The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-02-21
For The.Post.
COUNTY insT,TUTe.-yIll.
7hwsdrg Afternoon Session Continue,

7hmsd1g Afternoon Session Continued.
Prof. Noetling, In speaking TO the ji-
reciors and to tho teachers, said that
some people have vague idea Of the du =
ties OF the Csunty Superintendent. They
do not seem 10 know that he has any
thing TO do but examine the teachers.
and afterwards visit the schools for the
purpose OF collecting statistics 10 make
bis annual report. When they spesk OF
bis salary they consider ave months ser.
vice, ss " the Examinations did not be-
gin until after the schools had opened.
and as II the district reports were sent
f, In before the act ools closed. we're exam
ined. copied, spproved. aud forwarded
to the department OF Pdblic tnslruotio,.
aud the Supcrintendenrs own reports
made out before even the sch Dol year
closed. Instead of its taking hve months
10 do all that 10 required, II takes from
seven to seven and half months.
| One Of the duties Of the Supsrin,end-
ent is 20 supsrviis .he te,ohiny. 10 III.
rect the teachers how 10 do it. Il 10 not
every ybody's busines. to do that The
| Superintendent 10 presumed to kesp him
self abreast with the bcst methods ~
teaching. organizing, classifying, AMI man
| aging schools, aud to keep his tesobers
up With what he knows 10 be best. With
out such supervision there wouli be no
Improvement. II everybody. whether he
knows anything or not. could 90 into the
school room aud dictate to the teachers
how TO conduct their schools. the latter
would be nothing but farocs. An intsili>
gent person does not think Of in.iructing
t..sx /
that IL Is out of place for him 10 do o.,
and that unless he h,s studied the sub.
ject Of teaching carefully, that he IL not
/ oomp.tent 10 do ~. An illitcrste one
doe. not hesitate to tell the teacher how
he sh.ll teach and conduct his school
! lie believes himself competent for any
thinx, no matter how mach IL Is Beyond
! his comprehension.
The Superintendent Is supposed not 10
do anything when visiting unless he take.
the school into bis own hands sn1 tea-he.
/ the classes Ifbe quietly ask. oftb. teach
or how his classes are formed. how the
school 10 organized. no. he teaches the
diifereni branches, and makes .uzgp .Iion.
q. TO the changes and improvements that
ehould he made, he is Represented bg
those who know no better. as not having
] OOnc nhylnlUH nut lNlNeu II'llc WIN lut
teacher No inielli gent superintendent
would think Of ofpublisly. before the school.
askibg the teacher the questions necessary
to judge Of the condition Of the school.
and giving him directions ss to whai
changes and improvements he shall make
The superintendency IL, by those Who
know Rothing Of its duties and u.snn.i-
bilities. considered n sinecurs. or orusmen.
1 II al. A =
together with travelling the county for six
months during the most inclemrnt season ~
the year, oonstitgts.an srnsmsnt, thea thsy
are rinht but fow psrsoas poEss.si Of do
cent In,sltigenos would so ressrt u. rods.
charge the dute. OF the o'ace for the psltry
sun this county pays ssd to suffer tho inius.
tice and tho rn,sreprs,shttuIa that tbs oifce
receives. requires both heroisin and devriir-
T. tie work, Hes,ii he believed that 10 VI
/ Ifithiully aad ecnsoisnttoaslV iIsoh.rgsi his
DATES. and ys' mai ners aud here been g,us,.
/ ~ mi~r. presented. Sprs had ouni fault with
his examinations, sayinx that thoss tekcher.
! csrtihcate' tbaa those who ala not ,tteai IL
lie believed hiiBseli that many who htd a..
tend his school twelve sr more We k ami hSd
dutiuy all ,bit tins, bssn thoroughly iu,trucl.
! cd In tho branches to 10 taught aad IN tszsl
! ing sud managing SCHOOLS, bad received bet.
! ter certificates tn IN those who hal either Al.
tended DO school or else a very poor Que. IL
~as clear 10 any one thst those -srthy Of tss
best certiHcu us should hays theTa Ii souId
have bcsu the cle,rest ininstils ol his pan 40
have giysn Ills students, whru tisy we o t.tTU
telter qIsliie than IN ny oihers ora ~ertt.
hctter simply bscAu-e hey q. u ed Llsss osI
On tie cont -s-y, a. roIld hsy" ssn ibn. lice
TO have given thpse whi sd ~ rely nl-Is II xd
tex books. Ard had scare " AN an n,.lsls, of
h,ir own dutic-. good CERTIFICATES bstAu,e Ih.y
| diI not sttcud his school. Tnoss who nIl Il.
| tended hts school hal iTeaueutly Apet,d ihst
| their cert ,ncat we're not as EO,I .. ih.y
| should b and those who In / not h,e1 s'ulsnt.
! OF his, that 10 had favored his own p.dsnt.
TIE truth Of tao IN alter Wa. that 10 hAdsn
! scientifically trleIto d. iu,.r. toail p.r'i.s
and thuse who hsl found iault Win liu, al
been gOvrrue b, mice or prsut.ce, ami he
done him gross iniusti'e. lad ell hs roglt
have rejected tie Incompetent t'ac hers much
! faster than 10 did. had not everyone whnm b.
rejectsl misrrprcssatsd him. Ills not = r, e.
ant duty to feiu.ea c~rtiioatr e. an q, Z, isant ;
| for every on., no matter nov lt,tla no knov-
thinks he con teach school H. sas not sorry
| that he had rejected 20 many. pst that no d Il
not remain In once long -nlugh to reject Ali
| Incompetent to 10 sool isachiug, TIE county
las yet number IN account OF not improving
| tho msolycs, f,ll f,ithrr back every year a d
| soon viii bg,s to be rejected. he advised ths
tegchrrs to Improve semselvs, frou year 10
year. u real educational journals. Too fsw Of
Tho teachers read the PeunsylyAniA School Jour
nal. Every teacher snOuli naks himself IA
miliar with Wickrrshain's Methods OF tnslruc
iiou aud to follow II in his teschipg. lie aid
he felt an interest IN tie schools OF the county
aud hoped that the teachers would NOT perm 1
them to 20 back, but would continue t. Improve
them. REroRTRR.