The patron of husbandry., 1882-03-04

school houses. 'nest NI'
Many of our countr,
dull and unintcresting hsscnooi
teachers are not qualified d'sa'e aus
business. A live, capsbla '0I u
can generally arouse lead
children, and when onca wen
a school, most of them 81. ney III
way to continue in il rhufP ufI, tai
than they generally do .. Ioas
When good teachers ars .0Itl'e
greater efforts should be n,S ,Sps
retain them for some years @ia' =
same place. IN
We heartily approve q
system of examining teacSa.. % ne
believe our Common scbn'IS'a a
most rapidly improve Il tb;' ' VI
tinued. No doubt at praso,. e.. = %
incompetent examiners ara @e
to office. Care lid be ,.I Iece
select those who well ad
and who have J yad and d;.o! &
ed minds, combined with nr,ie %
good sense in all common ~
The new system of examin,'@;u' @
throwing Incompetent teacbss
of the business or into the .' =
mics, colleges or the uniysa
where they will become pros...
and worthy to instruct the vorg
our country. 1t is true. unds,S
sytem, teachers must be paid bi,s. /
wages, but good teacher i,a
ure to any district, while a poo,
should not be tolerated, even 4 L
would teach for nothing.
We need to encourage som. !.
our very best men and womsr
make teaching their life work MI
must insist on a good preparss,.
and an aptness for the work a.!
then be willing to pay good M.
for good, hard, mental effort.
We recommend that no pe-,,
be employed as teacher who !
not of clean habits, or who use, !
bacco or Intoxicating liquors. Fr
quent recitations on Temperance !,
the pupils and short talks BIZ h.
teachers should be encouraged.
1t is the experience and obserr.
ton of the members of the CON.
mittee that a good district srhod
will educate pupil as rapidly and
as well as a graded school.
The pupils in the district schools
learns from each other. They gan
enthusiasm hearing higher claass
recite in their presence. Each pupl
is allowed to advance as rapidlya
he can. We recommend that gen
erallv more attention be given L
writing the English language meath
and correctly. More attention i
correct speaking is also quite desr
able for everv Patron. 1t wi
measure his influence in all classe
of society.
Many of our schools need IT
vival in spelling which in SON
places is fast becoming one Of th
lost arts.
To encourage the members Of Ii
Grange, especially the youngt
members, we urge the establlsi
ment of libraries. Even sma
library NAV be the means of don
much good. This NAV be stari'
by donations, by money obtaint
from socials, lectures and 9th
means within the reach of near
every Grange. For the library V
recommend the selection OF stan
ard works, on a great variety
topics. The State Teachers Ass
citation has provided a good
from which to select. To this
we would add other gooc works
topics pertaining to agriculture,
raj economy and horticulture.
We need educated men and "
men in the Grange. We need N
and women of culture-we h'
many, but we need more OF the
We need persons of good com
sense who can acceptab'y and
quently address large body
people at our public gatherings
festivals and institutes we nt
these men in our Legislative ooa
to look after our interests.
The farmer is learning to Gu
vate more confidence. Many 0f
ges become dormant for want
one live, well educated man or
man who has energy and tack
get out Of the beaten track ana
all the members to work. y Oi@l
very naturally becomes dnll
dies out after each has told all
rest all that ne knows about IA
ing. Somebody must cono'
learning to keep the rest N
right road. A vast number o.
cussions and essays presented az
Oranges are full of notions WE
were long ago proved errone'
1'he Granges>from the highes'
the lowest do well in placing
high an estimate on education' !.
the more universal and eXte", !.
the education can be made the :
ter it will be for our peapie anu
country.
We approve of the toll3|' n
resolution offered by Sister "
Sykes, cf Van Buren, county !,
"Inasmuch as women nave " =
given a place in the Grange g. 8
in every respect with their n!on =.
thereby acknowledging their -
bility of performing the dutles
l.