Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-31


the power to eelect books who are no,
practical teachers, who are entirely
unacquAinted with the Improvement
anu usaRea 10 the school-room. Think
the schools Of a city or county should
use the same booke, but this should be
leM TO the teachers Of the
city or county TO decide,
and not given into the hands OF poIitI.
clans, who are not generally familiar
with the latest methods aud text.
books.n
~ am heartily in favor Of county
superlntendents. At a recent meeting
OF the teachers here a m, mortal was
framed by a committee, OF which
was member, IL WAS rs follows:
whereas, an efficient school system
presupposea an efficient supervision;
resolved, that we, the principals and
teachers OF the Fort Worth public
schools lndoree the bill recently intro
duced In the legislature creating
the once OF the county superintend-
emit The county judge has not the
time 10 fulfill the dates OF the office.
The expense entailed 10y having 30
many counties In Texas Is an ob,ec-
ton, but / suppose the auperintend-
ent could preside over diatricts The
county schools would improve under
superintendent, and / believe his
salary would be money judiciOusly
spent"
Miss @. II. Burnham, principal No.
3, said:
II favor uniformity OF textbooks.
though / doubt the prOpriety OF legis
latlve action In the matter. 1 believe
the law should regulate II by counties
or districts, so that the teachers
could say what should be
the books OF the schools
they may teach in. In some county
schools, the laTents will not purchase
books desired by the teacher when
there Is not uniformity, but II there
were q law sustaining he teacher the
parents would be compelled 10 use a
certain line II books. / think the law
should sustain the teachers In this, for
II Will enable them to classify their
schools more easily, A uniformity of
books Ia cheaper In the end, for chill
dren often change districts, and with
uniformity they would not have to
purchase new books. / do not ap.
prove OF monopollts, for there will be
monopoly any way | am only looking
TO the benefit OF che children.
THE flee OF county superintendent
IL an excellent idea All human be-
ings, old or Dung, should be governed
by some one. In the rural districts il
Is especially a neces ity. The rural
schools constantly need supervision.
A superintendent would be appointed
regardless Of Bectarisn influences and
could create q discipline In the schools
which would be beneficial 10 the chill
dren. lie would try to secure and
Keep good teachers and break up in q
measure the peripateiic system OF
school teaching. Ionce knew of Il case
at Cleburne where minister was given
certificate who could not spell
decide or johnson county, He did
not teach writing and his school was
an absurd mOokery of the art OF educ
ton, A county superintendent would
regulate this. A reform Is needed
IN county schools, aud i think,
in a measure, good deal of money Is
wasted under the present system. 1
am very much In favor OF county su
perintendents aud believe they would
fill a muCh-needed want y
Mr.. q. Thomson OF school No. 7
said
II am opposed to o uniformity OF
textbooks throughout the state, though
II Is necessary 10 q certain extent, 30
In cities and counties under the con-
troll OF county superintendent.
81 think the office OF county superin,
tendent necessa y and the superin-
tendent should be Que who deYotes his
whole time to the schools In his
charRen
Hon. A. ]. Chambers was met on
the street In the afternoon, and said
he was opposed toauniformity Of text
books, because II would create huge
monopoly, He favored the bill Gre
aiing county euperiutendents, but ex-
pressed some fear about he expense In
counties where the population Was
email.
GAINESVILLE.