The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
Tunbridge.

Bonn, January 1, a son to Mr.. and Mrs. A.
M. Dean
CHARLEY ORDwAY let his axe into his foot
one day last week.
CHARLES DOYLE had his left arm drawn into
the gears OF sawing-machine, and badly
smashed, last Thursday. The doctors hope to
save his arm.
KATY, youngest daughter OF Hon. d. F.
Chapman, died last Wednesday evening after
q long illness, her disease being consumption
she was very pretty and intelligent young
lady, and her loss will long be mourned by
those who knew her. Her funeral was largely
attended last Sunday.
AN educational meeting was held in dis
trct No. 10 last Friday evening. First on
the programme was an essay by Miss Vim
Farnham. She first considered the importance
OF a proper education for the young, and the
special preparation needed by those who are,
or would be, teachers, 80 that the result OF
their work may be well-balanced minds
" One OF the most important duties" she said
land perhaps the one most commonly me-
elected, Is to teach your pupils to think
and to understand that which they 90
over. 1t Is much easier to teach facts
than to train pupil to think. II you want
your pupils to think you must think II you
want them to act you must act. Thoroughness
is lost in the desire to get over as much ground
as their predecessor. Let the motto be, Not
how far, but how WE'LL Get pupils into proper
classes. When you take up a new line OF work
show how 1t is connected with that which pre-
cedes 1t. Teach your pupils to be thorough
train them to be scholarly; teach them to dig
deep as well as broad; teach pupils good man
ners." Mrs. o. A. Gay spoke on Are we do
ing what we can?" She said "False public
opinion and the apathy Of the people Is In the
way of advancement in common school work
Much can be done in the new studies-physi-
ology and hygiene Let each person do what
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assured" Charles Gay would have written
and oral examinations and classify pupils by
Attachments The subject of G. p. Cilley was
Cost OF supporting our common schools. ~
lie read large number of statistics taken
from school registers in town. One large dis
trict had but five cents tax, while another had
to raise seventy-fve cents upon each dollar of
the grand list to support schools. He said,
" We do not get dimes in return for the dol
lars we pay" A. P. Farnham spoke on Equal
rights and equal taxation" He said: "Im.
provement is the order of the day. We should
bear the burden equally. 1t is hard getting
out OF the ruts Vermont has got out of one
tax rut and should now provide for equal tax
alton for the support OF schools. | do not
think any town would return to the district
system after once adopting the town system.
Support schools by state tax and let the state
provide for a uniform list Of textbooks" E.
F. Howe thought the meetings that have been
held are producing good effects as the people
are beginning to think and to see the injustice
of some methods. How many are ready to
accept equal rights He said "The major
ity, or many, are ready to let you pay the taxes
but they are not willing to share the burden
equally One says, | would give in an honest
list il so-and-so would This man loses sight
OF his own wrong doing and is not quite ready
for equal rights and equal taxation. Where
should we drift il we allowed schools and
churches to go down. The value of schools is
not to be estimated in dollars and cents There
are those in this town that do not pay any
| school tax Mr.. Howe expressed himself al
being heartily in favor of the town system
The next meeting is to be held in the school.
house at South Tunbridge next Friday evening