, 1907-05-07
Report Of the Director.

Laramie, Wyo., May 6, 1907.
The Board Of Trustees Of School
District No. 1. Albany County, Wyo.
We herewith transmit our report to
the electors Of this district, for their
information:
In the past year, the schools have
been greatly improved in method and
mode of teaching, and are far more
efficient than ever before. Our corps
OF teachers has been strengthened, and
We have also secured a principal, Mr..
Filler. and at all times, the board has
felt that whatever was necessary to
be done, should be done in a thorough
manner.
The scholars have been given indi-
vidual attention as much as possible,
but it is not deemed wise to push pu-
pills beyond their capacity for learning,
o. to promote them before they are
fully prepared for n higher grade.
There are a few parents, however, who
insist that their children be advanced
more rapidly, and have taken the lib
erty to inform the principal Or teacher
that their children are entirely cap
able to be advanced. This Is wrong,
and contrary to the judgment Of those
who are experienced in teaching; a
teacher has no incentive to retard the
progress Of a pupil. The ability of a
teacher is measured by the success
she achieves, and consequently, her
aim is to advance a pupil as fast as it
is consistent TO do SO, and In this re-
spect many parents are at fault. II
the parents would take o interest
in the schools, and more carefully in
spect the work done, they would more
fully grasp the situation, and come to
realize that educational structure must
have a firm foundation, or 1t will soon
fall by the wayside. The learning that
a pupil gets in the public school is
the groundwork Of his education, and
it is very important that it is well pre-
pared before the superstructure be
placed upon it, therefore, school work
up to high school Is the great bulwark
Of the American people, who are great
lovers Of liberty, and they take much
pride in their schools and school sys-
tens. Older countries do not have
such vast and comprehensive systems
as We have in this broad land Of ours.
Schools Doing Well.
In the past year the board has tried
faithfully to do its duty as they have
seen it,and we say, without fear Of
successful contradiction, that the
schools Of Laramie, as far as they go,
are as well equipped, and the corps of
teachers as we'll qualified, as any
school in the state. The schools have
run smoothly, and wherever improve
ments for the betterment of the ser
vice could be instituted it has been
done.
Work Hand In Hand.
The board has been conservative
and practiced economy concerning the
school fund, which has been SO gener-
ously voted by the people to build up
and improve our schools, and we are
willing that the result Of our work be
fully discussed by the electors. We
are but the servants Of the people, and
by their ballots we have been placed
in this position Of trust-and 1t Is true.
a trust the highest in the gift OF the
people, for as the school progresses,
SO does the community progress. Peo-
pie are noted by the educational pro
gress Of their children, therefore, we
cannot do too much for u schools,
following a thorough and conservative
course.
should Be Tenth Grade.
Fads and fadism do not usually r
out satisfactorily, as there is q cry
large proportion Of scholars who leave
the public school on completing the
ninth grade, and We believe that there
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