Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-12-15
LETTER ERoM MONTGOMERY TWP.
SCHOOLS.


Ed. JOURNAL The winter term Of our Dis
trict Schools which have just commenced, prom
ises to be better than usual. | see BY the jour
NAL, that the scholarship Of the teacher is
graded higher. Several Of the certificates are
marked LIST class. The community at large owe
debt of gratitude to the Board Of Examiners II
whose untiring exeriions this progress in the
knowledge of those branches taught in our
schools, Is mainly due. While Teachers Insti.
tutes and Union Schools cume in for no small
share Of praise, the standard of scholarship is
set up by the Board Of Examiners. They gauge
and mark the scale. A schoomaster is theoret-
ically AMI oftentimes practically pronom Of he
frat person, singular number but whether he shall
be clothed with the power 10 be aud to do or to
snfer, depends very much upon the wilLof those
janitors who stand at the door Of the people s
colleges. His ollice-that is our own school
master's-is very high one and he a very dis
tnguished parsonage, not the Chief Magi s,rate
of the nation to be sure, but he is, and no mis-
take, one Of the chiefs Of the people at the other
end of society. Said political philosopher,
"give inc the national song maker, and | will
mould the character of the nation" We say,
give us the type of the schoolmaster and we
will fortel the type Of .he natnn. Therefore we
say take care of the pedlgogue. Teach Young
America to take off his hat-if he ever does-and
b,w bsfore the Chief Magistrate Of the School
House. He is no longer boss by virtue Of the
beech or birch ; Uncle Sam does not give him
that scep.re now a days. His peculiar province
is in the realm OF mind in distinction from mat
ter. Nevertheless it is matter enough to take
care ofa whole household of peers, such stuff as
American jurors and legislators are made of.
And, therefore, it is expected that our aforesaid
schoolmaster will assert his dignity and make
the people bear in miud that, il he is not Presi-
dent ofthe Uaited States, some one Of his pupils
not may be, but will beat some future day
Such being the position of the schoolma ster
in relation to the country he ought to be Undue
ted into Office with due cerem my, Let him ap-
pear before the Board of Examiners and hand in
his checks. Let that grand jury of the B C's
of literature take him thoroughly in hand and
before he gets quite through give him to under
stand clearly that it Is no boys play to become
the supreme ruler in district school house.
WOuld mere very HOuesty sugReSt-dont be
frightened dear reader-that two whole days be
occupied in the examination of our schoolmas
ters aud one whole evening added to that service
BY way of meditation. The time and money
would be good investment. The Dutch, the
Irish, the English and the Chinee, if he ever
comes to our schools, will feel the good effects of
such drill. And every person must admit
that such course could not trust the everast-
ing Yankee. If there are farces and humbugs
enacted all around us, let not our own national
schoomaster play at these games right be fore
the face and eyes Of Uncle Sans children. Let
His Exceency, the schoomaster, be true blue. >
We don't mean to slight the schoolmarms.
AN E1 SCHOOL Boy.