Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-25

learners themselves bot welded 10 ahtiouated no,
tons. your projected school will only he a splepd,
id failure. But when your choice IA oncc made,
and when you find that their performance Gomez
up to your expectations, endeavor to attach them
to your schUol by what u conscientious and devUt.
ed teacher will value more than a paltry rise of
salary-~yOur esteem and confidence. Let them
feel that, so long as they identify themselves with
the success Of the school, as they strive each day
to do better than the day lcforc, and to inspire
their pupils with the same spirits so long are they
safe from 6ckleness or prejudice. If a change is
expedient, still let it be made With duo consider.
alton Of the individual, by giving him ample time
to make other arrangements. But let those chang.
es be ms few as possible. The change from even
an inferier to q better teacher is not altogether
clear gain how much less, when it is only from
one Of average ability to another of about equal,
though somewhat different, merit. The new meth.
ods, new tones aud modes Of expression Of the
new conner tend to unsettle and confuse young
minds.
2. Need / add that the salaries Of your teach
er must be regulated neither by their rex nor
by the name of the branches which they teach, but
by the quantity and quality of their work Be.
CHubt u Ilau teuCuCS ttlu u 1T lllEueT
Mathematics, it does not follow that he should re-
ceive q higher pay than that woman because she
teaches the common branches only unless il can
be shown that it is harder to find a coed teacher
Of Latin aud Mathematics than that Of English.
The important question is which of the two is
more successful in winning the confidence of his
pupils, in drawing out their faculties, in inspiring
them with his own zeal for self improvement and
training them to habits of self reliance and indie.
pendent thought. All honor to such a teacher
whether young or old, male or female. but how
few such are there
3. To the buildings 1 hope there will he at
tached sufficient Fairgrounds for the boys and
girls. gravelled SO as to be dry at all seasons, not
like the vretched quagmires which surround the
present school houses. Each play ground should
be furnished with imple and safe gymnastic ap,
p%aratus suited to each sex, such as q horizontal
pole to walk upon, leaping and vaulting poles,
parallel bars. ropes &C.,
4. Lastly, | hope that your building committee
in their desire to secure the useful, will not alto
getber overlook the ornamental, not so much to
crafty the public taste and to beautify your some.
what dingy town, but for the higher purpose of
impressing on the minds of the young a love of
neatness and elegance, Of making them feel a
pride in preserving u%ninjured the accon. modations
provided for their use and comfort. Let the int.
rior be finished with as much elegance and taste
as a due regard to economy will warrant. Dis.
dain not to adOrn the play grounds with shrubs
and flowers. So, on entering the school grounds,
the plpil will not feel that he may leave behind
the habits of neatness which he is made to practice
at home, and that he may hack, de6le and destroy
at will. Perhaps even the child who has not the
privilege of a well ordered home may learn at scbool
habits of tidiness which will not only counterfeit
the unhappy influence Of home but even eventual
ly react on the parents to their benefit. If any
one should think tia Utopian notion that young
people can be ind uced to feel tina. scruLulous res.
pect for public property, and that desire to pre-
serve unimpaired the neatness Of n place where Sc
much of their time is to be spent, let him go anG
inspect the beautiful school buildings ut Alliance
where every thing is as free from wanton. injury
and deflement as when the school wac first open
cd two years ago.
An OLD TEACHER AND A PARENT.