended. The sub
ieC Yas presented and carefully eX
pla aC most of the Institutes held
las amer and fall; and d number OF
tea 5, under the instructions OF
the unity superintendent, are test
ing $ winter, in various parts OF the
Sta ne practicability of this scheme.
ltl need modifying to suit the cir
Cu noes OF the schools in different
loo Is and it doubtless requires to
be more specific, that the aver
age cher may more clearly under
sta i, and be able to apply it to
pr6 Il use in the school room. |
thu ut it will continue to enlist the
ser consideration Of the educators
Of | State; and that it will, in some
acc ole form, be established in all
OW graded schools. 1t will aid
gre in removing the palpable and
inj IS defects existing in the elo-
me ! schools Of the country dis
trio
VI. TOWNSHIP SYSTEM.
] oldfashioned school district
mU re been the product of acct
del her than Of intelligent design.
Oh ling in New England, it nat
ura pread westward. So long as
10 but elementary instruction was
oXI / from the public schools, and
VIII system Of academies furnish
ed, considerable extent, that of q
hig grade, the defects of the public
sci system were not SO seriously
fel hen, it is to be noted that Mass
aol Is, as early as 1647, required
eve own, with one hundred families,
to tain q grammar school, ,"
VIII meant q school that could fit
for university.
J. lany years past, better plan
thu TAT Of single, independent dis
tpj bpnn G0V1nct1U OIxrOoot06
anc % some extent introduced. In
Is; pennsylvania made the town.
boz j, and city, the unit for school
pu as. Iowa adopted the same sys-
ter 858. Massachusetts introduce
ed adually, ana for several years
1T 3een universal in that State.
III @o10r New England States gre
mo '@ in the same direction, as is also
Ne ork. Ohio and Indiana have
tri mixture of the two systems,
bu nOut satisfactory results. In
tht Qer State, the people are calling
ca A Y for the town system proper.
w sin should not be the last State
TO ne this great Improvement. 1t
is for her to take step forward, /"
anC Ike the system obligatory.
dvantages Of the system may
be ~ restated, at this time, under
til, owing heads:
would promote economy and
sir ty. A town with ten districts,
no unusual number, requires the
SCI Of thirty school officers, be-
sic lose of the town clerk, the town
trt er, and the town board, in the
ad Stration of school affairs. A
DO If five directors, with the town
trt ar, would do all the business
me ,ntelligently, more efficiently
an less expense.
t would aid in securing peace
an let. AS shown by the numer-
on IDEALS taken to the State Super,
uni ent, and by the correspondence
of aa Office, there are constant dis
pu about district boundaries. the
la tless of the action of district
mc IS or district boards, to the great
de lent Of the schools Under the
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