The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-03-28

A. schools than could wish 10 presented
4. this report AZ the eleventh hour when
"A vas obliged to make beginning only ~
school registers. Nos 8 aud .. had bee
received. Many Of tho schools did M
i close unlii Friday or Saturday Of last wee
n and three have no. yet closed. For tescl
!. ers aud clerks to fill out and return thei
registers since has. 10 most cases, been in
possible, and IL is nobody's fault that
cannot embody herein the facts they con
n tain. Facts. therefore. most OF wbic
have been otherwise obtained aud . ie'
q thoughts akin thereto must suffice for thi
farewell report
During the past year you have had tb'
usual number OF terms OF sbout the usua
h length, None Of these schools have clos
: ed premsturely and there are no failures
, TO report. Seven Of your thirteen schools
have had no change Of teachers. and. whils
some Of The tsschers hsvs done uneom
monty we'll. il is believed that ell havs
done ss well as they could.
The number OF different scholars be.
tween The ages OF five and twenty attend
ing your common schools last year WAS
429 Probably not less than 400 have at
tended the present year. II is expected
also that the registers will show decrease
in aggregate total attendance, compared
with that OF last year Measels. mumps
and diphtheria have made many vacant
seats in some Of your schoolrooms. closing
for = time two schools.
The whole smount expended for school
purposes last year was S255S OF. This is
about the average Of what you now expend
yearly. Excepting in attendance it is be
lieved your schools the present year com.
pare favorably with those OF last year and
OF former years and have been q success.
1t is hoped and believed they have been
reasonably satisfactory to all. The teach.
er, as we'll as we ourselves, sometimes
reeds the mantle OF charity. But teach.
ing is no soft job, no downy occupation,
1t Is an annoying and difficult work. AT
times probably few could successfully ri
val the poor pedogague in the spirit aud
in the understanding with which he could
slug. II would not live Away"
Young America is highly vitalizsd
stirring, wriggling inhabitant. He is in
the giggling period Of life. PLEASED with .
feather and tickled with straw" full Of
tunes with the quavers, semiquavers and
demisemiquavers oil iu. Sometimes he is
twig not easily bent. But he is very
valuable. In him are the most msgnif.
cent possibilities and Uncle Sam couldn't
possibly get along without him. But fog.
ging and spanking In the family aud in
the school are lost arts. II they were not
female flesh is commonly too week for
their easy and successful application.
Could young America ever be made to
feel that bad department in school would
be frowned upon by every body, as it would
b 10 church and in other assemblies, the
progress ofssome OF our schools would be
more satisfactory. Before "browse" went
ont OF fashion the lad who got taste Of il !
1t school sometimes tasted it again when
be reached home. We want no return TO
BY cones but the best good OF society, and /
3f our children and Of those who shall
come after them demands that We have an
efficient substitutes public sentiment that !
will back up the teacher and back down +
bad boys.
The bad boy should be made to feel that /,
even his dear, darling old grand
mother is against him; that in case Of any :,
conflict between him and his teacher no :,
'ne will side with him. that even freside n
ales OF woe will be utterly unsvailing to !,
waken sympathy and wipe tears from his .
yes. Such public sentiment we ought :;
0 have and might have. il We we're unit.
dly determined TO have II, without mon a
y and without price, and il would reach :.
Vhere nothing hitherto has ever come. II n
precisely the public sentiment that ~ ;,
trains our juvenile population in the =
hurch and elsewhere. II is our proud
oast that the church and school are found
ide BY side. Why should the conduct OF y
ur youth in them be so diffsrenl2 WIZ !"
hould it be propriety itself in the one, and =
edlam itself let loose, sometimes 10 th. ~
ther? II ii be answered that it is the So y
red character oi the church than let US y
ave out the church in our comparison -
I'D compare the schools with other assem- ~
lies. Here we fnd the difference nearly ~
great. Bot ~ said before, we want no -
turn Of by-gones but we do want im :" "
rovement. On this point there can be no a.
fierence OF opinion.
and, again, il we mean Improvement il ~
9 mean business Ia our schools, il We W
can 10 get our moneys worth we want w.
fuller and . more regular attendance ~
ne Of our registers last year shows an en- y
llment in the winter term OF AZ and an en
ersge daily attendance Of lG, or 81 pei 0''
pt. This is Of course al exceptional W.
cord, the average daily attendance OF sl WI
Q schools being 90 per cent Most OF 30
Q registers show great irregulsrity Of 100
ndapce. Besides there we're children OF sol
hool age who did not sttend school 1t 'in
|, But Dorset does not stand so itsry us
d alone 10 this regard. The state super q
tendeDt's last report shows sn average pe'
lily attendance Of only G7 per cent Of the al
m Der enrolled. va
We want other things for the improve so'
mt OF our schools. bu. they sre too M mi
.rous for mep,iou here apd psss on to
. sunny side. Since you fret honorsd
Nth the supervision Of your schools. hst