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REPORT S

OF TH E

S _E] L E C T M E IN

AN D

Superintending School Committe e

FOR TH E

FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 12, 1867 :

HAMPTON.

BOSTON :

PRINTED BY HENRY W . DUTTON AND SON ,

90 & 92 WASHINGTON STREET.

1867 .

SELECTMEN'S REPORT.

SELECTMEN ' S OFFICE ,

HAMPTON, Feb. 28, 1867 .

RESPECTED CITIZENS :—Pursuant to a vote of the town ,your Selectmen have the honor to submit the following re -port of the transactions of this office for the year endin gMarch 12, 1867 :

RECEIPTS .

Received from taxes,

. $10,718 64Loans, .

7,924 00State,

1,409 44County, .

221 85Rent,

57 00Sales,

107 60Cash in Treasury, March 13, 1866,

561 98

Total receipts,

$21,000 5 1

EXPENDITURES .

Paid on account of State,

. $3,165 00County,

948 88Schools,

943 93Notes,

. 13,595 82Paupers,

914 53Highways and Bridges, .

144 86Cemetery, .

,

211 43Town House,

150 24Miscellaneous,

148 25Schoolhouse tax,

75 00Salaries,

314 00

4

Paid on account of Abatements, .

154 85Highway taxes of non-resident s

paid in labor, .

31 54

Total expenditures, .

20,798 33Cash in Treasury, Feb . 28, 1867,

202 18

$21,000 5 1

DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EX-PENDITURES.

RECEIPTS .

Received uncollected taxes for the years 1864 and 1865 ,with the exception of taxes for said years on the estateof Samuel and Betsey Dearborn, which taxes are secure don the estate of said Samuel an dBetsey, .

$307 98

Taxes for 1867, .

10,410 66$10,718 64

Loans .

Received from Mary A . Nudd, on note, 5,000 00George W. Dunbar, .

. 374 00Abraham Fogg,

200 00John H. Fogg, .

. 100 00Jacob B . Brown,

.

. 500 00Ruth M. Drake, .

. 350 00Ruth M. Drake, .

. 400 00Morris Hobbs,

500 00Jacob T. Brown,

.

500 007,924 00

State .

Rec 'd from State Treasurer,Literary Fund,

.

46 05Railroad tax, .

473 65Savings Bank tax, .

50 76State aid,

.

.

158 9 8Instalment of U. S . Bounties, 680 00

-- 1,409 44

5

County.

Reed from County Treasurer,For support of G . K . Stickney, $103 35

Polly Stickney, .

. 93 00Transient paupers,

. 25 50$221 85

Rent .

Rec'd from Moses A . Dow, for rent of Town Hall, 57 00

Sales .

Rec'd from Abraham Marston, fo rlot in Cemetery, .

6 00Elizabeth A . Lane, .

16 00Oliver Page, .

8 00Samuel Cutts, .

16 00David S . Marston, .

9 00Charles R. Sargent, .

16 00Richard T. Rollins, .

8 00Charles W . Dunbar,

•

8 00Henry Elkins,

•

14 00Rec'd for sale of old shingles

▪&c . ,

from Town House,

.

1 50For old lumber from Cem -

etery,

5 10

EXPENDITURES .

State .

Paid State Tax,

County .

Paid County Tax,

Schools .

Paid District No . 1,

$267 30

District No . 2,

268 90

District No . 3,

107 00

District No . 4,

82 68

107 60

$3,165 00

948 88

6

Paid District No . 5,

110 2 0District No . 6,

107 85$943 93

Notes .

Paid George W . Dunbar,

. $138 47George W . Dunbar,

236 09David A . Bean,

322 62John F . Hobbs, .

116 6 5John F. Hobbs,

280 37George W. Lane, .

160 9 3John Hoit, .

320 9 1Samuel C. Lamprey,

136 88Oliver El . Godfrey,

.

205 23Daniel Y. Moulton, Jr., .

181 3 5Simon N. Dearborn,

243 78Willard E . Nudd,

452 2 1David A . Bean, .

378 56Abigail T . De Lancy, .

808 00Samuel F . Drake, .

107 4 8John H. Fogg,

.

334 57Otis H. Marston, .

181 14Willoughby T. Blake,

629 75Jacob T. Brown, .

737 45Aiken S . Coffin, .

335 0 1Thomas Lane, Jr .,

212 17Ruth M. Drake,

105 9 0Ruth M. Drake,

222 60Joseph A . Philbrick,

246 22Abigail T. De Lancy, .

528 66Samuel J . Drake, .

757 68Emons B . Blake, .

106 0 0Miriam Palmer,

120 7 4Miriam Palmer,

111 9 8Jacob T. Brown, .

333 50Abigail A . Green, .

137 82Abigail A . Green, .

435 60Abraham Marston,

111 58David Marston, Ex.,

552 54Jeremiah G. Mace,

633 80

7

Paid Jacob T . Brown, .

515 00Jacob T. Brown, .

785 77$ 12,225 2 1

Notes Paid in Part .

Paid Alonzo M. Stevens on town note, $57 8 0Abraham Fogg, .

.

50 00Joseph W. Mace, .

420 00Frederick W. Stevens, .

.

8 00Eli Lamprey,

.

.

39 00Cong. Society, interest on notes, 112 8 3Baptist Society,

"

42 18S. D. Maynard,

"

600 00Heirs of Stacy L . Nudd, "

40 801,370 6 1

Paupers .

Paid State Asylum, for support of Sam'! Dearborn,

40 00Mary D. Nudd,

.

. 172 84Mary H . Palmer, .

. 133 52Ann M. Perkins,

22 57Paid Thaddeus C . Perkins, for support of Ann M .

Perkins,

.

.

.

10 00" David Brown, for support of Polly Stickney, 156 0 0" Doctor's bill and medicines for Polly Stick-

ney, 5 95" Mary Lamprey, for support of G. K. Stick -

ney, 104 0 0" Clothing, medicines and Doctor's bill, for G .

K. Stickney, 24 1 0

" Samuel Fisk, for support of Jona . Blake, 43 44" Doctor's bill, for Jonathan Blake, 2 25" Robt . Philbrook, for support of Sally Towle,

68 00" Doctor's bill and funeral expenses, for Sall y

Towle, 38 00" George W. Lane & Co ., supplies to Sall y

Towle, 7 25" Jacob T . Brown, wood for Sally Towle,

2 25" Jonathan Elkins, for support of Josiah R .

Marvel, 15 Of

8

Paid Albert D . Brown, for supplies to Josiah R .

Marvel, $18 26" Doctor's bill, for Josiah R . Marvel,

5 00Oliver Towle and Jacob T. Brown, wood fo r

Rebecca Crane, 9 00" George W. Lane & Co., supplies to Eliza

A. Green, 6 67" Sundry persons, for support of transien t

paupers,

30 43

91-

4 53Highways and Bridges.

Paid for 458 loads of gravel for highways,

. 45 80°' 2,925 feet of plank for bridges, .

. 53 37" 1,300 feet of timber for stringers to Coffin ' s

bridge, 20 80" 10i days labor on Bridges,

.

. 18 00" Spikes and nails for Bridges and Turnpik e

fence, 6 89

144 8 6Cemetery .

Paid for 28 stone posts,

. 28 00" 795 feet of lumber, .

•

. 16 60" Iron work, paint and paintin g

•iron g ates, &c ., 11 60

" Paint and painting Cemetery fence, .

. 24 23" 73 days labor grading and fencing,

. 125 20" Nails and canvas for plan of Cemetery,

.

5 80

211 43Town House.

Paid for 10 M. of shingles and lumber saddl e

boards,

.

.

.

. 43 80" Nails, potash, lime and flag rope,

6 5 9" 131 days labor on Town House, .

. 27 00" Stove and funnel, and setting up and repair s

on old stove and funnel, .

. 72 85

$150 24

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Miscellaneous.

Paid printing Town accounts for year 1865-6, $34 25" Auditors' bill, for year 1865-6, .

3 006 ° Blank books, stationery and postage, .

5 87" Revenue stamps,

6 00" Insurance of Town House,

14 13" S. L. Pervear, for damage to wagon by de -

fect in bridge,

•

2 75,, Expense of conveyin g• Mrs . A. M. Pe

▪rkins

to Asylum, .

•

13 15" J. T. Brown, three journey s• to Concord, t o

settle claim against U . S ., to revise " Stat eaid " claim, to obtain credits for soldier sand settle accounts with State Treasurer ;also, one journey to Haverhill to pay in -terest on notes to S . D. Maynard, and on ejourney to Portsmouth for counsel,-6idays and expense, .

•

31 95" Moses A Dow, care and expense T

•own▪ Hall, 30 39

" Charles W. Clements, for repairs on house ofSally Towle, .

▪

4 00" D. Philbrick and C. H .• Coffin, making sno w

path into Cemetery,

•

1 16" Samuel Drake, for bricks for repair of Sall y

Towle's house,

1 60

148 25Schoolhouse Tax .

Paid School Dist . No. 1, tax raised for repair ofSchoolhouse, .

•

.

75 00

Salaries .

Paid John J. Leavitt, Town Clerk, .

40 00" Jacob T. Brown, Selectman,

65 00" Jonathan Taylor, Selectman,

45 00" Benjamin Hobbs, Selectman,

45 00" Edwin J . Hobbs, Collector,

50 00" Joseph Dow, Superintending S . Corn .,

20 00" Jacob T. Brown, Overseer of Poor, .

.

5 00

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Paid Moses A . Dow, ringer of bell, .

. $40 00" David Philbrick, care of hearse,

4 00

314 00Abatements .

Abated taxes of 1864 as follows :Lewis P. Dow, poll tax,

3 18John S. Locke, ,,

3 18Joseph W. Mace, "

3 1 8Alonzo W. Shaw, "

3 1 8

Of 1865, Robert B . Laid, poll tax,

5 1 0Heirs of Samuel Drake, on money, .

8 48

Of 1866, Meshech S . Akerman, poll tax,

4 32Lra H. Blaze,

4 32Olando L . Blake,

4 32Willoughby T . Blake,

4 3 2Loring Dunbar, .

4 32Thomas Dunbrack, .

4 32Thomas Dunbrack, Jr .,

4 32Robert B . Laird,

4 32David Lewis,

4 32Josiah R. Marvel,

4 32Josiah Page, Jr.,

4 32Samuel S . Page,

4 32Benjamin F. Perkins, .

4 32Charles W . Brown, money and poll, .

10 62William Brown, on colt,

▪

3 6Moses A . Blake, on dog, .

1 00N. P. Cram, on land, .

6 0Heirs of Samuel Drake, on

▪money,

18 00Moses A . Dow, on horse, .

36Eben James, on cow,

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•

7 2George O . Leavitt, Schoolhouse tax and poll,

4 44Joseph L. Leavitt, on horse,

1 97John W . Lewis, on land, .

1 35Daniel Y . Moulton, Jr ., money and poll,

5 55Thomas L . Marston, on money, .

3 60Heirs of Stacy L . Nudd, on land,

8 40Polly D. Neal, on money, .

5 40

1 1

Joseph E. Riley, Schoolhouse tax,

.

$0 12David A . Towle, on money and poll,

5 40Lydia F. Sanborn, on money, .

4 50

154 85

Non-Resident highway taxes paid in labor,

31 5 4Cash in Treasury, Feb . 28, 1867,

. 202 18

JACOB T . BROWN,

Selectme nJONATHAN TAYLOR,

ofBENJAMIN HOBBS,

Hampton .

The undersigned find the Selectmen 's Accounts w evouched and correctly cast .

MORRIS HOBBS ,ENOCH P. YOUNG, Auditors .JOHN P. TOWLE,

Hampton, March 1, 1867.

DEMANDS AGAINST TOWN .

Date of Note .

To whom payable .

Principal .

April 11, 1862. Congregational Society,* .

$139 00Sept . 24, 1862. Jeremiah M. Lamprey,

200 00Oct. 7, 1862. William T. Lamprey,

350 00Nov . 5, 1862. William T . Lamprey,

200 00Jan .

1, 1863 . Jeremiah M. Lamprey,

100 00Nov . 18, 1863 . Thomas L. Marston, .

200 00Dec . 8, 1863. William T . Lamprey,

250 00Mar. 28, 1864 . Congregational Society,*

681 99April 22, 1864. Baptist Society,*

703 00

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Sept . 1, 1864. Abel Morrill, .

$500 00Sept . 5, 1864. Frederic W. Stevens,

700 00Sept . 5, 1864. Nelson T . Blake,

700 00Sept, 8, 1864 . Joseph W. Mace,

800 00Sept . 15, 1864 . Samuel D . Maynard,*

▪

2,000 00Oct . 20, 1864 . Samuel D . Maynard,*

▪

2,000 00Nov. 14, 1864. Samuel D. Maynard,*

•

6,000 00Dec. 4, 1864. Jacob T. Brown,

.

400 00Dec . 15, 1864 . Simon N. Dearborn, .

1,362 00Jan. 1, 1865. David H. Marston,

500 00Mar. 9, 1865. Thomas Brown,

573 00Mar . 18, 1865 . Amos T . Leavitt,

400 00Mar . 20, 1865 . Elizabeth F . Blake, .

160 00April 1, 1865. Alonzo M . Stevens,* .

300 00April 1, 1865. Eli Lamprey,* .

150 00April 1, 1865. Samuel James, .

100 00April 6, 1865. Congregational Society,* .

168 7 1April 21, 1865 . Congregational Society,* .

391 00May 5, 1865. Congregational Society,* •

500, 0 0July 20, 1865. Mary Fogg,

50 00Oct . 3, 1865. Stacy L. Nudd,*

680 00Nov. 24, 1865 . Abigail B . Rollins, .

210 00Dec. 2, 1865. Hampton Academy,*

200 00Feb. 8, 1866. Thomas L. Marston, .

1,500 0 0Feb. 22, 1866 . Jeremiah R . Fogg, .

200 00Feb. 22, 1866. Abraham Fogg,

200 00Mar. 15, 1866 . Mary A. Nudd, .

5,000 00Mar. 15, 1866 . George W . Dunbar, .

374 00July 19, 1866. Abraham Fogg,

200 00July 19, 1866. John H. Fogg, .

100 00Aug. 28, 1866 . Jacob B . Brown,

500 00Nov. 28, 1866 . Ruth M. Drake,

'350 00Jan. 30, 1867 . Ruth M. Drake,

400 00Feb. 14, 1867. Morris Hobbs, .

500 00

* Interest on these notes has been paid annually .

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STATE OF TREASURY FEB . 28, 1867 .

Liabilities .

Town Notes, .

.

. $30,992 70Estimated interest on Town Notes, 1,940 00Bills overdue at Insane Asylum,

173 00$33,105 7 0

Assets .

Endorsements on above Notes, .

968 00Due from U . S. for bounties ad -

vanced (exclusive of interest), 3,060 00Cash in Treasury, Feb . 28, 1867,

202 184,230 18

Deficiency, being actual indebtedness of town, 28,975 52

Indebtedness of town Feb . 28, 1866, as perreport,

31,115 20Reduction of town debt the past year,

2,139 68

Calls upon the Treasury the past year have all bee n" honored," and the credit of the town remains good . Alarge portion of the money borrowed is on " time," and n o" run " on the Treasury need be apprehended . The claimupon the Government will be difficult to adjust, and thetown will sustain loss from desertion of soldiers to who mU. S . bounties were advanced .

JACOB T. BROWN,

SelectmenJONATHAN TAYLOR,

ofBENJAMIN HOBBS, 3 Hampton .

REPOR T

OF THE

SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE .

The Superintending School Committee respectfully su bmits the following Report of the schools in Hampton, fo rthe year ending March, 1867 :

1)IST . No. 1 . GRAMMAR SCHOOL .

MISS SARAH M . LAMPREY, Teacher .

Length of School,

Summer Term, 16 weeks.Winter

" 13 "

Wages of Teacher, per month, Summer "

•

$18Winter

"

•

24

Whole number of scholars,

Summer "

. 50Winter

"

. 37

Average attendance, .

Summer "

. 30Winter

"

. 23

Scholars not absent one-half day in a, term — John AlbertPhilbrick, S . Albert Shaw, Hattie A . Blake, E. LacastiaBrown, Nellie F. Moulton, Mary B. W. Stone, Anna M .Towle—7 .

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DIST. No. 1 . PRIMARY SCHOOL .

Miss ANN M . Brown, Teacher .

Length of School,

Summer Term, 16 weeks .Winter

"

13 "


$12Winter

"

•

1 4

Whole number of Scholars,

Summer "

. 25Winter

"

. 22


Summer "

▪ 1 9Winter

"

▪

9

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term—M . Warre nBrown, J . Walter Palmer, Charles F. Towle, Clar

a Philbrick - 4.

DISTRICT No. 2 .

MISS SARAH H. TowLE, Teacher, Summer Term .

MR . DAVID B . JOHNSON,

,, Winter

Length of School,

Summer Term, 16 weeks .Winter "

17 "


▪

$22Winter

"

▪

4 0


Summer "

•62

Winter "

. 60


•

Summer "

• 4 9Winter "

•46

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term — Joseph E .Batchelder, Everett S . Cole, George J . Dearborn, Henr yW. Emery, Porter R . Emery, George O . Johnson, John P .Samuel, Alice W . Batchelder, Abbie Isabella Cole, AmyDearborn, Lydia M . Johnson — 11 .

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DISTRICT No . 3 .

MISS LEONORA A . BEANE, Teacher .

Length of School,


"

13 "

Wages of Teacher, per month, .

$1 8


Summer "

40Winter "

43

Average attendance

Summer "

38Winter

37

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term — B . Herber tBlake, George B . Blake (two terms), George H. Blake(two terms), John C . Blake, Freddie F . Godfrey, GeorgeW. Godfrey (two terms), J . Eddie Godfrey, J . Warre nGodfrey, Simon D . Lane, Ada B . Godfrey (two terms) ,Marcia A . Godfrey (two terms), Clara C . Godfrey, MaryFl . Lane (two terms), Marcia J . Mace, Helen A. Watson ,Rosa B . Weare-16 .

DISTRICT No. 4 .

MIss SARAH E . FORSYTH, Teacher, Summer Term." SARAH M. GARLAND, "

Winter

"

Length of School,

•


"

11 , ,Wages of Teacher, per month, Summer "

$10Winter

"

.

2 2


Summer "

. 18Winter

"

. 25Average attendance, .

•

Summer "

1 3Winter

"

. 20

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term—Frank S .Mason, Henry W . Mason, Henry W . Towle, Marcus E .Towle, Lizzie S . Mason-5 .

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1 8

DISTRICT No. 5 .

Miss LIzzIE S. ELKINs, Teacher .

Length of School,


"

12 "


$14Winter

"

1 6


Summer "

. 19Winter

"

. 2 1


Summer "

1 5Winter

. 1 8

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term—Warren M.Batchelder (two terms), Benjamin W . Elkins, George H .Elkins, Robert S . Elkins (two terms), Henry D . Taylor,Willie O. Taylor-6 .

DISTRICT No . 6 .

MISS MARY A . BATCHELDER, Teacher .

Length of School,


"

11 "


$16Winter

"

•

1 9


Summer "

14Winter

"

▪ 1 7


•

Summer "

. 12Winter

"

▪ 1 3

Scholars not absent one-half day in a term—Clarence T .Brown (two terms), Charles Batchelder, Amos A. Drake(two terms), Joshua E . James (two terms), Amos P . Shaw ,Sarah F. James-6 .

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It gives me pleasure to be able to state that the Teacherswho have had the charge of our schools the past year, have ,as far as I have heard any opinion expressed by persons tha thave visited the schools, given very general satisfaction .In the visits that I have made (more than thirty in number) ,I have been pleased to find the teachers maintaining goo dorder in their schools, and that, generally, without muc happarent effort . Most of the scholars appeared to be inter-ested in their studies, and they acquitted themselves ver ycreditably in their various recitations .

In the last year's Report, it may be recollected that Idwelt at considerable length upon the evils resulting fro mthe habit of irregularity of attendance on the part of man yof the scholars, and upon th

e importance — thenecessity—of a union of effort by parents and teachers, in order t obreak up this habit . The Registers of the several school sfor the year now closing afford too much evidence that thehabit is not yet broken up . Indeed, the percentage of at-tendance in some of the schools has been considerably lessthan it was the year before . In District No . 2, the percent -age of attendance during the year past has been seventy -six, while the year before it was eighty-six . The greates tfalling off in the attendance of the scholars has been i nthe two schools in District No. 1 . The percentage in thesetwo schools, taken conjointly, has fallen from seventy-six t ofifty-eight . In justice to the people of this District, however, it should be stated that this falling off in the percent -age of attendance was occasioned by the appearance ofDIPHTHERIA, in a very malignant form, among the childre nof the District, causing the death in the course of a fe wmonths of no less than twelve of this class, several of who mwere taken from the schools . This created such a panic ascaused some of the parents to withdraw their children fro mthe schools, though it may well be doubted whether thosechildren were any more safe at home than they would hav ebeen at school. " The path of ditty is the path of safety ."

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Any person who would successfully teach the art ofreading, should himself be a good reader. Many teachers o fof common schools are not themselves good readers . Somefail to enunciate distinctly many of their words, especiall ysuch as end in sks, sts, en, ing, &c . Some pronouncewords incorrectly in consequence of a wrong accentuation .A more frequent deficiency is in respect to inflections, tones ,emphasis and pauses . It is generally understood that em-phatic words should be uttered with a greater stress of voic ethan other words in the same sentence . It has, however ,been well said by an eminent teacher, that "a whisper, i fit is soft or strong, according to sense, may be as truly dis-criminating as the loudest tones . The voice should be dis-ciplined to this distinction, in order to avoid the commo nfault, which confounds vociferation with emphatic expres-sion . "

Teachers sometimes find it difficult to determine exactlyhow much assistance should be given to their pupils in th epreparation of their lessons . Some scholars never ask foraid, except in cases of real necessity . They are ambitiou sto surmount, by their own personal efforts, every difficult ythat they encounter in their studies, and they seldom fail o fsuccess . If in any case they find a difficulty insurmounta-ble without aid, the teacher may safely give the aid re-quired .

There are others, who are not averse to study, and wh oare diligent in the improvement of their time, but yet easil ydiscouraged . They apply themselves closely to study, an dordinarily show by their recitations, that their lessons hav ebeen well prepared . Still, when they meet with any seri-ous difficulty in their studies, which a few efforts do notenable them to overcome, they think it of no use for the mto " try again ." They then apply to the teacher for help .In such cases, how much help shall the teacher give, an din what way ? It will generally be found most beneficia lto the scholar, not to have his work done for him, but rathe rto be put in the way of doing it for himself. Sometimes aquestion or two judiciously proposed, or a suggestion made ,by the teacher, is all that is necessary . The pupil maythus be put on the right track, and be enabled to go forward,

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without further assistance . He is then better satisfied wit hthe result than he would have been if he had received alarger amount of aid from his teacher. He becomes moreself-reliant, and is nerved to grapple successfully with futur edifficulties.

There is another class of pupils found in some schools ,who dislike study altogether . They would, at any time ,prefer to be assisted, rather than to learn a lesson by thei rown efforts . It may not be proper for a teacher to refus eto render aid to such pupils in all cases . He should exam-ine the alleged difficulty, and then bestow aid so far onlyas he believes would really benefit the scholar . He shoul din fact, while aiding his pupil, lead him to do his own work .In order to bring about this result, it may be necessary fo rthe teacher to spend more time than would be needed fo rhim to do the whole work himself, (as for instance, in th esolution of some arithmetical problem,) and as he ofte nfinds it necessary to husband his time to enable him season -ably to give instruction to all his classes, he feels impatien twhen thus called upon to give explanations to such scholars ,and no wonder if he is sometimes tempted to do it in th ebriefest manner possible, even to the detriment of th escholar .

For a similar reason, and sometimes, perhaps, for one les sdefensible, a teacher may give too much assistance to hi spupils, in their recitations . Some question is asked ; thepupil hesitates . The teacher then varies its form, makin git a leading question, the form in which it is put suggestin gthe answer . The pupil now hesitates no longer. He givesa proper answer, and, in some cases actually takes credi tto himself for doing what, in reality, another person ha sdone for him.

Take another case . The teacher names some topic, o rrequests a pupil to state some rule, or principle, or som efact, found in his text-book . The pupil remains silent .The teacher then gives a part of the statement required, byreading, or repeating, a few of the first words, in the ver yorder in which they stand in the text-book . By the princi-ple of association, the pupil is now able to finish what th eteacher has begun .

The teacher saves time, while the

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pupil thinks his recitation almost perfect, and feels gratefu lto his kind teacher for the little aid so promptly given a tjust the right time .

Let teachers beware of the habit of rendering assistanc ein this way, if they are not willing that a lasting injuryshould be inflicted on the children entrusted to their care .

JOSEPH DOW ,Superintending School Committee .

Hampton, March 1, 1867 .

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