Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-21
TOWN OF SCOTLAND SCHOOL
 GRADUATING EXERCISES

The town of Scotland's graduating exercises held in Grange hall. which had been attractively decorated, was pleasingly carried out with an inter- ested audience which filled the hall The order of exercises follows: March Dorothy; song, America, all; recita- tons, Flanders Fields, John Scott Spencer; The Response, Russell Eu- gene Fisher; Young Fellow My Lad, Helen Kimball; piano, Poeme Erotiaue to Spring, Grieg; recitation. Concord Hymn, John Henry Whyte; address. Inspector W. S. Dakin of the state board of education, who urged peace time patriotism.
 MT. Dakin spoke of the great help received from rural communities dur ing the two years of war, when the children's, activities in Red Cross work and other patriotic efforts had the support of parents and friends, and asked those parents and friends now that those activities had ceased to continue their interest in the schools in order to have the schools increase in value, to advance the town as a whole and the individuals in it.
 He gave a brief sketch of education from the period of the Civil war, when education was sort of child tendency Ul SCuOOI lcdCtiilSs NneT6 the parents sent the child to school with his or her chair and books and the committee decorated the buildings at not much expense. and the results were not very satisfactory: but an educa- ton was not compulsory, as it is now. Now every child is required by law to go to school and the towns must con slider the cost of an eight-room school or if the town has only a series of one- room schools. then efforts should be directed towards making them the best kind of one-room schools, with the | most efficient teachers. where the chil- dren may be taught how to live and | play together so that they can grow l up with the same democratic ideals 1 towards betterment of self and com.
 munity.
 | They should be getting a good stoci of common information in the class room and should be imbued with tn, 1 spirit of thrift. ambition and industry 1 This work should be carried on by tht I teachers, who should be well support l ed by the people. not only financially but by favorable comment, by interes 1 in the schools and by gifts.
 l He spoke about the new step takeI 1 in the most progressive communities l the new duty of schools beginning witl health inspection.
 l This work. which has been in charg, | of Miss M J. Pendleton of Norwich
 in Scotland. has been very effective l One of its objects is to see that phy sical training is effective. Fifty year, ago when children could go to schoo
 or not, just as they pleased, condition, l were different: but now when schools I are for everyone and everyone mus 1 go to school. health is serious mat ter. Good health is something we al want to have, and ought to have. ant it is for this purpose that such
 course has been established.
 The grading and grouping of pupil and classes has done much to advanc, standards in one-room schools and Mi Dakin urged the people to continue tn good work by peace time patriotism t, make the schools the rallying point fo tho education of the town. where ther are no differences of race or creed, bu
 each working for the good of all
 Supervising Agent N. Searle Ligh of the town spoke to the graduates
 cengratulating them on the progress
 they had made, and advised them t
 make every effort to continue their cd