Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-04-06
CORRESPONDENCE.

FRosrBURG, Mp, April 3, 1889.


| To the MINING JOURNAL.
1t has often been said speech is
| silver, but silence is golden" This
! has been proven certainty by the ST.
! leuce of More Anon" Some deep
| scheme of crookcdurss has been perpt-
! trated between the above named and
| the School Board. He has either been
| paid for keeping his mouth shut, or he
! has tie promise of rcaping some bcnc-
| fit in the near future. His attack was
| so personal it is not at all surprising
| that AN effort was made to quell the
riot. 1t is hardly more surprising that
| il succeeded.
But the time is fast approaching
when another dose of "opodcldocn (of
which More Anon" spoke) will be ad-
mnistered to the teachers. who will be
required TO pass through the usual or
deal Of an examination under Pref.
Wcimcr Dame kumor has At that our
would bc"Prof.' Weimcr has stated to
some one that all the teachers will be
required To attend Normal School. or
tOurS" OF Lectures, to be held in cum
( h,riUw Will Prof. Wcimcr tell this
correspondent where he finds school
I law that gives hlm the authority to re
qUirc thcs" teachers to attend this or
any other school The time has come
when public sentiment is against work
/ iug everything into the hands of the
Cumberland people. 1t is an insult to
the merchants of other towns of the
county and an outrage upon IA commu-
niIv which pays rs much, and more
taxes than the people of Cumberland.
w h1t knnnS 1 tinplhnFIun,t II Il Il
Cumberland ? No; it is through this
coal region that the treasury is filled,
and Cumberland rcaps the benefit.
But is it the most desirable place for
summer school | contend that it is
not. Finstburg is tar more suitable,
aud It Is central point.
The teachers ought not 10 allow tins
man To make laws To suit himself and his
frIruds. Mr.. Weimcr has entered up
ON the sixth year of his cXaminerShip,
and have failed to find in or out of
the county one person who ever heard
hiH give IA lecture on teachIng-not
because the opportunity WAS not af-
forded. The teachers have met for
five successive years, to my knowledge.
from two to three days at time, and
every time in CHnbcrlahd, where nine
tenths of the teachers were compelled
to hoard and Mr. Weimer has never
bpcn ltnnwn to rive moro than a fttaen-
minnie talk pnless he wanted tn ,d-
minister +, the teachers one of his cnI-
rbrated renr;mands would nnt .mn.
nose il was for lack of time then for
the Cumberland NetrS stated that the
teachers were given the last half of last
Institute to make tLe;r hnI;d,y nnr,
| rhases Unsti,uta ba;nr LalI :, f.., ,I,rs
, before Ghristmnsl
/ This Normaj. or ponrse uf I,octnrns
wouIl he - Grand tIinr il thn,. had ,
rrnfns.ion.i m,n .m.h prnr pr"li,'
! i ar pref Dn(;r,,fr WA. Rnt ova,
/ thon ,rn tho t.,cLnr. nf tI;t '.,,n,'t,'
ynrl<mn for ,hp nittancn that ,hny d1
/ able tc attend surh . schooID i am,
swrr-rhrv wunia IN, vn,.,. ,Ley all i'm
nnrtrJ teachers 10 iIIn.tratc
Last v.,r tho 7th ,,r,do or pull;.
School No. | wos t,n,ht nv - bnrnn
teacher for S75, known to bn on AHA
industrious and faithful teacher. TINS
wear the same Grade i tauphf nv an
/ inported teacher for Sl50 whose anal.
iications have not been proven to he a
Whit better than those nf the home
teacher. How lonp vii, the neopl. of
Alepany county allow their son. and
! daughters to take AS comnnnsation for
their work only one-half AS murh ns
paid strangers of eoua. ability
Theory in school teaching is a good
thing, bnt pract,ce is eyeryIhiuu' AMI