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preston papers

by lucy a yendes

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...dignified manner, we are dismissed. This has been the routine for many years, and it stands to reason that the " Reports " are beneficial, else why should we have them ? Occasionally the meetings have been varied by the pres- ence of one or more members of the board of education, who would pat us on the back, as it were, in some set phrase when called upon to address the meeting. Well, Miss Preston was present at the September session, but she did not take any part simply saying when her name was called that she " had not prepared any report, and she did not as yet see the advantage of taking such a census every month. " You ought to have seen the significant looks among the teachers as Mr. Johnson replied, with a rather red face : ""It has the advantage of showing at a glance just where we stand. " " Very likely, " she responded rather dryly, " but I fail to see, myself, how the number of boys or girls, or both, in School No. 9, can affect my own ; or how the knowledge of their...