The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-15

tufsemeat Ger the support u ear
schools Laberal cages and a rcspecs.
abe socja position will iasaFc. il is BE-
l.erea supply sqaAi 10 tAe Increasing
demand ior teachers wbo intend 10
makc teaching their liic work The
desire g be useful is the MODEST im.
pslse 10 scck and 70 elevate aud saoru
ibis profession bot i should be stima.
iaisd i cur yosng mea and AIDES ty
The reasonable expectation q some
thiag more than beggarly living
You canuot fix yoar wages 90 low that
they will not be az object 10 some one
You may vote 10 pay your ohildrens
Instructors City dollars per year aud
you will not lack candidates with Ger.
tifcates d good moral character aud
plentiful erudiiion 10 their pockets.
Be assured they will be dny dollar
men Too mach Is expected Of school
officials, | fear from the regretted fact
that hare met no parents ia my visits
70 the schools that they have the idea
that my enforced visits render their
voluntary ones improper or useless.
Parents should ever remember that
society holds them responsible Tor the
characters Of their children aud that
God will bold them to strict account
for the smallest faults in their children
which, with His aid, they might have
corrected. The proper department Of
children on the way 70 aud from school
Is TO be secured only by the partner
siiip Of parent aud teacher aud both
must attend TO their business on the
same principle. that at this timo, they
are, from the youngest TO the oldest, TO
use no proiaue language. 10 enter into
angry dispute, injure no ones fences,
trees. or flowers. TO make no unneces-
sary delays and are one aud all ame
nable ts thelaw for any breach OF com.
mou decency or for any injury to public
or private proparty. Both teacher aud
parent impressing this upon the scbol
ara. the community will have less
reason to shudder when. noting our
boys 10 the streets, they are forced to
remember the saying "the boy is father
of the man." Your superintendent has
recommended to every teacher to
learn the pupils the Ten Command.
ments and the Lords prayer believing
none could object to these rules Of dc.
votion as sectarian. 1t forms no part
of my duty at this time to discuss the
merits or defects Of our school laws,
the people, II time be allowed for the
trial of them, will discover both their
excellence and demerit and by their
approval or protest, secure all desire
able change. You. will pardon me for
naming in conclusion one indscreet
consequence of our code Of School Laws
which. perhaps has been too little valu
ed. l allude to the case OF our legis-
lature not to minister to the general
disease of Office seeking. Our legisla-
tire has taken eflectual precaution that
the situations of Town Superintendent
District Clerks. and Prudential Com
mittees shall be no siuecues but that
each shall pay in perplexing duties, to
the full value received. They have
left us tho disenterested motives Of
usefulness, love of children, and Of
social order and make our willingness
somewhat marked in the times, to turn
over the papers, the funds and the fill
ing up of the future reports of oar
worthy successors.
Respectfully submitted,
q. y. V. EASTMAN
Snnarintendant