Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-14

aenev raised the salary of Wm. Burgess,
who fills that Office 50 reputably, from a
nominal salary to Six Hundred Dollars
vear-only one Director dissenting These
are facts of cheering promise to the great
cause of Education in tha. county.
FOR TIE LEw!sEuEG CHRONICLE
SNYDER Ahead of Union County.
On the 27th Of Dec, the SNYDER Coun-
ty Teachers Institute met in Sclinsgrove
to hold five days session. Sirty e'ght OF
the nincy-sir teachers employed in Sny-
der county, were in attendance, Prof.
Stoddard was employed to conduct the
Institute. The teachers appeared to be
highly pleased with the instructive and
able manner in which he discharged that
duty. He added many warm friends to
his list. And the teachers returned to
their respective fields of labor, with new
zeal in their work, having gained many
valuable hints in the art Of teaching.
The citizens of Selinsgrove again proved
their Hospitality, as well as their devotion
to the cause of education, by opening their
doors and giving free entertainment to the
teachers. The session closed on Friday
morning. So much for the Snyder county
teachers-some Of whom receive but sew
J l.h yaf
they were not among those who think or
say at costs too much to attend lnsti-
tutcs" Don't think they shall teach
longer than this winter'-"Directors
won't give US the time &c &c, but they
attended the Institutes for their own and
their schools improvement.
The UNION County Teachers Institute
met in Hartleton, on the same day that
the Snyder County Institute met. Out
of the serenity, three teachers employed in
the county only Miriy-tlsree recorded their
names as active members Of the Institute.
Some of them were prevented from attcn-
ding on account of family sickness but
why so many absented themselves remains
yet to be told There were also several
ocnoOI Directors enrolled as Members.
Prof f. Hendricks, whose service had
been engaged, was also obliged to disap-
point the expectations Of tho teachers on
account of sickness at home. Aud, ,honcc,
the Teachers and County Superintendent
were obliged to put their own ''shOulders
to the wheel" and do the work. Teachers
were appointed for the different branches
usually taught in our schools. Glasses
were formed, in which those teachers
might give their method Of teaching by
practical Illustration. The members of
those classes were at liberty to ask any
questions that might be calculated to draw
out an expression Of opinion, that would
prove beneficial to themselves as we'll as
to the other members Of the Institute All
discussion that had no direct bearing on
the art Of teaching or would otherwise
add to their usefulness, that would only
have the tendency of creating feelings Of
antagonism among the teachers, was avoid
ed, for this too often destroys that sociabil-
i;y and harmony which should exist be-
tween tenchers. Much of the good that
teachers might accomplish, is destroyed
by other opposing elements, and much
less will be accomplished toward the i'm.
prOvement of cur schools, where teachers
do not properly cooperate with each other
in this work.
The citizens of Hartleton manifested
much and increasing interest in the differ
ent exercises of the Institute. The day
sessions were well attended by them, and
in the evening the church was crowded.
The members Of the choir kindly favored
the Institute with their very excellent
music, at the evening sessions. The fe-
male teachers found hospitable homes in
private families. The male teachers were
well accommodated at the hotels of tie
place, at sixty cents day. Before the
Institute had closed, many of them had
received invitations from some of the citi.
zens to accept their hospitality, yet we saw
but few of the seats at the hotel table va
Gated, and Messrs Editors, had you wit
messed the dinner sessions, you would have
been compelled to say "schooi masters are
not all lazy" ONE OF THEM.
PS. The next Institute is to be held
in Mfflinburg. Lewisburg would have
been entitled to the place of holding it,
but as the Lewisburg teachers have not
generally attended the sessions of the
County Institute we concluded that the
teachers of Lewisburg did not wish to
have it,
rive know not how it is, generally, but,
this year, many of the teachers IN this
region attended the Institute at Milton,
which was much more convenient for most
of them.-EDs. CHRoN.
Democratic representative p2puIdiion-