Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

ist' there VIII De graduating class
of four, but no distinctiyely Commence
ment exercises.
Now that the taxpayers have voted
against water works, we hope they have
decided to appropriate portion of that
sum for the educational interests of
Lancaster.
Considering the difficulty of getting a
satisfactory view of the School building
and yard, the stereoseopic views taken
by Mr.. Van De Wall last week are ex-
cellent. They are for sale by him at
% cents each, and no doubt many will
want such pleasant souvenir.
Following are the most commendable
percentages of the advanced classes of
the High School at the examination last
week: Natural Philosophy = Clara
Jones "a, Fred Meyer 93, Ida Thomas
80; Latin (B).-Ralph Strong. 81;
Algebra (A),-Fred Meyer 81; Algebra
(B).-Vina Moore 81, George Muesse
"a; Botany (A).-Clara Jones 80; Be-
tany B).-Clarence Thomas 90, Laura
Baxter "a.
If we reduce the salaries of our teach
ers below certain point, the result is
sure to be the turning of all good in4
struction into rich society Those who |
can pay well for good teachers viii have
them, and the poor man will be left |
without adequate instruction. The diff |
ference between the rich and poor
will grow wider and wider by all penu-
robustness in regard to school salaries. -
William Cullen Bryant.
The following were neither absent
nor tardy in the First Primary Dept,
during the first half of this term:
Lottie Hough, Ella Hartliue, Cora
Stapleton, Gertie Gibbs, Annie Nehls,
Eddy Heberline, Willie Benn, Artie
Benn. Bertic Birch, Nellie Benedict,
Fred Muesse, Mabel Bieg, Louis Henkel,
Aleck Ivcy, Alma Decker, Nellie Smith,
Ida Rewey, Charley Felts, Fred
Wedehase, Rena Bradley.
Jonathan Longfellow, of Whitleys-
burg, Del, having twenty-eight chill
dren, has built a school house of his
own, employs a teacher of his own. and
has school of his own. He is seventy
years old, and came near breaking up
the school last week, by marrying the
twenty-three-year-old teacher, but an
other was found to take her. place and
the educational institution went along
without jar.-Rtiladelpltia Press.
EXAMINATION EcHoEs:-In the See.
Pri. Dept. one class in Geog. had been
instructed concerning the birds of Grant
county, amoug which the night hawk
had been mentioned. One boy remem-
bering only the nocturnal part, wrote
it nightmare. In the Botany class
of the High School, one pupil trying to
write ''interruptedly pinnate'' got it
''interfered pinnate.' Still another
paid her respects to well known fruit
in the following original manner:
''guesberry"
| 1t was in a Latin class and dull boy
was wrestling with the sentence, Req
ytugt, which, with painful slowness of
emphasis, he had rendered ''The king
fees" ''But in what other tense can
the verb tstgtt be found?n asked the
teacher. A long scratching of the head
and final answer of, Perfect
owing to a whispered prompt
ing. And how would you trans
late it thenp'' Dunno s.Why,
put has in it, Again the tardy
emphasis drawled OUT 1.-The king has
fleas. - Waterbury american
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INTERMEDIATE DEP'T.-Pupils Meth
er absent nor tardy for the half term
ending May 18th:
Clark Buchner, Kittie Mckenzie,
Nettie Langridge, Geo. Clementson,
BERTHE Kinney, Edith Decker, Fannie
Langridge, Tom Langridge, Dora Cal
vert, Stella Showalter, Carrie Benn,
Mamie Stone, Josie Doyle, Frank
Rothschild, Henry Conradt, Maggie
Chase.
Pupils not absent:
Bern Baxter, Lottie Budd, Mary
Sweeny, Rollen Walker, Elmer Buch-
ner. Chas. Moore, Alice Langridge
The following is an abstract of the
statistical report of the Lancaster
Schools for the first half Give weeks) of
the term:
Arerage Nunsbcr Registered. High
School 59.0S; Grammar Dept 50; Inter-
mediate 4772; Second Primary 74.9;
First Primary 94.52 Total S11.22.
Auerage Daily attendance. High
School 54.62; Grammar department,
1913; intermediate Dept 44.9; Second
Primary 70.7; First Primary $3.50
Total 2S6.78.
Percentage of 4Attendance. - High |
School 92.62; Grammar Dept 81; Inter-
termediate Dept 94.09; Second Primary |
94.39; First Primary 80. Whole
School 92.15.
Present Enrolment High School 80;
Grammar Dept Sc; Intermediate Dept
81; Second Primary 76; First Primary |
100. Total 1928.
The new schools-laws of Wis, can
hardly be called an improvements on the
old. The change of the time of holding
the school meeting to July will en-
barrass both directors and teachers.
The former win be 10th to select teach
ers for the next year before the meeting.
and this will keep the latter in painful
and very inconvenient suspense for
some time after the year closes For
those who live, or whose future fields of
labor,will be at a considerable distance,
the uncertainty is particularly annoy
ing, for the travel and trouble of moving
are thereby greatly increased Indeed,
suspense of this kind must be quite per-