The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

I'll the learned professions. and promises
= radical change fnr The better in the
schools throughout that Stale. The grad
mates of these normal schools are sought
fur with the greatest avidily. and noswilh-
sIsndng al The effpris thai have been
made 10 give efficiency 20 these depart
menis. the supply is by m means COM
mensurale with the demand.
The snperinlendsn Of common schools
/ in Pennsylvania. advises the esisbllsli-
msnI Of four practical institutions in dil-
f-Tenl srcIions If The stale. the proruTe-
menr af suitable libraries and apparatus.
aud faculty Of six professors for each.
involving an annual expense 81 $4,000.
! IIhrse views needed The confirmation.
either Of argument or authority, they
would find bath in the suhjoinfd extract
from the report &c the Board of Ednra-
lion ol Massachusetts. made on the 2Olh
Of April las. Gnvtrr-.r Everett IL chair
man Of ibis Board. and'il l. slnasl super.
ilaous To rem ark. that q ere Is M indsid-
ual Nh 'se apininns are entitled 10 more
weight on all subjects connected wilh ed
ncsiion. &" The suljeci al The education
af teachers is Of The very highest imPnr-
Isnce in connection siih The improve
menl uf our schools. That there are all
degrees of skill aud sucress on the part
Of teachers. is a matter Of tho familiar
observation 10 need repetition: and thai
these must depend, in no small degree.
on the experience 81 the teacher. aud 10
his formation under gond discipline aud
method of instruction in early life. may
be admitted without derngaiing in any
measure from the importance II natural
gifts and aptitude in flung men Tor This
. a. fnr the other duties nf society. Nor
; can il be deemed unsafe TO insist. that
while occupations requiring very hum
, bic degree of intellectual effort and al
! Iainneni, demand long aud continued
; training. il cannot be that the arduous
= aud manifold duties of The instructor OF
youth should he as well performed with.
= oni as with specific preparation Tor them.
/ In fact il must be admitted as the voice
= Of reason and experience. that institutions
) lnr the formation Of teachers must be es-
, lsblished among Us, brlure The all impor-
: lani work Of farming The minds of our
children can be performed in The best
= possible manner. anI with The creates.
D atainahle success
j., "Nn one who has been witness OF
4 the ease and effect v ilh which instruction.
is impaired BY one teacher, and The iedi-
y Gus pains-t.king and unsatisfactory pro-
is gress which mark the labors Of another
}. nf equal ability aud knowledge. and ope-
e rating on minds equally good, can enier-
l. tain doubt that there is a mystery in
i teaching as in every other at. Nor is
T. il less obvious, that within reasonable
e limits, this skill and this mystery NAV
n themselves be made the subjects Of i'm
y struciion and be communicated 10 9th
= ers."
= 1--WE are not left To the deductions OF
!. reason on this subject. In ihose foreign
d countries where the greatest attention has
'e been paid To the work of education. schools
d for teachers have formed an important
' feature in their system, aud with the hap
IF pesi results. The art Of impariing in.
'e struction has been fund. like every
r, other ant, TO improve by cultivation in
n. institutions established for that specific
al object. New importance has been AZ.
,ached To the calling Of the instructor, by
E. public opinion, from the circumstance
$ that his vocation has been deemed one
s. requiring systematic preparation and cul-
is ture. The duties which devolve
le upon The teachers even Of our commcs
Ie schools, particularly when attended y
le large numbers OF both sexes and au-
{. vsncei years, for learners, las is osen sho
W case, are various and Difficult, g pe1'orm-
lie ance; for their faithful exc .u'n' no ue-
IN gree Of talen, and qu,,'dcsuoa VOC
70 GREAT: and when we .fiect in The nature
IF ,hi,.s- ,b., onl a moderate portion Of
=. nn,h 81, IN =, snary cases be expected
:. for The slsn, Il compensation afforded the
,a,cha, e gain new view &c the ne
!. s,,raf bringing 10 his duties, the adj
J. van.ge Of previous training in the best
:. rJde Of dischsrging them."
az "A very considerable part Of The bene.
!. fl which those who attended our schools
y might derive from them, is nnques,iona-
n bly, lost fur the " ant of more skill in The
e business Of instruction On the part OF the
e teacher. This falls with special hardness
II on that part Of youthful population Who
d are able TO enjoy. but for small portion
IS nf The wear, the advantage OF the schools.
i, For them tits Of peculiar importance. tia,
1. from the momeni of entering The school.
e, every hour should be employed To the
ID greatest advantage. and every facility in
Of acquiring no~ledge, and every means ii
is awakening and guiding The mind, be put
III into instant operation; and when this /.
IN done, two months Of schooling would bs
n as valuable as year passed under teach
al er destitute Of experience aud skill"
h. u the Legislature should determine I,