The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-15

first that children should give the infection when reading
lesson at least week in each grade third that schools should
the cabinet fifth
drilled parsng anyns and These are mease returns
and teachers for this day nothing of the loss Of day of school
and the expense incurred by the teachers reaching this meeting
Superintendent acceptable ability should be assured
possible influences They
the of the state board education and therefore their
dismissal should depend large this body The unions
should be responsible for the selection the superintendent they
but after the Joint committee reflects the
inenden then should be possible him only direct
appeal to the state board
g) CONDITION SCHOOL GROUNDS BUILDINGS EQUIPMENT
/ Rural Schools.
There 1862 schoolhoues Of these 1866
schools
in the state These unused buildings from wbut structures
possibility needing buildings again nexpedent
for the town to dispose of them During l9l2 only Is school
The estimated of all public school property
school buildings in Vermont will favOrab with those be
ap 1 hs GS s The
with the exterior the floors tend be the ceilings often
kalsomine. buildings direction
paint Sometimes had not been w
the oubudgs uana and often out of repair that they
provided vide little privacy w. j. voron aos
se not Fs a % e y 5
shades hung at the thus often covering the half the window
for study
Heat usually provided by of box stoves that burn
In all of the schools visited there supply good
oned hard wood Sometimes the placed
of discomfort to of the pupils they out
that the smoke became of the have installed
hooded and of the schools visited heated by
the basement In only instances did pupils
teachers complain inability although schools
the seats placed against the walls
number of devices employed for venlatng these
schools The frequent other than windows opening
directly above the stove into the attic Some of the teachers have
ingenious devices of their that they place windows to
the draugt from the children The satisfactory
men to be ues connection with hooded stoves In
places the towns have considerable put vnao
in In
schools the venos had been closed with bran sacks because the
children complained of the cold Comparatively few teachers know
how to the vnang system and school where the system
other than the acketed stove written directions for
ventilation found.
Most of the boys and girls Vermont deprived of the
thing that makes city parents envy the country schools that is ad
quae Fairgrounds Not than neweneh of the rural schools
visited had school yard large enough for baseball diamond and
several of those that adequate size rough may
that the children used the road in preference The chohoses have
commonly been located beside the at where the land
of no value for other Some the farmers
object when the children enter their fields others
make almost violent objections The complaint has been made that
the children the rural schools of Vermont do but this
not the condition the schools visited In fact great ingenuity
shown by boys and girls organizing their play 1t small feat
ball ordinary country road with its bitches
filled with water In sections of the state certain societies
direct the play of the school children The value of such
efforts question Play offers of the best
tunies for children follow out their ideas 1t cannot be urged