The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-05-06


PgRnYsBuRo. April sOth. 1858.
EpiroR JouHNAL;--sir- Ia the last number Of your
paper you allude 20 certain expressions which you
are informed that made before a class Of applicants
at recent School Examination, In Bowling Green
You have assurcdly been nisnormsd relative 70 what
said upon that occasions and As you express will.
ingnos to make such corrections consistent with
tho truth, will give you the precise words addressed
by me 20 the class FAR they relate TO ths subject
you mention. They we're as follows;
! "Those Of you who have read the article on o.
biography published in the Jon,nH Of January 7th.
last cannot have faed perceive that this wonderful
tenderness concerning your reputation teachers,
the part Of Mr.. Higgins or HOllcnbeck, or whoever
writes those cnsons (from tho style take them to
be the production of Mr.. loenbeck) Is of very re-
cent date and may properly be called wonderfully
violent and sudden attack You will observe that not
long since they held up lady Of class laugh
ing stock for the county, on account Of an alleged
bunder In her exercise As TO the truth or alsity of
the anocdote related by the Editor of the journal
his associates, know nothing and, If possible care
less. One thing however, strikes me as being very
plain. That Is. II mono of Mr. Higgins businesF
He had no official connection with the Board whatever
Had been aware that ho any other person, was
snoaking around our class room, with view TO spy
ont errors and to hold UP the members OF our class to
public ridicule should have taken measures at once
ikcly TO result In prompt and enectual remedy Of
tho evil"
These being, Mr. Editor, the only remarks made by
mo on that branch Of tho subject, hope you will
rect your erroneous version Of them by giving the
true one. As my words upon that occasion very faith
fully mrrored my sentiments, very much prefer them
in their original form
HENRY II. DODGE.
REM RKs.--We have no desire to multiply
words upon the subject TO which the above lei
ter refers. We stated last week just what the
facts arc, and just our opinion of the person who
will prostitute the office Of school Examiner to
such base uses. Mr.. Dodge has no more reason
to suppose that Mr. Hoenbeck wrote the para
graph on 0rhography than he has to suppose
that it was written by any other person. Why
he should be constantly barking at the heels OF
Mr.. HOlenb.ck, who doubtless cares nothing
for it, is more than we know or care. As a
citizen Of the county, however we shall a! all
lines enter our protest against School Examiners
collecting the Teachers together for the purpose
of telling that they think such person has been
guilty of such and such thing. There is too
much Of the backguard scent about that to be
associated with education.
Suppose Mr.. Dodge'5 assumption that tha illus
| tration which we presented to show that too
little attention is given to orthography, was
equally as injurious to the reputation of the
county as his letter. is true does two wrongs
n, X, rght7 Here is what we said in the
Journal of January 9TH:
| ORTnoGRAruv-That orthography receives too lit.
tie attention by many school teachers Is fact too ap-
| parent to admit OF doubt. Indeed, many teachers
| are poor spoilers We were led to make this remark
by having seen, recently letter from the teacher of
select school, the orthography of which should dis
grace the pupils of primary school Not only this
| but young lady presented herself to Board of
School Examiners for certificate to teach school, who
in reply to question relative to the government of
schools. wrote that she would "allow no tails in
| school" Tho Board regarded this answer direct
thrust at themselves and therefore refused u eerf.
cate Perhaps she only wished to be little sarcastic
the expense of of the Board whose reputation
is such as to justify the restriction n'
| II the reputation of Wood county school
teachers rests upon tie photographic abilities OF
that young lady, it has at least flimsy founda
ton, There is our sin, which is SO grievous in
the sight of Mr. Dodge.
Now let us see what he says, and then com
pare the two. Here is his language:
largo portion of our applicants, as you will OBJ
sorve. are in the number of those who Just got through
and tight squeeze at that. This appears from tho
fnct that many in the list have received certificates
for short terms. Few conceive the sublime and
admirable depths of ignorance cxhuMed in the course
of years experience in the Black Swamp by schoo
| examiner.
Ii has been the aim of the Board constantly to raise
the standard of qualification by rendering each exam
| nation little more stringent than the preceding. Ii
is doubtful. however, whether public opinion will up
hold any Board in this course, least here People
to consider il result In increased rate,
of compensation aud dislike to have their old l5
month teachers thrown aside.
FL may think there is no difference between
the anecdotc used by us to illustrate want of
attention to orthography, and his sweeping
| charges against the teachers and the people o
the county, but it will BE- dilficalt job to ex.
plain the similarity to other minds. As stated
last week, the anecdote was related to us by one
Of the Board. We can't say what sneakng
work Mr. Hoenbeck has done about the exami-
ners rooms, but we consider the charge, so far a.
we are concerned, better suited 10 a dogsery
bar than School Examiners room. 1t viii
take but few such dlsgraceful performances tc
bring the Board of School Examiners into dis
repute, and we are inclined to believe that the
Teachers of the County and the friends of Elu
cation, should take proper measures to correct
the evil.
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