Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-04


courage tho humblest, aud awaken tho
energies Of the most listless. That il not
the best teacher whose impaticnce with
the less keenly intellectual pupils makes it
80 unpleasant for them that they prefer
not to attend scEOOl, but ho who 80 interests
them that they regard the search after
under his guidance as the
greatest pleasure. Not he who Grams and
stuffs, but he who develops the mind and
inspires the will to noblest efforts. Henoe
the object has been to 50 frame the exam
inatiOn questions rs to make cramming
impossible to make the appeal not SO
much to the memory - to the understand
ing not to the textbook, but to common
sense. To demand real knowledge. men,
tai growth and Development and to reject
those who do not possess it because {"
admit them to the study OF higher and
consequently harder branches, wCuh BE-
to injure them. such . course naturally
involves greater labor, knowledge aud e.
ucatiOnal skill Oh the part Of the teachers,
and those of them who arc unwilling to
perform the first. or do not possess the
others, have possibly complained, but the
better class rejoice in increased 0ppOEtu-
mites to do good, and cheerfully pSt forth
renewed efforts to surpass their prCyiOuS
attainments That their labor has not
been in vain, can be seen in their schools
and among their pupils wherever they are
found. The people begin to see evidence
of it, and bear voluntary testimony to the
greater efficiency Of their schools.
The purchasing Of books for the poor,
which engaged the attention Of the board
at the opening Of the term, led to the
adoption of . method by which . cl0sor
record is kept. The number of orders is
sued was one hundred aud one, recon-
mended by directors as follows f. q.
Snyder. Is q. Schwebol, 13 DR.. Lever
good, o; H. E. Slaymaker, .: DR.. L.
NJ. Herr, c. Zscher and G. r. Eberman,
each, 6; w. .. Marshall, J. I. Hart.
man, 4; WA Morton, ii. Z. RhOads. w.
A. Wilson, A. z. Ringwalt, each, 3 l..
Richards, j. NJ. Westhaeffer. d. G. Baker
each. 2; H. Il. Brencman, ]. b. Warfel,
G. w. Zecher. F. w. Haas. e. ]. Eris-
man, P. McC"uomy, T. B. Cochran, J.
Samson, W. y Wiley, r. A. Evans, A.
Oblendrr aud A j. Snytier, each 1.
With .hr>.. orders Were purchased 3O7
books, seven states and four penhOlders.
At the c!" ui the term the teachers re-
ported q, on hand atpl it, for use 2S3
books, EXCLUSIVES Of AZ copies and 20 draw
ing books. but Including, in some cases at
least, bnks purchased by the board in
former years They also reported the
names Of seven pupils who failed to return
their books, seventeen in number, and
they repurte,i Ulnven books rs UNFIT for
use.
Estimating tho cost Of tho books puI-
chased with each order ut an average Of
81, which believe is above rather than
below the mark, it will be seen that our
book account for the poor has been lc-
duced to 500. with SO large supply On
hand for the coming term as will MAKO a
much creator reduction probable.
Such las been tho past what Of tho
future? As already reported, more and
easier supplementary readers are needed,
not to take the place of what We have but
to be added to them. Two hundred ad-
ditiODal books, costing SO, would meet our
more immediate wants. Additional copies
of the Cbild's Book of Nature, Part iii,
say fifty copies, are also needed.
Some of the primary teachers have made,
and collected illustrative apparatus, and
their schools should be supplied with book
cases in which it may ba placed for safe
keeping. The female high school should
be supplied with q movable blackboard,
and with models and casts for the classes
in drawing. The teachers library IL
greatly in need of q copy Of Appleton 's
American cyclopedia which could be
bought for about $50. This amount is
too large for them to expend, but surely
the Board will not hesitate to do some
thing towards encouraging them in their
laudable enterprise of founding u library
of professional literature, seoiu. that tho
object is to benefit the pupils.
The board annually appoints about five
new teachers. With few exceptions, these
are the graduates OF our high school. the
daughters of residents "f this city. There
are many reasons why this should be 80
] and it is likely to continue to be 20.
| Under these circumstances. the question
may be asked, Cau anything be done
towards preparing these persons to teach
before the board employs them? Tho state
replies in the affirmative and establishes
and supports normal schools cities in
! this and other states establish normal
classes. Applicants for positions in Our
schools should prepare themselves tC
teach. Mere literary attainmeDts arc not
sufficient to constitute good teachers. Tt
know does not involve the ability to caust
another to know the we'll behaved are
not necessarily able to govern others.
would, therefore. most respectfully re-
commend the organization Of norma
class, to be composed Of such Of the grad
uates Of our high school or Of persons .
equal literary acquisitions, ~ intend to b<
applicants for positions in our schools.
| r. X. BUEnRLE,
| City Superintendent.
! On motion of Mr.. Warfel tho severa
propositions in the report were referred t.
the proper committees with instruction
to report to the board at the next meet
ing.
| Tho Revised Curriculum.
Tho report of the book committee, pre-
sented at previous meeting, proposing
modification Of the curriculum Of studie
in the boys and girls high schools, wa
taken up, read and adopted, all the mem
bcrs present voting for it except Messrs
Warfel and G. w. Zscher. (The repor
has been heretofore published in tbes
columns.)
Mr.. BrOsius said he was authorized t.
state that the publishers Of Wells's Ma
tural Philosophy would supply copies o
the new edition in lieu of the old edi
tiOn now in use, without cost to tn
board.
Amendments tO the Raless
The amendment to rules 100 and 10
proposed at a previous meeting, wer
taken up for final action. The first amend
ment cOnferring authority on the cit
superintendent to admit pupils to th
primary schools was adopted. The sec
Ond amendment comforting on the cit
superintendent the same power that tn
experimenting committee now has Of ad