Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-15

stract of the State Superintendent
annual report. 1t is dated Dec. 10,
1888. %
When a department of u newspape
is conducted away from the office, it is
obviously especially liable to errors,
typographical and otherwise. We trust
our readers will kindly pardon the mis-
takes that have oeeured-and may oc-
eur-in this column.
Professor 10 Student (who always de-
ponds upon his neighbor for prompt
ing); Nov, Mr.. X, how do you ac-
count for this actionp" Mr.. X. (glanc-
ing to the right and left, without re-
ceiying the accustomed help; well
-hum.-nonc of us seem to know sir.n
-E1.
We have received an admirable pam
phlet on ''What place, if any, is Reli-
gion entitled to in our System of Pub
lie Instruction" 1t will be gladly loan
ed to any one desiring to read a fair
and convincing discussion of this sub
ject, Il was read before the American
Institute of Instruction last year.
Johnny came nome from school the
other day very much excited. ''What
do you think pa? Joe Stewart, one of
the biggest boys. had an argument with
the teacher about q question of gram
mar?.n ''What position did he take?''
ellis last position was across a chair
with his face down."-EG.
Report of school district No. /, town
of Woodman, for the two months COM
mencing December 4, and ending Feb.
I'd, 1888. Whole number registered SO,
average daily attendance for the first
month %. for the second month %.
Names of pupils not absent nor tardy:
Jud Anderson, Maud Anderson. Eva
Anderson, Edward Bostwick, Frank
Murphy, Frank Anderson, Len Ander-
son. Names of pupils not tardy;
Johnnie Anderson, Lille Murphy,
George Smith.
EMMA r, PARCE, Teacher.
The following is the report of the
Schoolin Dist. No. 2, town of Mt. Ida.
for the month ending Jan. &c. Whole
number of pupils enrolled Al, average
daily attendance q. Names of those
neither absent nor tardy: Bette Lane,
Adam Whereby. Those not absent:
Mary Cooper, Adam WHEREBY, Libbie
Adkins, Bette Lane, Lewis Adkins.
Those not tardy: Stella Campbell,
Henry Adkins, Bette Lane, Mary
LOOMS, Emma Whereby. Adam Whcr-
ley. MATTE Brown, Teacher.
SOUND ADVICE TO STUDENTS. One
of the poorest places in the world to do
shoddy work is in the school-room.
The student who only half prepares his
lessons gets very little value received;
he pushes obstacles before him instead
of removing them out of his way. until
he gets such a pile be fore him that he
stumbles and falls. He takes very little
satisfaction in his work, wastes his time
and his money, and receives no benefit;
while the one who is thorough in the
preparation of each lesson prepares him
self to understand that which follows,
takes pleasure in pursuing the study,
and receives that information and dis
cipline of mind which the study is cal
culated to produce. Then | would say,
students, master your lessons Do
not leave a stone unturned, and you
will receive an advantage from study
that will be a satisfaction toyou as long
as you live. Prot. Patt.
EXCUSES FOR ABSENCE y HARDNESS.
Misconception frequently arises with
parents rs to tie object or need OF a
/ rule requiring written Reuse for ab-
sence and hardness. Let us endeayor
to explain the matter. No one will
deny that absence and hardness are
detrimental to the success Of a school
and to the progress of the individuals.
All win probably admit that these
evils can only be reduced to 4 mini
mum by the cooperation of parents and
teachers. How shall they cooperate?
First, by the parent knowing when a
case has occurred. Shall the teacher
write a note each time? How shall he
know that the parent receives it? At
best, that method would require much
additional labor of the teacher. and still
another communication would be nee
essary in order that the teacher might
iaom q. cause Of he delinquency. II
= pupil is required to bring excuses, he
is obliged TO report the absence or tar
diness to his parent, and thus this plan
becomes the simplest possible mode of
communication between parent and
teacher; and at the same time, it indi-
rectly secures the aid OF the parent in
pr%eventingt the absence. Parents some
times desire and expect permanent or-
c8SeS for unnecessary absences. Ii
granted for the sake of saving the par
ents annoyance, this would destroy
the efficiency of the regulation; for what
were granted to some as a special favor
would be demanded by others as an
unquestioned right. Others implicitly
trust their children to be punctual and
regular whenever possible and for that
reason thoughtlessly ask to be excused
from excuses. Granting that many
pupils would scorn to play truant, and
that some (not so many are ALWAYS
punctual when possible; even granting
for an instant that parents never place
undue confidence in their offspring
(which we regret to know is nota fact):
still this request could not be consistent
u complied with. DO parents forget
that school rules must be impartial and