Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-06
DELAWARE, OHIO FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1869
en- who has donated few feet Of clay, fol

mis- LANGUAGE viii apply, not inaptIy, t
1 many sites in our county. But In gronnd
as in houses the splrT51s 8 80 =. u. n
important subjects. That the place Wher
Il our children receive gne1E 1Estz llnte1leetua
j spOe in the road, destitute OF attraction ant
I som fort Is too absurd; tDo IaonstrOus to en-
fertafn We adorn our homes and on
4 cfrrcbes our places OF public business anl
a,1t3 IIsces Of recreation why Should on
1 fIfzaFioTl be -negIecfedT A school housi
| site Should contain at least one acre, and bl
/ planted with shade trees, and be enclosed
i In a suitable fence or hedge, Il it be Iais
| out in gravel walks, and contain few bed
] of flowers all the better. The house SHOULD
/ correspond in external appearances and IN
/ be unadorned or dirty. Ihe
10 TEACHER 1ls *
should preserve, and if possible add to thesl
| hoIne-tilze attractions. This brings Us 70 no
! tice the one, upon whom more than any
other individual rests the responsibility o
the prosperity and progress OF our common
! schools.
1t is said, that, when s.Jupiter offered the
1 prize Of I'M m mortality to him who was mos
useful to mankind, the court of Olympus
/ was crowded with competitors. The war.
rior boasted Of his patriotism, but Jupiter
| thundered; the r1eh man boaSted Of his
munifcence, and Jupiter showed him q
WIDOWS mite; the pontin held up he keys
| OF heaven, and Jupiter pushed the doors
/ wide open the painter b0aSted of his pow
er to give life to inanTmate canvass, and
| Jupiter oreathed aloud IN derisiOn; the
with his voice, and : uPlLeE d94f6rsaalIsd @ @tIle
t1of sT1l1t. of his power to move even the
PP(Sisef of Gods, Jupiter blushed the must-
Elan claimed to practice the only human
scieoce that had been transported to heaven
Tnpiter hesitated; when, seeingra vanera-
Bile man looking with intense interest upon
tbe c-roTln Of competitors but presentine no
claim, What art thou?' said the benignaui
monarch. Only a spectator said the gray
dn1H
pupfIs.' Grown. him Crown himl! said
Jupiter: crown the faithful Teacher with
Immortality and make room for him at my
right hand" 'To the instructor is commit
ted the tender and impressible mind OF
childhood. It is his to mold and instruct,
TO fill with true and useful knowledge; to
ilIunine with the light of science to puri-
fy and enRoble with the full rays OF moral
truth to fOrtify against the errors and the
evils which will assail it; to fashion and
discipline for wise virtuouS action, so that
ne may be made to t'honOr aud Elorify" his
Creator. To take the child of to-day, in all
his Ignorance and dependence, exposed to
evil Influences and temptations on every
hand, and lead him on through the devious
and dangerous paths of childhood and
youth, and finally place him upon the bat
fIe-field or life q true-hearCs13 ana 1ntell1-
gent being, richly furnished with thOsr
strengthen him to ''aet Well his part IN
Iife"; to DO all this is the high duty and
privilege of the teacher, and is not this a
noble and gudlike Work9" says Charles
NOrLhend. ~ fr-.5 ls.l., II - h. II
The Iamented DR.. Claiming thus express
ed mis- views OF n teacher: 3There Is no Of
nee higher than that Of a teacher of youth,
for there's nothing on earth SO precious as
the mind, soul, and character OF a child
No offlce should be regarded with greater
resDect The first minds IN q community
should assume 1t. Parents should do all but
lmpoverish themselves TO induce such to
b-come the guardians of their children"
To what rXteut do the teachers of the
common schools of Delaware cnunty realtzt
the ffescriptfons of these standard authori-
ties? /? That they are imperfect who viii
deny2 That their STANDARD of quail iicatfon
is low, the large number. OF certificates OF
failures. is a AipGbfe truth. But what 1H-
iucenents have their patrons otfered, Wnat
aoeTnent have they received 2 None, truly.
They have been the arch lteees of their own
fortunes. The obstacles overcome have
been hereditary. 1.-THE old detects have
been propagated in the new class Of teach
ers.'i Yet while these are facts, let us not
do them Injustice. In the departments OF
teachers, as well as other departments OF
educational enterprise. Ina proyenenb5-4s 4s
stamped on the wing Of time. Ihey h4xs 99as
half the townships had abandoned pnls, to
the teacher cruel custom. We can point Io
the graves of some of our best teachers, ana
to the impaired health of others, as us VIC
tins, Other classes of laborefs. would pc
regarded unit for duty, II trestIeQ tzls sllIS
way May the Gust ON be Whoily aDanuQu1- n
ed, our teachers provided Win su1lttl1Lss s
homes, and a better means than the mere
chit-chHt OF the Chimney corner resorIeo 20
to test their qualIneattons- ,..-.,
lur teachers have BEEN poorly paid. In
1866 and 1857. the. average wages OF teachers,
males and females, were as low In Delaware
county as Ia any. other county IN ONO DtlB
one. In 1858 they show an Improvement.
says our horses are valueQ higher than IN
other s0untlss s ma 81 1E5e same t Pc
have received all they asked and in many
Instances more than they were worth. Ths-
nrsetice of engaging the lowest bidder is
carfainIV Injurious to both schools and
teuchers. The practice OF giving all appH-
l. n q t1 mi p n
adopted by a certain oosfd, ana lnen 9e-
Gliding upon the merits befoFe nX1ngs The
wages. is more commendable.
The highest average wages paid teachers
in anv township in 1857, both male ana fe
male WAS Radnor, and yet the total cost OF
her schools 10 less than several others. The
township having the largest number of
schools, with the greatest total cost, ana the.
MI, hest average wages next to Radnor i
Scioto In other townships ranging next in.
total cost of schools, the average wages OF
teachers is still less They have large
of tbe attendance shows a great dl versity IN
the cost of tuition per scholar IN the differ
ent townships and sub-d1striets. IL Is prob
ably worth as much to teach one scholar as
another. AS we fix the standard OF qualln-
cation of teachers, we regulate THESE dlFe ers-
ities in attendance, cost per pupil, and
ICES of teachers.
The Teachers Institute is destined to do
much towards increasing the uniformity OF
fI7e 1flftv and efficiency OF our teachers.
SVhiie ft is claimed that the Institute VIII
increase the wages OF teacaeTss- II rs only
annual meeting and drill in the textbooks
at the close OF the term, the discussions up
or, a How to teach - the relation of eXper-
fence and comparison with experienced
and skillfuI teachers, the lectures, the liter
ary exercises, and the social and eonV1V1al
'refinion cannot but be a powerful inhuenee
IN the advan cement of our teachers and the
promotion of our common schools. =
THE Teachers institute already has
place IN our directions, and rightly conduct
ed encouraged and patrontzed3 will become
the teachers fruition, his feast of reason
and now Of sOul.,'t y s...- -