Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-09
The State Inspector Visits our Schools.

The State Inspector Visits our Schools.
The Board of Regents of the State
University appoint an Inspector of
Schools Who Is paid by the state and
whose duty /. Is to keep in touch with
The Sigh Schoo f the state. Accred-
ed schools are those whose graduates
81 e admitted to the Freshman a 4 of
the University without examinations.
1t is the duty OF the Inspector to deter.
mine whether the quantity and ln.lt-
ty of the work being dOne In the var
ious High Schools Is of u CHI aracter to
entitle them to be upon the accredited
list of the University.
The State Inspector is also the organ
If communication between the High
Schools of Iowa and the Colleges Of /
the North Central State. No High |
School, however efficient, employing
fewer than five teachers In the Bigh
School exclusive Of the Superintendent
can be placed upon the accredited list
of this AS ociatiOn. This excludes ,
schools of the size o, Manchester from
the list
The pre- ent Inspector, F. G. Ensien,
has had a wide experience, having i
been for years successful High School
Principal first at Iowa City and then
at Counc Bluffs MIR Ensign visttet |
our schoo. recently and made the fol- |
lowing report to the Board.
MIR. F. E. Richardson,
Manchester, Iowa
Dear Sir, have your letter
of April 18th In which you ask for a
repors of the Manches. Ter High School
as found 1t at my recent visit 1t
gives me pleasure to state that rs
gard your High School as a very
promising Institution. The spirit OF
the teachers ia good, their qualifica-
tiOns are for the most part entirely sat.
isfA story, and the general spirit Of the
schGl Is excellent. / visited classes
faithful y all day aud during that time
Jaw much TO commend. The only
criticism l would make is the lack OF
laboratory faci tiles for the students.
l under. tand, no sever. that this
weakness Is to be met, and that with
the transfer of on add .tional grade
ON the High School building room
will be ava liable for an excellent labor.
tory. Let me sugge t that an effort
be made to equip this laboratory in
such n way that each science may be
taught by the laboratory plan, the
rtuuents having opportunity to per-
form experiments from apparatus Get
up with their own hands. The
expense Of 30 equipplng your labora-
tory will not be great and the RESULT
l.sO far as your boys and girls are con.
cerned will bs valuable beyond est,-
mae.
On the whole regard your High
School as an excellent one and with
this change it will rank exceedingly
high among the accredited schools Of
til. state. Your graduates should he
we'll prepared to carry forward Uni
varsity work, and We shall welcome
them to our classes and receive them
without condition. Very respectfully
yours. F. c. Ensign.
The School Board have recognized
for some time the need of lab ,ratOry
facilities and they have been looking
forward to putting in such an equip.
ment as soon as the necessary room
was available
TIL, question has frequently been
asked during the past Jew weeks "Is
the Manchester High School doing
the work that will fit its graduates t.
carry on College or University work
successfully Pr Letters from the foul
leading colleges of Iowa in which oul
graduates have been enrolled for the
past two years speak for themselves
n FROM STATE UNIVERSITY.
j Replying to your letter of April 9Th
am happy to report as follows
Students are receiv, ID from your schoo
en- certificate as it is an accredited
school. The enclosure from the regis
trar's office gives the summary of thu
lastt years of the five students from
Manchester now enrolled in the Uni
verstty. None of the professor, hay Q
made any complaint a. to the lack O
preparation on the part of graduate,
from your schoyl.
We are always glad to have princt
pals who are interested in following
up the record of their students. Cor.
daily yours George e. MacLean
(Pres. State University
The enclosed record of the graduates
is "a follows: Above average; no pool
work: Definitely above average; Elk
: cellenJ scholarship; much above aver
: age; nothing under average.
Manchester has been on the regula
accredited list of high echools and ha
been doing work sufficient to meet tn
requirements for admission into th
universities and colleges of the frs
class in the state.
Ihave looked up the record of Hal
ry Seeds and find his standings are a
, follows (Grades not published) Thes
are considered excellent grades il
Iowa College.
/ congratulate you upon havin,
such representative in Iowa College
Very sincerely yours, ]. b 7. Main
Pres. Iowa College
FROM CoE COLLEGE AT CEDAR RAPIDS
Idesire to report to you the 8 andin
of Miss COllard, who comes TO us as
u graduate of your school. Mancheste
Q is fully accredited high school an
q we found Miss Collsrd ready to ente
I the Freshman class without conditions
Lam glad to ray that she has full
maintained herself In her casse,
i Eaeh one of the professors in who's
) c'tsses che recites report her az glyin
ev dence of excellent preparation fo
her work. She is, especially commend
! ed by the professor in inathematic
and each one of the others explessl
y stated tnat ner preparation was salts
factory 1t is pleasure to report upO
such pupils as Miss Collard for in &C
u dition to her excellent record as
student, she hos been commended +,
her ladylike demeanor and fine epiri
9 Very sincerely, y. W. Stookey, Dea
g at Gee College.
FROM CORNELL COLLEGE MT. VERNON
!. Ihsve rot been able to visit you
high school this yer but may yet b
r. able to do so While our state c,n
e mittee finds /; desirable to keep prett
+ close trick of many high schools, u
feel that your school is in such exec
y lent condition that we do not need t
\ give it attention. When visited 70
= last year, found your work through
out Of 80 satisfactory nature that
most favorable report wss sent to tn
e central office of the committee on Ser
Il nndorv GohnnI Polotinpo ~, 80,