The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-31
OUR EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
What Our Teachers are Saying and
Doing.

What Our Teachers are Saying and
Doing,
The DEMOCRAT believes that the
majority of the teachers of Hook
ing county are ever ready to avail
themselves of any means within
their reach to improve thomselvcs.
To aid them, the DEMOCRAT offers
them II column each week, in which
to discuss such educational topics
as are most important. The teach
ers can in this way exchange views
and assist one another. ihc eX-
pericnced teacher can impatt to the
young teacher the lessons learned
from his school of experience. Tie
young teacher can ask help on such
topics as give him most trouble.
Difficult questions can be asked ana
answered.-In short, the Education
al Department is in the hands of
the teachers, and to what extent
they use it to their benefit will de-
pend upon themselves.
Educational news will always be
welcome. Let us know what our
teachers are doing and whore they
are.
Every teacher should be in at
tendance at the institute next
week. The teacher who has Il true
sense of his profession VIII never
neglect so manifest Il means of inn
provement as the institute.
Prof. G.. p. Coler, Of Baltimore,
Md, will be the leading instructor
at the coming institute. lie is too
well known to our teachers to need
any recommendation.
We are glad to learn that the
Teachers Reading Circle organized
at last years institute, has been
successful, and will enter upon its
second year with increased inter-
est. This is one of the best agen-
cies for self-improvent that the
teacher can avail himself of.
Mr.. A. M. Brown, one of the
leading teachers of the county, is
teaching Il select school at No. 9. III
Marion township. w. e. Engle
one of the rising young teachers OF
Falls township, is also teaching 6
select school in Gibisonville. There
is always reward for teachers who
prepare themselves for something
more than the ordinary treadmil
routine in which so many teachers
spend their days in the schoolroom
The State has at last established
State Normal School for the bet
' ter training of professional teach
ers. 1t will be made Il part OF thu
=, Ohio University at Athens, and vii
be in charge of able and expert
enced men. The Norma! Cours
will be entirely separate from tn
regular courses of the University
Dr.. Samuel Findley, editor of TIL
=, ohio E'ducdtionay Monthly, i
> warmly urged by the leading teach
' ers, as a candidate for School Com
/ missioner, on the Republican tick
=. ct. He is the best qualified Repul
lican that has been mentioned il
:, Siup't c. c. Davidson, of Allianc,
: is the coming school man in Ohit
lie is almost certain to be nomina
ted for School Commissioner by tn
/ Democratic convention, He wi
make a good Commissioner if elect
ed.
; The teacher who succeeds is tn
II teacher who studies, reads, buy
Y the best books, takes the leadin
educational papers, and attend
l. educational meetings.
{ J. F. Filing, one of the count
examiners, is principal-elect of tn
J. Gore schools. The well know
\. ability of Mr.. Filing will bring til
Gore schools to the front rank.
"a The August number of the Oh,
y, EdUc0tioR0I Nonthly has a full Il,
~ count of the proceedings of til
'' State Teachers Association, /;
o. Chautauqua. All essays and az
e dresses are published in full, NAL
j. ing number worth many time
its cost to every teacher.
# Send in the knotty sentences tn;
= have been worrying you. All que
les worth noticing will be publishe
d Answers will be given as soon /;
IN received.
1t is said that there are very fe
,o teachers in this county who fe
10 themselves above the necessity
,e attending institutes, buying book
or taking educational papers. The
teachers are the ones who stand c
I'd the mountain-peak of self-conce
IN and wave a lowest grade certi
cate.
at The Teachers Reading Circ
]. will have a meeting some tin
during the institute, ut which tin
there will be q programme of lite
III airy exercises adopted.
~ ~ Mr.. Albert S. Martin, formerly
" teacher in this county, is now pri
! g I'll.