The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-08-30
THE TEACHERs INSTITUTE.


The Teachers Institute next week
will be the opening of the school year.
The institute is becoming more in
structive each year, and the increas-
ing interest manifested by the public
in the workings of the institute is a
sure sign that progress is being made.
A certain amount of routine work
of a somewhat technical nature must
be done each year for the benefit of
the inexperienced teachers, and for
the Frightening up of others, and to
this extent the institute is Normal
school, but this is only one phase of
the work.
A wider and more important func-
ton of the institute is the establish
ment of a closer relation between the
public and those who have immediate
charge of the schools. No school can
be far in advance of the public senti-
nent of the community in which it is
located, and the schools of the county
cannot lead, but can at most only keep
pace with public sentiment with re-
gard to the schools.
The Institute is powerful factor in
shaping the sentiment of taxpayers
and citizens on the public school ques-
tion. The sessions of the Institute are
open to all, and anyone who is really
interested in the public schools of
Hartford cannot do better, both for his
own benefit and for the inspiration
that his presence will give the teach
ers, than to spend a day next week at
tending the sessions of the Institute.
DIR. Boyer, of the keystone State
Normal School, will give lecture be-
fore the Teachers Association on
Tuesday night, and will be present
during the entire week to give talks
at the day sessions. Members of the
faculty of the Maryland State Normal
School will also give talks during the
week, and this, together with the dis
cussions of the teachers ON the many
important topics found on programme,
cannot fail to make each session inter
esting to all who have any interest in
public schools.
Contrary to what some people seem
to think, school teachers are not auto
matte machines, wound up at nine
o'clock in the morning to run until
four in the afternoon, travelling in the
same old track like the hands of a
clock. They are men and women, en-
gagged in a work where they give wear
and tear of brain and nervous force
for a money compensation. They are
hurt by unjust and unnecessary criti-
cikm, and are encouraged and aided
by kindly words of praise and COM
mendation of their work.
The institute is the opening of the
school year for the teachers, and no
filter opportunity can be found for
of the schools and the education of
your children, to manifest your inter
est than the one presented next week
at the sessions of the institute. If not
by word, you can at least by your
presence give encouragement to the
teachers that will be remembered
throughout the school year.
The entertainments of the evening
sessions of the Teachers Association
are provided at cost of from two
hundred and twenty-five to two hun
dred and fifty dollars each year. They
are always of high order and well
worth the price of admission. Nearly
all the teachers attend these sessions,
but it is only by the liberal patronage
of the public that entertainments of
SO high an order can be provided. If
you desire several evenings of delight
full entertainment, and at the same
time desire to manifest your interest
in the work of the teachers, attend
these evening sessions in Masonic Hall,
as we'll as several of the day sessions
in the Court House.
Some persons, no doubt, have the
idea that the institute is a frolic for the
teachers at the county's expense. If
YOU are one of this number, come next
week and be convinced that you are
mistaken. No one. except the editor
of county paper, gets criticised more
and paid less for the work done than
the teachers in our public schools.