Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-09-19
For the Journal.
Edueafioa-yo. 10.

Er. Editor: Upon the committee men of the sew
eral districts depends materially the execution
of the laws regulating our common school system.
It is made their duty to build and locate the school
houses, employ the teachers, visit the schools and
to perform all such duties as they may deem ne
cessary to the successful operation of said schools
The building Of comfortable school houses and their
location upon elevated and healthy sites, as near
the central part of each district may be conven
lent )" the employment of competent teachers, and
the of proper books, are of the highest impor-
lance to the successful operation of the system and
WILL if properly attended to by the committee men;
remedy many of the defects of laws upon the
subject My suggestions, in separate articles upon
each of these subjects hope they have pcrused and
considered In regard to the employment of teach
ers, they cannot exercise too much caution. They
should not employ any man. even with the certf-
cate of the committee of examination, unless they
themselves satisfied of his good moral character
1t is not alone necessary that teacher should
duct himself properly in the schoolhouse, but out of
it also he should watch the conduct of his pupils
at public gatherings churches, &c, and be himself
the exemplar of that propriety of department. it is
his business to enforce within the school-house.
In connection with the subject of the duties of the
committeeman, have thought it not amiss to pub
lsh some of the laws and forms necessary for their
successful prosecution. Every committee is consd-
cred corporate body, capable in law to and be
sued plead and be implicated, &c, for the purposes
of securing titles to land, &c, whereupon to locate
school-houses, &c. says the law, Each committee
of the several school districts shall be- and is hereby
constituted body corporate, by the and style
of school committee of district No - of the eoun-
ty of - as the case may be; and in that name
shall be capable of purchasing and holding real and
personal estate for school purposes of selling and
transferring the same; and prosecuting and defend
ing all suits for and against said corporation" The
Literary Board has published the following regula-
tons and forms Each school committee should
make written contract with the teacher, before he
enters on his duties, after the following:
County Of, and State Of. The following
contract is this day entered into between the school
committee for district No. -, of the county of -
and -. The said school committee have engaged
the said - teacher Of the school of said dis
trct, from the - day Of -, to the - day of
--; and agree to pay him the sum of - The
said - agrees to give instruction in the common
rudiments of English Education to all the scholars
that may attend the said school during the said
term: to superintend their department and, at the
end of the term. furnish the said committee with
the number and names Of the children who may have
gone to his school, specifying the number of days
each one went
In witness whereof. the said school committee and
the said - have hereunto set their hands and
seals, this - day of e.
! Cd. The foregoing contract should be written on
the page of blank book to be kept by the commit
tee and therein should be opened an account between
them and the teacher, in which the latter is to be
credited with the amount due. and charged with the
drafts from time to time given him.
3D. Whenever draft is drawn on the chairman
of the superintendent the teachers receipt for the
amount should be taken in the same book
4th A draft when drawn should never exceed the
sum then due to the teacher and may be in the fol-
lowing form
County of -.
To, chairman of superintendent of common
schools for the county aforesaid
Pay to - the sum of -, for his services as a
teacher of the school, in district No -.
5th This book should be delivered over to each
succeeding committee as the office of the former ex-
pires
Now, Mr.. Editor, I have fulfilled my promise to
write for your paper few articles the subj ect
this promise, have labored under many disadvan.
I tages. Conceived and written under the intensity
i of Ju! Y and August with whole bevy of
children clinging around me, practically to demon
n strate the troubles of their government, you may
It know sufficient to confuse evaporate moro
: phylosophc brain than my Unpractised il
composition, and proficient in belies-etfres i
;, becomes me more to aim at the plain, the prac
ticabe and useful. which if have succeeded in for
! cling upon the attention of your readers, will more
than compensate for any risk to curious criticism
No feversh thirst of notoricy has led me to attemp
st the character of essayist, but have been &C
s. tuated alone by strong desire to contribute m.
u quota of that exerton and talent imperious de
> manded by the duties of good citizenship. If al
others would do likewise the progress of our people
'e our government and our country would prove com
? mensurate with such exertion. LONG CREEK.
If Sept 18th, 1851
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