The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-24

He had been told that some of the
instructors at the last institutes held
certificates SO obtained.
To be compelled by law to submit
to instructions from such persons Wa
an abominatiOn.
To be treated like a child in a
professional meeting was humilitat-
ing.
To work at low wages one-half the
year on an average and to be feeced
out of the savings of one month every
summer was mOnOtOnOus.
The speaker had in mind one teach
er who had to attend two institutes
and secure two certificates before she
finally secured a small four months
term of school.
Institutes were fungi which had
grown up on the profession.
This could not have been possible
in profession composed as largely of
men as this one is of women.
Women were naturally timid and
would submit to great injustice rather
than make themselves conspicuous.
Male teachers sought to get out of
the business as soon as possible and
did not take enough interest to fight
the growing monstrosity.
The matter eliminated in Missouri
in the present institute law.
When first presented it had an ap-
priation attached to it and consequent
ly could not pass.
With the appropriation cut off and
the expense saddIed on to the common
teacher it passed with flourish.
The work in institutes is dull and
ever the same.
Subjects there taught are thread
bare.
All individuality Is lost.
The teacher answered the beck and
call of her equal and was taught
b c's and b..
Sometimes she was gulled with
propositions like this: every boy
can be made fluent speaker"
No Use to contend now, either
admit the proposition or be sat down
upon.
Other propositions had meetings
certainly but not every fifteen min
utes.
Neither was large majority of
pther professions taxed by law TO give
class minority summer outing each
year.
Teachers ought TO meet beyond al
doubt, but they ought TO meet as free
and independent individual men and
women and not as children.
Let the state impose qualifications
if it will, but let them be performed
before entering the profession.
Once in the profession let each
member be strong and independent.
The common teacher is seldom
heard from on these subjects, but the
vampires who suck her blood are al
ways talking.
Even now while We are doing our
hest to educate the young of this land
those who would, fastened closer the
chains upon us, who would increase
rather than diminish the tribute we
must pay to them through the halls
OF the legislature and have the ears Of
the law makers.
Let this be one teachers meeting
which makes its voice heard for the
repeal of all tribute-paying, compui-
sorry institute laws.
Mr.. Ellis having concluded, Prof.
Tussey took the floor and quite as
strongly denounced the present insti-
tute law, but made special plea for
the good intentions of the instructors,
conductors and "brakemen."
He said that he believed that
in institutes and though a law should
be made governing them. He wanted
to 20 to the legislature favoring such |
a law but as against the present law
square toed. The law would be re-
pealed beyond all doubt. The people
its abrogation.
Miss Cartwright said she attended
the last training school. Only a few
women were there and they received
employment, if at all, in the institutes
at very low wages.
The men were in high glee over a
good harvest in the institutes during
the summer.
They would surely do nothing I'M
less they got top prices.
She was opposed to institute laws
like the present.
Miss Ruth Black did not favor the
present system of institutes. She had
heard the same thing over and over
again for years.
Miss Minnie Rlaak bod only