The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-06-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
The Law as it Is, and Is It Was.

The attention OF the half dozen or NOR
c'tizens Of this county Who think the publ
,choL ;nt..@., # sniff, len, ip,,nr,,uc. I,
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niiv anecttd 10 c''shse III the schoo' law
made by our Legislature ut itI lnrt =. Q ion.
The lax a, i, s;oo,. mad. provision that ,
, .i,,;o 81 ,h.
''1'"e'o i"." ~ A "'
county iPerin'edeht sho"i' lie Held en-
nuaily in each conn v, for n period Of moi
kss than thee nor more than i've DAYS
I at dul log tue re. ons vi s,.ch Institutes al
the schools in the county ahoul be closed
and all the teachers thereof should ateno
the Ips,itu.e. ani that wages should lie a.
loved them meanwhile hy their rsspec iv.
district. AZ il their school. IL III time wsr,
sill i'm op.ratiop. TIL. Law was 40 chang -,
,hst Will. il remain the duty of the Surer
intendenr to hold annual lnsi u,es, an.! tn.
duty of all the ,e ,che,s in tie county 10 closs
their schools and attend them, the pay OF the
teachers atoms during I'll. h attendance.
This whole In .iiu,e b,l-iuess was absurd
enough beft re thi. charge: now it il WORSE
than absurd, it i, urilst. No person can
get situation in \ public schO.l without
having been examined nv the board prOvid-
ed By law, and certified BY them to be CON-
recent for such situation. What thea i, the
pss of Institute,. $ far "a those actually en-
gagged in teaching sre concerned? They have
cotDplied y ith the lay. thew have entered
up,n their work under contract with the
Din trict board whom they have sat;sfi.d in
the manner REQUIRED by law, of the r com.
petency for the business III, V have. then,
only to continue faithfully at their work 10
the end Of the term TO do ali that can Just "
and reasonably be rsauired o; them. But the
law AVA ,hey mu-t o.e their school. num-
Der of Javs TO attend the Ins,itu,s. What
for? To better qualify themselves to teach
Then the pr~sum. ,ion il they were no, well
enough qualified bs,o-e, and that ti,ir GER
titicates we're d sLam and iraui.
The scLoo term seldom las logger than
three or tour no this, and one t.rm in a
yesr il al thai many up l, hare the privi-
lego of tending. D..cuLt nu nx the schoOl
for a week, which i, usual y the case, ia
fraught wirh de rrment to the VII ls school
and psrticu arly 10 the class OF upils men,
t,ned. II cum o, veil be JUS flied I'M e .
there ar, cUmp.n-aling a:v intages. Eu:h
adv ,n,sges, # a V, cor si., in imp: oven. n,s
der.v d by the teacher from the In sti;u e..
Bu, suIp re no imp, ovement takes place,
which in the case Ut many teachers il y cup
tO.akl. c. -; what then. The dis riot il the
10 er w.tht ut comp Ms ,tion. II there is i'm
PROVEN, Mt, The dis,ri I ye'- the benefit Of il
soi-l, n, The teacher. expense. Without
attending the Ins itu-e H. g,v TO hrs EN-
p'overs both ~ to kind and grali'y. all the
ser vic. they bargained for. Miat r-asOn
or Justice in tomps!lu him by Law to give
more.
Before the law wss chsnrei givi. g tescl.-
ers pay curing attendance at Institutes. it
was the custom Of the y q l.. at localities
where the Institutes were held To ente,t lin
!. acbers free Of charse. Without qualities
yrs:,l,:ous hospiraiitv cOnsi,lern z the nea-
line fac, Of the enforced attendance, lstenr j.
bly, at least for the public good; and ciii-
lens, though not always without som. thing
Of a patron zipe spiri,, we're di.lr-e,i 10 shar.
heir bread an 4 board, gov. rned probably
bv the same consideration. Bur the iniin.
ence { the system was L-prsd N. both Ia
each. =. anil .ch,ols. Hinder thu I,x Nv m.
s,cl. p, v.v., .Inr;ro Io.ti,n,e finn. thev
|. i. mos re- N .sn,. tho, o~,. wvn ,,J
'aon,sJ ,h., a. ,hI ri. =, .ur I,.i, u.,v
Ius,;,n,. w. ,h., a. . Oil I,~ i. ..,,,.-
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nrchn a-,.n ,.,n.p,
IT,. ...,sn, .i.o -. ;,;,s.;o. =. III.
,c,. d;.,r;c, ho.rd. IN The cho;cs If ,s,cs.rs
49,. ~ w., ~. J;s..;,a;m .,;., $500,
,nni;c. who have attended m,,v ;rs,;.
, III. an" , Suo IT, 49, .,,.nJ., a
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