Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-01-29


borS and find employment the whole school
year, then will there no longer be difficulty in
procuring a supply of not only good, but ex-
cellent teachers.
Let a school district in Bradford county who
have been in the habit of paying their male
teachers SIC per month, resolve TO pay S25,
and they will Soou find no difficulty getting
plenty who are capable of earning that money.
No incompetent person will apply for school
in such district, for he suppOses from the
salary they propose paying. that they expect
not, aud feeling his inability to meet their ex-
pectationS, contents himself to go where the
" almighty dollar" is more worShiped and
the intellectual growth of the rising generation
less cared for
\ majority of the teachers in Carbon and
Schuvlkill counties, are from Bradford and
SuSquehanna {; while in those as well as in
other northern counties, | am informed, there
is great scarcity of teachers. Why Is this =!
Why is it that YOU educate teachers and allow
them TO 20 abroad to occupy distant fields
when they are needed at home . Why do you
SOW the seed and allow others to reap the
harvest The answer is straight forward and
plain to be understood. Here, instead of Sl6
per month, aud the privilege of boarding
e. round" they receive $50 or $40, and seek
home where it best suits their convenience,
and where they may employ their leisure in
improving their minds Il thing of 10 small ac-
count with him who is striving for higher at
tainmeRts in his vocation Taere, too male
teacher cannot get employment more than three
or four months in the year, while here the
term Of schools vary from five to ten months.
am fully aware that the day is not yet
come, though hope it is not far d.staut)
when the system OF boarding is 10 be laid aside
in Bradford ana the adjoining counties but
if YOU must subject your teachers 10 such il
convenience and loss OF time, you must also III
crease their salaries TO make up the loss Of
such advantages, before you can expect 10 call
home those who have found it to their inter-
e>t TO seek more profitable situations 10y m.sra-
TIM south
Another thing which would tend greatly to
improve tie condition Of our schools, IS hit Of
visiting them by parents, Now, even the di-
rcvtor> are seldom, if ever, seen within the
walls o. Tie school house, no w.th>tanijn- the
law makes It their duty. Where such utte-
uuconcern is manifested on the part of parents
and directors it cannot but be expected that
the teacher, in some cases, unl in all II some
extent. viii .mbibe the same spirit aud slacken
his efforts to advance his pupils. Every teach
or who has been favored with frequent visits
from the parents OF his pupils, know full well
tia, they have a most happy effect on his
school as well as on his own mind
VIII YOU hire man 10 work on Your farm.
and allow him 10 work on month after month
without ever examining his work to see if it be
well done o. whether i, be done at all : By
no means. /. the work Of the teacher Of 50
mach less Importance that !: is not worthy of
even a passing glance Such is the inference
il We Judge from mems acliaas!
Some are deferred from School-visjtin- from
the fact that they fear they will 10: be wei
eome guest ct the school room. TaiS should
make no difference Ii your teacher be Of the
rghJ.SGamp, your pre>euce in his school viii
be 4 source Of qualification to him aud shouid
you find yourself considered as an intruder, and
perhaps receive hint that company is source
OF annoyance. yoa had better get rid Of such
a teacher as soon As possible. for no one who
understands his business is afraid 10 work il
the presence Of his employer.
II YOU wish TO see the standard of education
eleya,ed in Bradford county, pay your teach
erS such SALARY as the Importance Of their Ia
bors demand provide comfortable aud pleas
ant places of Instruction show those under
whom you place your children for intellectual
culture. that YOU feel interested in their laGorS
by often visiting their their schools. aud ian
proyrnen, will soon begin TO manifest itself,
the good eTect of which viii not only be felt
by the present. but by succeeding generations
throughout all coming time.
HAMLIN RIGHT
SzSxrr Hut Carbon c.. Pa
A-E0CIorS following is the latest enla-
ua,loa FROM Terrell. the inveserate Punster Of
Of the Lafayette Ind Journal:
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