Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-08
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To the Teachers of Knox County
A year has passed since some of you
were granted certificates to teach In
the public schools of your county. The
certificates of Others will soon expire.
You have, each of you, during the
year, been engaged for u longer or
shorter period in the responsible busi-
ness of drawing out aud training the
mental powers of those who are to
bear the sponsibiltles of church,
state, nationality, and every other in
terest upon which the future well.being
of our country shall rest. Do you feel
that the record you have left is such as
you would wish it to have been? Do
YOU propose TO enter the ensuing year
no better prepared for your work than
you were twelve months ago? Is it
your purpose to improve, and better
qualify yourselves from year to year,
or to let your capacities crystalize AT the
present low standard only to drag out
a miserable existence of sluggish me
diocrity and finally be cast aside to
make room for more energetic and
wide-awake fellow-teachers? If you
propose TO stand still, you can do so.
If, on the other hand, you are DESTROYS
of improving, some excellent uppor-
tunities will soon be offered you. Prof
+. G.. Beaman will, on the l4th of this
month, open, at Huckleberry Springs,
in the 18th district of KuoX county, "a
normal class for the instruction OF all
teachers who may see fit to attend.
No tuition will be charged. Board
will be but little, if any, more than
81. 80 per week. Other expenses viii
be mere trifle. The school will con-
tinue two or three weeks. Mr..
Beaman is teacher of excellent
reputation, and proposes to give
thorough instruction in the leading
principles of all the branches taught
in common schools, teachers are eX
pected to fully understand minor de
tails and impart the best methods of
school government, ETC., etc. Every
teacher in the county should attend.
Also, on the 3rd of August next an
institute for teachers. appointed 10y
State Superintendent Fleming, Will be
opened at the Bell House school build
ing in Knoxville, under the immediate
supervision of Prof. H. Presnell, of
Washington county, assisted by Prof
s. u. Sharp, of Maryville. The institute
will last five days, and have for its
object the improvement of teachers in
q knowledge Of the branches taught,
together with whatever else may serve
to fit them for better work, and elevate
them in their profession. Free enter
tainment will be provided in the city for
those who may not be able 10 return
daily to their homes. Here are some
of your opportunities. The children.
the tax payers, The school officers of
the county and the people generally
will Toe interested in seeing how you
will improve them. | may add that
these institutes have no resemblance
to educational conventions or mas,
meetings, where teachers are Lo-ed
with long speeches aud few practical
ideas To help them in their work. the
institute Is "A SChuul where teachers are
taught how to teach and nothing
more. 1t does OF combine any super
fluous dempu-tt aliOus for the benefit of
spectators. This much explanation is
deemed necessary tor those teachers,
who may desire to know exactly in
what institute work consists
L will examine teachers on Monday
of every week and also on the 3ri
Saturday Of this month at the Bell
House in this city. The examination
this year will he more rigid than that
of last year. Teachers must improve
and bring themselves up To better
standard of quail ficaliun. Poor teachers
can not stand in the way 10 the success
Of our schools. The number of teachers
of inferior scholarship licensed last
year was larger, it is hoped, than may
be ever found necessary again. Those
who scarcely passed an average grade
Of IS" must use diligence to succeed
this season. Applicants must bring a
written certificate of moral character
aud be prepared to answer half tht
questions asked before ob aiming "a Ger
tificate to teach. The required branches
are Spelling, Reading, Writing Menta
aud Written Arithmetic English
Grammar, Geography aud United
States History. 4. G. KARNs,
Supt. Pub. Inst. Knox Co.
Knoxville, Tenn, July7, 1874.