Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-04-10

sion of the nature Of the Office the amount
Of service required and the degree Of good
to be effected. Now, in many parts Of the
State, all these points are clearly sompre-
hended, and the action Of the directors
will no doubt be different. No one who
knows the people of Penn,ylvania will for
a moment, suppose that injustice will be
done in regulating the compensation Of
those who are found 10 be amongst the
most useful, most laborious and most i'm
portant Of our public agents. The salary
must, as just remarked, depend on the cir
cumstanees of each case still, certain gen.
eral principles are indicated by the nature
of the office and the wants of the schools,
which it may Be useful to elicit.
The first point to be determined is, ,whe-
tber the whole, or only portion, Of the
officers time will be required for the full
discharge of the office. This will wholly
depend on the number of schools in the
county. If they are materially over 100
and should be increased, then the best po-
licy and the course most productive Of
good, will be to pay for his whole time and
services. In such cases more than half Of
the year may be most bcnedcially devoted
to school visitation, which, to be efeetual,
should be full and frequent. The rest of
the year can be proftably devoted to the
improvement Of the Teachers in one or
more Institutes of greater or less duration,
to the officers own improvement and to
the preparation Of his reports, DC.
In smaller counties less portion of the
officers time will be needed, and the salary
may be in proportion; but in all cases
enough should be given to secure his whole
time and efforts to the service of the schools
while in operation, and to the improvement
of the teachers during portion Of the
recess.
The only other general principle to be
kept in view in arranging the salary, is
that Of making it large enough to CON-
mand the very best professional talent
within the reach of the Convention. For
reasons already given, no other should be
thought of.
The man, then, whom Law, Experience
and the Wants Of the System demand for
County Superintendent, is: A practical
Isssher, rh0 as also an deoo,,,rA A.A.S ..S.-
lar. and a ready public speaker; piM suti,
cIent lore for it to undertake, and energy to
psrrorm, the great pOrA Jctore HIM and
the salary should be sufficient to compensate
him, as .tdr as money can, for the Efficient
discharge Of so great labor.
Wherever such man is found, he should
be selected. Wherever he has already
been found, he should be retained.
At the present time it may be proper to
recall to the attention Of Conventions to
elect County Superintendents, tina, Section
40 of the school law Of Ssh May, 1854,
cOnfers upon the State Superintendent, Of
NOHA Su SSuuOAe, 'CA SousiOeA SDiS RO"tis
in reference to the commissioning of the
persons elected. The words alluded to are
these
If objection be made within thirty day.
to the issuing Of such commission, the
Superintendent of Common Schools may
require such evidence. under oath or affir-
nation, in regard to the election or qualif-
cation of the person elected County Super
intendent, as he shall deem necessary, and
shall then issue his commission to the
person properly qualified who shall have
received the highest number of votes"
Under this provision it is competent for
any citizen, and it would seem to be his
duty, to make objection to the commits
sioning of an unqualified person, and to
set in operation, for the good Of the sys-
tenn in this respect, the powers vested in
the State Superintendent In view Of this
fact, the true course for Directors in their
Convention will be, to vote for none un-
less such a. by learning and professional
skill are fully qualified to discharge all
the duties of the office.-Rena'a School
Journal FIR AprH.
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