Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-11-12
Teachers TO be ON their Guard.

IN their respective districts, thFousnou
Pennsylvania. In the Oct. No. Of tn
PENNSYLVANIA School Journal, | notice.
an article urging the Secretary of tn
Board Of Directors to make a MONTH,
visit in each school in the district, reeoT'
the same in minutes, etc. And By tn
blanks prepared far the Secretary : month
II report, see that he is to take down th'
No of eoLolaro on roll, NJ. studying spell
ing, Reading. Arithmetic, Geography
Grammar, etc, best class, poorest class
best scholar, poorest scholar, &c. Now,
would embrace this opportunity to inquire
how teachers are to come to a correct con
c,usiOn, as to which is the best scholar
the one that can learn the longest lessof
10 the shortest time, and be an unruly
pupil the remainder OF his time in school
give the teacher vast amount of annoy
ance, etc, or the Que that Is a little NOR,
Iull in comprehension, but diiigent in hi:
studies aud obedent to the rules, regula
tions, e.. of his school ? As to the bes
class, which is the best-the one that i:
the most advanced, or the one that get.
its lessons best for recitatOn, or best il
attendance, etc?
Messrs Eiitors-I presume the maj
( ity Of teachers would be much favored il
some Of the able contributors Of the Ctroa
/ icis would give some information on the
above topics, SO that teachers may be pre-
pared to give correct and honest answers
to the Secretaries and County Superin-
tendents when they, at an hour unlocked
for, make their appearance in the school
room. Teachers may do great injustice to
pupils by deciding hastily, or, probably,
they may have had wrong impression OF
the passage relating to the best scholar,
class, or poorest scholar, class, etc. ''Let
justice prevail in the schoOlroom." ONE.
sa-Daniei S. Boyer, Superintendent
for Snyder county, speaks very eneour-
agingly of the school prospect for that
county, attributing much to the Teachers
Institutes. AS examples of the progress
of public attention, he notices that last
year only 46 teachers attended the public
examinations. and this year l21 teachers
attended. Last fall, 81 Directors atten-
ded, and this year so attended. Last
year, only q citizens attended unoficia!Iy,
and this year l22 were in attendance.
These are "signs," but "signs show which
way the wind blows" Such acts as these
indicate growing interest in the right
use Of the means of education which may
now be considered the fixed policy of the
State. Children and teachers like to have
directors and parents visit them--a little
thing, but which inspires them with hope
and laudable pride. We must have
schools-let them be good schools. We
must spend money-let it be weH spent.
sag-We learn by the Pottsviile Jourmal
4 that the first case Of DISCIPLINE under the
School Law has taken place in that county,
by which the County Superintendent has
been elected from Office, and Mr.. Fields
appointed in his place The one dismiss
ed was much better party politician than
school instructor-quarreled with the tea
chers-refused to cooperate satisfactorily
in Institutcs-was refractory and insubor-
dinatc to the Department-and altoge-
ther compelled the head of the system to
resort to the painful necessity Of remedy
ing the evils by a change of administra-
ton in that county. The Journal states
that the public sentiment is entirely with
the new officer, who is as competent and
attentive as the former wa, objsctiona-
bic and unfit, having been elected by a
mere handful of Directors, aud was never
satisfactory to the mass of tho Teachers.
ra-The State Superintendent has re-
turned home after five weeks campaig
of school stump speaking in the widest
regions of Pennsylvania, talking to 6
hours per day for days in succession, and
resting Sundays by little talks in Sabbath
schools. Those new counties iE their pow
erty seem to manifest more interest in the
training of their children, than some Of
the rich older ones. The Superintendent
has now to "pitch III" for the preparation
of his annual report, cOndensing the re-
turns Of the several counties, and endeav.
oring to present as far as possible the pro.
gress and state of the school system. Con-
sidering the scarcity Of money which is SO
essential in education as well as in any
other good cause, we believe it will be
found substantial progress can be traced,
by those who survey the field with clear
eye.
%When it is reflected that the ardu-
GUS duties of Secretary of a School Board
are gratuitous, no one should object to an
outlay from the District Treasury for
Blanks to aid in and make correct the
Agreements of Teachers and the Accounts
of the Treasurer We have Blanks of
this kind, at the CHRONICLE Office