The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-15

ports incomplete - they are, have upon the
statement AZ the head Of this srticlei" and
ask, what bearing do they have? II they have
no bearing upon the charge where are The
figures by which he would "prove it un-
founded 2" or does he rely upon somebody's
4" statement" for il? II the figures showed
the number of certificates actually granted
during the year, after deducting 'compl-
mentsry certificates, of which mention is
made IN some of the Reports, such as those
gwen to classes IN schools too young, or not
intending to teach, or as recommendation 10
those going out OF the county; and the num-
Der changed from one township to another, al
so the number OF teachers actually employed
in all the schools in the county during the year
we might approximate very nearly to the cor
rectness of the statement. | find IN the re-
ports before me, three superintendent report
ing upon these items. Washtenaw, IN 1871,
had ISL school houses, educational force
Of the county, 233 !" "whole number OF GER
hfcates OF all grades in the hands OF the
teach ers, 22i !" "whole number employed
during the year, 30i."
>~AHouh Nouhts, ioBOiiS '
"22O teachers employed at one time, and 3S'
during the year "and 467 certificates had
been given"
Eaton County had "l40 school houses, and
employed 3l5 teachers during tho year"
II these figures indicate anything, 1t 10 that
the whole number OF teachers required to sup
ply oil the schools in a county il more than
double the number OF schools. Or to be more
exact. II IN 1872, the number OF schools in this
county was $50. winch is 81 less than reported
il would require i05 teachers to supply them
and 400 licenses were granted that year.
Will not insult the common sense Of any
one by claiming to prove from these reports,
the truth or ialsity OF the alleged charge at the
head OF MIR. Esre's article. have quoted
from them to show the utter fallacy OF his
facts and figures. No person can study these
reports and claim that but one fact can be
demonstrated by them and that ia, that Mich
isan, expanding hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars annually for the support OF her schools, -
under the supervision Of State and fifty-three
County superintendent. no form, sys-
ten, or uniformity of School Reports. The
Reports Of 1871, following the struggle among
the people. and in the Legislature for the re-
peal OF the Law, it Is but reasonao Die to suppose,
would be quite az favorable for the system and
the schools, az the facts would justify. Yet Of
the ffty-three superintendent in the State,
but thirty reported at all, and these consist OF
mere letters to the state superintendent. in
which each writes whatever he deems essential.
am sorry to be compelled to say this, but it
is serious defect, and should be corrected.
There are some differences that may be drawn
from these reports, such as,--that the number
OF first grade certificates granted in the State
correspond very nearly in most Of the coun-
ties with the number Of principals required to
I'LL the graded school, that the number Of
second grade, is but fraction Of the number
and school officers must employ teachers hold
ing third grade certificates, in most of the
schools OF the state. Ii can also be inferred
that the wages paid to female teachers are in
no just proportion to the amount paid to males
The best female teachers employed in the COM
mon schools. command only about one-half
the amount, for the same labor, that is paid to
males. And is il not true, that Principals are
employed in the | MON Schools, at salary Of
from twelve to fifteen hundred dollars year,
when perhaps the Lady Assistant, receiving
but moity OF that sum, does the teaching and
brain work OF the school. Il this right ?
Should woman. because she is a woman. re-
celve less wages than man, il she performs
the labor OF a man?
J. j. NooDMAN.