The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-03-28
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= ana worth more than oil The black boar
10 town twenty yeas Aeo.
The cost Of your schools lee, year. y
As hss been said e2s5s. This vas excl
sive OF any cost for new school houses
tor more than trivial repairs. II this
10 be taken As al average yearly sspsnd
ture for the past 20 ysars Il amounts |
S5l,l00, To tbs should be sddsd MOI
than $4,000 for cost Of six new schc,
houses and for the cost Of repairs on u
others, and the further sum Of many tho
sand dollars for private tuition Tor school
ing abroad This round totality " bette
testimony ss TO the value you place on ed
ucstion than your lips could give
Your schools are not - good - thsl
ought TO be and they ssvsr will be % lopl
- 1t is possible 70 make them better. Bu
many Of our sons and daughters attsnt
school abroad aud they bring no discredi
on themselves. their parentAgs or the old
home. Their whole course and bearing
10 worthy praise and their rank 10 schol-
srship among The nFst We have nov
quite nanbes seeking higher sducstion.
Bernard and Kimbsll Sykes srs d 81.
Jobnsbury scsdemy. Frsnoes HolIey ss
North6eld. Mass. seminary. John Ooch.
ran. John Curtis. Earl Edgerton. Harry
Grout. Edward Grifith and Sarah Kells.
her st Burr and Burton seminary. Ella O.
Torrey at the state normal school, Wor-
cester. Mass. ]. McNaboe Al Middlsbury
college, Emily Griffith. Miss Hit. Ellie
Luther and Mary Petty are .. the state
normal school at Csstleton. The two
Misses Whitney graduated in January
last. These young ladies', except pos.ibly
Miss Hit. we're, before going to Castleton,
graduates OF our common schools and had
never attended school abroad. Principal
Leavenworth writes Of them, in answer TO
. letter Of inquiry, "They have ranked
among the best in their classes and have
won for themselves the admiration and re-
spect OF teachers and associates. Two
graduated with great credit in January
last. the Misses Whitney, two more are
to graduate in July next with equal prom.
ise, Misses Griffith and Hit, and Misses
Luther and Petty are booked for January
next aud will not fall behind"
These young ladies. it should bs borne
IN mind, are clsssed with others from the
Rutand graded school and from other
schools Of higher pretentions than ours.
With most Of the others at school as stat-
ID herein am we'll acquainted and have
III confidence that they are doing them-
elves and us credit. But Principals Fer.
in and Leavenworth and others have not
Exhausted our good material. We have il
till rich and abundant. The schools Of
Dorset are no failure. tho fashionable kicks
4 tho unhealthy and Of those born in the
Id OF the moon Notwithstanding.
II may be expected that shall Say some
hing about the new school law and its
rovisions. but ~ it contains 296 sections
My word is ventured. School officers
nd others must read ii for themselves.
Jnder II the Office Of town superinten.
ent OF schools is continued until the fret
ay Of next July and be can grant certin.
ties to teach until that day. SpeciaI
,hool meetings should be held to vote
oney to pay for the spring schools though
ew officers are not to be elected until the
ct Tuesday In June. The temperance
b. hysiologies will be found At the town
erks after the 4th day Of April next. also
le new registers for the spring term. AZ
the new law - whole it is useless to
ultiply words. Whilst opinions differ
regard TO It's merits there is not the
ishtest disagreement TO the stubborn
ct that IL is law and must be operative
r two years st least. Under its benign
DIVISIONS II is ssfe to say that most OF :
ur teachers will still continue 10 be On.
Is without wings. that the multiplica.
IN table will be just as hard ~ IL always
$ been, that the grade OF the old hill
science will remain unchanged and Just "
steep ~ heretofore, and thst our juven-
population. in climbing i, will have to
fl and prespire precisely ss they did .
der the old Law. "
The taxpayers will hsve TO puff and -
espire and economise little more, for ~
lereas it cost Bennington county for the
/ two years, as appears from the state il
dents report $9lS 20 for the a,
pervision Of her common schools, IL will !,
It $4,000, or more than three times az
,ch tho next two years, besides the A;
cessary expenditures OF the supervisor "a
postage aud stationery for official use, m
! probably in about the same proper
o for the other counties OF the state. 10
d this is only one Of numerous where an
s OF kindred signihcstion. The pro-
ions for expenditures are liberal like bs
} appropriations Of our last assent mbled sb
dom" But IL the said new Law does :;
cost us more than IL will cost Lesseps
bnilj the Panama canal IT will be cheap
ugh. provided itstops the mouths o.
nks snd visionsriss aud Sims. sfiicted
b dyspepsia and chronic nightmare qn
o are eterDally running down Vermont be
her institutions and shouting, "Ob dc
at New York; Oh. look st Mssssehu pr
a. o.. still you are behind the bu
es." But such mouths are ever With sif
and 10 = constant state Of eruption. 10
King away. aud ~ well might We eI ~
/ to stop the bobbliDg of our noun err
brooks. The Law IL law and let us rrs
III right up aud fall right IN cheerfully Me
.,,y. IL a f.ir ltial ResueeffnIIv suk- In