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the establishment of a High-School at once; and accordingly
advertisement was made, as directed by the law, tor propo-
sals from the various .districts and tow us of the County, to
furnish, tree of charge suitable buildings and apparatus tor a
High-School. The only offer which was received by tint
Board was from the Trustees of the Easton Academy, who
proposed to execute a deed of lease to this Board, of their
building for five years, at the nominal sum oi one dollar a,
year. This offer was accepted, and the papers executed.
We have also received of' them a fund of $1,375 to be used at
our discretion. I cannot but refer to the frank and liberal
manner in which this transaction was conducted on the part of
the geatlemen of the Board of Trustees and to the cordial sup-
port which many of them continue to render to the High-
School, which has superseded the school managed by them for
so many years, and with so much wisdom. This Board after
waiting tor instructions from the State Board as long as was
possible, by direction of the State Superintendent, framed a
plan of organization tor the proposed school, which was made
to comply with all the requirements of the law, as tar as this
was practicable, and submitted it to you for your sanction or
rejection. This having met your approbation, the plan was
formally adopted, and teachers were selected. Prot. Joshua
O.Colburn, a graduate of Howard,a gentleman of scholarship,
purity of character, and extensive experience in teaching was
elected Principal, and Miss Susan B. Conant, a lady of high,
culture and elegant accomplishments, the assistant in charge
of the department tor girls. On the 1st day of October the
High-School went into operation with forty scholars. The
course of study embraces the Ancient and Modern Languages,
Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and all those branches
which are taught in the best schools. An instructor in Music
is nominally connected with the school, and we expect to be
able to have vocal music taught in this as in all the larger
schools of the Couuty when luada for that purpose can be ob-
tained. Calisthenics is already taught the girls, and Mili-
tary Tactics will be introduced as soon as a suitable teacher
can be secured. An attempt has been made, with flattering
success, to unite in one school the pupils of both sexes.
While the boys and the girls have each their separate rooms
where they are assembled, when not engaged in recitation,
under the charge of a teacher of their owu sex, the classes are
composed of both the one and the other. Their influence is
mutually salutary. In addition to the happy effect upon the
behavior of the pupils, this union in classes has afforded a
new incentive to the pupils, and given more time to the teach-
er, while it has conferred the additional advantage of bringing
every child under the tuition of both the principal and
assistant.
The school is succcessfully performing its work and it is the