Milford chronicle., 1905-09-22
A Word to Parents.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOLS.


ng said Kermit Roosevelt, when he entered
TO the public school, What mother, send
-ht ing her child for the first time, has moi
warned him against certain influences
" there? In days gone by, when the ad-
nd visibility of establishing a public school
el. system was still regarded as debatable
question, probably the strongest negative
ne argument was that the public school faci-
rs iltates, almost necessitates, unrestrained
,t association of the best children with the
= worst. If such commingling could be
postponed until the period of imitation
II is past, when character becomes po.itive
e and selt-assertive instead of negative and
|, plastic, there would be less cause for an
p Xiety. But unfortunately, evil is quickly |
contagious, while goodness is scarcely
even hereditary. 1t would seem that
3 nothing should be more desirable to the
cautious mother than to transfer her
children as directly as possible from her
own care to that of the teacher. {
Apparently, however, some parents
haye not taken these facts into considera-
ton, for pupils are seen lettering about
the street corners near the school build t
ing, at eight O'Clock in the morning, k
sometimes even earlier True, there are
parents OF a rare type, who, unable to h
control their children at home, are glad II
TO see them leave as early as possible in tC
the morning, to return as late as may be n
at night; but l am persuaded that this
type has few representatives amongst us. NJ
Must pupils who reach the school
grounds at such unreasonable hours be
admitted to the building? Defaced walls. tn
broken furniture, and loss of books would CO
inevitably be the result No Board Of pc
Education or Principal can reasonably Te
ask teachers to be presem and receive
them. Wis
Some deprecate the fact that we have
not large playground Immediately sur ph
rounding the building This may give ing
in rural districts, but towns
everywhere are outgrowing the idea. A Sun
'lance at the hacked, marked, mangled >
nd battered exteriors of many country yer
chool houses ought to be sufficient to OF /
now why. True, such writing or cary q
lg OF ones name may be poetical, it may the
e poetical, it may express q desire for lie
Immortality, but it is better if the poetic Free
nd immortal yearnings of the youngful A.
cart be lead into some form of express IN iC
on that less resembles vandalism Aoain stati
hool environment should be as beauti- man
as possible. But what beauty is dis III
aged in raw dirt. patched here and week
ere with surviving bits of grass or man.
'eds, the whole strewn too often with oeen
e remains of boisterous play? As hazy
liter of actual fact, all the ground sur sun,
lnding, if given up entirely to tba mn glare
$, would not furnish sufficient and These
e playground for the number we enroll. encha
I we admit that early comers should 10 the
enter the building, and if it is not nave
'edient for them to play around it, iueail
at should he dome with tbon,9 ~ evenil
lly they must not perch on neighbor- Irople
porches nor invade lawns. About lhroul
only resort left is the street corner. sioIlol
ace most favorable for serious accid- ana u
: OF all sorts, and this they take DOS Ied o'
ion OF with seeming avidity. The hhlne
per place for pupil is undoubtedly Deen e
ONE until near the school hour. For IIle De
lis in Milford, we believe twenty Nature
utes to be reasonable and sufficient an SUR
gn of time dnrino which 20 arr;,.a ton.
we accordingly admit pupils at $40 nave
e., and l;lOp. m. The comparatively 'ile Dr'
number from outside our limits quacAe
enter earlier, so long as their deport- 9cho
warrants the privilege The school Inat gr
is regulated weekly by the chrono- uaY tht
in the store of Evans & Son. ne SCI
similar plan, used last year, brought On last
ok to the new building with scarce Inc
mark on walls or furniture. aside oeeh a
natural wear. Again cigarette smok- Inc lasl
N school premises certainly could MONIES
ave occurred very frequently with past, ah
~ knowledge; but so far as [ know. 'notLeI
was but one case of it during the ne
year. believe there is compara- oert Oi'
little use of profane and valgar ABOUT "
age, even in secret and that the neiu al
unication of vicious practices is Iuesuay s.
are. 4. Irui
n confident that noroa.. 81, Red Me
Of srob ~. J. Wilso
ley will support it by keeping the Inc Je
clock well regulated and h. ~ s lately rel
: their children at home until the The on
school hour has arrived The changes
It benefits of such an arrangement the new
turn to the parents themselves, for move fro
i'll thus secure the welfare of their for other
n, and this, to true father or S. W.
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