Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-18


school which called forth the following in MONITOR:
Those parties, not teachers or committee men, who
trying to run" the village school, making |
mistake and doing themselves and their children more
harm than they aware. Public opinion is almost
universally against them There is a right wa and
wrong way do things, and they to have chosen
the acrong one. Whoever provokes INSTRUMENTATION or
disturbs schools makes himself liable to fine.
As Mr.. Dow and Mr.. Uford felt somewhat wrathy |
at the MONITOR for publishing the item above, we
have given them opportunity to state their cases. and
here also give reply by the teachers and committee.
| The public. as Mr. Ufford suggests, will have oppor-
tunity to judge As. Mr.. U. refers to circumstance
| which occurred at a time when were one of the
| school committee, state that matter came up
| which the committee and teacher thought liable
to do much harm to the interests Of the school, Some
of the scholars after being talked with and requested
to refrain fIom certain thing, did dsobey the prnci
pal and were put days suspension four parents
and two other parties demonstrated and created for
the time being, considerable of Juror; but after
talking the matter over and getting better under
standing they Gained down; the scholars returned,
Obeyed the requests of the teacher, and everything
went along pleasantly and well.
We have had some knowledge of this school for the
past eight years, and while it is difficult in all to
adjust classes to al scholars, there has always been
/ so far have known, disposition the part Of
teachers and committee give each scholar good
au opportunity as possible. They have been permit
ted in where they have been advance of their
class, by examination the beginning of each term
| if they could answer and half questions out of
ten in the studies which the advanced class had
passed, to advance at once into another class or
room, and there has been no changing to lower
classes except IN where the pupil much
below his class in attachments make the change
to his advantage. The discipline has been mild very
little corporal punishment being practced and that
only IN extreme lfthe reports of superintend
and observation worth anything the progress
Of the scholars has been rapid and generally satisac
r tory We do not intimate that Mr.. Dow and Mr.. VI
a ford blessed with any ignorance than the
: average of u.s. but have doubt that their boys
about whom the fuss is made, better readers, bet
spoilers. better penmen. have better knowledge
of geography, of the principles of arithmetic, outside
the few things learned in doing business by those
fathers better knowledge of the rudments Of gram
marin short better scholars to-day at twelve
fourteen years of age than their fathers They
n good scholars-good boys. This talk about IAN mbe
ce and aristocratic management is all cheap non
sense By the arrangement of the course of studie
children at from thirteen to fifteen years of age
plete course of study much more thorough, and on
Of that embraces nearly all that studied ALL
1r district schools, when Mr.. D., Mr.. U. and ourselves
"a attended them. We claim that the is all tina
re scholars of this age ought to accomplish o.
I'd entering the academy department at say thirtee
years Of age they take of study that embrace
ID grammar, history the mathematics the natural Sc
~ ences, bookkeeping, civil government and menta
&c science-hs arranged for three years If
ic classical is desired the classics taken aon
with the other branches and eightee
years of age the boy is fitted for college We may
at mistaken but of the opinion that those who
plain of the schools would have less complaint if the
le took pains visit them and and learn f.
c. themselves.
The cost of the schools in this village for the pas
g eight years has been from so to 60 per cent tn
to st-now fifty this with a small sum for tuition wi
e. allow any scholar under the present management
Ill obtain thorough education fit HIM for college
i'd Though the school is not all it might be- insist tha
it emineny better than any district school-if TIL
ny was possbility-and that it affords the children
IN this village excellent opportunities for obtaining
1t, education.
he AS Mr. Dow makes no allusion to the fact that
d went to the school house on certain morning whe
he one of the committee expected to be thel
cir expel his from the school, and that he did
e mand in presence of the whole school, of IL
on teachers do what the committee requested her
I'M to do fact that the public ought TO know, and dot
nd show that he attempting to ''run' the school
,e, further admitted to that in Mr. Baldwin hi
1T attempted expe his boy by force that there WI
IL liable to have been trouble-the committee WI
cir to have been reduced to shoe-strings
cir The MONITOR had intention of casting any unu
IT. imputatons any party does it wish to upho
ed wrong either side, but still of the opnic
IN that neghbor Dow and especially Mr.. Uford took
' b wise and foolish means to correct what seemed
,ct | them to be a wrong.
th Complaint having been made against Mr.. Ufor
~ -, he brought before Justice Edward Barnar
It'll tates Attorney Baldwin appearing for the State
my States Attorney of Caledonia county for Il
On respondent. The case heard Saturday Lar
cir Mr. Uford did put in any defense and boul
On up in $500 bonds The matter will come before Il
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