The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-10

REPORT OF SOMERSET SCHOOLS, FOR The
MONTH ENDING De. 10. 1852.
In conformity with present custom, as
well as from a desire of showing the patrons
what is doing, ! present the following re-
port:
Primary Room No. Mrs. NJ. Connolly,
Teacher. enrolled 80 pupils, of which num-
Der l promoted, during the last week of the
month, % pupils, leaving Mrs. Cs number
81.
Primary Room No. miss Kate Snyder,
Teacher, enrolled 81 pupils, and has is pro
motions, but as this room receives the pro-
motions from No. l, there will be an in
crease of 5, making the enrolment 81
next month.
Room No. 3.-Miss Lizzie Kooser, Teach
er, enrolled IS pupils, IL promotions, giving
an increase of /, for next month. and max
ing her enrolment 40.
Room No. Miss Hattie Stutzman,
Teacher, enrolled IS, of which / promoted
10; thus her room is diminished by =. leay-
ing her next months enrolment 50.
Room No. 5.-Miss Ella Kimmel, Teacher
had an enrolment of 40; of this number /
promoted IS on examination, and 3 on spe-
cial request OF Miss Kimmel thus her room
will be increased by 3 pupils, as she receives
an excess of 3 pupils from No. 4.
Ny W room. No. &, had an enrolment
of %. and with l6 promotions, will have 45
next month.
Thus it is seen that all the rooms except
No. l and No. 4 have their enrolment in
creased by promotions. All the rooms ex-
teacher to do the best work possible, classes
are too large and the pupil not reached suffi-
ciently often in recitation.
The entire enrolment for the month is
297 pupils. Attendance has been very good.
Several of the rooms show 81 per cent. and
| think an average of more Than 90 per cent
has been made.
have taken time to visit each room twice
during the month, and | think that good
work is doing by all the teachers.
desire to call the attention of the Board
TO the fact tina. the pupils in rooms Nos. 4
and 5, new building. are seated .fIciag The
light. This is a grand mistake; they can be
seated TO face a dead wall. and it should be
done at once. Five months facing the win
dows will generate weak eyes, as surely as
the suns beams falling ON a shower will
generate a rainbow. And after years will
prove the correctness of my assertions.
In my own room | have bad a5 per cent.
attendance sorne tardiness, though little.
call " is too late, and that present " in the
afternoon is cause for a /" tardy mark" /
nave introduced the study of Physiology, .
and all circumstances considered. the class
Latin class, and ! hope to prepare them to
read Caesar next summer, il they should at
tend school then.
Rhetoric" should be introduced into this
room, in the stead of the a" Grammar
class. | find that almost all that class are
thoroughly qualified TO take up Rhetoric,
and they are suffering an injustice by being
permitted 10 OMIT it. OF course when they
take up Rhetoric, Grammar may be dropped.
Natural Philosophy shonld be introduced
also. All the "A" Arithmetic class are
qualified to take it up Literature, too. is
needed. and some more nearly complete
work than Westlake.
can say that ! am well pleased with the
woik OF the schools, but | would respectfully
suggest to the Board Of Directors that there
should te an Unabridged Dictionary sup
piied-I would recommend Webster. The
efficiency OF the schools will be increased
one half. and / know that the pupils will
take pride enough in the possession 10 teks
care Of il.
Thanking the very e fficient corps Of lady
teachers Tor the good report they have ena-
bied me to give, and hoping that during my
engagement the schools may approach that
standard Of excellence winch l have formed,
l am. Respectfully.
A. C. HoLREkT,
Principal Of Schools.