Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-15
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our principal did Gepart from a rig
id classification and an adherence 70
fixed principles and graduate this
young man in the hope that he
might at last send student to tho
University How magnanimous
seeing there is not a High School in
the State so heh'ud in this respect.
The young mans essay was an ex-
planation of the steam engine on
the black board giving him an op-
portuuity to be entirely original in
his composition
Then these graduates receive an
address from our venerable superin-
tendent, SO thoroughly conversant
with the subjects these young per-
sons have been pursuing as to en-
tirely exhaust them.
Next comes the school picnic. AZ
ter the citizens had generously re-
sponaed to call for aid IA a lengthy
subscription paper showed, the dear
children were marched to grove
with free tickets for glass Of weak
lemonade and dish of ice-cream,
and twenty-five cents more or less
from their parents in their pockets.
After their treat all that was lett
over was sold at iair profit. In
the evening the young people were
treated TO dance in the grove if
they were willing to respond to %
call for fifty cents to dance on boards
loaned Ivy other parties. Query
For whose benefit were these funds
What a good thing school picnic
is in the midst OF other picuics {!
We next come to the principals re-
port He gives the same proper
and correct statistics rs usual con-
cerning attendance and very much
tho same remarks as in former years.
/ Concerning the High School there
has been an average attendance OF
-, in room capable OF holding 20
or 50, and now he seems to congrat-
ulate the school and himself in hav-
ing arranged matters so that tho
/ grammar scholars shall no longer
occupy this large and somwhat COM
Portable room, with seats adapted to
their size and age, but he will hence-
forth put them ia the grammar
room, a room, it is true, newly seat
al m - "A fTfh
or broad for children OF ten years,
Perhaps it is thought to couiine
boys arf girls of - or l6 years in
these s,..ts will be discipline enough,
and, therefore, the task Of controll-
ing them will be easier.
In the view Of this man, who is no
doubt opposed to cruelty to animals.
it would be better TO have 80 vacant
seats than to have grammar schol-
ar ia the upper room in comfort
able seat. It would be better to de-
vote the energies Of tho principal at
100000 per year md two other
teachers at fair salaries TO IL pupils
Of the High School, and give ono
teacher in the lower department 100
or more scholars. Rather thnn this
let us never graduate scholar, At
least by the hands of ono who has
never himself graduated, but leave
that part to other High Schools.
May the time soon come when such
farces will end and there will be but
one or two graduating High Schools
in the State.
When the principal speaks Of tho
three "Rs" without quotation does
he mean Radway's Ready Relief IL
might as well he as one of the "Rs'
be means when he puts boy nearly
grown on the platform to read aud
then asks him how old he is and
tells him he is the poorest reader in
his class, when by his sneering man
ner the boy cannot be natural and
easy. That X is snre to be in tho
background The Relief part may
mean relief in tears by young ladies'
when goaded or driven beyond en-
durance by sarcasm.
A year ago the prospect OF having
70 in the High School was Just as fair
ard according to the census a little
fairer than at present. think it is
understood to be teach
er's duty to inlpart instruction and
bring pupils up TO a certain stand
ard Why is - much said about
studying at home in order to bring
up the Il to the passing point. II