Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
Prospect Schools.
SCHOOL LAWS, ETC.


the welfare of our schools.
Our schools will open. Monday, Sep
tember %, and we hope all the boys
and girls in the district will be ready
to begin the winters work.
Our schools We're said 10 be fairly
successful last winter, and much Of the
credit is due to the parents and other
citizens, who gave the schools their
hearty support Now we bespeak the
support of everybody, and, if everybody
gives us his aid and comfort our schools
will be, beyond doubt, successful this
coming year.
Our town is a fairly good one in eiu-
cational affairs, and we don't know
of any one that is an enemy TO the Com
mon schools.
Some writer has said that in every
community there are three classes OF peo-
pie One class has no particular inter
est in the schools, and, if they had their
way. there would be three or four
months of school year, and the teach
ers would receive S13 a month, and for
eign material would be preferred TO
home manufacture. The Second class
is made up of people that pay their
taxes because they have to and send thelr
children to school so that there may be
a few hours of quietness at home, little
carejng how the school gets along
| thinking that the thing which cannot
be cured must be endured. The third
class is always interested IN schooi
affairs. need no coaxing believes the
| common school an absolute necessity IN
| a Republican form of government, be-
lieves the great difference between
America and Spain is the education or
| the common people, knowing that the
value of a boy or girl cannot be estl-
mated in dollars and cents, and favor
| ing a good term of school at encourag-
| ing wages. We believe our town Is an
exception to this general partition, for
| nearly all our people come under the
| third class.
Our directors are: Geo. Warren
Pres. Ford Forester, Sec, n. ,
Grossman, Treas, Al. Shaffer, O. w
| Stoughton, and Adam Webber. They
are men of fairness and liberality, know
their duties, not subject TO outside IN
| fiuences, and proceed to do their duties
| without fear or favor. The roll OF
| children, coming under the compulsory
| law, gives the following list: Geo. Shat
| fer. Helen Dunn, Mont Dunn, Harry
Shaffer Frank Shaffer, Walter Shatfer,
Benj1e Lepley, Lois Lepley, Belle Lep-
lev. Henry Lepley, May Roth, Clarence
| Milleman, Willie Milleman, Villa Nc
| Connell, Martha Barr, Ned Barr, Allen
Barr, Gail McCleary, Marion Thoinp-
| son, Blanche Newman, Robert Crltch-
| low. Roscoe Critchlow, Howard Crltch-
| low. Stewart Wehr, Emma Henshaw,
Mabel Henshaw, Geo. Beighley. Hugh
Weigle Sophia Langharst Lydia Lang
| harst, Willie Langharst Hazel Richard
| son Newton johnson, James Richard
| son. Helen MCGOWAN. Clurg Ralston,
Bessie Mcclure, Blair Mcclure, Thomas
| Critchlow, Clayton Critchlow, Rame
Weigle. Sammy Ralston, Willie Raj
ston, Mary Ralston, and Geo. Slough
| ton.
The names of the scholars. that live
outside the borough limits, but are IN
the school district, do not appear on the
| assessors list. as the officer no doubt
thought they belonged to Franklin town
ship.
There are young men and women
over 10 years age, and, II they can
not make it suit to go to the Academy,
| we would like to see them in the pub
| lie school, as all are entitled to 90 70
| the common school until they are Il
years old.
BITS FROM THE SCHOOL LAW.
Children between the ages Of and
| 16 shall attend day school IN winch
| the common English branches are
| taught continuously, at least 10 per
cent of the school term, compulsory
attendance beginning with the term.
Penalty 81 tor first offence and - for
each subsequent offence.
/ . 10 tLaI I,,ft nf anph teacher IN
report at the end of each month the
names of those. who have been absent
! five days without lawful excuse.
The jurisdiction Of the teacher con
| jointly with that of the parent, commen-
ces when the pupil leaves the parent >
| roof and control to 90 TO school and
| continues until his return from school
! The teacher is not responsible for the
| misconduct on the way to and from
| school, though he has the right TO
| punish for such misconduct, when
brought to his knowledge.
The teacher should govern his
school by appeals to the reason and bet
ter feelings of his pupils if possible.
But teacher in the common schools
stands in the place of a parent to pu-
pil, and may administer correction TO
him under the same restrictions as IN
| the case Of parent The regulations
and commands of the teacher should be
strictly and promptly obeyed. Hence a
necessity exists for sufficient power TO
enforce this duty and therefore 1t is
held that the teacher may intiict such
reasonable corporal punishment upon
the pupil as the parent might inflict for
/ similar cause.
''If any person shall wilfully and
maliciously break or enter any public
school building or outhouse or shall
injure, damage or destroy furniture
books, papers, maps, ect. shall be liable
to fine of 800, or imprisonment 6mo.,
or both.
Directors shall purchase text books
and all necessary supplies. Pupils OF Il
select school shall have use OF tho text
books, only when the pay school is held
in the district school house.
''Out buildings shall be cleaned and
dsinfected once during the school term
prior 10 the first of January Of each
year and within thirty days after tho
close of each annual school term, and
shall be washed and scrubbed, the in
side. walls whitewashed and the vaults
covered with dry earth or lime within
ten days Of the opening OF the annual
school term
mo school term shall exceed ten
months. "
SUGGESTIONS.
No boy or girl, or teacher for that
odds, can do his or her best if the
proper hours Of rest and sleep are not
observed. The pupil that runs around
| until midnight, often listening TO OBJ
scene stories, will be nervous factor
at school next day, and will be restless,
dull and half dead. Parents can do no
better thing for the school and their
pupils than 10 see that their children
are sitting around their own hearth
| in the evenings, reading pure books and
| roasting their shins, preparatory TO
sweet sleep.
There is nothing 50 encouraging as
| for all the scholars TO be present every
day and at the time when school be
| gins Parents will do us favor TO see
that the children are started in time in
| the morning.
Some times children complain of get
ting tired, they don't like TO 20 TO
school, and don't like the teacher
| Investigation into these things often
find the cause in the parents at home,
but not always. Teachers should be
very careful OF tkaiy words before their
| pupils and parents should be Just as
| careful of their remarks when III the
| home circle Teachers are human,
prone to err. and are amenable TO di-
rectors and the public for four things:
Incompetence, immortality, cruelty and
negligence and unless n teacher is