Smyrna times., 1867-08-14
WHOLE NO. 653
Our Public School system.
To the Editor of the Srnyrnd Times,

To the Editor Of the Smyrna Times.
SIK:-There is perhaps, no institution or organI
zaton III the world, having for It's object the cd ca
ton of the people that can be at all compar NltI
that system pursued by the AmerI, an Matt II, that
ID Sur 1t UC Carried out Is intended 1t slOull
b. but it is u wueiu sIglIt to look round TINS pretty
Diamond State aud nute the ignorance prct"lIns
III our midst, and 1t Is great snlnc that tins Stat,
hlch ought 10 be the leader and pattern T. tns
other States <nclng one of the nldesD ,huuid Dc
pointed out by Ou: Legislators IN the halls ul ngrcss
as far behind IN point OF education that o any Utntr
State. 1t bchOoves, therefore, tho people oil
State to look well to this thing, and remedy tho
existing evil possible. Yes, but now - tins
To be done many wI4l say. Arc We mol doug all la
power for the adv Iancement OF educ Al n I Is
not our school tax suiiicIe.t | ns"er NJ, If We
to udgc by the sIlIreS paId 10 schO tcICuers.
For wnat docs 1t matter no" many schools YOU nave
money rllscd # you do not PJ-,ess Competent
masters IN thom to carry om the work ctuCHllon.
The main object of Consideration iOr COMMISSIONERS
now Is, what the least amDunt Of money f
winch IN cugigc &c rvIce> ul d man or wO.
man to end cl school! VIII lady teacher
cos less ian d gentleman Then we must have the
dy; but if a gentleman "a be procured at the
s,ne price tnal the lady would for, why take
him. Never mind starving INN to dcath,-n IL
nothing u whether lie has Christmas dinner
or not. And now, Mr.. Editor, that are on tins
! theme allow TO state a Circumstance winch took
! plLc- not one hundred miles tIum Smy POH
one OcCaslo" was slllS on inc pOlCh OI my H. l.I
and was, after while, IOIned by two men "h in
disc ,vered 10 be Commission Of country school.
aud entering INTO q COME erSatiun with them IbULt
schools and school chers, found they had Just
been in act Oi engaging The services OF teacncr
Did you notice, said Sam to William, how that ic
low pressed for thirty dollars per MOI Il But no,
SAID Sam, was not the m4.i To be O4t done by
scnoo te~ cher. Didn't We sc'ep him down beau.
tifuliy % treny.fre d.ltGrS board hnseIt too.
! (stI vocc.) Nv tins will give very ghod idtS
how gr ~ many commIssi IeTs choose tI.clr
teachers. IL is not tho best man but the cheaprst
they want. Trere are, however, commissioners
differing ron tno,l nave he1e dcpIctcd VINO strvS
10 procure educated men; indeed, making ed .t"n
their Alphd and O'Htgd, ldncyIng tn'ia gnnd
scho ar nu t necessarily a go ID tcac .e T,cy
ASK, do you know Latin or Greek ~ Ii hc ans" ere
Yes" he Is put down moSt chg ibe Candidate.
TINS Sir, Is all error to which common sense .hts
no couuienance l have known mtn who have bc.u
uxceilcnlly well read, masters III TACT OF
laugh Iges, aud equally vel verscd IN thv science
Sucn IN fact as old Go!dstullA speA~s VI wrea
he says:
| Aud still we engaged and still with wnni y g-rw.
That one small head could carry all he Nnc~."
men who are qui e at home when engaged cor.
recllnp the faults IN a translation m4Ge by ns
D lie ftced stud, mt IF ii amer, SOploclts, LVy, ar
Cicero but are like E~h out of water when siooplrg
to Comiys Speller II is therefore not only tduC&-
Il IN We want IN teacher, but power TO Impart IN.
: ner. Men that are, IN word, tfGcheTs ai'd Tot
o scholars only. Some remind me Of L very lealr''
E.gll>h Bishop, who went TO VISIT St'h''A Scn "l
s Ia dlstict the peop.e w,l' 't "v,T n. "''
| ed with Latin and Greek, aud oIHS + 4"',t
r by the wor hy pastor in charge 10 tih" ia !iI't
r. class ho WI lnyiy consented. - y'E j.. H.s"..
+ said the BI,hot, " aud read tn 2Jth chtpf ii =
n thew" When it finished, he requested tlch
q | scholar to close his BIble. "NUw winch ot YOU,
:, said the Bishop, can give me summary OF what
nj RISho 81 al II
? and the class stared at the Bisup unable To answer
the question. At last the Pastor, stepping up to the
, B,snop, requested that he would explain what lie
! meant by SUMMARY. Your Pastor, replied Tie
l. Bishop, desires me to cxp plain what mean 10y
7r sSMmqry. Remember, children, that when ask fol
ot the summary Of the lesson simply mean sINoP
IN Sis" Be kind enough to explain what you meal
t, by synopsis p said the Pastor. TINS story show
he that ought not TO base our opn On OF teachc
or upon the amount cf knowledge he may possess
is But uome guaran'eeI If a teachers quiiIlc toI
no ought To require whenever he offers himself io
of SO important situation. / would suggest tha
r. some man Of acknowledged ability both as teache
=; and scholar be appointed, and whenGVe' vacancy
- takes place in the county, let the applicant b
vi examined and a report made To the commissioner
as to his physical, intellectual, and above all, h.
a., moral bearing. Let not this be lost sight Of f.
~ bear in mind, that the children OF to-day will b.
y the men and women of Tomorrow for the yOuni
~ plant bent and trained, vii 1t lnrlInc IN It's o'
~ age. Look whether the remuneration offered
teachers Is adequate to secure experienced men, an
Is if il is not. make it so; make the profession hor
nd orabe. Do seek to degrade it by offering sue
no miserable pay,-In many Gases less than nIggs
srS would accept for attending to your horses Con
IN mlssoners pay better salaries and you viii get tc
are ter men, and we shall soon cease having schools
yet which the naTe of Gnd is never mentioned, wh'I
a children are never taught that there power e
rec perlor that OF their parents, and know no m"re
far Christ aud his te chings than it Brahmans.-
vet Let the people pay better attention 10 the educate
Of oi thelr sons aho o0ugt's anu 'aHf
of Smyrna, August lSt, 1867. H. D.