The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-24

OuA county BOARD would have
DOUBTLESS with the same 0entbusiosm,
resolved, THAT we, the board of ednca
ton of Terrell county, do most heartily
endorse the administration of Mr. Glenn
particularly that portion in which he
construes the law as to make the school
ana calendar month cOincident (includ.
ing saturdays since in so doing the law
W merely requires of the teacher the
same number of days service that is re.
quires OF evepy person employed in every
other vocation in which IA stipulated sum
lSgiven for months service. We fail to
see any good reason for making an ex-
ceptlon in the case of teachers unless be-
cause it has been the custom from time
lmmemorial. '" Hereafter on each Ie-
turning Saturday let us remember Com
missioner Glenn with thankful hearts
because he did not include Saturdays al. O
in a school month.
A word to the patrons of these schools
Until this year your teachers have been
PAID without reference to the avera. @
made. The pay was small but certain.
Commissioner Glenn has made it small, +
and uncertain. IL the opinion of OF +
county board he has done this with IL e
view of attracting efficient teachers who
will make teaching profession. From
the school officer standpoint it may ha' e
this effect, but from the teacher stand
point 1t will not. You know that Your
schools have been ruined because the
position of the teachers in them was so
uninvitIng. A lady takes one of these
schools and is met by say thirty pupils.
She is bouyant and happy. She begins
to plan noble things for her school. On
the third day it rains, fifteen are present
and her average is just rs. 1t rains
again on Friday and she fnls that she
has fallen short of the required average.
Her heart is filled with dread forebod-
ings. At church Sunday she is sad and
detected. She makes very favorable
on the patrons with whom
she meets. The word is ed|around,
II don't like her looks" She is stared
at like some curious animal on exhibit
ton She goes to her boarding place
still more detected. The cause of her
moodness is attributed to dissatisfaction
with the fare. She is scowled at and re-
called with such remarks sas, "Stuck Up
poor folks are an abominatiOn, and
''she is getting better than she is used
to- Her heart is almost bursting for
one look, one word of sympathy. Her
hosts, really kind by nature, little realize
that she would be happy and grateful
for bread and water if seasoned by kind
ness. She retires, longing, OH, 50 much,
for the tenderness of that widowed moth
er at home, and cries herself to sleep.
She arises with pale face, swollenleyes
and an aching head. She is totally unfit
for the duties OF the school room, but
resolves to do her best. She finds several
IF the children absent. She racks her
poor, throbbing brain to see if she has
done anything to displease any of these
absentees. She gets through with the
iuties of the day somehow. But the
children who, only week ago thought
hey had such a pretty, sweet teacher,
have found now that she is ugly and ill
aatured; they don't like her, and begin
carving home all sorts of reports, some
rue and some fictitious. A few new
ou pills come and Bhope revives. She has
been obliged to punish s9meof her pupils
One patron has withdrawn his children
and is doing what he can to induce
others to do the same. He succeeds, to
some extent, but the better element In
The community hang on. AT the END OF
.wo months She finds that she has rot
mite made the average. She wopderS
vaguely what part of her salary she VIII
receive for this work. She knows that
her contract allows the county board TO
deprive her of the whole or any part OF
Il. Her mind has been constantly alter
mating between hope and fear upon this
point. She is conscious of partial failure
in her school duties. She is unconscious,
moor thing, of the cause of this failure
and summons all of her remaining cour-
aoe. She tries to hope that the next
three months will bring up her average.
The next week one of the children is car
Awarded
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