Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-13
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AWAKE COUNTY
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''- By CHARLEs lfORTLrER JAMES.

By CHARLES MoRFIHER JAMES,
Reed ebefoEe ahen ualnwnfe C6hnty
Teachers1 Institute, az eunhnrY,
LaAfsoa-y= Evening, July 20, 1909.
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AS the crowded condition of cur coll
umns win not admit of the publioa-
tionsof this interesting Ellpef in fun,
we make the following extracts addi-
tional to. What we published last week.
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| The wheLenumber-8f-vo youth of school
/ age enumerated last wear Ia 17ine thou
sand. lo1is is our Grand Arnovi fI7a
4 hope, tEl61lt1WeE OF Ouf ie5untV. nor
/ these we endure and sadTer, seek the
aolIlty W geacn,t g nidef andf save. Yet
many, as the figures show. are GROWING
up naeapPaTativBindi difference ana To-
noraReeT eAfI those ugn1lnerate only
| about Seven. thQsand arr. enrolled in
eur set noe 49,. Two Thousand neWer en-
tofCutA Agallsa a8 pupils From this
army Of stragglsrs comes the recruits
for t1Ia poor house, the fan. and the
pBiIftsufiaEg. uOf the nine thon srr7d
I y1ot1th 3ofl school age but ohslhal ID are Ga
I s1ctugE regular a6Jei. dance uDon our
SCHOOLS! when eTe c3nsidsr that our
Z terms pplbrace but a portion OF the
ayeart atllis' 'fa5t beeO4nes of astounding
i1fn b igr6anee. "A How tc REMEDY the great
should he the qgreatn and abgOrbing
question of school Off GERS and teachers.
Z. The alaFnaing evil Of absenteeism
MAJ. be Eenaeciell by ereatiuea q healthy
pu bAip sentlme mentz against Lit. Make 81
alqlRgEaee t0sstay away frOEz selooL
Se1q0l oft3ceFes especially local dlreo-
torss may % nalchrtD create this senti-
E1enb ia their Eespg0t we Iuhmmun ties,
I6aeheTa nlaT q la0. remedy the evil. "A
faithful fgaahandnaV do much TO Secure
the Attendance Of pupils, "A. wise and
eI1clenS s}lEle1Ylston Of ourE aohools
would De e. useful agent in. preventing
the evil under. Econsi deration7 lamdJdo
much 70 pfqEp2te tReEgenerat welfare.
.....-.......... osCfEoOLi iOFF1OERs. Has
Clerks, fle1aB Bers OF Boards of Edu-
cation; and Local Directors, AS gem
eral rule, are among the inteInGent
class of citizens. Their choice Is not
unfreQuently the result OF Indifference
have r3conr9ed Of total unitness for
these Responsible positions.
The Whole number Of clerks and de
rectors not including separate districts
- one AundrOol ND 5i1lt y-eignt. Many
Of them change their places to their
successors each year. Their manner
Of conducting business is generally
luRpaHliamentaEV and imperfect Yet
upon these men rest the burden of pro-
avtdfilgs 4orEths education Of our youth.
Eo Z ]ss them is due due much Of the inefheiency
TWENTY TEiE years ago last winter, q
youth Of the age of seventeen taught q
copnnOR Rch9ol uongDf the tFwnshipa
in TINS county for seven dollars Der
month and boarded round. - The fol-
lowing summer he taught the same
SCHOOLS his wages having been increas-
ed to nine dollars PEE month. During
the last term he enclosed the school
site in substantial Board fence, a
rarity then, the material being Furnish
ed, and he adorned the yard with
numerous flowers and trees. At the
close of the term he held an exhibition
in a neighboring meeting house. OF
the members. OF that school, so far as
their histor7z- las heeH Traced s-D0t-One
mas led q disreputable life, not one fills
" aCiisaonored grave. Qk the male mem
bersr oRet tn after years 1eradua5ed az
QberlAp, and then nGaln at f1ales the
7resulf1Of his own efforts but early fell
aElgeiaa to his labbrs. tAnobher be-
came phYsician. he too rests
from his labors,V bufwhis f'W0nkB DO
follow aim .HFC.A third is now a 'usgfuI
minister, and still another Is an err
ratio but gifted California Poet, and
yet ianother is teacher ia Our. county
and a member Of our institute. Others
are still living and I'LL honorable
places in various sphares of usefulness.
One of The female pupils became an
excellent teacher, FOR SOME time in Co
lumbus, O.; married a distinguished
lawyer i'm this E0uHIy7 sandldied recent
ly in st. Paul, Minnlt FFhither she had
gone to recuperate her declining health.
another, also a teacher, is the wife Of
u nleEohaub in this county, "a third is
the wife 0ffOne OF oun tBRGheEs, and
fourth is the wife of the Adiutant Gen
eral OF iowa, while others are sun nv
ing Who cam innate the results OF
llle lives Of hess in6ivtlluals3 and who
can say how much their usefulness has
been the result of those two terms in
a common school. AT our introduo-
ton we gave some ideas ot our ma
Gerial -yFeaftll, here Is a SHADOW of our
stn tell eotual greatness as she results of
but one of our sc0nnlOn Schools At is
but Just % say that the teacher of that
school Is fiIas SaddleF Packard, Of New
York City, diHtfutriIis Eliks I'm ed
ucational and literary cirles.
obi15l rsh fCOlrouUsroN.
5f5ttgg gL iiLgZ.-L 4L7
nfahd of the common schools Of Della
ware county is, first, thoroughly elIi-
cient teachers and secondly the faith
full, intelligent, energettc cooperation
of parents, guardians, school othcers5
and Boards of Education in providing
the means and appliances necessary for
the aCcOaap pliEhn1ent ef their mission
allgthese not 1unassisted By the niHis-
try and the press. When this demand
shall be supplied, and not tin then,
tsOur young men shall Be as plants
.gEoWnl up An their youth and our
daughters as corner-stones polished a1-
ter the sImllltude OF palace"
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O,,s'of tha.n,rst ontraveous sv-indIes
perpetrated by the late lamented Demo