Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-23

To the Mem6es Of tile School Board and Patrons Of Bar
ton Academy and Graaed School,
During the year just closed there have been main
tanned seven Schools the heretofore The total
registration 348 eight less than last year, while the
the district of ~
consider the work done in the past year the best
ever done in our school. All the teachers with
cePton retained and the work they have done has
proven the wisdom of keeping good teachers when possible
Miss Chandler, who did excellent work last year. left
in June to take up work in Normal School, and Miss
Edith Howard of St. Johnsbury took her place. Miss
Howard has done very excellent work and is strong
teacher.
Several marked improvements have been made during
the year. the most important being the introduction OF
Manual Training and Sewing into the grades and the
adjustment of course in Elementary Agriculture in the
High School
The work in Manual Training and Sewing in charge
OF Miss Cummings and although the work started
until after the Christmas recess the pupils have made
marked progress. The equipment is excellent and the
room as is fitted up is exceed by any the state.
In the future exhibit of work these lines will be
made and am the work done will be most gratifying
to the friends of the school.
The course in Agriculture started at about the
same time as the Manual Training and has far proven
very popular and profitable well Laboratory work is
being done in this So far this has been limited to
the testing seed and the testing of milk by the Babcock
test Later in the shall do work in the analysis
of soils and fertilizers We shall make the work very
practical and shall endeavor to fit it the particular
needs OF the community.
The study hour SYSTEM started last year, has been
continued and productive of good results expected
but the tull value cannot be realized from without
cooperation the part of the parents We expect from
the students reasonable of study and ask the
parents to certify to the amount of time each pupil
spends in study outside school. if each parent
will be particularly careful in the filling of these blanks it
will be productive of much good
wish make special mention of the work of our jan
itor, Mr. c. E. Buswel He is fulfilling his duties in
satisfactory He is always courteous and
oblgng ready do than called for and his admins
of the truancy question has been excellent In this
connection wish to state that thoroughly sympa
thy with the stand taken by Supt Mathewson of Barre
VT, the Compulsory Education Law believe that the
child should be kept in school until he has mastered the
excused from school attendance when he attained certain
an added incentive work very orcbly reminded
for the arrival of his fifteenth birthday so will be beyond
the reach of the law" If minimum education law
could the place of the age limit believe would be
productive of excellent results.
hope that may find it possible to introduce
Business Course IN the Academic Department during the
coming year Many OF students DESTROYS of doing
work stenography and typewtng and there seems to
be sufficient call tor this work warrant its institution
In conclusion wish to again express to the people OF
Barton the appreciation of pupils and teachers for the 10y
atty which you show to your school 1t source OF IN
spiraton to all, and know it is wish of pupils and
teachers alike make this school worhof the loyal sup
port you give it.
Respectfully submitted,
H. J. STANNARD,
Supervising Principal