Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-04-10
cLEARFIELD, Pa WEDNESDAY, APRIL TO- 1872

A diploma from college legally EN-.
powered to grant literary degrees q
diploma or State certificate issued by
the authorities Of State Normal
School; professional or permanent
certificate, issued at least one year
prior to tho election; certificate OF
competency from the State Superin-
tendent, or commission as county,
city or borough superintendent. In
addition 10 the intellectual qualifica.
tions usually indicated by the posses
sion of documents like tho above
named, superintendent OF schools
should be n broad, liberal thinker, q
good speaker, a man Of tact and of
marked ndminisfrnfive nbifity .'ss1'
Moral Qualifications. ns.--The law says
no person shall be eligible to tho office
"unless he has sound, moral charac.
ter" The very letter Of the law
should in this respect be adhered to,
and will be, SO far as the Department
is concerned. Nor is it sufficient for
superintendent Of schools to be
guiltless of any gross "immorality."
He should be positive worker for
good if possible, he should have all
the moral qualities implied in the
noble expression; "a Christian gen.
tleman."
Professional QualJcdtionS.-I is
provided in the law, that a person
cnnnot hold the Office of Superintend-
ent of schools unless "hc has had sue.
cessful experience within three years
of tho time of his election" The
spirit OF this provision Is, that q su,
perintcndent must be professional
teachcr--not lawyer, doctor, minis
ter or a member Of some other profes-
sion desiring TO hold the Office until a
way opens TO engage in something
else.
The Office ofsuperintendent ofschools
belongs TO the teachers, it has to do
with teachers, and should always be
filed by teacher. If directors can
find in county teacher devoted to
his profession, who always attends in
stitutes, who reads works on teaching,
who advocates common schools, who,
like Richter, cloves God and little
children :" who, in short. is something
of an enthusiast in his work, he, in
all probability, is the man to make a
superintendent, even though he has
not been to college.
The second question is difficult
one to answer. The salaries of super.
intcndents are now very unequal, and
some change in the mode of fixing
them has been thought desirable.
With regard to cities and boroughs,
the plan now pursued is very proper
one, as they pay their supcrindcntcnts
out Of their own funds but with re
gard to the counties IL leads to great
Irregularities II is considered within
the power of the State Superintendent
TO change the mode of paying county
supcrintcndents salaries, and to pay
the superintendent OF each county in
whole and in case the Irregularities
which now exist become much great.
er, that power will be exercised.
Superintendcuts ought TO be paid
liberal salaries. Their work. whom
well done, is both delicate and diff.
cult. Good officers can hardly be
paid too much, and we had better have
none at all than poor ones.
There is bill relating to this sub
ject now pending in the Legislature.
1t may or may not pass before the
holding of the conventions. The sal.
aries Of county suporintendents as
fixed in this bill are based upon tho
number Of schools and the number OF
square miles of territory there are in
each county. This is the safest prac.
tical basis that could be found. Two
dcllars are allowed for each school and
one dollar for each square mile, of ter.
ritory. The only exception is that
the smaller counties have been as
signed salaries somewhat out Of pro.
portion to the larger ones but this
will be considered fair when it is re-
memberod that a superintendent in q
small county must possess the same
qualifications as are possessed by n
superintendent in larger one, and
has an institute to hold, reports to
make and other duties to discharge
which require the same amount OF
labor.
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTION
OF A supERIsrEsDFNr OF SCHOOLS.
10 J. 2. wIcKEasHAN,
Superintendent Of Common Schools.
SIN The undersigned President and Secretary
Of tho Convention OF School Directors of Clearioli
county, convened, according to law, at the Court
House, in the borough Of Cicarhcld, OBJ,
the-----day of May, 1872 do hereby certify tina,
------ ------, whose address is------, was
elected, rira roce by o majority Of the whole mum
Der Of directors present, as county superintendent
until the FIRST Monday in June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy FIVE and that the ovi-
dcncc of competency, TO falhll the duties of the
Office presented to the convention by the said---
-----, was such US Is requird by law consisting
| 0f---------. HI H.tfN
They further certify, that the amount Of com.
pcnsation for said superintendent was fixed by
said convention at the sum oi-- - -----l
------ dollars ($----) per annum and that the
whole number Of directors present was----------,
Of whom----yoicd for the faid----- -
and thnt------ 49,, whose address is--------i
rcccivcd------- votes and----- --------, whose
address is------, fcccycd------yotcs.
Dated at -------, this -------- day of------,
A F.. ID. 1872.
49, -, P,e.ideaL
lai1Ef -- -----, Secretary.
/ ---sl-----<, -
a young lady, the other day, in tho
course of lecture, said "Get mar,
ried, young man, and be quick about
it, 100. Don't wait for the millennium,
hoping that the girls will turn to AN
gels before you will trust yourself to
one of them. A pretty thing you
would be alongside Of an angel
wouldn't you, you brute"
A bcrcaved widowcr, while fccciv-
ing with due acknowledgement tbs
coincidence Of friends, that IL was in.
decd a great loss, n sad bereavement
that he had suffered, added, "Anc
Just think Only u few days ago
bought hor whole box OF pills, and
she hnln't timc TO tnkc half of fhcu,