Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-22
DISSATISFIED
Some of Them Think They Were Not
Treated Exactly Right at
the Institute.

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MEXICO, Mo-, August 16.-I wish to
congratulate the writer of ':The In
stitute Echoes" and / for one of the
teachers am heartily in cooperation
with the gentleman. The institute
was as fine this year as | ever saw, so
far as the teachers class work was
concerned; but the examinations were
immense, especially the English and
Mathematics. Just think of teachers
that have taught for the last fifteen or
twenty years failing in these two sub
jects, and also teachers that have
first-grade certificates most of the
time. But listen and | will tell you
part that made them fail in English.
This was n of the questions: "GIve
full analysis of the following: And,
in his mantle, mufiing up his face,
even at the base of Pompey's statue,
which all the while ran blood, Great
Caesar FELL" This, with several
others, caused the teachers to fail.
While the author of 'The Echo only
speaks of the English professor, l
would like to speak of our Mathemat-
les professor also. | would like to
know if that gentleman has studied
percentage to the exclusion of all the
rest of the Arithmetic. If not, why
does he make it such a hobby? 1
have been in the institute several
times, and do not think of his W ac-
cord (unless someone called for some
example) that / eve saw him put any
but percentage problems on the board
during the institute work, and on ex-
aminatlons he capped the matter off
by giving four out of eight questions
in percentage. Is this the way to
find out if the teachers know the
principles in Arithmetic? | think
not. And in the examinations he did
not touch the important parts of
Arithmetic, such al interest, fractions,
true discount, involution, evolution,
insurance and taxation and many
others, but it was percentage. Who
ever heard of a teacher giving an ex-
animation to a set of pupils, and, after
causing from 80 to 40 to fail, give
them the consolation of having a
chance to redeem themselves and
walk to the board and put the very
same problem upon the board they
failed in the day before only, where
he had three ifths the day before,
put seven-eighths or a change of that
nature. Fellow teachers, is this JUS
tice? Are we going to sit and submit
to such like a set of cowed ours? |
say no! never! Let us speak now and
work for our rights, and if we don't
get them when the time for the cleo
ton comes let us get a change. Per-
haps it would be for good. l wish to
thank Prof. Jesse for justice and fair
ness in everything. a TEACHER.
In a recent letter to the manufac..
turers Mr.. w. F. Benjamin, editor of
the Spectator, Rushford, N. Y, says:
at may be a pleasure to you to know
the high esteem in which Chamber
lain's medicines are held by the peo-
must be best known. An aunt of mine,
who resides at Dexter, Iowa, was
about to visit me a few years since,
and before leaving home wrote me,
asking if they were sold here, stating
if they were not she would bring a
quantity with her, as she did not like
to be without them" The medicines
referred to are Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, famous for its cures of colds
and Group; Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for rheumatism, lame back, pains in
the side and chest, and Chamberlain's
| Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for bowel complaints. These medi-
| cines have been in constant use in
Iowa for almost a quarter of a century.
The people have learned that they
are articles of great worth and merit,
and unequaled by any other. They
are for sale here by c. A. Buckner,
druggist.