The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-12-14
Educational Sotes.

Oregon.
Educational Notes.
Tho LaTour Orchestra, 0f Lebanon,
favored the Teachers Institute with some
excellent music.
The Harrisburg public school Is pros
pering under tho able management OF
Prof % v 8 Reid, our County Surveyor.
There arc one hundred and thirty pupils
In attendance at that school.
The general work Of public education IL
taking steady onward move. Tho public
have long since wanted County SuperIn-
tendents who would itlnorate over all the
rural districts, as we'll as the cities, and
not only urge the people to assist educA-
tional institutions, but 10 visit them, talk.
eat, drink, sleep, work and pray with
thsm-as docs supt. Moses, until they
become enthusiastic enough over popular
education 70 give Il their undiYided stten-
ton and consequent hearty support.
Prof. Paal, principal at Scio, receives
tho handsome salary Of sio5 per month.
Hon r B McElroy State Superintendent,
In private letter, says tho scarlet fever
has infested hIs family, and he II "solidly
at work." day and night, waiting on the
sick. Tho supt. IL one Of the finest instl-
tuts organizers 10 tho United States. Since
he has been State Superintendent, there
has been twice a. much interest mGnifes-
tod IN the cause Of education In Oregon
a. ever before in the Samo length OF
slime. ana Gtill the good work goes on.
new era In educational work. In
Linn county the hesuperIntendent has called
. convention Of all Of the directors In the
several school districts In tho county, 10
meet ai Lebanon on Friday, tho 30th day
Of November, next. The object OF the
directors convention will bo TO produce =
concert OF action and thus create and
maintain . common bond OF interest be-
tween school o1icers, teachers, parents
and pupils. This is . move in the right
direction. II should be done In every
couaty in the Stats.-"nOTmal Teacher" I"
$500 school house In lsszning up In
soath Scis school district, and will be an
ornament bosides beIng useful. II is
built by taxation. Tho money Invested
In thai school hsuse will bring . larger
income than ton times the amount depos-
| ited nj ten per cent in the safest bank.
Resolved, That the teachers Of Linn
county, Orsges, request the Honorable
Supt. OF Linn county TO confer with Prof
| + l. Wallace, OF the State Normal SchSol
| Of California, Tor some other celebrated
educAtor,) and ascertain hIaIsrms OF In
AtFuction and at what time he could meet
1.-The teachers Of the absve named county
and give normal instI uction 10 them, and
that The supt. give notification through
the columns OF The papers." The motior
10 adopt this resslution came unexpected.
ly before The County institute, and th'
majority were unpreparcd for 1t. Thi
will explain how II happened 10 pass II
its present form without severe epPosi
tIons. But the idea Of the teachers OF Linz
county encouraging the County Superin
tendont 10 send OF 70 California for Al
instructor 10 come hers 10 teach us !
absolutely ridiculous, as long as there are
such able men as Pres. Stanley OF tn
Oregon Normal Institute 20 near st han'
and 20 willing 10 hslp US. The education
al clique In California Hot only treat orego
and Eastern teachers with contempt, bu
openly beast that the Oregon teacher
cannot pass the required examinations :
teach. Yet when the California teacher
come 10 Oregon no distinctions whatevG
are made, and to say the most oft the
examination papers are no better than th
common Oregon teachers. Until Cal
fornIa can send set OF teachers to Oregon
who can pass better examinations an
prove themselves 70 be better teacher
, than Pres. Stanley's students, we can
4 no better than cast our money and inaI
:. snce In behalf Of Oregon Institutions, AM
by so doing, enable them TO grow an
bless the future generations Of our prcu
but prosperous state,
, Judge r M Miller, OF Lebanon, hit tn
nail on the head the other cay, when
said: "The first day of school nearl
always determines its future" The JUDI
was formerly q school superintendent
one OF the Eastern States and speaks fro
observation, swell begun is half done
| The Impressions that the school and su
roundings make upon teacher, togeth
with the first impression that the teach
makes upon the school and ths patron
= have much to do In shaping the destiny
that school. The well-recelved tsach'
enters upon his work with buoyant spl
1t and performs 1t TO the qualification
all, and Is the pride Of the community, ,b
Q teacher who IL SO uncomely in sppea
anss or In habits, as to resemble saiiv
ted rlouch or nything else, except scho
teacher, will, TO say the least oft, lab
In the face Of many embarrassments ar
: too often prove the "heaviness" Of
best friends. Is It ut all deubtfal ths
D while the discriminating eye Of the JUDI
\ fell upon that vast concourse of teache
before hlm, the inquiry presented itse
n "How many OF these look like the teac
srs after whom the rising generation
!, Linn county should followf"
II There are three. teachers employed
tho Hslssy public school. and the atte1
dance Ia about one hundred. The scho
!. is fiourishing under the principalship
Prof NoHsinger.
n supt E A Milner, of Benton count
writes that the Institute for that coun
II will be held at Corvallis during holida,
Benton county has the reputation OF
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