The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-12-19
Educational OolumnFn
o,Unf1crKD ny TEACHERS AND SrU DRETss
ci' Good, I'D Poor Teesers,l9i 2

81 eUOOusduu VOA
THE winter terms Of the schools in the
country are now rprobablyaell in sessloAa and
the teachers will pass the ordeal OF puoIlc
opinion, Is lostheir fitness for abe psi ions
they occupy. The teachers reputation uoo'
not depend alone, uparDthe order and disei-
Mine of his school nor upon his adapteoness 10
impart INSTRUCTION to his puphs4 al this isI
well. But there is something more, winch IS
often overlooked by superficial ooscryeFs.
The condition of the school room lie occupies,
its neatness, cleanliness and proper .conven-
fences, 90 to make up part of the teachers
reputation. Teachers are more responsible
for the appearance Of the rooms in which they
pursue their vocation, than is often supposed.
1t is true many districts, are greatly. reniss
and neglectfuI iu providing convenences of
but trifing expense. The school house may
bea rude structure, bearing no evidence that
an architect was ever consulted in determine
ing its proportions, or that the plane OF the
Joiner, or the brush Of the painter was ever
employed upon it. Yet even with such
house, if it be not absolutely untenantaole,
the teacher if he have industry, perseverance
and resolution, can do much to remedy its de-
fects, supply it's wants and improve its condi-
ton.
Whenever school house displays coatri-
button of hats, caps and dinner baskets, thrust
into the broken window panes, to repcl the
winds and storms, suspicion attaches 10 the
the teacher, that he is wanting in energy );
that he chooses to be indolent, rather than
to put forth effort to posses the eonveniences
of life fla teacher finds himself employed
in school room, having broken windows, shat-
tered doors or smoky stoves, let him faitfr-
fully represent the condition OF things to his
employers, and demand protection for the pu-
pills under his chhrge. The majority of the
inhabitants in our school districts are not all
barbarians or soulless. Surely in this land of
no entire community can be SO dead TO hui
manity, as to deny relief so reasonable. The
teacher should never hesitate toask what is
clearly right, nor from Incidence or false deli
cacy, prefer to endure personal Inconvenience,
and witness the discomfort of hisschoIars du-
ring long winter term, rather than bcstir
himself to remedy evils of this sort. Noteach-
er can really be said TO keep good school,
who is neglectful of the appearance of his
school room.
A school room may be well finished, and
have all the ordinary appurtenanees, and yet
be cherries and comfortless; dirty floors I'M
clean seats and desks, walls laced over with
cob webs, windows too filthy to admit The clear
sunlight Of heaven, curtains torn and dilapi-
dated-these are all censurable appearances,
for which no one pereon is more responsible
than the teacher. A cheaply built school
room, without architectural beanty, can by
the proper care and attention ofthr4 tca che r.,
be rendered more homelike, thnn an cxpen-
sively constructed room, kept in an untidy
and sloyenly manner. The teacher who has
not the tact or the energy to draw "nl Of the
patrons of the school the little nrccssaries 10
comfort and taste, is lily fitted Tor his po-
sitlon.