The record-union., 1893-03-15

been made in the last decade than in the
science of pedagogy; and this without a
pensIon-eve a prospective one.
He says, indirectly, that teachers are
not well enough paid.
According to some of the school direc-
tors in our metropolis. the pay is suffi-
cIent there to induce applicants to offer
500 for position.
In referring TO our country the writer
says: ''She furnishes West Point and
Annapolis as she supplies normal schools,
because she knows the importance of
thorough training, and cannot afford to
trust to chance Tor it," Ii there is any
element of chance" in the provision for
the common school, let US, by all means,
eradicate it at once by passing the pen
sion bill.
But this is the first intimation we have
had that our country supplies normal
schools
Really, friend Veritas, you should not
devote yourself so exclusively to the
study OF political economy. a little more
knowledge OF facts and logic would have
enabled you to steer clear of the rock
upon which your little boat runs, when,
alter speaking of West Point and An
napoIls, you say: ''lhe State denies also
To the teacher the individual career and
makes vast monopoly OF his business"
Any schoolboy can see that this whole
statement IS tallacious. There is little
parallel between teacher and a grad
uate OF West Point or the naval academy.
A queer monopoly, indeed, the State
makes Of the business OF teaching Ii to
1oster business and provide means for
paying those engaged in it is a.monOpOly,
then l must plead guilty to some of the
Iamentable ignorance which the writer
coyertly attributes to me.
Perhaps lie would call the management
Inn
tons vast non0polies." "a vast mo-
nopoly' OF the business is scarcely recon-
cllaoIe with the great number of private
institutions OF learning in our State.
There is certainly nothing in our laws
that prohibits teacher from following
an individual career" in his business if
he wishes 10 do so.
There is perhaps not teacher among
all those That are clamoring for pension
that would not launch out in a private
way II he thought he could do better than
the state is doing for him. Our anony-
nous writer says: 'If the state fur
nlshed free fruit, grain and dairy pro-
ducts, or went into trade OF commerce.
then the BeIlamy time would have in
deed come, and all should be pensioners"
10 those less Versed than the writer in
the knowledge of political economy" it
looks as though The pensioning of any
persons that have not risiled ''liIe and
llmb, III the service OF their country
would be step toward ''the Bellamy
tIme," as he so beautifully puts it,
Thanks, Mr.. Veritas, for the very nice
distinction without a difference"
Isn't the figure OF a daily battle against
ignorance and its barbarisms" Just a lit
tie trite?
We can assure the writer that the
modern idea of instructing the youth is
that 1t is a pleasure. Those that look
upon 1t in any other light ought to be re-
tired.
We freely admit that the business has
It's trials, but what has not? Some of the
heavy taxpayers may favor the measure,
but l know all do not.
Suffer one more short quotation from
Mr.. Veritas: 'He is equally at sea re-
garding Germany" Now, Mr. Truth,
you knew that | did not refer in any
manner to any particular country of
Europe, and, therefore, did not use the
word Germany.
If our country is the only civilized one
tlat does not pension its teachers, say so
much the better for our country; it is
ahead, as usual.
hope Mr.. Neritas will add the weight
OF ms name If he INDUCES in any more
philippics. &. V. OSBORN.
CIarksburg, March 18th.