The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-09
For the Wheeling Register.
school Teaching.

Many young men whose education is
barely sufficient to meet the demands Of
manual labor, call on the school au'
thorities for a permit to enter the public
schools as teachers. With seeming i'm
portance they step forth upon the arena
with scarcely common sense enough to
call the children to order and to classify
their schools, let alone to educate in
the different branches their pupils with
success. Thus they feel much confident
that they are properly filling the right
place, and that they have an undoubted
claim to the public money and that
they are going to have it. This GER
tainly paws much better, some say, than
to lator, if it is only thirty dollars per
month. With much pride and very little
information and no manners except
smoking or chewing tobacco, which by
the-by is generally the better qualiti-
ton, they come forward with a No.
3 or 4 graded certificate, highly pleased
with their recommendations as instruct
ors OF the young. When fairly tested,
their capacity and skill to accomplish
much in the way Of teaching the young
is very limited, hence time and money
are both squandered on an Indifferent
teacher, who proves to be a sad nui
sance in the school room, and an
obstacle 10 advancement. How lament
able it is at the present time to see the
young deprived of the privilege of at
tending good schools, where time would
prove useful TO them, in storing their
minds with fountain of knowledge.
Now there is no way Of deviating
from the plain truth in the matter and
the importance Of having good schools
in our State. The age and the rising
generation both demand it. 1t is not a
matter of little importance that we
should use our best efforts and influ-
ence to bring it about, but it is neces-
sary, of vital importance, essential to the
.wellare and happiness of our Country,
both for the noble cause Of religion and
advancement of civilization. 1t is a
matter that alike interests all, old and
young, rich and poor, and it should be
an imperative object to select the best
men to fill such an important place as
the school room, men whose hearts are
pure in the cause they 60 forth to
teach, whose minds are well stored with
useful knowledge, that the young who
are placed under their charge may be
blessed by the instruction which they
receive, through the transient scenes Of
life. We want teachers who fully under
stand the depth Of their calling, inspired
with an ardent love to lead the infant
mind gradually on, step by step, up the
steep hill of science, where rest the
learned, and the benefactors of every
passing age. Men whose hearts are
FULLY prepared with every ornament Of
moral worth, to meet their pupils with
a smile OF appreciation, and lead them
gently on in their studies, making all
around them smile with joy and glad
ness. And lastly we want no man to
fill the teachers office who is lazy and
incompetent to discharge his duty as an
instructor. Better far would it be for
him, and blessing to the young, if he
would find pleasure at some other occu-
patton, than to be standing in such an
important place. Set none to teach but
those who are competent and willing to
labor for the good of the young; then
our. schools will pass from this state Of
lethargy to one of continual improve
ment. s. c. Roach, Teacher.
Woodland, w. Va.