Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26


SCHOOLS
Ten legal schools have been maintained
in Barnard during the last school year.
Fifteen sch0olhOuses; nve unused 20
pupils 10 town between the ages OF ana
n as returned by the clerk Of the school
board One hundred and ninety-seyen OF
these attended school according TO the
registers and 10 were at nigh schools IN
other towns, leaving 40 that attended no
school No case of truancy during the
year Five male teachers were employed
and ten females al an average cost per
week OF $3.50 for males aud 500 for te-
males. The whole cost OF these ten
schools, including some repairs was -
81 81 and he whole resource Tor support
was s2,22l.74, leaving the town in debt
for necessary school expenses, 1890.
The amount paid lot transportation was
slT2 and the number Of pupils carried was
r. Paid in tuition to other towns, sls,44s
Received for tuition from other towns,
ISL. Cost Of schooling for the year per
pupil was su.7S -, which ] think Is
little less than the previous year, Mltn
no other resource but direct TAX lt would |
take for the support OF these ten schools
80 per cent Of our present grand list.
On the whole, they we're as much OF a /
success as could be expected under the I.
present system, and the school committee
are entitled 10 credit for their eAertlons |
10 make it so.
The town superintendent made thirty .
visits, three to a school, one each term, .
and In his report made an earnest appeal .
for parents OF scholars 10 visit and see Tor |
themselves the progress made, ana not |
out OF place he should have included the /
school directors as their names are not
often on the registers.
East Barnard had the banner school,
largest attendance, most interest and
greatest number OF visitors. All three
terms were taught by Miss Lucy Ham
mond. The directors seem to- appreciate
her efforts and have engaged her for an.
other year, so we look for No. to mold
the position.
Barnard village or No. is fairly good
second The Creek or No. Z, taught all
three terms by Miss Alice BroWnell, would
perhaps rank third. South Barnard,
taught very successfully by Miss Julia
Simmons through the year, had a large
attendance, but few visitors are register
ed. The Gambell district or No. was the
smallest school in town but ranked high
III per cent OF actual attendance. All three
terms were taught by Miss Leona Adams.
No graded, private, parochial or kinder
garten school in town, neither seminary
nor an academy and only two pupils
out OF the 1877 have pursued other than
the common school branches, one in the
Gambell district under the teaching OF
Miss Leona Adams and one in the village,
No. 10, taught by Miss Jennie Cooley.
No school is furnished with dictionary
or books OF reference and none have a Ii.
brary Only two have even charts, globes,
or maps. No teacher is a college graduate
and only two ever attended a Normal
school. Are we progressing, standing
still or going back in the cause Of educa-
tion under the present SYSTEM
The truth is not always pleasant to hear,
but no atonement or pardon can be had
without complete confession. We have
bright young men and misses who are
Obliged to pay their money in other towns
for the privilege Of pursuing higher
branches OF study.
A vote was carried at our last town
meeting that no tuition shall be paid bv
the school directors to high schools. l /,
thought at the time II was wrong, but am
convinced now that it was a step in the
right direction. Make il the duty OF the
town TO furnish a school OF our own,
where all will have an equal right. Last
year there were 10 over 10 years Of age " no
had money enough to pay their own tu-
ition to nigh schools, % took their
chances in common branches in our own
and SO stayed at home. Here were 80
pupils over Is and under 20 years OF age
in town, out Of which a very respectable
high school could have been maintained.
The superintendent of education recon-
mends town exhibition OF all the schools
at least once in the year, and 1t was one OF
his questions to know il Barnard held
one. II requires no great stretch OF mem
DRY to recall when our town hall would
be crammed TO the doors with such an
annual exhibition, each district selecting
its own program and competing for the
lead In awards, Our school board is well
organized and we look for at least one OF
those grand old festivals.
Mr. EDIToR:-I have re-read the article
OF your faithful Barnard correspondent,
thanks for his kind words in a later is
sue.) Il contains a notice of the death OF
Rev. Lucian W. CLANCY and other items
OF interest concerning Luther Clancy and
his 1--we sons. There was another promi-
Dent person in that family at that time
whom he did not mention, but whose in
tluence, though unseen and for the most
part unknown ,eXerted tremendous power
for good over those sonE and the church
and community. / refer 10 Mrs.Iuther
CLANCY, the landlady OF CLANCY Tavern
and mother OF those sons at a time when
the evil influences surrounding the chill
dren Of such a home can hardly be under
stood by the mothers now living in Bar