Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-11-09

get that pure air, and an equaoi
temperature are absolutely necessa
e nv to his success.
3 1t will not answer for parents
and patrons of our school to rel,
wholly on the teacher or the schoo
officer, to run the school n,
parent has discharged his whole du
" when he has sent his child t
school; the interest Of the goot
teacher, the pupil, and the parent i:
mutual, and it is the duty Of thu
parent not only to see that his chile
is not kept out Of school SINGLE
DAY or tardy single minute, bu
also to encourage teacher and pupil
by his frequent visitsto the schools
With a GOOD teacher, and a pleas
ant aud comfortable school house,
there is not much danger Of our lit.
tie girls and boys playing the tru-
ant. But to secure good teachers
We must pay them such wages as
will enable them to fit themselves
fer teaching, and induce them when
so fitted to continue to teach.
One of the surest signs of the con-
dition Of education, is the estima-
tion in which the school teacher, or
the profession Of teaching is held.
Some of cur School Boards enter
tain very low views Of education;
they seem to think, (they do not
stop to think twice. that a fifth
rate teacher, holding fifth grade
certificate, and consequently rum
ming a fifth rate school, will answer
the purpose, provided they can be
employed for one fifth the price Of
good teacher.
On the other hand there are
those (and We hope to see the num-
Der increased, } who entertain liber
al views, and who appreciate the
true teachers, and who also appre-
eiate the necessity, and Importance
Of securing the highest talent, and
the best EDUCATED teacher. If
this becomes the rule, our county
will soon occupy a proud position
among her sister counties.
With the best common school
system of any state in the Union,
with nonresident lands sufficient
to pay one half the expenses of
building our school houses and pay
ing GOOD teachers, surely, the pat
rons Of our shoots, & school officers
backed by the electors, ought to be
able and WILLING to build and fur
nish good school houses IN every
sub-district in the county; and
when 50 built, and furnished, to
grade the wages of the teachers to
correspond with the grade of the
certificates, paying sufficiently high
aages for the higher grades to
make it an OBJECT for every teach
er to EARN first class certificate,
and then let the Boards keep the
same teacher in the same school
ten months each year.
Teachers will correspond in their
character and qualifications, to the
requirements Of their patrons, as
expressed by the compensation. for
their services. The demand is
bound to govern the supply. If the
county, or the patrons, demand
good and true men and women,
qualified by education and moral
worth, to train the minds of the ris-
ing generation, they will be forth
coming in due time, but the de-
mand must have some basis other
than our log school houses, or
board shanties, with slab benc hes,
to sit upon, and walls innocent of
maps, charts, or any other conven-
fence, for aiding either the teach
er in the discharge Of his duties,
or the pupil in his progress towards
MANHOOD and its responsibilities.
Nor is the paying a teacher hold
ing fourth grade certificate and
JUST TEACHING FOR THE WINTER,
the same wages, paid our regular
teacher, holding first grade GER
tiicate, and making teaching his
profession, any evidence of our ap'
probation Of superior worth, and
qualification to teach.
To suppose that good teachers
in sufficient numbers can be won tt
the arduous and responsible profess
sion of teaching without more
practical appreciation than they ye