North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-22
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IL From the Wilmington Journal
EDUCATION-No.' 10.

,&at-i 49, From the Wilmington Journal]
IS, s.s EDUCATION-No. lO.f
MR. EDITOR: Upon the committeeman of she sew
eral districts, depends materially the execution
of the laws regulating common school system
1t is made their duty to build and locate the school
houses employ the teachers, visit the schools and
" to perform all such duties they may deem nee
essarv to the successful operation of said schools
The building of comfortable school-houses, and theil
location upon elevated and healthy sites, las neal
the central part of each district may be conven
ient;" the employment of competent teachers, and
the use of proper books of the highest importance
10 the successful operation of the system, and WILL
if properly attended to by the committeeman. remedy
many of the defects of our laws upon the subject.
My suggestions, in separate articles, upon each oil
these subjects, hope they have persued and consld-
ered In regard to tho employment of teachers they
cannot exercise 200 much caution. They should not
employ any man, with the certificate of the COM
mittee of examination, unless they are themselves
satisfied of his good moral character. is not alone
necessary that teacher should conduct himself prop
erly in the school-house, but out of it also he
should watch the conduct of his pupils at public
gatherings, churches, &C., and be himself the examp-
lar of that propriety of department. 1t 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
lish of the laws and forms necessary for their
successful prosecution. Every committee is consd-
cred corporate body, capable in law to sue and be
sued plead and be impleaded, &c., for the purposes
of securing titles of 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 name and style
of school committee of district No of the coun-
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
the same; and prosecuting and defend
ing all suits for and against said corporation" The
Literary Board has published the following regua.
tons and forms. Each school committee should
wit he before
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
trict, 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
that may attend the said school during the said term
to superntend their department; and, at the end of
the term, furnish the said committee with the num-
Der and names of the children who may have gone
to his school, specifying the number of days each
one went.
Inwitness whereof, the said school committee and
the said - have hereunto set their hands and seals.
this -- day of -.
ID. The foregoing contract should be written on
the page of blank book to be kept by the commit
lee, and therein should be opened account between
them and the teacher, in which the latter is to be cred
tied with the amount due, and charged with the drafts
from time to time given him.
3d. Whenever a draft is drawn the chairman of
the superntendents, the teachers receipt for the a:
mount should be taken in the same book.
18th. A draft when drawn should never exceed the
then due to the teacher, and may be in the fol-
lowing form:
County of -.
To -, chairman of superintendent of common
schools of the county aforesaid -
Pay to - the sum Of, for his services a
eacher of the school, in district No. -.
9Th. This book should be delivered over to each
committee, the Office of the former ex-
,ires.
Now, Mr.. Editor, have fulfilled my promise to
write for your paper few articles on the subject
If Education and Common Schools" In executing
his promise, have labored under many disadvanta-
res. Conceived and written under the intensity of
July and August sun, with a whole bevy of chill |
ren clinging around me, practically to demonstrate
he troubles of their government, you may know was
efficient to confuse evaporate more :phlosophic
rain than my own. Impractical in composition, and
ever proficient in be2es-Lttres, it became me more
o aim at the plain, the practical and useful, which.
have succeeded in forcing upon the attention of
readers, will than compensate for any risk
f censorious criticism. No feverish thirst of noto-
iety has led me to attempt the character of an essay
ST. but have been actuaed alone by strong desire
ontribute my quota of that exertion and talent i'm
eriously demanded by the duties of good citizen
hip. If all Others would do likewise, the progress
rove commensurate with such exerton.
LONG CREEK.
September 18th, 1851. ..-..