The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-14

SUPERVISION OF PUPILS.

Tn the contract entered into by thu
teacher and the school district board
the teacher agrees to teach the schoo
to the best Of his ability, and for sucl
services property rendered to receive
q compensation named III the contract
Many, or at least some teachers seen
to think that to teach a school is mere
ly to 60 to the school house day ate
day, conduct the recitations, impair
such additional information as the.
may think proper,-in o word devote
their whole time and attention tx
books, and all is right. They conside.
that The manners, morals, and conduc
Of thepupils is something foreign K
their business, and unless some fla
grant breach Of propriety is brought
to their notice, they pay no attention
to anything Of this character.
A greater mistake could not bs
made. Merely hearing repetition Of
what the pupils find in their text book
is very small part Of teachers
work. He should exercise a vigilant
supervision of his pupils on the school
grounds as well as in the house, and
not only there, but also on the road tC
and from the school, where he has
Joint authority with the parents. He
should be prompt to repre8s or punish
any rudeness, blasphel1y, or obscenity
But the particular part Of teachers
duty which I wish to impress upon
them is the care they should, and n2a5st
exercise over the health of their pu-
pills. This is something which must
not be neglected. The seeds Of dis
ease are often soWn while attending
school,-sickness and death have fol
lowed as the natural results OF care
lo3sne8s on the part Of the teacher
In the winter season especially
such q one as the present-it often
happens that Tie little one come to
school with damp, OF even wet feet. II
is teachers bounden duty not only
as q teacher but as a man or aoon1a7l
as the ease may be, to see that those
feet are dried.
TO allow child who, perhaps IS toe
timid to ask to go to the fire, to sit
with wet shoes or skirts until tie
noon intermission viii allow them to
be dried, is wrong; and to refuse per
mission to a child to GO to the fire
when her feet were wet, as one teacher
did this winter, is q crime. q viii say
in par8nthosis that that teacher will
never receive a certificate from me).
Teachers who allow their pupils tc
build RATS and row them across any
little pond which may be near tbs
school-hous8 at this time Of Che year.
and get their feet thoroughly Wetted
are neglecting their duties; in fact
they are not teaching school, they are
beepjqg school, or the school-house
rather.
When parents send their children
to school they expect the teacher t
take care OF their morals, manners
and health, as well as to impart in
struction, and the teacher who can
not or will not do this better quit the
business the sooner the better.
p-+.~-oo-~-.
Harry Brown changed his mind anC
will not teach next summer. Ht
started for Whitewater Saturday, t.
attend the Normal School.
II. J. Brande will remain in The
Blackman school, Paris, next summer
Clara Epson has been re-engaged ii
The Stevens school, Bristol.
The Board in the Shuart school
Bristol and 2. p have again hired
Sarah Gibbons, Good.
Miss Matte Mizelle viii stay in tn,
Harmon Marsh school, Paris j. IT
Petrie stays in the Kellogg school.
VIM. Middlecamp will continue t
teach the young idea how to shoot il
the Liberty school.
Teachers, please send your reports
in as soon as possible.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
@. If children attend school il
another district, can school-lnony bt
drawn by the district, as IN Illinois?
"A. In this state children are III ~