The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-27
KING WILLIAM
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
To the Teachers, Directors and Patrons
of Maury County Public
Schools.

To the Teachers, Directors and Patrons
of Maury County Public
Schools.
The success of the Public Schools of
MaurY county will in the future require
more earnestness, activity and determi-
nation on our part than they have in
the past. A lively interest and concert
of action with US are the first and most
essential requisites to success. Let us
study what our schools need and, guard
ing economy, strive to secure 1t for
them,
We hope to submit some ideas that I
will develop greater interest and result
in the elevation of the standard of edu-
cation in Maury county. Do we prop
erly realize our duty as parents ana
officials in this conscientious work OF
education? II so, the fifteen thousand |
eyed school-children Of MAqEY county |
Will not thirst in vain for the InVigorat- |
ing streams of mental, physical ana
moral training 1t IS our Imperative
leave to the future heritage of educa-
tional development that Will stand in
history as monument to our love for
our posterity. The question, "Shall we
have public schools" has long been set
tled in the ALTERNATIVES; the question
mos most % eefia e The State Says the
school tax shall be paid, and Superip-
tepaents aHd directors are elected to
see that the most good possible is
socured to the school children by the
fund. "rhe most good Tor the least
money" is our question, At some con-
venient time in the near futurewe Will
call on the district directors to meet in
Columbia and pass upon some of the
most important questions relative to the
! gupeesa Of Qur schools. Gentlemen, if
you haye EE9t lttsFest sa93aseh IL ne ne
| tions to devote one day in each month
! TO its Interests, resign and let some one
| be aDnointed Sha has
ISL our PdRg ap n sf &c. e ya "a s
parts of the county. we will, there
fore, peet to he invited to various
parts of the county to meet with direc-
| tors, teachers and patrons and get the
people aroused to the Importance of our
| work. We will, unless providentially
hindered, hold an institute in June, 1891,
of one week, and expect every teacher
/. in EAe County, who experts To teaph a
public school to attend, aqd earnestly
hope, also, to have the attendance ana
cooperation of all teachers of private
schools, colleges, etc, in the county. Az
institute of one week will, also, be held
fGr the haneAt of Gq!Qred teachers, We
are glad that Ittany StGGt ts&chegs are
hearty approyers Of institute work, and
sorry thai others seem Indifferent as to
its results, Nothing that man attempts
can be accomplished without organized
effort. Every thing, from school room
to a civiliZ9l government, requires 1t.
i Teachers require IL among their pupils.
Directors, why not require 1T among
your teachers? What teacher does not
admire the earnestness of the pupil who
answers nErasaat' On rainy days?
the earnestness and enthusiasm or the
teacher whose name is registered at
each meeting of the institute? -
spGG EsTIoNs TO PATRONS.
Elect Your very best Hen e be diree-
schools. Send your children. Get your
neighhOrs to send theirs. Talk for
your school or say p0thiHg. Visit the
school and see it work, yourself, Talk
with and encourage your children;
Don't get worried when your child
needs new book; If you neglect the
book, you may be crushing hope or
ambition in your child which, if en-
couraged, would be worth thousands to
it. D7n't talk against your teacher
methods III &o.r ahiid's presence.
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS.
Be on tho school grounds at least
fifteen minutes before sohool-tlne.
Have programme and follow it. Con
trot yOWrseV and gore!2' y0nr school
| terest should be in the development of
the children under your charge. Visit
your patrons, and interest them in your
| work. LOye gQuF pupils and have nc
favored lew III your SGl4OQls SBdT0 iIOIIl
your salary to keep yourself abreast OF
the times as Teacher, II you are a
school TEACHER, you will command the
respect OF pupils and patrons, when IN
| sures an increase In salary II you
, merely KEEP school, you may have to
be an underbidder for POSITIONS, often
Hold up the dignity of your profession
wherever you may be. Fear God and
do your duty.
SUGGESTIONS TO DIRECTORS.
Avoid the cheap-rate school KEEPERS
, and qn9erRidders, Better have none
well and see that they earn it. Come tC
our institute and select the best teach
| ers; they will be there. Visit the par
ents whose children are out of school
the same of your teacher. Examine
your teachers certificate before signing
his contract. Supply your schools with
biackzbosrds, craYoHsy prooms, puckets
of text books in all the schools of youl
district. Encourage your teachers IL
every way possible, and stand with
them in the right. See that the chill
dren have attractions at school as well
as at home. The best part of the train
ing season of YOUR ohilq's lire is spent
in the sGhQol-room; and to deXeloE
taste and refinement, his surroundings
, must be such that he will take pride
, in them. A neat building, with modern
furniture and well arranged grounds, Is
the best indicator Of thrift 2 nelghbor-
hood can have, How surprising to see
? in Maury county the number of com
: modious barns and convenient barn
, yards, compared with the number OF
modern school-hoQses and school
; grounds-better provisions made foI
Jersey cattle and mules than for child
rem. Use the public funds in such
manner as will promote the Interest OF
public school in your respective dis
, tricts. If necessary, build houses, fur
nish them, improve grounds, etc, etc.
: Caution should be exercised lest our
schools are crowded with lot of worth
, less charts, maps, ETC., that our teach
ers woeld not put to use. There is no
, better index to a peighborhOOd's self
} respect than it's g0hool-hOuse. Our
, common schools are the hope of our
country, In republic the masses must
. be educated in head and heart as well
, as in the hand. Let the people be edu-
! Gated, Our state system is an admir-
State superintendent, one county
Superintendent, three Directars, with
, no place for fraud. Let the laws be
obeyed and let the lars be executed.
There is no reason why the schools of
Maury county should be second to any
in the state. While other counties are
moving on the line of progress, why
HttSt not be so. Teachers, Directors,
Patrons, let us be worthy of ourselves
and OF the great state which hOnorS US
with citizenship.
J, MILLER, County superintendent.
Letter Lists.
List of letters remaining in the office
for the week ending March 9th, 1891.
Rown Kinzer, w Ii Il S b