Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-03-14
SCHOOL ERINIIENDENI'S
REPORT.

| OonU OF SC0OOlS WOulO make Uno IOl
lowing report: Ten school district
| have maintained legal schools during
the past school year. The three vii
| lage schools, No. 1, and have beer
successfully conducted. No. 1 at Bar
ton village, under the management
of Prin. Clarence Wiley, has main
tained it's former good standing
which means constant improvements
and advance all along the educationa
lines. The efficient Principal has
been assisted by competent teachers
and from the academic department te
the primary, there is evidence OF
good work done. This is an excel
lent school, thoroughly graded and
the largest in town.
District No. at Barton Landing
has during the year, after quite d
ing necessary the division of the
school room, the employment of a
fourth teacher, and all the work OF
creating the order of the grading sys-
chit or miss'' system. The work has
been done by preceptress, Miss Hat
tie Glazier and her assistants. The
increase of scholars and the success of
the school proves the wisdom Of the
the action of the voters. With the
present able corps of teachers, with
business increasing, and growing
interest in educational matters the
In district No. at South Barton,
there is quite large school. A great
need here is a new school house, or
the old one extensively repaired.
thought, while visiting this district,
that it might be well to take the
school house to the worlds fair at
Chicago, and exhibit it as sample
of many such in Vermont; and with
popular admission fee something
might be realized for the building of
a new one. The child who can at
tend school and maintain a healthy
spine, or a boy who can resist the
temptation to compete with some
former jack-knife artist, because of
such seats and benches, will never go
to Congress, and most likely will die
young. The different terms of school
in this district were successfully.
taught. The Kindergarten methods
were well applied here, and are
worthy ofspecial mention in all the
village schools. Too much can hardly
be said of this work for the little ones.
Every school district should have the
material, both in furniture and in the
teacher, SO that this important branch
of learning may become universal
and successful. And might as we'll
say here that of the many, many bene
fits left by our county Summer School
none are more valuable or manifest
than such as come from the Kinder
garten work. In my opinion there is
no other proper way of training the
5he Summer School let me urge the
citizens of the town to do their ut
most to encourage and help on this
It's good influence is felt
every school teacher who attends this
training school.
In the other seven districts the
schools were all fairly well taught,
some better than others because of
more competent teachers; better
helps in the school room, more COM
ortable houses, and, last but not
east, helping hands on the part of
he parents. In district No. the
ummer term was not a success. The |
eacher did not prove equal to the
lemand, and owing to mistakes on /
he part of the teacher and the COM
naturally growing out
# our bastard school law, as conceiv-
ID and brought forth at the State
apitol in the fall of 1890, it was
hought best by all parties that the
erm be closed after having been
aught about five weeks.
Perhaps your superintendent is en-
tiled to some share of the blame in
flowing worthless school to be op--
ned or prolonged, but we make the
resent school law somewhat respon-
ible. AS the law now is the superin-
endent knows nothing as to the time
7hen certain school is to begin, un-
oss it be one for which he has grant
d spermit.'' Neither does he know
,hO io to taach in the diffarant
chools A teacher has but to present
is or her certificate to the pruden-
ial committee and he passes judg-
lent upon it and hires the applicant;
be superintendent must trust to hear
ay or the local reporter to find out