Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-20

tie % .illation. .f;lt ears have an aisle
with one seat on each eide, in the .ame
nsAnRcr "a ordinary cars have two seats.
The length ot cars allows thirty seats.
each person having seat to himself.
Tie cars are warmed with steam. are
Well ventilated, have closets. water tanks.
Ill tllr mo lcrn improvements. Westiny-
house brakes. ete. They weigh but tour
tons and !. halt. ordinary ears weighing. on
on average, eighteen tons. Hence. Mans
f1eld will carry sixty persons with cars
weighing nine tons. while ordinary roads
mast draw eighteen tors to carry fifty-six
persons. The engines are equally light
and less costly than on ordinary roads. |,
is quite evident that \ road eight and half
miles long, which cost equipped 1850 less
than $50 900, and wilic; can br run tor halt
the expense upon ordinary roads. must bp
a great and notable achievement The road
| cost $500 per nl;le. The trains run about
twenty mile. an hour. Engines weigh
about eight tons. and draw two passenger
and two freight ears twice per day each
way. at = cost Of coal olly one-fourth that
of ordinary engines.
! A W0mnn'a EXp"r enee aS Supsrin-
tendent.
Miss Agnes IIostord is superintendent
of schools of Eau Claire county. She read
a paper at the teachers convention this
summer. on her experience in the work.
and it WAS good enough to deserve being
read in full by everybody in the State who
can read. One extract which il true to
life, is all the space we can afford this
week. The first examination of teachers
over. the result Of the work and what fol-
lowed is then told:
''FOrty-ei"ht of the canditlates failed to
receive certificates. The minority Of the
disappointed ones We're young and mex
pcrieaced. 4 few. however. had taught
several terms and felt keenly tie NORTH
cation Of failure. To notify such Of the
result of their examination WAS the first
hard thing in connection with my work.
So far IA know nearly al of these accept
ell tile decision as just. Only one relieved
her mind by sending me long. badly
written and badly spelled letter charging
me with pa4 tility for others and 4 partic,i-
lar dislike for herself. and almost annihil,t-
ing ne with the very pertinent remark.
This is woman's generosity to her sect
if teachers themselves submitted without
colNplaint their friends We're not always
SO passive. One young woman came in
behalf Of her sister. and closed her unsuc-
cessfi.l mission with the serious threat. 1T
will Ike a long time before she will be eN-
:lmincd before you again"' dit, not an
ticipate any serious loss to the schools
should she never appear. but iii six months
She vas aRam sHnon. Ine lpptc;uns anu no
more successful than before.
Zone aggrieved parent attempted to
prove my injustice and his daughters abil-
ity to teach by writing that she had passed
examination by us COOL or better scholars
than this county would average. and he
would prove that she was better qualified
to teach than some others to whom had
given certificates. that she had school en-
y:yed and they had not. lie had always
been Il staunch Republican and had done !;
good deal OF talking to get me elected, but
he would never vote for Il wo!lE,n again. if
he lived to be hundred years Old lie
was no doubt man of unhounded inilu-
| ence. as he impressed his greatness upon
me by subscribing himself Preacher and
chairman of the board" | was sorry to
endanger the success of the woman of the
future, but was convinced by his logic.
rnawed by his high social and official posi-
ton did not reverse my decision.
..Some asserted that WAS reducing the
supply of teachers that might insure high
wages to my successful friends; some that
| WAS more lenient to non-resi.ients than
to those whose homes We're in the county !;
others said No one not belonging in the
county need hope tor Il certiticate;' while
others still accounted fo- the future of
their friends by accusing me OF denomin4-
tion,l favor or prejudice. 1t was not pleas
ant to have such motives ascribed to lne.
but did not expect to refuse certificates TO
more than ont-tlir,i the candidates with
out opposition and nisrepre ,entation.
| This was much easier to meet thaa appeals
| to my sympathy. There were some who
seemed to think that their poverty and in
ability to do anything else were sufficient
reasons why they should teach. Some
| times their circumstances were such rs to
demand my sympathy. and ifit had been a
personal matter | should have yielded.
| This. however, Was Il matter of Judgment
and not Of feeling. could act yield with
out giving up all that desired to accom-
plish. believe there could be no greater
wrong inflicted on our schools than to Ii
cense these young, inexperienced. incom-
petent teachers. II allowed to enter on the
work Of teaching. their errors. vague con-
ceptions and imperfect knowledge would
be repeated and perpetuated in every
school which came under their care. | had
no cho.ce but to consider the good OF the
many rather than the wishes Of the few
l-WiscoNssa ES.
EM~~~Aa IN the AhataA