The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-12-23

II lllhhCs man gem ltN.tn.
oman lady. Since beck
? is not of mnst worth IN !
ION and instruction Of chill (
or the child to be educated, !
emf, nor society, nor the /
lord the example and in /
/ teacher deficient in any
Of the characteristics
rated ms essential to sue
ng and which are marked
many0f the t. achers in
hoolH. The responsibility
al condition rests upon
/ thoughtiessly. and in
ignnrHntly or wilfully
The Btnte SuPerintend-
ais immense charity of
Ass, regardless Of what
other, hss been pleased
1 to establish three
Gates, and should the
but two questions in
Lperintendent is com
~nse him to learn your
which sooner or later must
ed, or pass through life Of
eachcr should be educa-
aducated-an1 when 60
in his brain, and should
enumeration due it. The
out to work as the agent
:, laboring primarily in the
the States preservation
ity, while the lawyer and
70 out to work primarily in
interest, and are III no pro-
nse the States agents. The
: military men educated at
nse is parallel with that OF
+. Each goes out as an en-
the State, laboIing for the
crest and preservation, each
the same end, and each
competent and true to his
md it must be admitted that
3Paration and equipment of
schools cost much less than the
ration and equipment for war,
he former accomplishes immeas-
,iy the most toward securing the
e its existence, and all the bless
Of existence. have tried in my
Inial capacity t. place good teachers
the scl Is, but failed in many Incl
ents, because local prejudice for kin
Ted favories placed favorites in the
front. But this local favoritism is
gradually dying out, and school boards
are looking for teachers now, not
cousins, OF sons Of ncighbore.
SUPERVISION.
Intelligent and skilled supervision
Of public school teaching in district
and county is, in my opinion, a neces-
sity and wise economy. | do not be-
lieve that paying results can be OBJ
tanned in the instruction of pupils, in
the construction and location Of
school houses, in the selection of
proper time-sGving apparatus and
books, III the provision of suita bic fur
niture for school rooms, III the
rangement OF studies best to be pur-
sued, and in the preparation of intel
ligible, sath factory reports, without
skilled, intelligent, competent super
! vision of schools and Of school I,ro
vision. l am equally positive that in
competent or unskilled Inefficient or
dishnnorablo, INSCRIPTIONS or self
aggrandizing supervision Of schools is
an extra a 5ance and an evil more
dangerous t. the growth, prosperity
and life of popular education than
the combined antagonism of the
world can or will ever be. The Su-
perintendent of schools who is not
wise and skilled enough, and / may
say brave enough to do the legitimate
work of supervision in the interest of
his pupils, all of them, and of the
public, OF who spends his best thoughts
and strength in concocting plans for
| the manipulation of the various boards
of education in the interest of his own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and continuance,
rather than in the interest of those he
is employed to serve, or who, through
fear of place, ostracism, or for any
other reason sells or lends his infu-
ence in any degrre whatever to any
interest extraneous to the public wei
fare, or who, il order to Outrival his
contemporaries, so reports the status
| Of his school rs to make himself an
example Of deception and fraud to his
pupils and to such of the public as
are intelligent observers, is worse
than anincHmbrance. More thought
tul inspection and investigation will
enable wiser discrimination to be
made between the good and the bad,
the worthy and the worthless worker
in the schools. Mario W-minded, un-
scTupulOus, scheming, corruply, am
bilious, caucusing school men. if per-
mitted to exercise influence in the
management OF the public schools,
will work the ruin of the system.
Unfortunately for the public interest,
uperintendents Of instruction are not
all devoid OF these pernicious charaC-
teristics, and if the Influences and
numerical increase of such persons be
not guarded against, they will some
day destroy popular education. Every
county court should provide competent
supervision for all the public schools
of the county, and the public should
see to it that this supervision is com
petent aud trustworthy;
THE PUBLIC.
Whatever imperiections, careless
ness, incompetence, extravaganza, IL
L be a iiy, evils of any character, are
conn, ctcd with, or enter into sch, o
management are largely, if not en-
tirelv, due TO culpable or criminal
apathy on the part Of the public The
public is responsible for the destitu-
ton of proper Legislation, securing
,,-;cc,. ,,,Cl,O ,,,y- aD1 wiser 6baroIitI- II,