12 THE NEW METHOD 



Milford, N. H., Sept. 4th, 1866. 



WniviAM L. WhitTEmork, Esq_. — Dear Sir : Please admit 

 to the high school the following scholars from the grammar 

 or intermediate school the present term : James Hanrihan, 

 Arthur Towns, William French, Bell Mills, Kate Mills, 

 William Tarbell. 



Signed, B. Wadleigh, S. Smith Stickney, 



W. H. W. Hinds, T. Kaley. 



I had at that time about one hundred scholars, 

 which is considered in most other places as many as 

 can be properly taught by three or four teachers. 

 The high school was larger than it had ever been be- 

 fore, while the grammar school was not nearly as 

 large as it had sometimes been, and it was well class- 

 ified. If scholars were promoted a new class must 

 be formed, which would make it exceedingly incon- 

 venient to carry on the work in the high school. 

 Moreover, there were at that time only four unoccu- 

 pied seats in the high school, one on the girls' side 

 and three on the boys' side of the room ; so I con- 

 cluded to do the best I could under the circum- 

 stances, and accordingly admitted the three oldest 

 boys and the older of the two girls, but the girl de- 

 clined coming in as her sister could not come with 

 her. There was plainly no seat for the youngest boy 

 unless I put him with the girls. The talk of his be- 

 ing refused admission because he was an Irish boy is 

 a malicious falsehood. I never thought of such a 



