The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-02-19

school, Cf not ofienerO or, on the other
hand, expose you to have the usefulness of
your schools greatly impaired the labors Of
your teacher essentially embarrassed and
the progress of your children seriously re-
tarded,-by a multiplicity of text books, and
a consequent multiplicity of classes. The
recommendations OF judicious supcrnten-
dents will tend to establish n system which
you can rely upon to be ms permanent as the
nature of the case will admit, and which
you can conform to with far less embarrass-
mcnt and expense than you would be sub
jocted 10 if no stable system were adopted,
to say nothing of the difference in the
progress which your children would make in
their studies.
In view then of the various important du-
ties which are 10 be performed by your SUI
periniendcnts may we not hope that you will
regard the proper selection of them mattor
Of serious momenty We would urge YOU
to select men Of competent scholarship, the
prudent and judicious, those who feel an in
tcrest in the cause Of our common schools
aud who may be relied upon to be active
and in earnest in discharging the duties Of
/ their trust. Aud especially select such as
will afford you the best possible security that
the teachers they approve shall be of such
character MS their high vocation demands
For we would again urge you to guard we'll,
to use every prccaulon in your power -
that those in whom are garnered up YOUR
dearest and londcst hopes be not entrusted
10 the charge of an incompetent, unfathiul
and unworthy teacher. Employ, if YOU
please. Il novice TO superintcnd Il business
in which you have invested all your capital;
give, if you will, the pleading and defence
of a cause in which YOUR whole worldly
wealth may be involved to fourtl,-rate law
yer; and commit. il you choose, the care of
your health and life, when disease has as
sailed you and death starcs YOU in the face,
to an ignorant qnack but do not, o do not
entrust the education of your Children
the unfolding of their immortal minds, and
the formation Of that character on which
hangs their eternal destiny,-to those who
would 20 TO work at random upon materials
so priceless thoughtless and careless, il may
he, of the final results of their labors The
former errors will, it may be, lead to ru-
ined fortune, or the cutting short of your
years on earth. But the ruined fortune per.
haps may be retrieved. and your life at far
thest must soon reach is close But the last
crror,-tlIat which involves the miseducatior
Of your children,-is one that concerns more
than worldly wealth or fleeing existence
here, and involves loss which neither timc
nor eternity can repair-a fatal and ire.
trlevable rum !
1t is not enough, however, for YOU simply
to select your best and worthiest men for su.
porintondents. When this has been done
they should be given to understand that yor
expect them to do their duty. This may be
done by your giving them proper direction:
and the assurance Of suitable compensa
ton for their labors
1t was the intention of the undersigned
only 10 call your attention, at this time, tC
the duty that pertains TO the election of oui
town upefntendcnts. But now that We arc
iii communication with you allow us to ado
Il few words further. When you have per-
r formed the duty already contemplated, yot
still are not,-cannot be, discharged from al
further obligation or concern in regard tC
your schools. You have yet other persona
and individual duties TO pecform. You need
to co operate with your superintendent am
with your teachers IN every possible manner
We trnst that Institutes will be broueh
within reach OF all our teachers IN the courst
OF the current year These are schools de
signed to impress upon teachers deeper
sense oil the responsibility and Importance o
'heir work to mparl to them knowledg,
oil the best methods oi teaching and the hes
noae oil adapting their instructions to th'
inherent ages ana capacities OF children
ana, generally 10 ensure TO them hi"he1
shin ana more iu'i success III LABOR fraugh
win SO momeh'ous consequences But Win
= out general system OF co-oPera'icn on You
haf.' 'ea ci., however wen quallnea' ski
lul anu laltnlul. lnusl come lar SNORT OF &c