Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
A Graded School at Glover Village.

Should not the town of Glover have
a good graded school, where the chill
dren may fit themselves for high
school without paying tuition to other
towns? Have you stopped to realize
that hundreds of dollars are being
paid by parents of Glover to give
their children the benefits of a good
graded school?
This is not right in our country of
free schools. We parents in Glover
feel that our children should have the
privileges of children in other towns
without paying one dollar per week
tuition.
A town is and should be judged by
it's church, school, school yard and
other public buildings and places.
The kind of people whom town
would welcome as citizens will inquire
about the kind of schools town sup
ports before deciding to locate in
town. And some of towns best
families will move away if the schools
are not good, in order that they may
bring their children up in town of
good educational advantages.
You people who have no children
probably have grandchildren or rela-
tives or perhaps you are interested in
all children and in your town.
You people, if there should be such,
who are not interested in the chill
dren, probably realize that your prop
erty is worth more in town with
good schools.
Now, some of you will say, eyes,
this is right, but what should be
done?"
In the first place we should have at
least four school rooms in the village
school with four teachers. These
rooms should be we'll ventilated,
lighted and in every way comfortable
and pleasant. However good
teacher may be, she cannot do as good
work with five grades to teach as she
could with two. Then, we as parents
should see that our children were
thoroughly taught and that they had
such things to do with as are neces-
sary to give them as good training
as is given in any good graded
school. One of our teachers should
be able to teach music, and one of
them drawing and should instruct the
children in the different rooms in
these branches on certain days
We should also have yard suitable
for the children to use as a play
ground, and not have our children in
the public highway, a habit which is
troublesome to teams and cars and
very dangerous to the child.
We should have graduation exercis-
es every year at which time state di-
plomas should be awarded to all chill
dren fitted to receive them This
will enable our children to enter any
special entrance examinations.
This school with all it's privileges
will be free, of course, to all in our
town.
All these things we should have.
Shall we have them? This is to be
decided by the voters of Glover. The
law is such that every woman in town
may vote upon the school question
SO the women have an equal voice in
this matter.
Let us all plan to help our town
and our children and have a school in
Glover Of which we may be proud
A Glover Parent.
GLOVER
Guy Aldrich is still very sick with
grip.
Charles Chesley is suffering with
rheumatism.
e. F. Dunn assists Henry Evenson
in his store
J. W. Mathie was in Newport We'd
nesday on business.
0. G. Miles was home from Mont
pelier over Sunday.
Mrs. Edith Aldrich, who has been i'll
for some time, is better.
Mrs. Edwin Alexander has been
very i'll with grip the past week.
Mrs. Mary King spent the weekend
with her friend, Mrs Florence Rich.
Benz. Thompson went to Sutton last
week after goods for Wales Walton.
w. E. Drake was quite i'll again the
first of the week, but is better again.