The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-25
REPORT OF T.YB WORTHlNGTON
r. SCHOOLS. 81.
FOR THE FALL. TERN, ENDING DEC. -,
1884. Il,

ENROLMENT. Z13;
Average attendance, POI;
Cases of hardness, 207;
Time lost. 374 hours;
Roll of Honor. %.
The Roll of Honor comprises those
perfect in attendance and punctuality,
and are rs follows: Eta Ashworth,
Frances Clarke, Ida Clarke. Foster
Moore, Clarrie Tanner, Maggie Wright,
Jennie Covey, Martha Covey, Ruth
Clarke, Cyrus Shepard, Eugene Shep.
ard, Fred Harding, Merritt Harding
Daisy Wilson, Willie Post, Annie Err
ickson, Willie Faulk, Peter Larson,
Freddie Moll, Hannah Sullivan, Char
ley Foote, Lorin Clarke, Mary Erick.
son, We're Hu,lburt, Elizabeth Isakson,
cay Mitchell, Erba Pope, Gleu Mitch
vti: z''"~-
Miss Smiths room shows the fewest
cases of tarainess, there being but Is
in her room for the entire term. The
average attendance in the four lower
rooms is very nearly the same in each,
being 46.6 in Miss Palmerlee's, IS in
Miss Twitchell's, 43.G in Miss Smiths
and 45.5 in Miss Lynch's.
In both punctuallty and attendance
there is great improvement over tue
record of one year ago. During the fall
term of 1888, the average attendance
was $50, and the cases of tardincss 552.
l believe there is q gradual improve
ment in all the rooms in both these re-
spects, and will take this occasion to
remind parents of the Importance of
their children being in their places ev.
cry day and on time. The demoraliz-
ing influence of absences and tardiness
on the work of the school can scarcely
he appreciated. Certainly it is not
likely to be overestimated. The ideal
school would be the one in which there
is neither absence nor tardiness. Our
aim is to reduce both to a minimum.
One marked feature OF the school has
been the prominence which has been
given in several of the rooms to written
exercises. The effect has beer to arouse
greater interest in the studies, and to
secule more accurate and thorough
scholarship. In these exercises special
attention has been given to neatness in
execution, and secondary advantage
has been an improvement in penman-
ship, and an enabling of the pupils to
express themselves OH paper.
AS will be noted by the attendance
the work of the teacher is very heavy.
While every teacher has worked faith
fully and every one been on duty every
day, the care of instructing so many
pupils is very exhausting and when the
teachers time comes to be divided
among so many, it is difficult to give
that individual attention that many
pupils need. Should the same attend
ance continue throughout the year,
there is work enough i'll the building
for an additional teacher.
We are aiming to steadily raise the
standard of the school in discipline ana
scholarship. Rome was not built in a
day. and perfection in school work cam
not be reached 1T one bound, but must
be attained gradually The impression
sometimes prevails that public schools
are from necessity in some way infer.
i0r to private schools. but i glance 1T
the circumstances should he sufficient
to convince anyone that in the public
school the discipline may be more sat.
isfactory and the instruction more
thorough.
But one thought more and I close.
The doors to the school building are
open every day that the school is in ses-
sion, and while nothing is done for
show, yet visitors are always welcomed.
and hope that all parents and citi-
zens will feel free to come into any one
of the rooms at any and all times.
L. WRIGHT, Principal.
To School Board,
G. II. Smith, President,
r. II. Miller, Clerk.