The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-01-03
Examiners, Report.

The report Of the Board Of School Exam.
liners Of this county, for December, is as fol.
lows:
Number OF meetings, two - namely: on
the 7th and 2lst instant. Number Of candi-
dates present at the first session, twenty.
nine - nineteen males and ten females.-
Number at the second session, seventeen -
eleven males and six females. Whole num-
ber, fofty six. OF these, thirty-one were
successful - twenty males and eleven fe-
males. The Others, having been found de.
fcient, were rejected, some Of whom are so
inferior that il is little less than folly for
them TO attempt to justify any school IN the
county, though it be far in the rear.
The backwardness of schools is very fre.
quently offered as plea in behalf Of "rusty"
Teachers. They inform us that they "have
q small school, and there ant no good schol-
ars in it," No; and there never will be
any good scholars in such schools until they
are favored with good Teachers - Teachers
who are able TO raise them from the low con.
dtion to which they have descended while
in the hands of bunglers. These are the
very schools tha. require the ablest and
most efficient Teachers.
We are frequently told, too, that they
have not "teached" for some time that
they nre every rusty" and that they
"haven't went to school for several years."
&c.
Win nd IN fhis hny pnl 10
that IL "rust' isthe only impediment in the
matter, not little securing will be neces,
sary TO remove 1t all.
The sentences presented for parsing were
as follows:
"Do facts warrant the alarm which is so
generally feltf'
"The desire 10 see and hear what is new,
is universal"
While some parsed these sentences COR
rectly, throughout, many made partial aud
Others total failure, Notwithstanding they
are plain.
As more ate dull in the science Of Gram
mar than ia any other branch, we again
urge its Importance upon every Teacher of
Common Schools in the county. Let us
make ourselves familiar with the proper use
of our language, and endeavor to improve
those under our instruction. More can be
accomplished through the Teachers of Com.
mon Schools than by any other medium.
But we also urge you, fellow Teachers, to
post yourselves in the other branches in
which you will be called to render instruct
ion; and We hope the fact that majority OF
the population receive their entire education
IN the Common Schools. will be regarded
sufficient apology for this, II the Teachers
are ignolsmuses, what can be expected from
che pupils! As is the Teacher. so is the
pupil.
1t is not unfreQuently the case that
Boards Of DWectoes employ certain Teach
ers because they are Cheap" and never
realize the fact that they would almost as
well cast their fund into the FIRE. as far as
the actual benefits are concerned. Indeed,
some OF these schools retrograde rather than
,mprove.
In employing Teachers, the first inquiry
20 be made, should be to ascertain, if poSsi-
ble. whether the applicant is capable OF ren
dering that instruction which is demanded
OF him, making the wages matter Of second
AIRY Importance. The lowest.prcel goods
are almost universally the coslieSt in the
enl
We feel no little interest in the efficiency
Of the public schools and well we may,
when we consider their alliance with omos,
every other institution in the land. Their
connection with the welfare of our govern.
ment is evidently acknowledged by ALL
Unless the populace at large become eiu.
Gated and enlightened with regard TO their
best interests, a Republican government can
not long sustain ;self bat an approxima.
tion to Aris,ocracy will be the inevitable
result. In view of these facts, how neces.
sary it is that the cause of education be
maintained. and the instruction of the youth
of our land rec eive that care and attention
which its Importance loudly and earnestly
calls for. Let us, then, labor zcalously in
this noble cause; and let no effort be want
ing on our part to render the schools what
they should be.
The next examinstion will be held on the
4th Of January, at the Academy building,
West end OF Sandusky street.
Let it be remembered that the regular
days for meeting are the first and third Sat-
urlays of each month.
L. TUSSING,
Clerk Board of Examiners.
MARION TOWNSHIP, December 81, 1861.