Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-10-12
The School Question.
WATERBURY,. October Z. 1SS

roods n arm, doa, ~ ,,ood hoal,h,, AGITATION d,
secpre n mucb needcd reform Az an o,d.,ima
c,tjzep. interested in tho ppb,;c weffare and ia
,oiliar with the history NJ o,r scbools I viob m
,mprove this opportunitv to nav n few words In
re,ation 70 this subiect and In tho ,,tarest nj n
liberal and enlipbtened policv In our school mat.
tera am constrained IN sav I'm tho erst ,l.ce
that vour correspondept wboever be NAV be
Who a,peared tbis weeL 4, aefenoo and on,oav
nj our school nrivileoes has e;tber a ene veir ~
ironv I'm bis comn,s,,ion mr. was falling tor hmm.
couhe ~ nathan NJ ,hoso oonioo,,res ia oorroot
/, Ia easv IN g,as Oh IN, bo Lrous or, i;,,i about
,ba actnai condition ~ tho schoois In chi. ,;l,ano
and nuch ,ess ahou, tho co,,mo, scho,,s n, ,orao
mr. In abort what oons,i,r,os n ,,ood soh,o, Il,
anv Mace Resnect;no ,he scboo, br,,dina i,s In
cation in a corner Of the graveyard or a orave-
card IN the NAV ground. ~ a schoo,horso !. not
axact,v in harmonv with Tho e o,orna, e,na.a ~
things" in this enlightened AGE Add IN this
grotesoue minolipo NJ no and dea,h tho irx,o.
nostlon Of schoolhouse woodnilea and n,iviea 10
tho graves wbere tho /" foreta,hers ~ Tho bo,n,o,
sleep." and Won have anotber consideration that
IA revoting IN evarv sense ~ docorcr ard ., van
Grafton for the memory Of the dead Either the
dead who rest in proximitv tn these ofensive arr
roundnes should he removed tn graves in otber
and less Objectionable parts Of the enlarged
grounds. and tbus make annie room around the
schoolhonse. or the removal Of the scboolbnildino
should be made Tn other eouallv central and far
more desirable localities in the village. The pres
emit association il simply barbarous. Your corres
poudent saws ''tbe committee intends fitting nm the
grounds about the house and wards also making
further repairs ON the house" H. will he very de
liphtful. no doubt. and the eninvment of the inn
provements will he enhanced NV the fact that II
will not impoyerish the district to fit I'M grounds
that extend yery little beyond the foundation
stones of the building. II the committee has
money to spend. other objects than imaginary
" grounds" should receive their first attention.
The privies. for instance. are exposed to snow
and rain. are said to be filthv altogether indie
cent stand under the windows of the building.
and in warm weather infect the Air of the school
room with foul odors. NAV he breeding places of
diphtberia and fatal diseases A board of health
would not tolerate them. Aud vet the district, in
schoo-meeting assembled, recently refused to in
crease the school tax from eighteen cents to
twenty cents on the dollar, and thus give the
committee the means for making repairs ON these
outhouses which a decent regard for the health
| be made. Before any money is expended for the
outside garnture of what a correspondent has
not naptlv STYLED the tomb,." it ia to be hoped
that these offensive sinks will be purified and i'm.
proved n the district ia too moor or too penur-
Gus to do both. let it spend less money for paint
and mora for sanitary reform.
| Bnt as imnortant AZ pleasant school houses are
to the success of a school. yery good schools by
nroner manapement NAV be had in very moor
hndr,s Itisa f,c, IN which our heat informed
and most intslIigent citzsns of either sex will
hear ,es,;monv that our school bas for m any wears
haen in 4, danlor,hle condition This fact ia at
,rhr,ah,a tar lass 70 tho ,aaohors than m tho In.
ooi od,i,;s,ro,i,n ~ .o,,oi ffairs and IN tho ah
saroo ~ an on1iah.onod barmon;ors n,hlic sen,i.
| uant in ,a,at,on 20 tho school Tbose wbo ba va
a,,o,aoa ,h,, H., ,,;.hi, .ho uos, ,or sf,oa,
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,ha da,o,,;,,o .,ho.J ,,,,,iiaros t,rnishad ,hor,
aor,ara,,,,, =, 49,, a. T., ,ha,r aa,,,, ,;,os ,ta
Lii, 40 .to ,o,aon -, ,noc oa,t In
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ooruoa,,o,,a;,, It,, al ,,a;noronoa IN ~.
s,,n,,,r, ,,,d ,,ro,ahin, - ,ha ,os,,a,, ond III,
oa.oa. a.,,;.;,, - o. ,o,,a,,,,a ,,u ,ror,h,
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80 30 s,a,, ~, ,ho oarsa - odro,,;on Tho COS
Iii. 49,. sr,' I,a,,,a,.Is ras;,on,s GA non.
ros;aon,s ,,ho h.,o r;s;,od orr schoo, and wb,
mo- ,,r,;,o. n;.h tho or.l,u of yorL dana in IN.
ho,,a, rnh,o sohoo,s % Tho s,a,o and country
sav wa ara tif,v vears hehnd the times and an
inc,;red 70 hojoyo that ia mild st,temsnt of IN,
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