The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-04-11
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

raise II cents on the dollar, and to repair tn
school house. District No. bids board OF fo
Sl.40 per week to G. II. Avery; wood bid Q
by J. III. Alex, at 70 cents per cord; raised 3
cents on the dollar.
At Shelhourn the colLsnittec- elected "a tb
school districts are as follows: No. ], Lyma
Hodgman; No. 2, Alphonso w. Estabrooks
No. 3, Almon Boutwell, No. 4, Myr0n Ordway
No.5, John p. Turner: No.6, Mr. Webb; Nc
Z, Andrew l.. Pinney. Districts voted to sns
tain from ri to so weeks OF school; some hay
two, others three terms, the coming year
At Norwich the names Of the prudential com
mittec In the different school districts are us FOL
lows: No. |, Albert Nye; No.2, Frank Bragg
No. s, Wayne Johnson; No. Hiram Sargent
Julius Waterman, Hersey Kendall; No. s, ID
Paine, Thctford. (hires summer school;) No. 0
Orson Sargent No. II, James Bingham; No
IA, w. II. Hutchinson; No. l5, Abel Bickncll
No. II. Ransom Slack; No. 10, 7. J. Blanch
voted to have no schools. The teachers for tn
summer are Mrs Hattie Van Cor, north distric
in the village, where she has taught for the pas
two years; Miss Alice Nye on the river; Mis-
Annie Matthews in the Bicknell; Miss Anni
Nye in the Sproat. The amount of money
i No. /, $87; No. 2, $29; No. 8. $47; No. 5, S26
No, 6, $26; No. Z, $53; No. 5, 1877; No. 8, $5l
No. 10, $32; No. III, $38; No. II, AZ; No. IL
$26; No. IA, $50; No. Is, $3l; No. II, $40
No 10, S$33; No. 20, s43.
District No. 12 at Tyson Furnace has made
choice of w. Parker committee; A. =. Hubbard
clerk aid treasurer and Geo Merrill collector
/ District No. elects ms clerk, Samuel Dix; COM
mittee, E. B. Partridge; treasurer, Parker
Boynton; collector, Warren Bailey; auditor,
/ L. b. Partridge. Voted to have three terms OF
school, two Of eight and one of twelve weeks,
and to raise money enough to pay expenses.
South Reading elects Elwin H. Round, clerk /;
| prudential committee, Alonzo Heyt; treasurer,
Justin Dayis; collector, Z. w. Goddard; au-
ditor, Alfred Watkins Voted to have thirty
two weeks school, and raise 10 cents on dol
lar.
At Felchville it was voted to hold thirty-two
weeks school and raise 8 cents on the grand
list. Officers elected: Clerk, c. N Hook; ail-
ditor, ID. p. Sawyer; collector, Francis Me-
grath; committee, o. S. Holden.
Braintree district No. and Randolph dis
trict No. IL have voted 6 months school and
tax OF 20 per cent. Officers: Clerk and treas
urer, Frank Il. Cleveland; prudential commit
tee, ]. B. Wells; collector, Lyman Hutchinson;
auditor, w. B. Hibbard; wood inspector, c. j.
Bass.
Rutland chooses for village school officers;
President J. J. r. Randall; secretary, 2. NJ.
Meldon; trustee, ward 2, lockwood Barrett;
trustee. ward 4, Orlando Wooster; collector,
Geo Willis; treasurer, Henry f. Field; au-
ditor, J. A. Sheldon; committee on text books,
A. F. Walker, j. ID. Iianrahan.
Chelsea has elected three prudential commit
tees in the several districts District 10. /.
Joan Blakely; No.2, s. N. Goss; No. 8, Il.
Kennedy; No. 4, A. w. Moore; No. 5. S. Nc
Allister; No. 6, S. Alderman; No. Z, Will
lard Grant; No. 8, Edwin Stone; No.0 Ly-
man Sprague; No. 10, G. S. George; No. II,
Austin Ward; No l3, Edison Mattoon; No. l6,
Charles Bacon; No. II. Hamilton Dearborn;
No. Is, G. B. Roberts.
In district No. 4, East Barnard the current
expenses for the past year have been $l9S.S3.
Officers elected for the present year: Clerk, c.
Il. Black; prudential committee, Edward Mill
er; treasurer, Isaac Graves; collector, w. w.
Webb. Tax voted, 80 cents.
District No. 2, Bethel, elects Clerk, A. J.
Marsh treasurer, N. II. Wallace; collector,
Edwin Morse. Voted to raise 20 cents on the
dollar.
District No. 8 elected as clerk Fred Arnold
prudential committee, j. J. Wilson, g. j. Wal
lace, Nathan Parker; treasurer and collector,
Nelson Ellison. 1t was voted tr have 36 weeks
of school and to raise tax of 20 cents.
Quechee district No. has no indebtedness
and over 800 in its treasury Officers Prl-
Dental committee, B. X. Wright; treasurer,
C. L. Williams; collector, Asa Russ; auditor
John Porter; clerk, S. I. Sisco.
Hartford village schools have commenced |
with the old board Of teachers, and the success |
of the schools for the past four or five years |
under the same teachers speaks well for the |
present year.
Bradford village, at their annual school meet
ing, elected II. A. Winship prudential commit
tee. District No. 2, north end of village, elected
John Ii. Watson prudential committee. Brad
ford Academy and Union High School elected
Ii. G. Day prudential committee who is chair
man of committee, 1t was voted to have 81
weeks school in the academy the ensuing year;
to raise $1,000 for support of said SCHOOL, bal
ance in treasurer's hands, S3l.27. The acad-
,my has received annually from scholars out
ide of the district, for the last five We ars, from
$3.50 to $500 tuition.
Strafford village district elects as clerk, n. b.
Cobb; treasurer, L. A. Clark; committee, NJ
Il. Brown; collector, L. II. West auditors, J..
A. Clark, ID. C.. Hyde and C. B. Dow; voted to
aise tax sufficient to defray expenses; two
erms of twelve weeks each.
Schools in the lower village of Ashuelot com
nence the IA inst. The upper district has
,hosen Julius +. Howard prudential commit
&c.
Expenses of the graded school last year at
;ristol were S2G25. The North Village district
s to have a school.
Notices are up for teachers 20 meet for ex-
mination at the school house in district No. s,
)anbury on Saturday, April H. when their
Publications fer school-room work will be
thoroughly tested by Mrs Ida c. Adams, super
ltendent.
Miss Katie Stcarns is expected to teach the
lmmer school at Athens in district No. |. In
istrict No. Miss Eva Upton will tea.h.
Bradford will hold its school meeting Satur- !
ay evening the II inst at 80 o'clock.
Schools in Bradford districts No. 9 and - 9
ill commence April Dist Anna Chamberlain 3
) expected to teach in district No. 2.
The following school statistics for the year !,
lding with last month are furnished by our
unbridge correspondent for that town.
stricts sustaining schools, II :
Weeks taught by males, 36 I
Teeks Taught by females, 296
otal, 332 =,
verage per district, q 5-7 !,
aid males teachers including board, S227.20 n
yerage rate per week, S6.3l | h
aid female teachers including board, Sl357. .iS :,
verage rate per week, S4.5S "
hid for fuel, sl49.72 II
aid for new furniture, 5000 =,
nd for ineidentals, s22.50 a,
hid for repairs, SIS.4S
,tal expense all schools, Sl793Al IL
Teragc cost per district, sl2S.l0 So
The theses for the graduating class of the &C
handler Scientific Department of Dartmouth 10
llege have been assigned and Geo ID. Weston hl
Windsor receives as his theses "Recent Ad- a
in Engineering Science" ra
The number OF pupils in Windsor attending pl
lool during the past year was 2SS. tr
The executive committee OF the state teachers JI
sociation of which J. NJ. Hit, Northleld, is tic
airman met in Burlington Saturday last to ih
-ange for the next annual meeting. 1t is in ju
ded that this shall be the most rousing meet "a
ever held in the state, and several new de- trC
rtures are arranged but we could not get at W.
-ticHlars in time for this issue. The REFoRu- I co