The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-25
State Superintendent Of Schools.

marks on this subject and on the Com
mon School system, introducing. our
second article with the following intro
ductory comments
Below we copy another article from
the Middlebury Register, upon the APP
pointmcnt of State Superintendent of
Common Schools BY the law of 1915,
as modified by the acts of lS40, " the
State Superintendent shall be required
to devote his time aud energies to the
great work of improving the Common
Schools of the Statc-shall visit and
lecture in the several Counties of the
State--shall attend as far as practical
BILE, the teachers institutes, and deliver,
or cause to be delivered before said in.
stitutes, a lecture on some subject con-
nectcd with common schools, and seek by
all means in his power to awaken u
broader and deeper interest in the sub
jcct of popular education" BY the act
of Is40 it is provided that there shall
be holden, in different parts Of the State
teachers institutes, under the direction
Of the State Superintendent, at such
times and places, and under such instruc
tors as he shall appoint for the purpose
of improving teachers, and fitting them
for their high and responsible duties I"
The institutes are not to exceed twelve
in number. and are to receive from the
treasury of the State one hundred dol
lars each The State Superintendent
to receive for his time and services the
sum of eight hundred dollars, and his
postage and printing bill to be cashed
by the State.
Thorc is also in the said laws pro
vision that each town shall have town
Superintendent, without whose certifi
cate no teacher shall receive pay for his
services. The town Superintendent of
each County are to form board for the
recommendation of school books These
provisions, all of them, are disrcgarded.
The lower House of our State Congress
put their veto upon the State part Of the
system i. G., the appointment of the
State Superintendent, &C.; and the
towns, mostly. disregard the require
ments of the law as to the appointment
Of town Superintendent. Some towns
appoint them, but few districts. in this
section at least, require their teachers
to be examined, or two procure recon-
mendations. Since the action of the |
Legislature upon the subject of common
schools in this State commenced in 1916. |
it seems as though their progress has |
been backwards. The State Supcrin-
tendency and teachers institutes were
tried for while until the Legislature.
from diversity Of views between its
two branches, became unable to either
carry out or repeal law of their own
making.
Why this indifference as to the i'm
provement of the rising generation In
very thing else. our course is onward.
treat efforts are now being made by our
people to improve their horses Cows
mi oxen are well looked after, and our
are all anxious to better their
took. Behold how much is done to i'm.
rove the blood of sheep And pigs
'ou hear of .SuBoXs and Erdotcns,
nd see the swineherds vigilant and at.
cntivc to these, according to the jewish
'ospcl, unclcan animals. And hens.
90 10 man can hold up his head in
ocicty, unless he can talk of his Slang
ighs and Cochin Chinys But all these
eoplc seem to forget that there is bet
or stock which should claim their atten-
ion. Men may be improved as well as
rutcs, and while our farmers are rack.
ng their brains, and exerting all their
overs to raise the horses and hogs /,
,hich shall take the premium at the
air, would it not be well for them to I
that there is to be one of
hese days what may be called Il WonLD's
AIR. at which the best cultivated and
ighest improved men are to take the
remiums2 This is just so The sta
lie and race course are the places where
le improved horse is trained. The :.
lrmer provides good comfortable build /.
,gs for his oxen, cows and sheep The ;
hanghacs are we'll provided with apart
tents. The pigs have quite elegant !
'ansions. and great expense and atten- ,.
on paid to their health aud comfort
nd thus all these animals are develop
under the fostering care of our thrift '
I people, But the chidren-the school
louses are their pig-peus, where they :
re fitted for market though the par
ats rarely if ever look after them
hey are left to themselves, good deal
our friend of the Register says, to be
oked after by some irresponsible teach- !
+, whom none of our farmers would
ust with the care of favoritc horse i
hame oil such blindness :