The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

SAT girls, or 2.79l children, or nearivll
q per cent. Of the enumeration, which
! sn increase Of 8 per cent. over IastIs
,ear. This shows an absence from thelt
OF 1881 children. or over
,e per cent. There we're enrolled uponli
he registers Of The schools 1854 males,
md LISA females, making S,676 scholars,
~ 81 per cent. Of the enumeration en-
rolled. an increase Of one per cent. over
ast wear. We see on further Inspection,
that 3 O46 children OF school age In this
county. or nearly one-half OF those
failed to receive the benefitl
Of the blessings Of free education that
the commonwealth Of Indiana extendsl
10 every child within her borders with
the prodigality Of Q cherishing motner.l
We should, therefore, try 10 increase our
school attendance.
The character OF the work done oy our
during this school year is ex-I
cellent. The influence OF the three scc-
cess ful normals held in the county, IN
which Prof Sanders and Clarke did
such efficient work. aided BY the study
OF Brooke Methods Of Teaching" ana
Mental Science" IL now making itselI
plainly apparent in our schools. OuI
teachers are beginning to recognize ina!
there is science Of teaching. ana tnat
developing . childs mind and keeping
school" are entirely different occupa-
tons. Many teachers are displaying :
large amount Of professional spirit ana
educational progress, and therefore, !
think, they should receive better pay a
good teacher is worth good wages
During the year ending April 80, 1855,
$40 individual applications were made
for examination as teachers at the four
teen public examinations held in Jasper,
Huntingburg and Ferdinand. Of this
number earned license for thirty.
six months: % obtained twenty -four
months: II received twelve months; 81
cot six months. and Isl failed. Almost
one half OF all who applied proved them
selves incompetent. There were pre-
, sented 10 eli these applicants 26,O0d
estious. . majority of which might
we'll be considered difficult; but, to hold
up the standard Of qualifications. u !,
considered necessary by the State board
OF Education to test severely the ments
acumen of those who aspire TO develoE
! immortal minds.
\ As to township institutes, l can only
say that they were, as general rule, no
near what they ought 10 be. Nor ar
} they likely to improve any. under tn
. law as It now exists. live IN the hop
. that our coming legislature Will chang
: the law about institutes, for ! am conn
!, dent that they can not invent any pia'
q that will be less profitable than the pres
Q lent. Township institutes are faiiur
4 all over Indiana
Q The law requires trustees TO make r.
I ports Of the private schools taught In tn
e school houses OF the towns and town
Q ships For this reason they should max
',Iit condition when they allow . teache
}, tc begin . private school, that be make
!, ',lcorrect report 10 the Trustee at the clos
or the term. When majority ofthe PEI
. rons Of . district petition the trustee 70
4 teacher to teach private school. an
0 the teacher agrees TO make proper re
Q port of the school to the trustee, he be
r complied with the law. and IL entitled I
I begin the school. The law requires .
Q bond to be given by the teacher
y am still Of the opinion that on
school lots ought to be fenced. Many
our teachers express desire 70 improv
!. the surroundings Of their schools, IL th
improvements were protected BY fence
Twenty five years hence, when dense
g population will continue the school teri
Tar out in the summer, the blessings {
Z refreshing zephyrs beneath the spreat
4 ing boughs Of shade trees, will prov
that .Arbor Day was not useless SUI
! |, gestion.
!, Good school furniture aud spparatv
,fare being supplied in most Of ou
!. schools. Yet there are some schoo
4 that have very poor seats -seats
= v hich child can never learn TO writ
They ought TO be provided for - 900
vi ss funds can be spared for that purpos
In fact il 10 trustees duty TO expeu
- all his revenues each year for the Ia
! provement Of his schools. and be shou
- make his levy sufficiently large TO COW
! the demands. The small investmeI
= made BY some Of the trustees IN u
l.Home and School Visitor, last yea
was money usefuliy expended. II is
= the welfare Of your townships to have
!. few houses q yen possibly can. Woo
houses and other outhouses are entire
wanting in some townships. The
should, BY ell means, be supplied.
Our schools, In several towushiI
were shorter than usual the last seesio
Though our enumeration for 1855 .
ceeds that Of 1884, BY $50 children. II
change 10 the law regarding the dist
button Of the "Dog Fund" wss, perhsI
the principal cause. Az the Law !
Quires the County Treasurer TO ma
the distribution Of the dog funds on
second Monday In March; that the trt
tees report 70 him ON the fire, Nond
Iof the month, il appears to me that !
trustees should each get his share q
expend II Oh the current term Of scho
In townships in which schools hk
been Tor fewer than one hundred DE-
: the trustees should make provision
the coming term, by levying . moderI
l~!ocal tuition next June. A. far q
have been able 70 learu. all school p
: ,rons favor local tuition, guaranteed
one hundred dsys' school.
In conclusion. We must say that
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