The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-09-23

following, to both directors and parents,
viz: l. That none but competent
teachers bo employed: .. That no en-
couragoment be given to incompetent
ones To have themselves examined 3.
That no applicants he sent into any
district with petitions To obtain the
signatures Of the patrons 4. That the
black boards, wherever necessary. bc
enlarged and improved so us toaCcom.
modatc the largest classes with n suit,.
ble surface ; .. That the seats for the
smaller pupils he made sufficiently low
for them to sit with comfort and ease.
If efforts are made in time, good
teachers can be foiind for all the schools
in the county. and hence no valid rea-
son can be assigned for employing poor
ones
That n teacher may be competent,
more Is necessary than that he has
kept school" II number of years. lie
must not only have u good knowledge
of the branches to he taught. but ho
imust understand the best methods OF
nplrting instruction. III he iuil- in
the latter, he should give way TO anoth-
cr qualified for the work.
a teacher who reads no ncws-papc I
or education journal. and who does not
avail himself of the advantages of
Teachers Institutes and other means OF
improvement within hi. reach, should
seek employment In some other chan
mel than that OF teaching.
G1oi work will hereafter 10 expected og every
Quo. and those wh1 nrc not uualiH,d ~ do "
shnul NJ present themselves f'r oNNmination.
a.. fN.nHtH La
without any ,srcrtsiuth'e iwuruycWrut iu thpt
hfucss. "rhry can not SEQ how n 10 that Others
rct hottrr certificates than they do. They answc-.
ci just ~ many qrcattons, nnd ground 1ut Just
ls many solutions to proh,'Nn~ a,any dil."
Their oniy cnusolati'u hnNrNcr "a IN tn" unjust
a'suwr'iou that th" Superintendent IL prr.u lice
nca,cs than they deserve. anl all oth,ts bct'or
Tho sooner the schools get nd of this class
~ toachrr-, tho h'tor 10 VIII he ior tho children.
Tpask aqualihpd teacher g. take Petition in
tn district to got tho names of those ~ fAylr uf
histratinP tn school not only A. iusnltt e. him,
but violation Of tho spirit Ut the srhO d lN~ Hud
To send an incompetent one to get their sigma.
tura- IL both an injustice and An imposition. The
patrons of the schools arc not suuuoscl tu know
anything ct th' N'nr-s the applicants. The di
r,ctnra iuWcycrarc MT uuiy supposed coupe.
tent o. Judge ofthe ttross of thrir applicant, hut
are cNp prutrd To be- ahlc tn dusr. II 10 thor duty
t. b. o. the Examinations aud to Ac1uliut them
SOW With tho 1u,,inrs,iou. ~ th' Tcr''ns' "i'f
ing Themselves a. tcs,hora tn" Varcuts a. a g'u-
cgal thing, have uu kunwlsigt wAatrv"r e She o..
n"s~ 'r unntucss of'h' teachers. Very tow ever
Niri' tr' sohuol.. All they k"ov NJ tho teachers
anl thc,rwntk h. what thry learn through thci,
childrot whoc-u ia no srnsc n 'h' term be
c"Wpct"ut to y! - Trustworthy or reliable iu'r.
meat upon WORK WI h thry do not understand.
hut are themselves l'Jrhiu., in many instance,
hr 'stinutiOu IN whtri, teachers aGo held t4huth
u-t1r,-'us and Unjust Tho pnur".t teachers are
considered tho best. ahh the hest tho poorest.
Th'ro are uufuriuust,ly ~ nfta few places In tho
county In which rupi teachers ara MT at all al.
prc'Itt'd, sud where none but tho poorest ones
ar, praised pi r'ursc II dHesnutrcl tttr "a pro.
rh"tir vision tn tell VIA, thesrh'ul, utthotc dis
tri"t- amount g., t. sly that they mlyr NJ pro
grrs- wh,t"Ver, l. 20 'NUrrss thcir condition In
MI terms Tho ftct t. that "a " arr fraud up
~ The chil illtcu, consuming their precious time
" wlthuut giving them On al,gIhtr ruturu Tor u .
Poor svhnu'- nre had In vNvry- imaginable way,
B'~tics doing the children - good. they
waste thn h,rl.Iru' 4 iunuoy of thH tax Iayer-.
u l. hoped tI't tu tho dl-tr.cts fHrr,l o., IUt
forth" present MT ulm'i, better ,IIu-'i ill
L'rc,itur utoynh than has been the case IN tho
past.
A. tho examination uf the tea heri IL near al
hlud, anu th" I'm" tor hcr'rutuE thu srhrui- not
hr di''aut. lr"m y my irty - uryo ~ un all
whn t,to an interest IA preparing Tn" rising gen
Grafton fnr u-"iul aul honorable citfrusrip, to
lent h.lpius hnul IN carrying tn wurk e. rNarl
In the iuDst sr'ditNh'r sud successful manner.
wNL NOErLING, Go. Sup,.
Sclinsgrovc, Pa. sept. Is 1873.