Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-11-26
Gs,ensrs, Go,n,,n.
W. E. PARKER. Edito ,

not find teachers? Eyes, but we want
teacher who understands his business
one who has had experience; one who
can teach some OF the more advanced
branches. Is the supply, not equal to
the demand? 1t seems not. There must
be cause for this deficiency. The cause
is, the professions and different branches
OF business offer better inducements than
teaching offers. After having sharpened
his faculties on the teachers grindstone,
and now for these sharpened faculties he
is offered much better remuneration, can
you blame the teacher for deserving
the ranks? Heretofore you have been
content to have school kept you demand1
ed no special preparation; the pc son pref
pairing for the law, medicine, or theology
could keep your school while preparing
for his profession. A few of these have
been honest, faithful workers. Why did
not you offer them inducements to keen
them at work? A clerk is thrown out of
employment; if he will condescend to
teach your school you are glad to have
him teach until he can better himself.
Perhaps he was efficient. Why did you
not keep him? Ministers generally earn
all they get. honor the faithful minis
ter. But have seen double injustice !;
have seen the minister and the teacher
laboring side by side, the teacher doing
double the work, having double the cares
and being under double the expense, YET
the minister receives double the salaryI
Can you give reason for this double IND
justice? Do you wonder that teachers
leave the ranks? You do not hesitate to
complain before your teacher, of the
heavy school-tax; he is as sensitive as
other mortal beings; he feels that you re-
gard him as being on your bounty. He
resolves to quit the business. admit
that schools, cause pretty heavy tax; and
that is one reason why we should add
enough to it to keep full supply of eff
Gent teachers in the field. Just enough
to partly do the work, is money thrown
away. Look over your tax receipt
"School tax mills" What does that
mean; it means so much paid as the price
of knowledge and morality, SO much
paid for the rrosp Gritty and happiness of
our children, SO much paid for the perpet-
uation of our free institutions. Will you
have this item erased from your tax re.
ceipt9 In the above, at random, have in
Dictated some of the causes of complaint
of both teachers and patrons. Says VIM.
H. McGuffy, L. L. D.. There are in the
community abundant resources, both
physical and moral, for the education of
the people-the schOle Peep e-to any ex-
tent that may be desirable. But this can
not be effected without effort, united eff
fort. There must be concert between the
people and their legislators; between those
who are already educated, and those who
have yet to acquire their education; be-
tween the instructors of youth and the
parents of children. There must be an
increase Of teachers. Not more than
thirty pupils ought ordinarily be COM
mitted to the care of u single instructor,
at any one time. This ratio must when
all our youth shall be in the schools,
augment the number of teachers beyond
that of any other profession, or even me-
chanical employment in the whole land
g 1t is the duty, therefore, of our young
men of liberal education, to fill up the
ranks of this most respectable land, we
trust soon to be respected) of all profes-
sions, the profession Of teaching. y
And as interest and duty are, in the moral
government Of God inseparably connected,
those who engage in the business of in
struction, with capable facility, can not
fail of employment, and competent
support"
'In the business of instruction, where
is an adequate supply Of professional
teachers to be found? This field of en-
.erprisc if not new, is certainly almost
No where else can talents
md learning and worth find such certain
md profitable investment.
''But if it were not even so, still it
would be the duty of teachers to per-
severe; and of those competent to teach, to
commence and persevere until the ranks
should be filled up, and the public com.
)elled, by the force of truth and expert
nent, to award to the faithful and COM
oetent instructor of youth the honor and
which are his due. The
work must be done. The existence of
,ur institutions depends upon it. The
people have been complaining land they
lave had cause to complain) that teachers
re not worthy of their patronage; and
he teachers have, in turn, complained |
hat their compensation was not equal to
heir toll and these complaints have been
ut too lamcntably just. But, crimina-
ion and recrimination will not reform the |
buse. Grant that our compensation has
lot b.en equal to our pains, is there any
letter way TO liberalize our patrons than
y doing our work faithfully, and on
nore patriotic principles? We are not to
epend upon the mere fee for tuition as
ven our pscunidry reward. Our profess
ion has rare felicity in this respect
hat while others find employment from
he miseries and vices of mankind, our
ain, both in the extent and profit of the
Employment which we receive, will be In
roportion to our success in difiusing
trough the community Il love of learning
nd an adherence to sound morals and
rue religion, The more intelligence is
iffused through the community, the more
ill the desire to improve be increased
nd in proportion as the business of in
truction is understood will impossibillties
ease to be expected of the instructor
esides, the effect of correct instruction,
! promoting the general prosperity of
,ciety, and in enhancing the value of prop
rty already acquired, must secure tor the
.acher as a memb her of the community nm