The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-31
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Teachers, Exnn,i,,,,,.

9o,1t;b batiohs subject that ought to be
fsr ffnoerestnE Just now. We had Il visit hast week
from our County Superintendent. and q nIeas> an
danb aL WIN F; MN ellcted the facts that some
oD%atHuGIs IalI at the examinations, and that
w wnbte h !; ms sympathy is with such persons vet
thoS 1e Is 2 sworn % Officer he cannot help rejecting
Inc fact that so many teachers fail at exon,i
imdt - III III great degree owing to lack of
}aus } l hlent IN preparing. Nine teachers out of
o zen 90 NOT really comprehend the purpose Of
I, tI GnIolinatlon. They think that the Superin-
tttthu3hC - eAahlneS them to ascertain hraD much
blSg h1n1r, and hence they crowd fIe mind viii
d t, in,ousand m unlmportant facts, and break down
49, si t nas ptlroen they carry. Superintendent
Toes t nor examine teachers to find ont hoip 1nach
To SSvnIi, II ne dd II would take forty days
would not be reached ~ 'NJec'
an examination has two objects The Srnn%-
noci L. uesires 10 ascertain holC lreU the
teacner KNOWS given thing and bOlp 1reD he
oI.t @ i oeit Mht m ne does know. Hence, questions
aa aIe ASKED on principles rather than on pyucfice
me me teacher who prepares for an examination
tio 100 oIteh zen SPENDS his time memorizing defini,
o."iS f anu rnles and practising formulas, instead
ol 8 investigating the principles that ande3fie
] onesg ]utGtnhIIlons, tt rules and formulas. For ex-
nliPIe the eoupeflntendant will far more likely
ASK teacher 4chH he must get a cOmmon 10
gets nne IN aGddtion OF fractions than ho,o he
60 60 @ onc. n correct answer to the uhy is worth
lar more TO the superintendent than an answer
70 the hpic. The one elucidates 1lfi1iciTIe tho
other merely gives r7tIc The teacher 1ro+S ~ iio
common denomlnator in order to get all the
fractions 10 oe added changed o a amt rTI,,e of
the same order, without changing the value Of
| me fractions One cannot add one-half one
th1rd and one-fourth together any more fhan
he can add one horse. one COW and ono mo n 70
Rether. And an Intelligent answer to the ones
I'm SiHB - MOIlH ulutn more to the examiner
ia tii'ii an I asWer 10 the question hOD. The Su-
| perlntendant can judge better of the Gualifca-
Ilohs OF Jhe applicant, as regards his general
| knowledge of the science of arithmetic and tbe
! teacher VINO can explain this lUhU well exhihits
well to comprehend the princiDe bis.if az
TOT long since we saw a teacher at an examina-
fractions by cancellation He was not a Vnbn Ur
teacher either, and when we tipped his elbow
! that 1t could, and was not convinced tiII I mon
bi St'.lD!5 ~! aeliohthdttGh, when he took the
ADDING fractions and for cancellation both bnt
he did not seem to understand the pf,fnciIIe. -
| Now we say TO teachers, do not burden the
| nina Win many facts and definitions. but think
/ mHch ABOUT causes and principles. Throw thc
| ence, and study given branch Just as if Won
! were going to make book yourself. You can
I pt0lC as well as in the studio. You can study
/ out cause and effect at your daily avocations
| JhsI as Wen as any where else Going to a Nor
] NAL School may help, but studying hard at
! nome is worth more than normal Instruction
in Geography, the superintendant nosaSmS can senS
! ten whether or not he understands it and can
! Can you account for the genial climate of
Great britain, that has so high latitude?
/ in portion of Peru7
3, Can you tell how long a Gay is In SO degrees
north latitude when il is fourteen hours long
/ III 40 degrees north latitudef
! A thousand answers in local geography would
! swered Superintendeuts usually ask cues
tions that have point in them. Our Superin-
/ med and been examined by dozen of County
SIperintendants, and never failed yet and yet
| we never prepared Tor examination by ran
ing. That was all.
teacher who can at sight diagram apsIvzo
! and parse the Following sentence correctly is
capable OF teaching grammar: ITO do good
/ and to communicate, forget not So also ia
/ that person competent to teach arithmetic who
/ can can tel tel all the distinctions between common
In preparing for Fall examinations then let
teachers examine and investigate principles
! ana tllCy VIII most likely succeed
| thy Is always with teachers, and if we have
! succeeded in giving useful hint our purpose
asked a by our snperntendant to be perfectly
! viii crown the iabors of every applicant with
! success.
! When law student is examined, ne is not
/ examined TO see how much he knows, but how
/ well he knows, and he is not examined on the
statutes of Pennsylvania, but on elementary
/ law. So the teacher should rot be examined on
/ Textbook questions so much as ON the elements
ahu principles OF science. ROB Roy.
| Few of ''Observer's'' observations:
Mr.. FREEM-AN-It was my wont in days gone
uInns OF tnc AtegidHiG1I, but us that sprightIy
and paper ds now among f the things that We're
I ON the Wing has risen from its ashes, 1 have
/ concluded to "change the venue," and hence
! forth will contribute my mite to your columns
! And just here let me give it my opinion that
! ally, have lost good ed. and got very weak
! Ed (or head by the journalistic change noted
very little of that. The productions on the in
side of the latter's paper are thin and wishy-
washy as the New York quack medicines adver-
! The Rep ticket, it may not be ont of order TO
/ remark, IS not very satisfactory and the nomi-
. tion for President Judge, Just made is the bit
/ terest pill in the whole dose. NJ. d. Wagner,
/ Esq, good man. would have been nominated
/ for the Legislature had he not been suspected
! of too much friendship for Barker. Bowitiar.
| on the other hand was suspected of being for
name-of sam. Henry, (he had seen SAM and
AIiciz Sander was that if Rose s bark should run
| against Bank il would be wrecked Besides,
/ the Dems had Lloyd on for Judge and Loud
q Co. in the field on the other side would spoil
the prestige of the name. Wagner and Bow
man, or their friends for them, earnestly pro-
tested against this; but it was answered that
the right of protest was in the bank only, and
! sam Henry had it, Thus checked, they felt their
cause was at a discount, but stood the shdUe las
reznney 9 eSf s o bex Pe little as old
The balance of the ten pins were set up with
@ our tny any i serious m as easy indeed
/ mocrlcy next October. They all mere
make-weights for s. H., and are only kind eff
Capt VIM. r. Hughes, who sigualized himself
during the late unpleaSantness, and is under
stood to have participated in the capture of the
| Monitor, and who sought the empty honor of
/ being nominated for Prothonotary, was rudely
thrust aside, and man who declined to DE a
candidate was forced to accept the situation.
to stupid ''On the Wing production in the
Herald. and demonstrate that it is, with all its
uncIeanness and stupidity, an Issue" of Sans
bank. OBSERVER.
THE success of the Central Insurance Com.
Pany of Altoona, as shown by tho Company's
statement for July 1st, proves that skill and
ability are the prominent elements of success
in the insurance business. The Central, under
the efficient management of MesSrs. Kerr &
Co. is already regarded one of the safest,
and, therefore, one of the very pest companies
doing business in Pennsylvania. We can con-
hdentIy recommend the Central to those of our
readers who may desire insurances on their
properties. Besides being safe as any other
company, the people of this county have the
chance of knowing, at least learning the per-
sonal standing OF the directors, which ought to
have a great deal to do with deciding in what
company to insure.
Foreign Exchange and Shipping also
among the specialdes of this reliable firm, and
1 passage tickets to and from all points in the
world can be obtained from them at regular
| rates. .4-tt
"A SURE THrNG.-The Ladies' Fair in aid of
| the Catholic church here, notwithstandingl little
has been said about it for week or two, will
| open without fail on Monday evening next. and