Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-09-14
TUE APPOINTMENT or TEACHERS

0usome day not long since the Trustees
for Public School No. I lih election
district met Ia scssicn and made The APP
poIntmeut Of teacher TO fI ,be yacan-
cy occasi1ued by the resignation Of Mr..
John r Barber The appointment 50
FAR as capabiIity goes is doubles. as
good IS could have been expected, but
in other respects it was exc. ljutlg I'M
wise. and Is one Of tie man, leuco,
ofi3e absurluics that get into ,bc heal.
of men. when clothed with power how
ever mail
We tLinl; and notwithout reason that
teachers should in al cases ,one from
the comfy, when they can [. BAH: that
employment may be furnished lt ener
gctic and iudnrtrions. who naturally feel
more interest in the promotion If cIuea-
ton in their own county than strangers
The stranger comes not for ticpurposc
of finding permanent employment nor
for The advancement Of pursuit that be
has adopted, but simply to find Temporal
~ work as wis illustrated ia the ei>es 90
Beeior md Barber who preceded me pres
cut appointae, both Of whom var fUm
-. Mary county, and so Soon as a b.tt.r
olIcr presents itself he leaves Ga aul
wiIl a person take the iutcrcs, as @
teacher should in tie adyaneemea. Of
bis pupils, when his mind il continual,
diverted by momcntary expectation Of
obtaining better engagement? Ger
tainly not Oar first duty as citizen, is
to protect our county and lever to lose
sight Of its interest, hence We maintain
that is was the duty Of those Trustees,
and all Public School Trustees in zen
eral, to make the appointment of teach
crs from among the applicants in the
county, if capable, before going ese
where But in this case they failed to
do it, for what cause we are at loss to
krow Either blinifcded by prejudice,
want Of judgment or through some hid
den cause lurking in their bosom, they
ignored the application of a young man
from the county, eminently qualified iu
every part GUAR to hold the position, aud
fortified with a certificate from the ex
ammcr ranging high above the average
to honor a st. Mary's Countian with the
place The consequence will be, that
50 soon as the new teacher can find
something better the Trustees will have
another vacancy to fill, and the young
man from the county must go and seek
employment elsewhere, out ofthe coun-
ty probably; and so it IS our young mer
are constantly driven abroad for wan,
of proper encouragement at home. Yet
hardly week passes that we don't hear Of
some Old drone prating about building
up the resources Of our county, by tb,
encouragement Of immigration. How
can it be done, if you don't provide for
your young in whom the energy and en-.
tcrprise lies One of the sad folies
with which our people are afflicted is tn,
encourage rent extended the stranger
to the dctriment of the native born. -
Let a stranger come among US, however
worthless he may be, if he sets up tn
slightest pretcnse to responsibility, tn
hand Of welcome is extended him, bu
our own young men, however merltorl
Gus, and industrious they may be, Jules
4 backed by an arristoeratic influence i
met with the cold frown of soorn il
everything they undertake. and are look
ed upon as an upstart. They are there
fore forced to 90 where industry is apprc
ciated or with an indomitabIe will, tha
few human beings possess fight dowr