The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

~ Nice S0OWlng.
That something ought 10 be done tc
elevate the standard OF teachers in on,
public schools, particularly in our coun
Try schools, no one but an ignoramu,
will deny. While Il few OF the teachers
now EMPLOYED in the rural districts may
hc competent and faithful, n large num-
Der of them are i~gnorant.and incompe-
tent and discharge their duties Ia an ut
Itcrly worthless and pcrlunctOry man.
ncr. We need teachers 10 teach children.
and we need to make The Normal school
rs efficient as possible 10 teach the teach
crs.I IL isgctting 50 o -a-day Is, that every
lazy or ignorar Tout who cannot or will
not make a Ii ing ut anything else, APP
plies for a III Tict school, and il is prob
able, If truta were known. a good many
of them apply for positions in towns
and cities. IL is To be hoped most Of them
are rcjccteG by the examiners, but the
examiners themselves are often indifer-
lent and IT, too many of these ignorant
Idolts slip through and are installed as
educate ), when they have no more fit
ness for the work than a hog has for
playing the piano. Above all things we
want competent teachers, and our sys-
tenn Should be SO reformed as to rigidly
exclude all others. AS u sample OF he
sort OF dunder-lieads that frequently APP
ply tir school positions We give from
the Muncie Times" some specimens OF
WI itten examinations passed by three
pc rsoDs who recently appeared before
tt examiner OF Delaware county,
doubtless every county can furnish SIM
'll;l. ones:
TEACHER No. l.
QUESTIONABLE does u letter repre-
sent.
Answer "A letter is CuIEcETR of
E~LAMENTRY.
Question-Analyse the following sem
tellce:
John struck Mary"
Answer John the sUBJACr and the
Mary the ATTRIPUT."
Question Give three proofs that the
earth is round"
Answer-"Take it of a CLEAR MORN
IN and you can see the LITE. "a good bit
before you see thesun."
Question define physiology.
Answer Physiology is a descrip-
ton of the ORGANS"
Questions For what purpose should
English grammar be studied? z"
Answer-''For the YoUsE Of penman-
ship"
TEACHER NO. 2.
Question -" hat is a letter."
Answcr-"A letter represents SINE or
an idea"
Qucstion-What is q syllable?
AnsWat "a cx,ilohin IL an u,.,.J 30 N ~
assemblage of words"
Question What is spelling?
Answer -"spelling is the prouncia-
ton of words"
TEACHER NO. 3.
Question lin the war Of 1872 what
battle was fought within the territory Of
Indiana.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was the LEADE
of the lNDANs General HARRISON after
wards prcsidcn Of the United States
was the commander of the MEgICANs
INDoNs teld the Mericans thai the
next day they would SINE "a TEEAriE 0.
and that NIGHT they fell Oh them
the Mer.cans was sUCKEss."
Quesioii- What Two important events
Of l02O.
Answer--"Thc lanain. OF PILGRIM
was :and sending OVER NINTY
wlMIN Tor wives and selling THEN
for 80 pounds TOBACCO WHICH was the
price OF WIFE
Question : What is a bay?
Answer-'A Bay is u bend in LOCK
or SEE"
Question What is addition?
Answer ADDITION is the PRsssEssE
Of uNITIN two numbers So as to make
IN.
Such fellows could do thc'Statc more
in driving oxen or breaking
Oh some turnpike than in attemp-
ing TO teach the young idea how 10
We want such a school system
md such n public sentiment OH the SUBJ
ect that ~clod-hoppers like these will not
lare to present themselves for exami-
lation.- indianapolis Journal.
~"My son." said a mother to her
title boy four years old, "who above all
will you wish to see when you
,ass into the spirit world" "Goliah ~