The Newtown bee., 1896-06-05
Town TOpIcS. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A DEFINITION OF A KING.

| A i'Lf iNl HON Df A hiN'F-
 Since the last report of the Secretary
 of the Buard came out, seIf-rcspcct has compelled me to inspect the schools of the town in defense Of my own roputa, ti1u as a school visitor. The nAnugc-
 mnnt of cur school busiacss has been l such that was unable to answer the questions frcqurHtly asked me about jc; neither could autlsfv myself in sumr points H. 10 what @I- duar ,,na a- to what was uuG douc. | have %i-jtcd all
 Jhc schools in tho Lovn, ard uiu now prepared to mtIl' some sLaGemont of
 ltct-, to sl-k ,om~ questions aud to au-
 5wrr some iaqUitic., I1r the puilc ben cHt.
 As rule 1 have received d kindly wei romc, and have found the teachers faith. iul and doing good work, aud have
 some very ploa~lnl thing 10 s4y about .Iy }isit4. X few of the teachers had appuronuy A'cu warned of mc and were
 not a7 cordial and coutIing perhaps us they would have been under other cir. lumstAncas. In two cases only have
 mrt with iu-ult and tbusr and iii those iu-tahccs WAS npt greatly surprised, neither Wu thc publ'c wonder much when the cirrun stances arr more fully dj~covorcd, perhaps.
 Ihut have a legal and moral right to
 witt aud ttn2 temporary charge of any school il. til, toyu for the purpose of inspection and c&atejuati5u, have uy
 Il 'uut. Hu. tht. is uo, 4tI, in mv c4sr, tJi the matter wa+ dj~cu-7rd iu Board mo"tmg and such iu~p .c.iou aad even ii. vc-uglI5u was iuvi.'d bt urhrr mam o,r4 of tAc Bolrd @om, of wh)m hav. given u41 a~.,,t4nr' in m2 work In zoucral lho object of my v,.- i0- has been ~Ilti~tl,s If attend lur, anL cost of -rho3uux qu1,y of work don. and ta" ro"mou Gn cjjg~u,r. uf shc pu piD.; auI tho c32dtior uj -c01H prop .ctv.
 did mot .rr1> uor rov.J thu oli..o or s~nool v0sJ.,r, I WA uo& pa~ttrUprly tualNtuj ro' ta' honor conferred upon uw jony election: vaj have n3 aa%l .a5 cacrcmaE mY future u rouua~uan; uut -,nJng thu am in th2 busju--< p,opos. t' d. Wh.t sram- to ma it. b.. my duty to .h" town aud to lno e-3:r.
 Inrr> i, vry interesting state of thing ja ,hc poo@atu.h district, but it, thtt school l7 just nov in tb. htuI3 of the Ntr.a Board for jpyc stjgaljou will defer my report fDr lhc present.
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 attention th.4u i shall gjya it at this tluc. On tha occasion of my wI1 h5c week, fine day. the number of pupil. present in lt" mo uiu& MAS: Primary, 22; ia,rrmrdjAu., It; senior. II;| to,al, 5- The m.&ost numb. r registered yhts year Was prtuary, 3I, iu- tosmn,liatr, 4o; and iu the senior d part uent lhr mmn1s principal dismi s~rd hi, ullI@ flock, refused lb show his register aud oaecel in hi@ oyEt gracious m4uner tJas9.s~ .lt pu.. And >, ,yr uc., in doubt. However Ire ~.a.r Board has som" Information on thAt point think. hay' reaoD to believe
 htt about >o different pupHs have been registered this year, but nuuhor of tha.o belong io othyr districts Enc prc.vul number ia probtbly about -U.
 Tue appropriation for this school < oL25o. rnn teacher il the D: iu4ary de. pu~m>ut uts s45 per m )nth, in the iu- t1rmcdlatc a 50 per mDntl and according lo the Inst school report thu principal &cts @Go per month
 The present situation is peculiar; and the supreme in- Lercst about this time of year is to secure the appropriation for next season. A ring is very peculiar thing. Itisa hole without any bottom to it, and circle with no end to it until it IS broken. If the majority of aelcutmen are al right. | the school visitors if the sum approptjat ed is tJ suit the case and the district con- mittce is on the right side, then every thug is lovely. If the people like to have it so then have no more to say for the present.
 This school used to be taught by one person when there were more than l0O | pupils and under the present conditions two good women should be able to con. duet it with the best of results. At the parochiAI school on the opposite side of l the street, 96 pupils are taught by two of the Sisters. This s business; and 1 more may be said latcr,-LO. Q. Wright.