Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-23
Waterbury Items.

The village schools closed Friday. The pri-
mary and intermediate departments have been
taught by Misses House and Poland respectively,
and do not show any material change In the gen.
eral character of the instruction hitherto fur
nshed in these departments. Miss Poland who
has closed her connection with the school, was
pleasantly remembered by her pupils in the gift
| Of an autograph album and a handsome fruit
knife. Miss House has been promoted to the in
termediate, but who will succeed Miss House has
not yet been settled. Mr.. d. b. Coke, the teacher
in tho high department, has labored faithfully to
make his work effective, and he has succeeded as
well as could be expected under the circum-
stances. In this, az in other departments Of the
school. there can be but little OF thorough-going
instruction till II Is properly graded, and the de-
partments classified that the teachers can de-
vote more than paltry fifteen or twenty minutes
to each recitation Classified as the departments
now are, teachers best efforts are paralyzed,
and even the low rate Of wages paid for instruc-
ton yields very inadequate returns. Mr. Coke
entered his department stranger this fall, and,
In spite Of unfavorable circumstances, made
creditable showing for his first terms work.
There were public exercises Friday afternoon,
made up of singing, Rotations and dialogues in
vbiob ali Tho schoois ,a,,,o,,,a,od c. =, ~,
u,,e neopIe nerformad their na,,s o,od,,ah,,, .na
n, tho older nnn,is Misa A,nio A,har,o, rao,,oa
tho purning shin effac,;volv and Nt,ss Jrl,a
rIonrn rordoroa a so,oo,o, 49,, Tauus.uo. III,
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49,, ,,,,u oo,.,,ran.o Nsous. n......,.. ,o,,
rhoro was NOT an o,orwha,u;r, r,at =, r;a,,,r.
d,,,rg tho axomi,o,ior ova-o,sos .rd tuo,,, a.
,nsnectop NJ tho rocis,ors a, doos no, .no. ,ha,
ann ~ tho toa,bors have hoo, {. to,harod ;,
,he farm hv an exco.a q, attention an Tho ,,r, -,
naron,s or apv ono o,.o Tbis locL ~ ,,ra,, To-
terest In vour schools neonle ~ Waterburv 4. a
falling fatal 10 vonr hos, ,r,oros,. ooa h,obo.,
nrosperitv 90 next term froonen,Iv and 400
how vopr children are ednc,ted Won would M,
jeave for tbrea montbs vopr ca,,,o in tho bards
of hired keeper without going freonentlv 10 in
snec. them Arc No, vorr cb,,dren q, nova ,a,ra
than rarv co,,,oo Tho schooI r,a,on,s ana
masters nj wa,erh,rv do NO, d;snlav tho ,rmn,,on
their calling demands tho roe,,ns ~ ,ho;r ass,
citation. anno;nted IN he held nj the Cen,er SATIN
dav tho iotb instant WINS unattended bv teacher
or town superintendent Two or three interested
individuals braved the bardsbina NJ the storm and
mud emharoo combined and after WAITING in
vain for the coming Of the teachers adjourned
In meet MT the same n,aca saturdav Decembor
"a Mt two o,c,ocL n ~ tho srhioc,s for aoor.-
sion and the amendments be;nc also continued
Wis. How IN teach e,emen,arv geogranbv M;ssos
uouse and Caldwell. School Government r q
Wright Tho varv untavorahle waa,her ,oa,fn,
travelling and the fact that the examination NJ
,eachers had hoer an, Tor tbis aav u,,, have ~
nass a GOOD oxcuse Tor tho fa,,nre ~ th;s rnoe,-
inc II ia boned that the teacbers and al, nart,es
interested will be IN hand in fulI numbers at tho
adjourned meet;no December "A Union
Thanh saiv;ro seryices ,y,,, he hold n, ,ho Ma,ho-
dist church. Rev Mr. Johnson preacbing the ser
mon Tho Conversational sabba,b-scbool ia
prenarino for Christmas-a tree and annronria,o
axercisos he;n, tho ,r;rc;ro tea,nres in Tho MO
oramme Mrs II NJ Rruce who has uffered
from ,pr,or for or,,e n Iong n.riod d,od wod-
,esdav Tho 1e,h ins,or, Iar funeral v.s oh
80 r-'s. d., NJ. WHEEL. ao,a,a,,"e
zonas W. !, oonenad h,s ,a,sn ~, - Eel,
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