Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-02-24

l2l,627, Written Arithmetic 20s, ,ls9,
topography l16,7l4, English Grammar SO,-
O5s, Physiology s,9s7. There were SAP
learning to draw maps, 22,s74 practiciue
"OompositIon" writing, and 2s,7sl per-
fecting themselves in the art of speaking
in public on the stage" In drawing s.
500, 1870 in singing. History only g.
lS7. Algebra 1912, Geometry 1870,
Ingonometry 1876, Surveying lO2, Natu-
RAJ Philosophy 1854, Moral Philosophy
400 Mental Philosophy 657, Chemistry 1856,
Hnetorie s29, Astronomy 1928 Geology
had zoS Students, and Zoology 275; 1863
were foollng away their time in irving to
learn Latin, and Ss5 were more foolish
still in trying Greek, OF the German
language. which is becoming of daily inn
portance, only z5,3lS were studying it the
past year! and 225 the French. Botany
had but 12O students.
Thirty counties paid moro money into
the School Fund than they received back;
but they got their pay in another direction;
for IN looking over the Report on the Ohio
Penitentiary, we find that of the 677 state
convicts in that Institution, 4l2 came from
these thirty counties. How evenly every
matters, seemingly at variance, is adjusted,
in our State policy!
Of the examination of Teachers the
Commissioner says: ssil as
The reports from 70 counties furnish
important information in regard 10 the
character and qualifications Of those who
have our schools in charge. Of the "a
249 who applied for examination, bu: $50
received certificates fer two years, or of the
first grade; while 9,0O3 received certifi-
Gates for six months, or less. In the face
of such facts, no one can be surprised that
many of our schools are not vet all that
they should be. 1t is proper here to re-
mark that the greater part of the Teachers
of the Graded Schools of the State, are
examined, not by our County Examiners,
but by local Boards. Of such examina-
tions no report has been received. As in
dicative of the wholesome truth that our
Examiners requires some degree of quail
fcation in those who aspire to The Teach
er's office, it appear that, within the past
year, no less than 5,37S applicants have
bee rejected: i. e., one-fifth of all who have
been weighed in these balances, have been
found so far wanting as to fail of obtaining
certificates. e
Of the Nativity Of Teachers we find
that II, ,764 were natives of Ohio, 2228 of
other States, and 24s of foreign countries.
Our present Commissioner calls upon
the County Examiner foi .anecdotes Illus
trative of the knowledge or the ignorance
of the Teachers" Some of these are pub
lished in an appendix:
One candidate compares the adjective
hind, d,-"Hind, more behind, hindmost."
Another says there ars two kinds of verbs
= Verbs and adver6s." Here Is speci-
men of definitions:
Omnipresent having been correctly de-
fined by one member of certain class,
as signifying eusrywhsrs present, Omni-
cient was Immediately after defined by an
other member as signifying no whers- pres
ent. This was wonderful guess, by op-
posiies!
Question. "What is Aecentl"
Answer. "Distress of the vols placed
on one silable more than the other"
CUES. "What are Zones?"
Ans. "Zones means the five divisions
of Temperature"
Cues. "What is Cataract"
Ans. "Something that makes CREST
noise as niagara falls is called cataract"
Another candidate locates "arcansisu,,
New York and jermany," in a
a groupe west of the Mississippi. France
is bounded on the east by Persia, Panama,
san island is the Pacific Ocean," and Mount
Vesuvius, ''the Toftiest of the Andes."-
The Artic Circle is Eat the extremity of
the Earth's axis, and always North of the
Equator"
One Examiner says :-"At one of our
argest examinations, more than thou
sand errors in orthograpby were detected,
and 1900 questions answered enormously"
Another one remarks - ss.a..-
sin some classes of thirty or forty ap-
plicants, we have not had one good sehol-
ar in either of those branches, and we are
at loss what to do; because,if we reject all.
We must leave many of the schools with
out a Teacher. as q,
lam satisfied that the injudicious use of
Analysis in grammar is the principal cause
If the mischief in that branch. / think
philosophical analysis of sentences can on-
y succeed a thorough acquaintance with
he special relations are best discovered BY
'arsing, in the old accsptation of that
erm. Parsing is sadly neglected to give
'lace TO the popular exercise of analysis,
which raw scholar understands about As
veil as he does Sanserit. Analysis should
eeompany rhetoric, and should therefore
'e placed much later in the course of study.
doubt whether it has any proper place
n our District Schools"
These samples show that much work is
o be done TO prepare Teachers for our
Common Schools in Ohio.
There are other matters in this Report