Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-09
More about the "Profs."

AS one of the teachers Of Har-
din county, | will ask to say Il few
words in your columns, in their be-
half.
We read with much interest,
Directors communication in your
issue Of 26 nit. and can readily a.
gree with him ON some points.
We think his criticism Of the title
prof" where applied to young IN
experienced teachers n good one
and we also agree that there are
teachers of limited education and
experience who profess more than
they are able to merit. And to
our personal knowledge there are
teachers who profess to be practi-
cal teachers and have had years
of experience that fall far short Of
their professed merit. We can
find, probably, just such teachers
as above described in Hardin
county.
But where we differ with Direc-
tor is that he seems to class the
greater number of teachers with
this grade, and especially the
younger teachers. Now, in all
my acquaintance, do not know
of a teacher coming home from
college, and after having contract
ed with n board of directors to
teach school, to set himself up as
a "Pr0f.0 and demand Of his stu
dents and patrons that he must be
known as prof" or even intimate
such. We do not believe that
such a crank would be employed
by any of our directors.
Our teachers are more progress
sive to-day than ever before in the
history of our Teachers Institute
which was organized twenty years
ago. The teachers read more edu-
cational journals by half than at
any time prior to this and more OF
them spend their spare time in
the leading schools of Tennessee,
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Ken
lucky than ever before.
The reason that teacher is NOT
qualified to teach in our best
city schools, is no reason why
they are not qualified to teach in
the schools of Hardin county
We think a city teacher with q
salary of one thousand dollars a
year would be as much out Of or
der to come to Hardin county and
contract with Director for TWEEN
ty-fve dollars per month for q
school of nine weeks duration, as
our average Young teacher wOulC
be to go to the city and try to ge
thirty dollars per month, or any
other salary in keeping with his
qualifications.
1t must be a narrow view of ;
man who has come III contact witt
: a quack doctor to believe that thc
whole medical profession is com
posed Of quacks; or if he knows
Of a prelcher quitting the higI
calling Of the ministry to become
a jockey, to believe that the who'll
{ machinery Of church is a Sham
T. and "imposition". Then if it il
that Hardin county has some
1 'shams" as teachers it is no reas
; on why all Of them should be class
ed as such. As to examination,
| believe our worthy eX.Superin
y tendent has conducted them al
: through her administration as fret
from Partially as could reason
ably have been; and that the exam
l. nations have been such that ;
v reasonable conclusion as to tht
. qualifications Of the applicants
could he reached and certificates
{ issued according to the facts as
; certained.
. We look upon teaching as re
: sponsible calling and will say t,
y the young teacher, do your dut,
, as best you know, and with you
. whole strength and when yoj
! come to be judged you will be on
" Of the approved. BIGGs.