Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-06
kACuk MS.

There are in the employ of the Board fifty
four teachers occupy ing nearly as many school
rooms nder then {. re and instruction are abou
three thousand pupils Each teacher laborstw,
hunired DAYS III tine year. gtv ing IN nvgregat.
~ more ~ an ten thousand daJ 5 instruct ou u
n the pubic schools OF this city each year
EACH pupil attends school upon ala average on,
huntrct and hily days. making nesriy hall Il
mill,on day attendance annually, by the III
pills 81 our clty schools
contemplation Il the extent OF this wor h
may maturity prompt the inquiry. To whom is
this very important matter Intrusteds Who nj e
they With whom our children are LIVING nearly
ON, half OF their waking hou,sy Who are they
whose actions are colie whose vices MS we'll as
virtues are initiated aud whose iul uence Is IL
Illustrated IN The words. 'Our teacher says SO z
VINO are they wi ON we have called - wax,
to lite the sluubsrng energies OF the mind, snt
to develop IN strength and purity the mora
powers OF the SOUR Who are they whose yer,
characters are being daguerreotyped upon on
| sons and daughters! Are they worthy TO stant
as nodes while immortal souls are being dc
veloped
Nothing earthly can claim perfection To erl
10 human. But probably no ciaFs Of indiv idusl,
possesses in "a greater. in an equal degree
those elements OF character. aud ia ose habits o.
life Tia al are 40 worthy to be adoped by h,
young, ~ do the teachers Of our public schools
Exec tional cases of course east. but usually
our teachers comprehend the responsibility OF
their calling, and bring 10 its performance al
elevated and an slsvaiing influence and . hdei
tp inspired by CONSEQUENCES that II Is their
10 stand In tue highest and best place that God
has ordained to man to form . human soul /,
virtue and 10 enrich II with know ledge III
oihcs interior only to creative power
The earnest effort being made BY nearly all o
our teachers for Intellectual Improvement, an,
especially for more thorough general prepare
tion Tor their school duties, lis worthy Of thu
high appreciation aud success II - sure Il
meet.
Some OF them are engaged IN q course d
study IN the tiorman language, others 10 the
lrcnch or Latin. Qaite u number have been
studying Geology with that able, enthusiastic
irieud OF science. DR.. Parr,. Several have re
viewed the course OF study. passed the required
examination, AMI received State certihc ate
T. ON the University board of Examiners. Near
" every teacher 10 . subscriber TO some sduca
uonai magazine, and the best evidence tina
they are studied 10 furn.s shed, in tle spirit anu
zeal with which their daily school duties are per
formed.
At no time during TIE last five years has the
condition vi our schools been more pleasant and
prosperous than 81 present lie NJ detractiou
from the great crsd,t due the School BoarJ, 90
say .ha, the very :Assfsctorv state Of affairs II
due 70 the Principals and teachers. Promptuess
and an sosrgy that - Of itself inspiring, with
kindnsss. patience, and per sssering faithful.
ness. whsn applied in the school roem, produes
fraits that are Of once . reward . the teacher
and joy and pride TO both pupils and parents
Ia no previous ysss Of the history Of the schools
have the enrel lment attendance and per cent OF
attendasce been 30 lsrge. Absence or Hardness
without excuse are rare, while truancy 10 a.
moot unknown. During the past i've months
ouiy seves pupils have been suspended By the
enforcement Of the rule Of the board ag.iust
truaney. 10 while during the corresponding
time last yea. a. ana fer tae same time Of ths
year before last. one hundred and four pupil,
we're suspended. Faithful, personal effort Or
the part Of the tsachsss accom- plished this.
SCHOOL pIscirliSs
In order - Do most Ell cient, our schools must
be veil tissiollned, and bv this 10 meant not
merely ,he Daintainanee Of such degree OF
quiet aad order that the school exercises can be
conducted not merely the reirsininR. on the
rsss essse pupils. from acts OF violence ssd
outrage Net . tardy. though exact, compliaucs
With reiterated command, but . prompt,
sooeueb 90 psehst, anesad,tsusl O6sdb.ce
70 The legitimate authority obedience not from
feas. not IRON sycsphsncy not because Of ID 9
teacher or the school, but because OF the scored
ness Of lev and the dignity Of authority.
The sos obsys bic father co IN masd not from
fear 81 pssieAmsns Or hope efrswArd not be
cause be sses the reasonahlcpess Of the con
nsnd OF usdessssnds Why il vas given, hut b.
cause u 10 the word OF his father, Who has the
righ, 70 direct him, and 70 uhom uuquessioneA
".
this eubjece: ''The bjection IL the roveyued
10 the vii Of one msn in such way thst but the
expression OF his viii mus; be the q nai dec len
81 every, onsstion. 10 the only government that
viii ansver IN school or in family A govern
'nent not OF psDu asion, not ofrea.ons ASST cped.
not OF hswii OF she msJori y. but OF the vi /
o; the one who presides
Ifthe power delegated 70 the teacher il sbus
ed. " hun. those who are sggrisved have re
course 10 the higher sathofitv, the BOARD Of
directors. bot tor tie time the obediencs mi st
De Implicit. Suppose q, Off GER approaches one
OF our CITIZENS and announces his arrest Con
scious Innocence may make tho prisoner hold
aud suoesssr strength NAV slmoet rrompt -.
si,sece, but he rescily yieids to the mai .sy of
isgsiy constituted authority, AID th,s subu,,ss
ION 10 proper authority 10 not only r,gtt IN prin
ciPie but absolutely necessary, both 10 the NOR.
q Anu inteiisetnai welfare OF the school and Of
society.
Very few persons question tho dssirablsness
or necessity OF this implicit, ready obedience.
and II 10 10 be regretted that teacher parept
and directors Cannot - cordially and harmoui
ously agree upon the means OF its attainment.
Al do agree that kindness. persuasion aud afiec.
ton are elective eieOsoes N eeheol disc IL line
that fismuses. dignity. 6of-pesessicn, ps,isnce
cnsrisy and justice are indispensable elements
OF . teAchof ohAsacter. but hofe are some time
tossed - our pUbiic schools pupils upon whomthe
lavish exereise Of I'll these virtues, and in Iced OF
oil virtue. seems to produce NO effect, aad the
stubborn. anpleassAs Quesiioa srisss, vhst 10 to
be done shall the dissbsdisns pupil be ex-
PEELED from School - dsnisa she oppertuuti
OF moral and Intellectual culture, and b driven
into that great school Of viee, III street! Every
dictate Of humanity. every principls Of patriot
'sm. every doctrine Of political seoaeay, end
every inspiration Of Chr istiasitv upel ~ 10 cav
Nc. Better, Hundred timss better, compel
cosd'enes. Exact sabnissios, though il be
aene oy mesns Of the rod The history o, cur
; n.'lon, me MYSTERY Of society, and The exper
J: ,enee OF almost every family proves that ierce
- o times = necessary adjunct OF authority and
~ zoe scnooi that Representative Of nation.
community ana family. force 10 at times equally
necessary. Love should be the most prom, ne n,
characteristic OF every teacher and
ne wno caneot scsere the affections Of : LARGE
majority OF has pupils may we'll distrust nj, n,
ness for cas- position. but when the vicious and
The morally dspravec set at defiance good or.
der, and tramp'e upon tbs rights OF others
they must Be shown that ''shs way Of trsusgrvs.
scr 10 hard"