The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-25

ty-one aud twenty-five, nineteen be ween
twenty-five and thirty, twenty-three; be.
tween thirty aud forty, fourteen; be-
tween forty and fifty, one; over ffty, two
one Of whom was over seventy. Tota!,
one hundred and sixteen.
BrHi-ptoce, (E,ttmated. Bora in
Pennsylvania, fifty-nine; bora out Of Penn
sylvania, tifty--even
Experience u, Teoching.-- Ascertain
ed with sufficient exactneSs FROM inquiry
of those acquainted with the teachers
where | have not had the opportunity oi
seeing them. Those who have taught
iess than one year, twenty-one; between
one and three years. f,rty-une; troan t:,r3e
TO six years. twenty-seven; from six to
ten years, thirteen; from ten to twenty
years. two; over twenty years, one.
RermuHcn. TrachcrS.-Thcre are none
who intend to teach permanently. As
the schools are usually kept open only
;our months in the summer ana three in
the winter. OF those WAC are eng ed in
teaching, their tine is divided between
that and some other employment. When
ever they fad an opportunity to engag
in permanent business they usually ex-
pect to do go. La order, therefore, to Sc
cure permanent teachers, the employment
must be more constant, with Il compensa-
ton sufficient for good support
Professional ReadinJ-Those who
have read educational works, thirty seven;
those who have not, scyenty-n!nr. 1t will
be seen from this, compared with the re-
port of the previous year, that larger
proportion Of our teachers are making
themselves familiar with the modern iu-
provements in the mode of teaching.
Kanner Of Teachtn3, and gearrai oLH-
iy to Yrnch and Gorern-Nu,nber Of
teachers who give full satisfaction, thirty
four; medium teachers, sixty ave; those
whose services had better be dispensed
with. seventeen.
Eran,inationso and Certjfrates-From
the receipt of my commission (Noyembcr
II to the first of June, number OF candi-
dates examined, one hundred and ore +;
provisional certificates granted, ninety live;
permanent, one; rejected, five. Two OF
those who received provisional certificates
at the time OF exa'nlnatlOn, received per-
mancnt certificates on visiting their
schools.
Manufacturing the three years OF
the County Superintendency, two county
institutes have been held. The uunib II
If teachers who attended these institutes
nave moi toe means Of a>certaining hot
being resident of the county wnen either
were IN session, aud no records being LEI;
from the former Superintendent.
There have been no district Insti utes,
OF associations. organized in tac county to
ny knowledge. \ teache,s' class, how
ever, has been organized aud we'll sustain
cd in connection with the "Codderspo!t
Academy This Institution is supported
by the liberaity and enterprise Of citizens
in the county, and Its students are made
up almost wholly Of J ,ung ladies' and gen
tlemen from the different townships around
who are preparing themselves for teachers.
ipCSitlCS itgtIl'Ii uEi.i!il- VI
daily instruction has ben given IN the art
D. teaching. The class has also held
weekly meetings for tAe purpose OF bear
lag lectures, reading reports and essays,
ana holding discussions on subjects col,
nected with the interests o. common
schools. Nitn but few exceptions, the
entire body of teachers in the c.unyg have
been. at some time, connected wta this
school, and from it they have usually gone
u their respective iiGldS Of labor During
the past year eighty three (over one half
0f the teachers OF the county have been
members nf this institution. 1t is, there
fore. intimately connected with the an
mon scanal system, and has exerted de-
ctded influence in eleyating the STANDARD
% pJpu III education.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ISclioot Fisitttton<.-Tne patrons OF the
schools have accompanied ne, in several
Instances, in my official visits, and tas
some have done at the sacrifice OF their
own business for the ti;le being. More
would have been pleased to nave attended
and witnessed the examinations # the
classes, could they have been notified Of
the time when the Superintendent Was to
be present; but 10 give previous notice
of the time OF visiting schools would, gen
era!ly, be impracticabIe from the distance
they are apart, and the frequently bad
state of the roads. In very few instances
patrons have visited their schools inde-
pendent Of Supcrintendent's or Directors
visits, but none perhaps worthy OF distinct
notice. Such visits are usually the result
of effort on the part of the teachers, ani
are an indication of the interest they are
endeavoring to create in the minds Of both
parents and scholars, on the subject OF
education
Directors visitS, in their regularity and
frequency, by no means come up to the