Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-06-04
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Letter from Poolesville.


Jnno lst, 1875.
/ Mr. Editor Your Unity correspondent
{" G.'' must he very hard TO please. IN his
engerness to find fault OF the public schools,
| be reminds me of the man who wanted to
quarrel with his wife and did not know how
10 begin. AT length, returning hume one
| night, he hit upon this happy expedeni -
| said he g II she's in bed IN git mad because
she went 10 bed before cum home; ii she $
sittin' up waitin' Tor me II give her blazes
because she didn't go to bed aud rest herself,
SO she's bound 10 catch il amy how" II The
| schools are kept open he Is dissatisfied because
they cost so much money if they are closed
| he is dispeased because they are not open, so
the schools, teachers and all concerned are
| bound to ''to catch it any how" fully
| agree with &C. that 1t is waste TO close
the schools during any part OF the scholastic
| year. aud for the sake OF the rising generation
sincerely hope that the pcopte will demand OF
| their SERVANTS, the County Commissioners, 10
| levy sufficient amount for the next year to
! carry on the schools for the whole year. But
!" thinks the sum now levied immense -
| He ought TO remember that the object, viz :
the education of all The children OF proper age
| in the county, is also immense. But large as
| is the sum, it is inadequate TO effect the pur-
| pose II 6 q - will make the calculation he
will find that the teachers get no higher wages
than a good mechanic and they surely deserve
at least as much. But &c" thinks il is no
trouble TO glide through the hands OF the ex-
aminer. Some OF the teachers OF the old re-
| gme, TO which he so fondly revcrts, found it
too rough gliding for them they tried to slip
through, but Conduit Had there been no
authorized examiner, probably they would
have been teachers Jet, perhaps TO the great
satisfaction of &c"
Iagree with &c. again--that is some con.
solation--tlat Captain Anderson is thorough
scholar and--to his credit ! say it, not dispar-
agemeat--he is hind-hedrted; but he is also
Conscientious, as some have learned to their
sorrow when failing in an examination.
kaoeo that &c" draws on his imagination
when he asserts that the teachers are apprised
in advance oil the the visits of the Supervisor.
| No such arrangement exists, and besides, g !"
must certainly know that Captain Anderson
could distinguish solid requirements from su-
perfcial polish. &C. thinks that v hen pa
rents had 10 pay three dollars per capita pei
quarter, they ieI. deeper interest and took a
more active part in securing proper teacher
| for their children. "G." certainly entertains
a very poor opinion o. his telow-citizens. =
Teachers are held just as much responsible fol
the progress of their rupils now as they were
under the old system; trustees are fully as
| attentive 10 their duties and parents are equal
Ii as much alive TO the advancement OF theil
children as they were under the old system,
! and no bold assertion of &c" can alter The
| facts.
4 He asks, "Who does this system now boast
OFF, answer, many fully equal in every res
pect TO those gentlemen whom he mentions
and say it in no disparagement lie com
plains OF irregularity of attendance. THAI
always has been source of great annoyance
TO teachers and a great impediment 10 tht
progress Of pupils, and ! am afraid it will con-
tinue SO for long time but for the lille OF mt
cannot conceive how the teacher now lies
under any greater necessity 10 let the children
do as iittle they please than he did before tht
Inauguration Of the present system. &c. =
sagely thinks that it is because The teacher j;
in small degree dependen, upon the number
OF pupils to fix his salary. But under the OLD
system he was arhoiy dependent upon the
number of pupils TO fix his salary Then, i
the teachers being partially dependent causes
him to relax discipline, certainly his being
wholly dependent would cause him 10 relay
to far greater extent if not abandon all at
temps at discipline; hence, according to G $, =
own argument, the present system is infnitel J
preferable TO secure the important object Of
regular attendance. &C. seems to have {
peculiar penchant for distortng facts. II,
speaks in such way of the practice of some
OF closing the year with an exhibition, as Il
misead one TO think that the teachers never
have a public examination of their pupils.
Bat even in hsefort to deiract from SOME
poor drudge of a teacher &c" unconsciousll
bestowed upon him the need of highest praise
There are but few teachers, even of "G,s.'
beloved old system, who can turn out from
their schools elocutionisis that can rival Char.
otte Cushman or Edwin Booth.
If &C. = will PROFOUND hisarithmetcal pro-
bem 10 every man whom he meets, who were
| e1u cd mn dor ha nId syc hn vii End a
large majority unable TO solve it.
In conclusion, Mr. Editor wish &C. to
state, under his own proper signature, the
| number of children whom he sends to a pri-
mary school, and, if am greatly mis,a-
ken, the answer will be in the words with
which Wiz: makes Logan close his celebrated
speech, mot one.' That will reveal the gen
tleman's great objection to the present excel
lent system of education. IL.