The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-16
CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.
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lturbed In, view of this fact, and in
Iorder that we may have time to adjust
our schools in compliance with this law
relatlng to supervision we have re-
quested the commissioners of educa-
tion, through our counsel, 10 allow the
present form of supervision to remain
until another year, a petlilol, which we
nope may be acted upon favofahly. We
cannot help feeling that in the case of
the grades below the high school wo-
man OF experience and training, of
quick sympathies, and with a deep in
terest IN all phases of her work,
may achleve more than the average
man to whom the field is new, and who
RACKS the personal acquaintance with
poth teachers and children which only
the close and harmonious companion
snip OF years has the power to impart =
| Inc committee considers the purchase
OF the Hines property on Green street
lthe most important event of the year
as 1t enables the district to erect a new
building when the fitting time arrives.
we do not recommend, however, -
the committee adds E1the erection of
building for school purposes on this
land until the Canal street school bonds
nave been paid in full, which will not
be before three years have elapsed. The
crowded condition of the high school
building can be endured for a while
longer, as 1T has been in the past, in
view OF the relief ultimately to come. :"
1t Is becoming increasingly difficult.
the committee asserts, to keep down
the expense of carrying on the schools
within hIa I;,,;4
training is an excellent thing, but it is
costly, 'and adds just so much to the
regular budget, which already has as
sumed large proportions. = The cost of
the commercial department, manuaI
training, athletics and Fairgrounds is
about $4,000 year. I'm our opinion. -
says the board, "the providing for q
department in domestic science, when
the proper time comes, ought to De the
UNIT IN this direction, until, st all
events, the district has increased large
ly in wealth and population >
The board thinks that, with proper
precautions, plan advocated by Miss
Emma j. Gregg, supervisor in music.
might be introduced in Brattleboro.
The plan is to make the study of music
La part of the regular school work and
that credit be given accordingly. The
intention of Miss Marguerite S. Bene-
diet, supervisor of drawing and manual
training, to have simpler and less ex-
penslye models used the coming year
has our hearty approval says the
board
The committee states that new desks
will have to be put in this wear in the
Washington street school and grade )
OF the Main street school, also new
ha 3n H. Il
one-third larger than those now in use,
which were put in in 1901. 4 G4-eent
tax IS recommended
Miss Florence NJ. Wellman. super
visor of the grades, comments upon the
new law prohibiting any child under
SIX years of age being received into
any public school, except a ldndergar-
ten, at the beginning Of the fail term
unless such child shall become six years
of age on or before the first day of the
next January. She says: "Nowhere OUT
side of few of the New England
states are children admitted to school
when only five years of age, but, up to
the present time, children in Vermont
barely five could enter grade /. The
teachers have given these five-year-
olds more than their proportional share
of the time, but even then n large nt,r
Icent of them could not do the work.
Now 1t will not be possible for a child
ITO enter the first grade unless he IS five
years and eight months old. This viii
not make the average age higher In the
grades, as the progress of the FIRST grade
Will not be as slow and the fist wear 5
work will be done better am NOR,
easily by much larger PEI cent of
the children. 1t has been in most cases
IA positive disadvantage to take the
children so young = it has taken them
longer to complete the course and the
has been of poorer quality
The school nurse, Miss Anna l.. Da-
Wis, says that during the year there
was beginning of all the diseases of
which children are susceptible, yet
there were no widespread epidemics.
Much is credited to the toothbrush
campaign, in which about 200 tooth
brushes were given out, the children
paying for them. She reports 1861
routine physical examinations, $50 rapid
classroom examinations, oil physical
defects recommended for treatment, II
recommendations complied with, Sc ex-
cluslons, 1876 pupils sent to inspectors
by teachers.
Treasurer George C. Averin IS report.
IN summary, is as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, last year, s 1850
received from buttons, 4,257.25
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