West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-01-27
Written for the West Virginia Argus
~ here Does the school House
standg
by A TEACHER.

And who are tie trustets2
The trustees, IL am not mistaken, are
Friend air, Neighbor Good, aud Earn
est Patron. and the school house, / think,
does stand on Father Peoples common
by the old Freeman homestead although
Dir. Partizsn claims that il stands on his
own narrow little lot. I believe the school
house stands on Father Peoples common,
and If you will have patience with me
few minutes will tell you why believe
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The school house is built for the accom-
mediation Of the school-for the children
that are instructed therein-aud If the
children are Mr. Psrtisah's then the school
house should be built on his lot; but IL
ihey belong to Father Peoples then as
matter of right and ressou the school
house should stand on Father Peoples
common. Ii there is ans man living Who
has right to lay CLAIM to the school
house as it's proprietor that man is Father
Peoples.
But who owns the .choolf The school
is greater than the house, just az the soul
Is greater than the body. Let us see in
order to have school we must first have
n teacher and pupils. Tue tescher is the
parents substitute, aud TO him Is delegated
In great measure the instruction OF the
child.
The school is nothing more nor less than
n complex family made up Of the children
of a neighborhood, and the teacher is the
head of this complex artificial family.
The teacher dafe not teach for Mr.. Psr-
who is partial liz the school room
He has borrowed the relationship of the
parent TO the child for the time being, and
he assumes the parents duties in the nat
ter of instruction as tar as the right to in
struct has been conferred upon him.
The parents duties toward the child are
the child's rights. The parents duty is to
provide for the physical wants of their
offspring, to protect them from danger,
and TO instruct them In useful knowledge;
and of right the child must be provided
Tor, protected, and instructed.
The child's duty Ia the parents right
The child's duty is TO obey, honor and as
sist its parent, and of right the parent may
demand obedience, becoming respect, and
assistance In his work
The teacher is bound te instruct the
child and protect 1t for the parent, while
1t is entrusted to his care and the child
must render the same obedience, show the
same respect, and by studying for itself
assist the teacher in his work, just as 1t
would assist its father or mother.
The school is the chld's educational
home. The parent ministers To the child
by proxy-through his agent, the teacher.
Complaints - ainst the teachers author
hy-his delegated pawer--are blows aim
ed at the parents own authority.
Whenever children meet as pupils of a
school their identity as members of differ
ent families for the purposes of discipline
ceases, and the teacher is the proper per-
son to exercise control over them.
One parent has no right to dictate the
Kramer of discipline or punishment for
the children of another. but the teacher
has The right 10 control the children of
different families In their relation TO him
as pupils, and his government will be more
evenhanded and uniform than that of pa
rents who can only exercise partial ju-
Tisdfction. For example. children Of the
same family may be called to account at
home for quarrellng on the way to- and
from school; hut if children of different
families get into mischief together on the
road TO and from school. the teacher is the
only person concerned who can call al
the children concerned To account for
their snisdeeds. The relation OF teacher
and child is much like that of mechanic
and apprentice. Formerly, teachers and
mechanics having apprentices. were called
masters.
The family is the unit of society and
germ Of local government. The State is
the unit of political organizatipn aud the
germ OF civh government The former 10
local domestic 10 its aims IN i,s objects
the latte: is general, il not national.
The unit OF society IL Of two classes,
natural and coustructive. The natural
unit Is the family proper. the construc-
tive unit is exemplihed in the Relationship
of guardian aud ward, 10 aster aud sppren-
tice, teacher sDe pupil
The family pr per existed before sny
legislature defined the duties and relations
Of its members, or authorized tho solemn
izslioh Of marriage rites Likewise those
constructive enits of society, artificial
families II you please, constituted 10y mae
ter NO apprentice, guardian and ward
teacher End pepHt existed long before
their recognition by statute law.
School systems we're laws passed by
legislatures, fos' erng the schOols, and
regulating the operation of the same.
If a school be any place where elemen-
tary distraction is impaired, then there
may be FIVE classes Of schools
/. Family schools.
2, Private schools
B. Church schools.
e. State schools.
Peoples schools.
/. Instruction N the family Of com.
Kind must aud will be given by u, psreut.
who is the teacher orduuee by the iaws
of Nature and Of 0Od,
q Several families may haze tlfefr chill
dren educated together, or the teacher nav