by respect and confidence towards the teacher, by the spirit of subordination and docility, securing success to the school, and all the benefits to the scholars.

If meetings were held in the several districts for consultation and discussion of subjects connected with our common schools, for the delivery of lectures, and

for reading portions of reports on the educational improvements in other countries, more enlightened and elevated views of mental culture would prevail, and a deeper interest would be awakened in all classes in the community.

The first records indicate that five persons - always men - in Stanley Bridge District were elect— ed to assume the responsibility of being an overseer of the school system for a period of three years. This number was later changed to three. By using a rotating system the Senior Trustee automatically became the Chairman for the year. The Trustees had the option of having the Secretary elected at an Annual meeting or appointing one of their own. The main thrust of busi- ness apparently centered around a good selection of teachers for their community. Not nearly as much consideration was given to the building in which the teaching was done.

The record states that in the 1890’s students from outside the Stanley Bridge District were charged tuition fees and strict orders were delivered to the teacher in 1891 regarding this matter.

ordered that Charles W. Kielly, Teacher, be ordered to receive no quarterly scholars without written order from the Secretary of Trustees and that the School quarter commencing lst January, 1892, must be paid in advance by all such scholars, and that he must report to the Secretary the names of all such scholars at the commencement of every quarter

In this year there were five students paying a tuition fee of $10.00 a year. In 1892 the third room of the school was also opened for instruction. Whether the Trustees knew what was entailed in a Time-Table, one does not know. However, at

the same time as the third room was opened, the “Secretary was instructed to notify Teachers to provide Time-Tables for each Department and provide the Board of Trustees with copies from

time to time as changes may be required”.

Another controversy between Trustees and Teachers must have arisen in 1896, as the Secretary records that:

Teachers be ordered to teach the full time required by law and no substitute or change be made without the permission of the Trustees » and that the full number of legalized teaching

days must be taught

With the payment of $60.00 as supplement for the Principal and $5.00 for each assistant, one wonders how Trustees could demand and get results. The school hours at this time ranged from 9:30 am. to 5:00 pm, and if required, the Principal was expected to tutor students in the evening. There is no mention of extra pay for this service, nor is it mentioned if the teacher was allowed to charge students for his assistance. However, one would judge that it was a natural

expectation for teachers to provide this service.

The selection of teachers in the school was evidently a contentious issue in 1898. There must have been a surplus of available teachers, with the result that many suggestions were passed on to the Trustees about who should be hired. This ended when a motion was made by J .C. Clark,

and seconded that -

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