The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-11-10
Oriplllal.
FOR THE Jackson srASDARD
AMERICAN EDUCATION.


are built. and teachers provided, all other
arrangements in the premises. are OF lii.
tie or TO account. What, let US inquire.
are the essential elements Of a school =
II is essential that besides scholars there
must be a Teacher. a school house with !
suitable furniture and proper books. ana
apparatus for furnishing instruction. Let
Us make an estimate Of the expenses nec'
essarv to be entertained per ahnun for
education. for instance. in the single State
of Ohio. and the same rule. or principle.
i'll Of course apply. all over the Union.
There are in round numbers in our
State. al least ten tn 'usand school dis
lricts. and consequently. this number OF
Teachers and school nou4ts are needed
ex lusive OF the additional number that
must he necessary ia towns and cities -
10 say nothing OF the cost OF school hnuE
pS tuel. rep its, books. apparalu1 &C.
which must be considerable. The wages ol
teachers alone. estimating the salary o.
each al even the small sum Vi three hun
Ired dollars year. would be three mil
ions o dollars! Oh The supphaltion thai
me pumDer # male and female TEACHER,
we're the same. aud allowing !our hun
dred do lats pr snnun Tor tie former
nd Two hundred TOR the latter. aud the
result in The aggregate is the sdme--d
sum of three m.llIons of dollars IN year
tor iuiiinn purposes alone IN lac single
State Of Oho. and applied exclusively
for the elementary education obtained III
ner Common SCHOOLS. where nlnelern
lwent,eths Of her Citlzens, begin and end
their education. This may seem large
sum but when we consider that the mon
py spent IN the same State yearly Tor I"
bacco aud whiskey exceeds even hive
times this amount with what face can we
plead our poverty or inability to raise 1t
Large as this sum may appear. II Will De
found barely adequate tor The purpose OF
carrying out tle system proposed. WIZ
any one say that all average comPensa
lion of three hundred dollars per annum
Is too much f,r the services VI good teach.
er! One thing is certain. he cannot BE-
obtained Tor less. No man should teach
unless he has been professionally educd'
ted f + The business; and can II be lInag
ued lnat a professional maI having incur
red the expenses OF professional educa.
uon, will spend his time IN a laborl"u,
employment for less than three hundred
dollars year! Can teachers do with
less Would lawyer or doctor labor
for less. especially where a MAXIMUM "t
nav is fixed +! Generally speaking none
but an incompetent drone or m MAI
would attempt it, aud his services would be
dear at even three hundred cents Tor thr
rreparable injury he might inf1Ict on the
mluds OF his pupils, detieS any computa
ton in money. ,E
Instructors OF youth feel that talents
and professional skill are property, Tor
which. when used for the benefit of OH
ers they deserve to be paid. and IN SO DO
ing. they bur think and feel as human be
ipgs. Good education like all olher vaIu
able productions OF human industry. has
its natural price which is fixed by un
comfortable principles and The only al
ternatlve Tor community. Is to have II OIL
these terms or not ut all. II is a law ad
mittiug as lew exceptions as any other
that the quality oil the w"r"man' and con
seouenliy OF the work. bears direct and
proportiolate relation to thr ms ShI'ude o.
the pay The thermometer Is h"t more
obedieut to atmospheric temper AZURE thdl
the goodness OF education to The accom-
panylng pay. or rates ol lul'ion' Inc
, preposlerous attempt to pu! lntelleclua
ard manual labor OH lie same footing as
TO wages, has caused the training OF i'm
mortal mind to be undertaken tor less pa!
, than would command The services OF car
man in the streets. or knights OF the block
lug bru ~ IN the hotels and while even
ho.lirr>. BARRIERS. Stage drivers ana Nho
, ula,kS (lhougn all of them necessary AIT
, honorable callngs in their respective
, spheres are better paid even by tue Des
tnwment of honors as we'll Us money, thai
the teacher; aud while the labor OF III
mind. and the sweat OF his brain, arr
more scanlily remunerated than the man
ual labor and brOw.sweat Ui d slave,
menaI. we need no, be surprised that WI
have bad teachers and ignorant youlN'
!. The character Ol q school depend
mainly upon the character OF It's teaoher
II an that whatever is done TO elevate tn
>. character OF teachers, at the same time
= and in the same degree. elevates the char
Il acter of the schools which they teach.-
school is what its teacher is. II he
a man of ability, he will turn the Poore'
IS and humblest elements TO account; II b
:. is incapable, the best and most pro III
. will remain sterile and unlruttul in b
ii hands. Why do we not fit teachers b
it professional training; why not educa
II them for their business as we educa
,r physicians. lawyers, or mechanics. that
As with direct reterer ce TO the partcul v
es cation in which they engage we
he ouire skill in all whom we employ to
nd the slightest mechanical labor tor US.
We would not buy coat. or hat of O
who would undertake to make il wItho
of previous apprenticeship. We DO
mis- even send an old shoe to be mended'
no cent TO a workman of whose skill we
on satisfied, or in whose ability we have 60
,er reason for placing confidence. We VOL
le not trust a man to drive our horses or c
tie. unless he had some experience as