The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-27
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
why They are Not Made EnIeIent rs Aids
...., 20 Teachers. .-I r

why They are Not Made EnIeIent ~ Aids
....., TO Teachers.
EdltOFs TntelgsucSr +.I
1sour Legislature hostile TO free schoOls7
Or why do they 80 back with such star
tied step on the Teachers Institutes? Last
year they coaxed the teachers, at the rate
Of twelve dollars q head, TO attend Insti.
tutes, and forgot the simple condition Of
success, which was to provide instructors
for them, Now, as Il startled by their in
considerate generosity, they resolve to
leave tho teacher to his wants, and do
nothing for him, There are times when
deliberation is wisdom, and consistency is
always q jewel. Let us remember that
our free schools are the peoples insatu-
tion. They vote directly for them, They
say tax US, We will pay. Only give us Of
aclency. Don'tdisguiso your Indifference
or hostility, under the pretense Of patri.
otto economy. Our children are our treas.
ures. They are tho hope, and shall be the
ornament Of our future, II you will only
give Us good teachers 10 form their habits
and cnoble their principles. You have
thousands for the favored few. Have you
no crumbs for the millions?
You think fright dear masters and econ.
omiCal to bestow your ten-yea our ten or
twenty thousand from year 10 year on q
score Of cadets-the favored bantlings OF
tho rich; for what returns to the people or
the State, who can see? but you Can do
nothing TO ct for our service, the poo.
pies teacher! Have our children no
rights that deserve TO be respected? Is
not the common school teacher US worthy
OF a little chance for qualification as the
cadet who glitters and struts in brass but
tons and shoulder straps? Compare the
public useinlnDss-let me say the common
usefulness Of the two. II it Is right and
economical to spend three or seven hun
dred dollars each pcr year Of the peoples
money to educate the one above all COM
mon service to the people, is it wrong
and prodigal to spend upon tho 9TH
er tho cost oil cadets buttons to i'm.
prove him for his four months OIL hard and
poorly paid service in teaching our little
ones?
Be consistent! What is your reason tor
voting twelve thousand dollars year Ia
our six Normal Schools2 To educate
!, teachersP Yes, you say SO. But, We who
are poor and cannot send 10 A Normal
school, we look on and think q little. II
takes three years at SS5 year to prepare
; a Normal teacher. We can cipher; this il
sos each-and he is obliged to teach one
ySar, and for that demands" the best pay,
albeit, our examiners ottpg gradooF fls'
grade him as No. 2, Wo make no wal
, against the University, nor against Nor
NAL Schools-we pay our taxes for both
We only ask the crumbs that fall from the
rich mans table. Vote your or our three
or seven hundred dollars q year to each OF
, your squad OF cadets to d. Them for the
high eminence Of being above all common
service to the people; appropriate the per
annum to make 10. 8 normal graduates;
we don't complain, but we ask you to dc
! a little, just little, for our teachers
( they ask it, they need it, In the name oil
. our Children, we ask you to give us only
ttw cents year for each Of our four
thousand teachers, to help them up ia
J higher and better work in the common
schools. Give institutes, Organized, eilici
Ont, authoritative, and with them, Compe.
) tent instructors, and We shall not murmul
else, dear and trusted servants, you shall
hear from US, whom again you make your
bow for our suffrage,
FREE ScnooLMAS.