Daily camera., 1897-09-29

the annoyance occasioned by the ab-
sence from school of their children, and
could they take the place of the teachers
for time, they would look to it that their
children were. not allowed to remain cut
of school at every wish and call.
On the other hand, when the majority
of the people demand holiday. as be
lieve they do, it is time to give ii.
Show me the child, that win not work
more diligently and try3 harder to please
his teacher, after he has been given a
holiday, particularly for his own interest,
and will show you a child wholly de
PRAYED, mentally and physically.
Children have rights that should be
respected. They have been in school
for more than a month now, and an un-
precedentedly warm season it has been.
We must not forget that going to school
is not play. We're we (only children Of
larger growth) cooped up in the school
room and made to sit quietly all day, as
they are required to do, especially in
this kind of weather, would we not, too,
want holiday?
Furthermore, many parents will go to
Denver during the carnival. They will,
in all probability. take their children
with them, as they have rightto do.
Our schools will be depopulated during
that time, Judging from the two previous
years, fully one-half. Every teacher
knows that the work done on that day
or days with only one-half of her pupils
present, must of necessity be done over.
How can she proceed until the halt of
her pupils, who have been absent, have
made up the back work, and are thereby
enabled to comprehend the new lesson1
On their return she must either detain
them after school hours, thereby punish
ing herself, and explain to them the les
sons they have missed, or she must nee
essarily hold the other half of her pupils
back until the truant ones have caught
up. In either case the time is virtually
lost, as the reader will readily see. If
this time and work is not made up, the
work of the pupils will not be uniform,
because of having missed the connec.
tlohs of former lessons. What has been
gained then by keeping SCHOOL,
Again, our teachers need all of the
holidays they get. If people realized
the amount of outside work that teachers
do, they would never again say that they
are overpaid, or have too many holidays.
Anyone acquainted with the work of
teacher will bear me out in this State
mcnt. Nine out of ten of those holidays
no, excepting Saturdays, are put in in
good solid work-sChool work, mean,
that cannot be done during school hours,
to say nothing of the many evenings be-
sides. that teachers are obliged 10 devote
to this same kind of work. The bard
has laid out certain amount OF work
to be accomplished by each teacher dur
| ing the year. That work is done re-
gardless OF holidays. She is employed
by the job, not by the day.
One more point. Is it right to compel
one.half of our children, who remain at
home through sense of duty or obllga-
ton, to be shut up in the school room,
while the other half is enjoying holi-
day in the metropolis? Why not give
them the day too, and if they cannot go
to Denver, they can at least have the
freedom of the day. This is the third
year of the carnival and our teachers
have not yet been granted one day, in
which 10 attend the festivities, and in this
respect our city is far behind the adjacent
towns. they nearly all having gwen one
and tw days vacation during the festival.
If | remember correctly both our state
university and our preparatory schools
closed last year to enable the students
and professors, who so desired, TO attend
the carnival. Why deny the little cnes
this advantage? With their parents by
their side they are far better protected
than some of the older students. A great
deal of time and money has been spent
to make the carnival an event worth go.
ing to see, both instructive and enter
tanning alike to young and old
Believing that voice the sentiment of
the people, and as parent, respect
fully petition for holiday, or two if 1t be
necessary.
AN EXCOMMUNICATED TEACHER.
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