New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-16
Ronrd % sehool DIreetors.


An adjourned meeting of the Board Of School
Directors was held last evening, Mr. Mount, the
president of the board, in the chair
Mr.. Parham, from the committee on teachers,
made an interesting report which is subjoined:
New ORLEANS, Aug. l5, 1865.
Board of Directors Public Schools:
Gertlenen-Y Your committee on teachers beg
leave to report they have had under serious con
sideration the duties specially assigned to them,
viz: The matters relating to the corps of teach
ers. A great many applications for teachers po-
sitions have been received, and greatmany more
will be sent in. The teachers position is ungues
tionably the most important in our municipal gov
ernment, and should be given to that individual
only who possesses, in the highest degree the
qualifications necessary The teachers is a high
and holy calling, and it behooves us, the guar
dams to whom has been intrusted the sacred
charge of directing public education in this city,
to exercise the greatest care in selecting teachers.
| Now, what are the qualifications OF good
First-Unbemished moral character No one
should fill the Office of teacher against whom there
is the slightest shade of suspicion that all is not
| right in this respect.
Second-The necessary literary qualifications !;
| that is a thorough acquaintance with those
branches at least which he may be called on to
teach. This to beEascertained by examination, or
any other evidence that may be sat
sfactory, The teacher must be patient, for
bearing kind, gentle in manner, but firm. He
must dispense equal justice to all; possess dis
crlminaton enough TO note the varied dispositions
and shades of character of his pupils. He must
encourage the timid, restrain the bold and forward
and strive to acquire the love and esteem of all
He must have tact to govern and capacity to i'm
part what he undertakes to teach. He must be
impartial in the administrations of discipline
The teacher of girls, especially, must be refined
in manner and Womanly in department. We want
no masculine woman to teach our girls-no advo
cate of "Woman's rights" We wish our daugh
ters taught to be gentle, delicate and rehned-not
bold forward masculine. All these qualifications
all these elemekts, your committee believe are tt
be found in q prominent degree in our own be.
loved land, and among those who have beer
raised and educated among us, whose interests are
identified with ours. No matter OF what religious
creed no matter of what =, -lonaity, no matter
from what cline hailing The late unhappy
struggle in which our country was engaged pro
duced the almost entire destruction of the noble
public school system existing. In our city. INT
very dregs of society floated to the surface, an
recommended more for Vio mt partisanship thai
by merit or zeal in the cause of education obtaine
the direction of our schools.
Under such management during the war, tn
schools became worthless; people withdrew thei
children. 1t behooves us to exert8tloul
selves to bring back our schools to the mig
position they occupied before war desc
| lated our land. Let US place in all vacanCie
those only who possess the qualifications previousi
enumerated adding, of course, to tuese that {
unswerving loyalty to the United States govern
ment as administered by our noble cnlef Dagl
trate, Andrew johnson.
Your committee have not examined any app
cants for situations and respectfully ask furtht
time There are already, on list Kept by I'll
SUPERINTENDENT, large number Of ladies' and ge
tIemen who hold certificates OF qaalihcalio
There are, in addition, many applicants who ha1
acceptably filed positions formerly, and also mar
D. graduates of our high schools. These latt
your committee beg leave specially
recommend as suitable to be placed
| 81 hot TpaU
would further suggest that in their opinion, elder
ladies, or at any rate, mothers are much hett
adapted to teaching and governing little Ghildr
in the primary department than young girl N
and recommend that in all cases OF equal qual
cation in other respects, the preference be CIV
to such.
Your committee do not know how many Vaca
er cies there will be- nor whether all the present
cumbents desire to be continued. Ihey thereto
suggest the propriety of notifying all me prest
teachers TO signify their wishes on TINS point
written application within the present month.
Your committee would also respectfully sngg
the propriety of pOstponing for a while the
opening of the schools, in consideration Of
prevailing sickness.
That the members of the board may be FL
Eosted in regard to the presenttea chers, the sup
mtendent, at the request of your committee,
caused to he printed and sent 10 each membt
i, full list of the teachers at this time.
w All of which is respectfully submitted
JOHN g. PARuAM, hairDRn.
THEO. F. THIESEMAN.
E. G. KELLY.
PAUL W. COLLINS for GEO. CROl
ns. A communication from Mr., Lusher, State