Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-18

instructing teachers Our teachers q
that timo were Of material suscepti
BILE Of improvement and professiona
training. During the intervening perio,
graded schools demanding teacher
OF a high order Of learning have sprung
up. The teachers ip charge of thes,
schools are well disciplined, and com
petent to conduct training schools
Whether the County Superintendent
under these circumstances, and sustain
ing the relation he does to the teachers
of the county, should ignore the ability
of our best teachers by monopolizing the
patronage Of our summer schools, ha,
always been TO me a question Of th,
gravest doubt, and ono that has called
forth the open disapproval OF the State
Superintendent In inaugurating thii
change my object is to establish train
ing schools each year where it seems
most advisable, under teachers Of skill
and experience, reserving the right to
direct the course Of study for the Nor.
NAL departments, make suggestions
and instruct in theory and practice OF
'each'hg, without snaring IN the pro
ceeds Of any school thus organized
BY vigilance in this direction, | believe
our summer schools can be made agen.
c,es oi power transmitting lie and
Vi'aity 10 our puollc schools "A, ana A
in i"uieInp everv psection ofthe comfy
OFFICIAL WORK DONE.
During the year | held thirty public
and three special examinations, at
which | issued two hundred and sixty.
i've provisional and three professional
certificates. Twcnty-fonr applicants
were rejected and two certificates an.
nulled. One hundred and ten direc.
tors were present at these examina.
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EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
The most potent educat ional agency
in this county is the public press.
Our county papers have been most
valuable in the cause of education,
never once refusing to publish articles
intended to advance the interests Of our
schools. The editors Of the Clearfield
REPUBLICAN and Rvtsmdns Journal
t"o 10 'uo use VI oo'u'un ~ eIuo"
nt;l;yad to tho hast odvontaoa noss;ble
and has resulted in mucb 9ood We
hone il NAV have a tendcncy IN intuse
in our teachers n desire Tor reading
more of the educational literature oi
the dav Asa class our teachers are
sadlv de6c;ent in genoral Inflammation
irhey fs;I 40 ;nIorm ,bemseIves unon
thosa ,on;cs which con,r;bu,e so mncb
IN a cnItnred and 6nisbed education
The Instruction in our schools would
he much more nonular and effective
were our ,eacbors to enrich their minds
with those Ii,tIe gems Of tbouobt
which are tho nrooenitors Of the loiti.
eat in,elligence In many districts
well conducted literary societies have
nroven N ho valuable anxiIiar;es IN our
school work Ministers of the gosnel
have, IN nearly ali instances, proven
thamselves zealous friends of Common
Schools and as sucb have rendered
efIicient a id
SUGGESTIONS
/. lthas become too common in many
parts Of the county for teachers placed
in charge Of schools to leave theiI
schools for a day, or week sometimes
in charge of scholar or some one
wholly unqualified for such position
This practice is as pernicious in its
Influence as tits unlawful, and deserves
the severest censure. would suggest
to boards of directors to look carefully
after this misdemeanor andby force o.
authority protect our schools from
this uncalled for imposition.
2 The common branches are per
emptorily required to be taught IL
every district Directors are the prop
er persons, duly empowered TO en-
force this, and it is their imperative
duty to see that all the branches re
CURED by law are taught IN every
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1nu,e" sn,..,s ,anaa;a oa % ,hon 10 ar"i;so,
,oo.o Ooohor 'oavIs anlnTssa ' sor tho Winter 90,
sea.u oaa Sn,n mp,oy 10 ~ or,;ro torn mi
au'I 0'o aen ha ssmoved r hv directors Al
,n'n,n~ Im W" 80 ~ ono ,ho rss 81 = scboo
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noaSS ,Sa To,,n,n mrU Snnor;n,sndon, @ v ;ssued a
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W." IsrsanIpr;,;os oi,en occpr betwee,
,.s.hars snd d;roo,ors regard;nr ~
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