The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

REPO4s1 81 THE KILIOT GRADED
SCHOOL FOB THE YEAR ENDING
JULY I'd, 1880.
When the school opened in September there
were five parties interested in the result Of
its work. 1st. The state, paying so much
per capita, desired good work in return,
that she might obtain from the school such
young men and women as would be both
able and willing to maintain and strengthen
her in the future. I'd. Society in general
demanded that the pupils trained in the
school should be such as would prove bless
ing and not curse 3d. The Wilmot COM
munity demanded that the work done in the
school should repay them for the additional
investment which they had put into the
the school business 4th. The parents, hav-
ing at heart the highest welfare of their chill
dren, were zealously anxious that the golden
hours Of youth and childhood should be
faithfully used, in order that such characters
might be developed as would be Joy and an
honor to both parents and children. 9Th.
The rights of the pupils called for earnest,
skillful effort in their training, and for an
honest and true account of their progress
and attainments. The last is as binding an
obligation as any that falls within the prov
ince of the school. It is wholly unjust to
place an honest, pure, industrious scholar
on the same level with one of opposite traits
All have an equal opportunity to improve
while IN the school, but it is simply putting
a discount on character and premium on
degradation to rank bad pupil with good
one.
The object of this report is to show facts
and fgnres, and then leave it with candid
public to decide how far we have been sue
cessful in satisfying the demands made upon
us.
The school opened September 18th. 1879,
with total enrolment of IS pupils in both
departments.
The whole number enrolled during the
year, IS the whole number cases of tardi-
ness, 116; the greatest number belonging,
So; the per cent. of attendance for the year,
primary, So; higher, SO.
According to the course of study adopted
| by the School Board last fall, the upper de-
partment consisted of three classes, named
according to the term and year of the course
in which they are respectively found, il be-
| ing course of nine years. The class Of the
It'll year began with very vague knowledge
of the following studies: Descriptive or po-
litical geography, orth@py, photography,
book drawing, arithmetic, reading and gram.
mar. These studies, except drawing and
penmanship, have been completed, and in
addition to these bookkeeping, word an
alysis, and physical geography.
At present the class is composed Of three
young ladies and one young gentleman. The
three young ladies have always exhibited a
high degree of morality and intelligence,
and they promise well toward becoming true
women. Their names are the first on the
| list given below. The ladies enrolled in this
class were nearly all Of an excellent charac-
ter, and it is to be regretted that many Of
them were forced by circumstances to with
draw from their school work. Some have
gone to teach and others to the farm, and
some have left the place. The young man
at present in the class, F. ]. Sabin, promises
veil, and if he does not make q frst-class
man in all respects let those parties that sci
traps TO catch young mems feet bear the
most Of the blame, and,those who stand by
aDd allow such traps to be sprung bear the
TEST OF the blame. Nature has endowed this
]v5ang man with many excellent qualities
which requires but liberty and proper train
ling to bring them to q noble development.
| The other young men found IN this class
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