Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-28
COMMON SCHOOLS.
Office of the supt. Com; schools ON. c., ;

Office of the Supt. Com. schools of N. c.,
MARCH iST, 1855.
1ications Of those tctshing become Teachers Of Common
Schools THIRD ANNUAL LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
GEsTLRmEN:
You will easily understood the of the delay in the
appearance If this letter. which ought to have been
the first of the The Legislature, which has just finish
system laws had to be and revised fir the
Revised Code would have been improper undertake
SAY SAY Gs ally The law would require until or before
1t made few atcra ions the School laws, of which
have given notice to the Charmen of the Boards of County
Superintendent in letter. and Ircgret that
fortune have give notice of other additions which
especially anxious that Committees of Examination
portant public dues-and supposed 81 per day
each member would have been sufficient Any reasonable
THEsE ARE OUR NORMAL SCHOOLS and the cost
which would have been less thousand
Teachers.
ground that these Comm tees needed the
trary the of the late very intelligent Assembly
ties ed tn point and believe the members almost
entirely opinion importance
of the law in its provisions to the mode of granting licenses
teach. And may also state, Chairmen
may payment &C. &c those not hav ng legal ccrt
Gates have been altered to phrascooy positive and
But the School laws were acted on when members
engaged in arduou appropra ions had 10 be
and e-enacted-while it also considered Judi
clous men, not to undertake many important at
present in the School Laws, for fear might be done
your Importance fully and hcnorably acknowledged
while you assured that in you have
stationery furnished and thus you at
ery give four or five days the TO the service
country There should be but expenses, and
these should be al paid to give more might cause the place
to be sought after by those not well qualified to fill it.
sincerely hope you will continue to act-and that a
foundation happily laid will be neglected Consider
eF it is surprising has been snd
congratulate and every friend of the the
Pect now before More than nineteen weneth of the
Charmen bear favorable testimony the good results flowing
from the udicous action of Committees of Examination and
been made respectable the eyes of the community
while educated and leading citizens taking and
One fact speaks volumes: When first into office,
the best teachers those who had not been educated
der the auspices of the Common Schoos0 by
OF annual examinations and graded certificates two short
Schools, hopeful laborers in this depart
ment Already, in instances teachers of humble
taking the front position in uaca and aptitude for their
6ag s and they are not only before in
poets They n"c dettcr hat they have learned by them
whose education came easierSD are anre @nbtous still
tn moc than those who rely College diplomas evil
dence that they entirely finished scholars they
are caruI % eir aoru, feeling that they have nothing
to hold them but their conduct they VII also be
better acquainted with the and condition of the
of the peoplethey will naturally b. self reliant
enterprsng and more attached to the Common Schools
The examination itself furnish full evidence
what knows but the fact that there be
nua close examination, and graded fcaes issued will
respect for itself, or for the opinions of the world
raton anil lure Iucers stuyingte gear aouaa more
difgemty than their scholars. And have youths,
having been sent to school od ds was about t5
first examination, and certificate with numbers
The other worked hard and after searching examination,
last examination, this year. recipient of academic vors
rather fell behind the first setrancd Tea
to N % OF the 0'her In all and
The case is fairly put excepting only that the selftaught
the 0ther: and this case is but one of many.
There question but that Teachers springing from the
ranks of The Common Schools under SYSTEM
be made the best 7eacr and the most u citizens they
Stationary ike %ho
endorsed for BY diplomas and they all the time subject
workshops, of counting houses, Of family and domestic
duties thus kept in sight of@se trials and a-ors which
and learn dcspsc the secuson of Colleges and kept
under the hal9wng influence of the fam altar but family
of course am not opposing Coleges-they perhaps
susceptible youthful heabut anu wishing to impress on
you tue great truth that constitute essential ohe
alike bear out the assertion and
the reasoning and the teach that
est place to educate children Also we'll teachers
under the OF the parent under the sacred influences of
fellow me, which the children must also learn to
respect and follow would have nation of honest
men and good Christians.
In every sense then, your position extremely impor
an and are The teachers of the teach
who teach depend the PATRIOTISM
the public spirit, the and welfare of the State.
for future exerton and the personal
nent to is tempting how great the you as
citizens statesmen and Christians In county there
MT five only but dozens of clegymen, p1lnthro
pists, public spirited citizens who four yais
very chcerfu TO the public good and here
ing field for their cxertious {.
As to the method matter of examinations hone nv
former suggestions will be borne in inland while the
of conducting business tribunal result
Will both demonstrate its kiR1eS and
will also furnish equal evidence of frnneSS rules
md purposes The lawgvcrs Of the State usaincd
our course by most fattering decision let continue
he and ourselves by fixed principles of
uscc, charity aud uubcndng morality Permit to
peat the result of those principles few suggestions embo-
lied In the shape OF Rules for perpetual reference.
Let it be
Re To receive all applicants kindy-so to conduct the
examination as to give them fair opportunity of showing
heir attachments
3. To NONE as to mental qualifications ,,,tu
atts1 ctofy eCience gye goO character duriag
lie gear preceding the erdminGtion.
g. To have constant reference the of commu-
y In granting certificates with low grades grant as
ew OF them as the circumstances will permit.
To candidates of good character presenting themselves
o follow other calling for living, grant greatest
lumber OF the lowest certicateha among given num-
er, badly qualified, any to be licensed all are
quay Indifferent scholarship give preference to these
ver those who have been trial. able work. &c. and
ave not improved.
Require candidate present his or her last cer
ae-and the numbers all fires very low and no
Improvement this year. refuse certificate under spe
lal circumstances, for public reasons.
b. In granting certificates those
make memorandum the certificate, something as
ollows: One, t,co higher Gas the may be or
hose who have fallen, will make each ccrti
c:te show, public