The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-12-08
Cannon Countv SohooIs.


The following Is County superintendent
r. A. snyder's report Of the Public schools
OF Carbon County, for the year ending June
4. 1888, as published In the Report Of the
superintendent Of Public Instruction Of
Pennsylvania
The school work for the lust year has been
very satisfactory Most OF the teachors have
been enthusiastic in their work aud the re
suit has been full schools and more thorough
work in the different branches. New impetus
has been given to the short-tcrmed districts
by the increase in term, and l am proud 10
report that the law has been most checrfully
complied with In all the districts and that
not single district has reduced the salaries
of tho teachers on account of their increase
VI term or on account of the teachers being
paid for attending the county institute.
while on the other hand the townships of
Mahoning and East Penn iwo shoit-terned
distrietsl have increased The monthly saar.
les OF their teachers five and three dollars
respectively; hdder, Lehigh, Lansford,
LehightOn, Banks, WcatherlY, Nessp0rt and
Packerton, have also increased the salaries
OF some of their teachers, showing that good
work Is appreciated aud that the directors
are wide awake IN the interest OF the schools.
Earnest and faithful teachers cannot well be
spared IN a district and directors do we'll in
keeping such, no matter " they must pay e
little more money it is to he hoped that the
good work vfll continue and that good saiar-
les VIII be paid to teachers and then good
work can and viii he edemanded OF them.
scHooL HoCsEs AN1, GRocNDs.
Much Improvement has been made IN the
school houses and grounds during the past
few years, and all new sites for school build
1ngs are OF the very best Arbor Day has
been pretty generally observed and many OF
the school orOundS have been very r1ucl,
Improved thereby,
fhe directors OF East Penn township erect
cd a fine country school house At Stone Noun
tain. The eight-roomed school holding az
liansford was enlarged by the addition of n
large two-stOry bay window and the building
changed into hue tenroomed building.
Steam heating apparatus was put hito the
building aud fine slate black-hOards and
patent furniture were put into the new rooms.
The directors of the district deserve great
credit for the good judgment displayed in
changing the building to meet the demands
Of their increased school population. The
directors OF Franklin township refurnished
number of their school buildings with first
class slate black-boards and patent furniture,
several of the school houses were repainted
and other needed Improvements were made.
The graded school buildings at MillpOrt and
Lehigh Gap make fne appearance since
thev have been repanted by the school direc-
tors oil Lower Towamensing.
The Weissport school board has nicely re-
painted tho inside OF their school building
and the primary room has been nicely re-
furnished. Another lot was bought and
added to their already nice grounds making
II now one Of the finest in the county The
school grounds of Banks township have been
greatly improved by enclosing them with
good fences and by the planting of trees
Beautiful shade trees are now growing on
the school grounds of AudenTed, East Mauch
Chunk, Summit Hin Upper Mauch Chunk,
Lehighton, Weissport, Lansford and Parry
VILE Marked improvements have been
made in the outbuildngs OF many of the dis
trlcts, but some still need attention ana ii is
hoped that all viii he in good condition until
next year.