The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-26

attention, should shout amen 70 this edict
aud encourage the profession to attain the
! position legitImately assig1ed it. The duty
and responsibility attached To the profess
sion Is more than simply its name, for they
truly leave footprints on the sands OF
| time" Ny experience in the school room
| in the Empire state OF the south, OF which
ten years were spent in rural sections, en-
titles me TO an opinion why each district
cannot be made an educational center for
| the instruction Of its children in grades and
IN branches usually found in our high
schools or country academies. Parenthet-
ically / mention: The calibre, as upon the
whole is good-the body strong and the
mind excellent, capable of Improvement.
The obstacles encountered in the establish
ment Of a uniform and regular system upon
the organization of the graded method are
the following: 1. the irregular attendance
OF pupils; 2. the lack of uniformity of text
books g. the indifference OF parents TO the
success Of our schools and TO the education
thoroughly of their children in the common
branches; 4, the neglect on the part of the
parent 60 send regularly to school | have
in the past insisted that every day the child
lost from school it was deprived of so much
Of the fund, also an irretrisvable loss to the
child as TO its studies; and have been met
with this as rejoinder: ''The state and
county gives the schooling; don't cost me
anything; as for lost time in studes,' they
can catch up" One other great cause why
the grading system is not encouraged is the
inability of teachers to understand the
necessity OF introducing definite course OF
study, and a disnclination to have
thoroughness and system in their school
rooms. To succeed in any innovation new toa
section it Is necessary: l. To interest the
parent and secure cooperation; 2, insist
upon regular attendance, pnuctuatJy and
eagerness upon the part of the pupil; B,
encourage by gentleness the dullard and
exert POSITIVELY and frmness with toe mis-
chieYOus: 4, encourage the suppementing
of the fund donated to extend the period
five If not seven scholastic months per
annum; 5, to keep a reliable record Of
schoolroom events, rewarding the merit
Orious ones and enabling those who are less
favored TO reach their standard only by
close application and hard study; 6, to ed
ucate the people, 80 that they demand that
the instruction of their children be more
systematic and completes; Z, to encourage
approved methods of teaching in each
branch, from chart to Latin. 1t Is not the
law that has been enacted that il at fault;
1t is the failure to have that law executed,
and it is not The system OF our schools that
can be censured; it is those who have de-
filed the sandals Of the profession.
No more granting Ger t ficates to excres-
censes Of the school room, and ut all times
holding out inducements a9d encourage
ment to those Of both sexes VINO are esger
to promote the welfare Of children and
neighborhoods, is the aim of the honora 1le
state school Commissioner and he is thun-
dering his wants through the avenues Of
this, the grand wealth--the county
school commissioners teachers and parents
to aid him in this noble work, 50 that we
will stand second to none in an educational
point, as Georgia now stauds first in COM
mercial and Industrial prosperity Of our
grand and glorious south. NJ. r. KwIs.
WdresborO, Ga, Sent 90 1889