Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-02-14

the last quarterly examination there were eigh-
teen women and ten men out Of this number
but five succeeded in obtaining certificates. and
two Of these had received normal Trainings
This will give you an idea Of the number re-
jecied
1--WE held our Teachers Institute about y
month since. There were in attendance some
thing over one hundred teachers, more than
half Of whom were women. Some who had
seen many such aSsemhlages pronounced ours
the finest looking body of he kind they had
ever seen may say of the ladies without
going into ecstacies that they were quite cook
looking. and am sure many Of them will not
occupy their present stations very long even
! at satisfactory wages. | felt half inclined to
ask suprcmely fascinating one If she would
not like TO exchange the vexations of the
school room for more domestic duties where
/ ardent affection would he sufficient remune-
ration for her services. But, an urconquera-
BILE difdence kept me postponing until the
meeting was over, SO must wait in patience
tor the meeting next year to PROFOUND mv
query. Our deliberations did not reflect great
credit upon us, owing chiefly to the want OF
Il suitable presiding officer and an experienced
educator, one who possessed some of the Al IL
ity Of your matchesS Newell Our DEPUTY
State Superintendent read an address of this
gentleman on industrial education which was
the only thing presented on the subject that
elected applause.
Il sincerely sympathise with the teachers
OF Charles county in behalf of the wretched
salaries which they receive do not know
which TO consider the more strange, that a
State should ask intelligent men and women
to work for such plttnncc Us it offers TO teach
erS, or that the teachers should give their SER
vices for such wages. 1t is disgraceful. look
ut the subject as VIC will The "Greaser -
I fMs cf -, ii
IS beneath the negro, socially. morally and
Intellectually would not work for such nav
There is bnt one thing that would cause me 10
diSown my place Of nativity, and that is the
stinted salaries ii pays its teachers If NV
/ friends here should find out that came from
such Penuriuns section, they would lose some
OF their respect for me If were not ac-
qualntcd with the superior natural and ac-
I CURED capacity Of many of the teachers in
Charles county should think their present
compensation too much, for them, ! should
ihnk that those who arc willing TO work for
such wages are wholly untitled for the businex,
Of teaching. Those who intend pursuing lin,
vocation ought not to growl very long but 90
where their labor is " Orth more "
Here, llr. Editor, / will bring my extracts
70 a close. word, If vow please as to the.
latter portion. II Is ~Srx easy TO saw they
should seek othcr fields and il would Ne very
proper 50 10 d., but the very cause which
should drive them to this course prevents them
from pursuing il, viz their .stinted." sala-
ries They being barely sufficient for their
support, nothing can be saved upon which to
take them to grecner y sturcs. Again many
Of our teachers have families and this with
their poverty p events their removal, or their
cmblrking into other more profitable accupa-
lions at home
1t may also be we'll enough to have a high
/ stand ard OF qualification but tho oi,icctions