The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-05
Nxt.s Nortberner.
rpAc,,rEe AND PATRONS OF VAN b.
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,t,coeb dc courtesy OF TIE proprietor Vi
III. TIM, NoururlNLB, 1 wish 70 interest YOU
in tie effort winch Is now icing made to better
,naIify teachers g0r their work. For this OBJ
ieot a Tcochers Convention has been organized
10 meet aemi-snnuaiiy think at different 10
-pItoe hH the teachers in the county are
earnestly requested 70 attend and not only to
attend hut e. interest themselves n the pro-
ooedinge aud discussions which may come be-
for the ASSEMBLY. Il may be embarrassing to
stand i, tbe presence o. Professor; much
more 20 exvoos ones crudeness but 80 far as
corld Judge Hroru what l saw al Hartford Oh
the cd e,ni esd irsts. the Professors were very
hind. ta,anC pans 20 get acquainted with the
teache,e there causing them to feel at homo
among them. Aud at this point, would like
to nnp,es1 upoG our minds the fact that these
Same learned rle-. are but men, and at the be-
ginne wcro Nery young teachers like yourselves
perhaps; may he. OF 80 good. The great fault
OF all mankind "a we are afraid OF our SUPER
ors. wl,croD we ought to confde in them; and
allow ON solves 90 he instructed by them. The
question Ues bccdeht az IN the convention who
she uid pev Che Lecturer: Supt Williams said
he hod paid the lecturer heretofore and
thought thc Che teachers ought TO be willing to
bear paN O. the expense. l inquire, could
there pt< le bette way vet etthe citizens
who bess c,eee Lectures, anu praise them so
highly tcar the,r share i'll this necessary ex-
peDse ,oally believe they would do il cheer
fully y H,cy undccecood this matter. Again in
regard "a The manner OF entertaining these
convp0oso0. i adge there has been some
Grumbbs6 oomevhers: judge 50 from tho
fact. THAI When r. vas proposed 10 hold the
Mach oefsion AZ Breedsyille. aud some ono
made TIC ,omars that he knew some Of tue
peop.c u That place 70 g Warun-hearte1, and
thought TIC Convention would receive well
como tuls llilIua arose and remarked
they did no. VII, 20 tLrist themselves upon
the ho,stailties OK Ak people, the teachers are
willing 60 pay tLe.r way. That Wis new idea ;
all tho institutes ever Lad TIE good fortune
to know anything about were tree tor teach
ers, Furthermore aftrn gou adopt that plan
and yoor conventions axe al an end, and they
ought 60 u = j village IN IN Buren, County
largo aod coDmoiioE. enough TO entertain the
Teacbc,r Count convention, aud ;s not vii
ling "a do 20 cheerf1lly. let Us know where it
is, M hrlt Iust report. please. Now an
not q nens,ec Of the convention. but am
warm t,,onJ OF any plan that has FOR its object
improvement know teachers need al the
light tboy can get and that was happy
thought cNpree sed by the Supt as advice to
tesci.e,,5 "a visit SIS schools tia: have lepu-
tatiop< 30, eupecioritv. but how many VII aval
themselves OF that evsn sog iezs tuan now az.
tepdtho convention. Tie important question
ia, how cav teachers De inGaepce1 10 attend
these Weans instituted 10, their especial bene-
fit. Wopit II not act admirably for the School
Eor,d end p,tron. % ths school 20 take some
notice q tWs efFoct claim It 20 be their duty
to do 60. for when we nave more efficient
teac,ycN ,n our common schools, we shall not
30 carly ?vo 20 ser : oul children away to get
even er crdinac7 education. Among those
who uc II Hartford we're some good. true
wor,ere J noticed O. the Professors, Foster
Of Sou,h Ia9cu a live man aud alive 10 the
wo,l. s'sc smith CT Hartford also J. GOOD
ieop, A,rc cave examples IN the art Of drawing,
wbc,,et'cj ve,v much 20 tie interest Of the
excronea I! tioae VINO ought wI interest
theanntayos H. th,s movement. the Supt. and
,eocisc,s VIII te encouraged AID great good may
NC accomplished Who vii Ial.y: Please let
us ,los, 1,om some cue On this subject How 10
tled eac,cfs etn.d. Law We Mt hear from some
of tho.nr Know these are crude ideas,
grouped 'ogethey u / Grade manner. out Il
they oeyc Go awaG-a better thoughts on this
subicN Soc Oh CT VII be accomplished