Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-08

than - weeks lI-
Number Of districts having al OF NOR.
week.. 80
Average numh,.r weeks iu ala ssluui. .
Entire income tor -,uuui purlr'~e~ SH4 ni,l o.
Amount paid Tor teachers wage G...3 =.
repair. 5aa Z,
o. urw bindings .il .t
new turuturr ta 60
" incidental aElI o.
Total amount paid out So iiI q
humber OF male teacher o..
truaia 3tt
Average wages ut naie teacher- 50 is
female 81
The average rate per cent OF distrir,
taxes for the county Dr. 3d. ranging from
49, per cent IN Rockingham II 80 per cent
IN Stratton There are POO more bows than
girls IN the schools of the 30s applicant,
for certificates at the public examinations.
2j6 obtained them. while ~ failed / have
issued eight certificates Of the first grade.
ls2 OF the second, O. of the third and 1O-
special good for one term In my OH
cial work ] have travelled 23g1 miles bv
rail and 1881 10y team. nave held Z public
meetings, held drills for teachers seven
DAYS, and made 30 visits 60 the schools
The number of small schools reported
above is too large Ii is hard for teacher
or pupil 10 have much interest IN a school
of but SIX members The only apuareut
remedy for this state Of things Is the town
system. There are several towns where
districts ought 20 be united, and where
many Of the citizens Of the district desire
1t, but II is impossible to get vote Of the
town 10 do 1t With the town system that
could be done at once, taxes aud schooling
eduaized and district factions broken up
There are too few visits 70 the schools bv
committees and citizens Only his visits
by committees are reported IN the county
one half Of these were from two towns.
while three towns reported none II
parents and citizens knew more about their
schools they could Judge much more fairly
OF their success or failure
The frequent changing OF teachers works
great injury 10 the schools One school has
had six different teachers during the wear
three have had four each. So have had three
each. and 80 have had two. recommend
that teachers he engaged for the year as far
as possible Short terms also interfere
with the greatest progress Two terms uf
twelve weeks each are more valuable by ID
third than three of eight weeks each
The school attendance mas been very
poor, owing partly in the winter To- the
prevalence of la grippe hut there is too
much indifference IN many localities IN re
gard TO the regular attendance and punctu-
ahty of the pupils The laws with refer.
ence 20 truaucy aud absence from school
should be vigorously enforced In some
districts the school time is kept slow, or an
allowance of ID or 20 minutes for variation
OF clocks is made, So that pupils need not
be marked tardy. In three schools found
the teacher opening school at half past nine
by correct time Promptness aud punctu
alty are as necessary for success As a
knowledge OF arithmetic, and registers
should show the presence or absence of pu-
pills at 9 o'clock hy correct tim-
Many of the schools are crippled in their
efficiency 10y the lack of apparatus Only
80 districts report anything in the shape of
charts, maps or reference books, and in
seven entire towns not "a map, chart or die
tionary Is found in the schoolroom One
new schoolhouse was built in Marlboro. the
only one in the county. ! have recon-
mended new houses in nine districts. in
some of which they have already voted to
build
In looking for the results of the wear.
find greatly increased interest on the part
of the teachers The zeal and earnestness
which they manifest at institutes and drills
/ 20 get better understanding of their work
and the best methods of doing it, is very
encouraging. l have sent IN nearly 20 sub
scriptiOns to teachers periodicals ] . of our
teachers go TO the summer school at Glens
Falls, n. Y, and others are in attendance
upon other educational gatherings this sum
mer Surely this increased interest and en-
thuslasm must mean better schools This
may mean more pay and it ought 10. The
teacher who spends time and money in be
coming acquainted with his work by means
of periodicals, drills, Institutes and extra
training, ought TO be paid more than Que
who simply keeps school" without any
such fitting G. +. HALL,
County Supervisor of Schools
Brattleboro, Aug 4, 1890