The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.

Preston has sent TO each county su
perinGendent in The state q circula
letter from which we quote:
EDUCATIONAL DrPAnrmrsr, Jackson, Miss.
A great educational revival begaE
this summer at Oxford and Lake
The earnestness manifested hy the
730 attendants indicates the exist.
ence of hopeful and inspiring ed
ucatIonal condition. The people
are back Of this great movement.
The teacher who expects employ
ment hereafter must manifest more
than mere scholarship. He must
take advantage Of every chance to
acquire professional skill. He must
be filed with aspiration for fresh
and higher attainments before he
can expect to be entrusted with the
educational destiny of children.
Their time for learning Is most
precious heritage which must be
guarded from waste. Your county
institute cannot effect much in The
line oil instruction In subject matter.
It's functions are 10 inspire, 10 arouse
ambition. 10 deepen the sense of re-
sponsIbility, 10 turn faces to the
light. Teachers can not learn much
in five days but in one hour they
may catch an inspiration which viii
not let them rest till they arc better
teachers. But however we'll quail
fed they become, they can not edu-
cate children in months schools.
We must lengthen the term to 6
months at least, and TO 5 months,
IL possible. Then teachers will
have something to qualify for, and
children time to make progress.
The average country school is Civ
ing no equivalent fur the money
spent on IL. The children go over
the same ground from year TO year.
They walk to school and back again
4 months, 90 over so or 80 pages
Of textbook and forget 1t all be-
fore the next session begins. Next
year they repeat the futile task.
No wonder they take no interest in
school and spend their best powers
and their precious youth in play,
and stay at home for frivolous reas-
Dng. IL is n question of where the
most fun is. How can we get our
terms extenGed2 Claiborne county |
has answered that question. What |
she has done Others can do. Clai-
borne this year had n solid 8 months
lern. All her schools were graded;
he attendance was excellent the
progress OF the children was mark
sd and substantial; at the end Of the
session children we're promoted and
lext year will enter advanced class
%. Children realize that they are
getting bread-aHd not stones-and
hey are eager TO attend the schools.
This action has made Claiborne's
chools the best in the state. The
progressive county superintendent,
dr. Regan, induced his supervisors
0 levy 3-mill school tax. He
hen took hold Of the schools as a ,
'usiness, laid out course of study,
md put it into operation. Now, {
ont stop to quIbble over this or {
hat objection. What Claiborne |
id your county can do. Jefferson /
ounty has caught the spirit and the q
mill tax there is already assured !
Dr. next year. In Jefferson petit
ons were circulated all over The !
ounty asking for the levy. If the v
sachers of your county will join t
on and carry petitions to their ]
eighborhood, and have them sign
d by trustees and patrons, | be- Q
eve the levy is sure TO he made. t
let up The proper form of petition, d
nd have your conductor help you q
rye the matter upon The teachers
nd thus secure their hearty coop
ration. Have each take copy Z
id get signatures in his home {
Then have The in !
Iitute elect q committee Of three to i
,in you in presenting the petition :
, the supervisors. / believe the I
eople of the white counties nre i
sadly tor this advanced step. The :
ale school fund is short-and this :
ounty levy IL the only means TO {
eep good teachers for their child i
N. Get each teacher lo press this !
natter home to his patrons--organ- +
70 an educational campaign and !,
arry IL to a finish. Get All leach :
= to work at it-so that the whole
,unty may be canvareed Tt will
Q q monument TO your adminislra-
on ii you succeed in extending I
our school term. II
Public school money Ia collected =
, be converted into education. The "
w enjoins upon you TO ax salaries : !
To the value of The service :
'ndered by teachers. Those teach : :
= who attended the Summer Nor. I
als have made their services more :
They arc worth more a. i
aohers. The Law provides that il
'cy shall be paid better; Justice,
l. Law, and public interest lay up
1 you The solemn duty 10 recog. :.
- their superior merit. And pay :
lem accordingly. Make dlstipc :
on In favor OF those who can and
ill convert The money into eduea.
on. This principle IN applicable Y
al kinds OF business, public and q
rlva&e. Lex me exert you sD have