The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-24
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nd stimulated 10 greater exsFtions IS
sasing Rroper observation-disclosures n rs
favor and hoIdeTkof No. certsneAfes
WILDE sought after where SAGA leaehF
ers are needed.
Foufihl.y--Ahealfhf emulation VIII
Be created among teachers and as the
certificates have to be annually renew
ed, the uhele community will see VINO
Is progressing. who Is statianary. ana
uho is going backward.
Fl1ny-rhose having the lowest
rank. and never improving with m
creasing intelligence. will, alter lar
trial. be cut Of.
Such is existing the state Of things
and the views ON which H. is founded !
and in regard to II. ! wish to submit %
the Examining Committees few PLAN
and practical considerations.
1.-The law, while il is as strict. per-
haps, as il is judicious to make u Is
mt too harsh, and cannot possibly DO
injustice TO those wishing 70 teach, y
il is fairly administered. On tins ac-
count. and. because this part OF our
Common School Laws is sfyital ,mp"r-
lance, Imusf i,ssisf that Il be aitcGys en-
forced.
Disobedienee. allowed with impuni
Nv. creates 4 contempt for the law
contempt for the law is followed Dy
contempt for the whole system Of Com
mon Schools.
i One teacher ina county having no
certificate discourages all the other
teachers. puts an end to honorable emu
lation, and is prolific source OF com
plants, ordinations and confusion
Merits generally modest and diiiident
but still there are few teachers worth,
of encouragement who will not be al
. ways ready 10 be fairly tried BY an ho
. nest and enlightened tribunal.
Q. Your own good sense and praetl
cal acquaintance with the wants OF IN
community must be your guide IN ma
: king examinations il YOU are thus in
J fluenced. you will not of course CIV
2 too many certificates TO those Of TN
e lowest grade, nor grant licenses to an,
: who cannot read and write and teael
: the elementary branches Of ARITHMETIC
: These branches al should be able Z
: teach but all are not required to teacl
Geography and Grammar, and thos
: standing no examination on these stu
; dies, receive no numbers upon them
b But while proper allowances are to b
: made for want Of mental culture, an
: for the sphere in which i. is to operate
: no allowance can be made for the wan
$ of moral character. The Office Q
i School Teacher, however considers
/ Iby some, is the next in honor and i'm
n portance TO that of Pastor; and an im
moral, proaigate or sensual man, j
Q such position, is wolf among lambs
I and sure to do m schief, however watcl
rled. 1t is our solemn duty to guard tn
: linnocence of the State against sue
d corrupting influences; but while so act
: ing we should also be careful not {
u give countenance TO sectarian prejud
! ces in opposition to other religious dc
e nominations, but tolerate alike all VIII
d acknowledge "the being Of a God, tn
IT truth Of the christian religion. or tn
p, Divine authority of the Old and Ne
. Testament" and do not hold "religiot
IN principles Incompatible with the fire.,
y dom or safety of the State
ID 5. would suggest to you to encoa
d aye good teachers to locate permanent
y in neighborhoods, as they can tn,
! be more useful in creating and foste
| ing spirit Of education, can have the
~ salaries. in time, increased by prisa
in subscriptions, and can also, in 9th
ii respects, make theirvocation more pr
IN fitablc BY cultivating farms or carryil
II on, or having carried on, other indu
u trial or commercial occupations.
Is hope you will also always reco,
c. mend to teachers to hold public eyar
&c nations, which, when we'll conducte
ar have powerful effect in creating
a. mong children desire 10 attend schot
" while they also give Importance to t
school, and to some extent test the c
i pacity of the teacher.
se A public examination. with speec
IN es, dialogues, badges, processions, 81
I'd &C., will operate favorably for educ
ton when persuasion viii not: til,
is enlist the hearts Of the children wi
IS will add their opportunities to the a
t vice Of teachers to engage parents
ne send to school.
b. 4. Encourage as much as possible Il
very poor, and especially poor female
a. to become teachers.
is We cannotexpect men to teach Coz
Y mon Schools for SIS per month, if,
re an expensive education, family inf
at ence, &c, they are in a situation
c apply themselves more proftably
II. other callings.
OF There is, however, class, mum
y raus class, who are hired out to fie
Is labor, and many Of these, if proper
u awakened, could become excelle
teachers, and make more than twice
to much as by their present occupation
Ne Ifinduced to go to .school-to after
s. the free schuois till they are able