Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-22

ing positions higher wages are abso-
lutely necessary.
Our school buildings must be sani-
tary, comfortable and convenient, but
the value which town puts upon Its
teachers is the first test Of the stand
We believe the schools of Griswold
for the past year have improved as
a whole, but ire earnest cooperation
of all is earnestly requested that the
coming year may be the very best year
for school progress we have ever
known.
To High Schools In Other Towns.
During the past year secondary edu-
cation has been OF more than usual
Importance. Thirty-four children re-
siding in the town of Griswold have
attended high schools in other towns
and the cost of tuition and transpor-
tation has been paid by the town of
Griswold. Thirty children have at
tended the Norwich Free academy.
three the lPlainf1eld high school. and
one the Windham high school, Will
mantle.
The consent Of the school visitors
was granted to all children making
an application for high school privi
legeS on condition that the institution
attended must be approved by the
state board of education, and that the
cost Of tuition and transportation
should not exceed the expenses for
attendance at the Norwich Free aca-
denny. The cost of tuition for all
children attending non-local high
schools was S1.s6S.33. and for trans
portation, sS65.40. The reimbursement
from the state treasury for tuition will
be $e65.70. and for transportation
S432.70. The net cost of tuition and
transportation to the town will Ge
1889.
100 Years Of Griswold Schools.
The termination of the past school
year marked the completion of a ceil-
| tury's continuous existence of the puS-
lie schools of the town of Griswoid.
The year 1915 is therefore an import
ant year in the educational history Of
| the town.
We believe the event should be prop
erly observed by the schools through
out the town some time durink the
year, and We suggest the month OF
/ October, which is the one hundredth
anniversary of the Incorporation OF
| the town, as a suitable date.
1t seems proper on this one hun
| dredth anniversary to refer briefly in
| this report to the early days of the
public school system Of Griswold.
We are indebted TO Daniel L. Phil
! lips, a former acting school visitor
4 for permission to quote from his ar
ticle in the Jewett City Press entitled
A Hundred Years Ago.
I'm 1892, by the sale of the western
reserve lands. the present school fund
OF Connecticut was created: and In
1877 the North Preston parish, by
statute law and its own act, was ere
ated a school society. and school mat
/ tiers within our limits, such as chang
ing district lines, locating sites fol
schoolhouies, appointing district com
mittees and school visitors, were man
aged and controlled by this organi-
cation: and this was the condition o.
affairs in 1915.
For the forty years from 1860 T.
1900, the average number of children
of school age is given as about $50
From that time and for the next 1!
years tire increase Of children was no
in proportion to the increase Of pop
ulation. In 1915. the number Of schoo
children for the greatly increased pop
ulation is estimated at about 500
When we consider that in our las
enumeration of scholars, in 1914. al
that part of Griswold cuisine Of Jew
EFT City containing nearly the sam
number of inhabitants as the who'll
town in 1915. numberen only 2SO chill
oren of school age, 1t would seem tina
the danger of race suicide was quit
remote a hundred years ago."