Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-05-09
EDUCATIONAL.
Timely Suggestions for Trustees,
Teachers and People.

eve must educate or We must per-
isb;" GAS is the Teacher 50 is the
School "Public Office is Public
Trust"
In the teacher scholarship lis indis
pensahle; normal training is desirable
Do you now see their relative import
ance?
Those Trustees who have not alrea-
dy done go, will call on the County
Superintendent for notices of election
a1d for poll sheets at once.
"As is the teacher so is the school.
There never was a truer maxim; trus-
tees must be governed by it, if they
would have a school worthy of the
name. They should have at least
three considerations in mind when Sc
Letting the teacher, viz; moral char
acter, scholarship and normal train
ing, which are importadt in the order
of their statement. The trustees
holders of a trust as the name i'm
plies-should adopt a resolution at
their very fret meeting after July /,
that they will employ no teacher who
can not make first-class cert Eofte.
/ The writer knows one county in which
this rule was observed in fully three
fcurths Of the districts. The result
was gratifying in the highest degree.
The schools improved hundred per
cent. at least. Examinations these
days means something, and if trustees
will cooperate with the county exami-
ners, the problem is already well nigh
solved.
1t is the mean, selfish, narrow min
ded and little hearted men in the
land who impede the progress OF edu-
cation; the men who demand eAhorb-
liant prices for school house sites, in
stead of donating the land the men
who cant appreciate the fact that
dollar invested in education by the
individual, by the district or by the
state will speedily yield a hundred
per cent. on the investment and COM
pound it.
What bright young man or young
woman desires to attend the State
College next year. The County SUI
perinIendent nas the right to appoint
one person between the first day OF
June and the first day Of August, to
attend said institution. The person
appointed will have travelling eXpens-
es refunded and be exempt from all
charges for tuition, matrculatlon,
room rent AN | dormitories, fue, and
| lights, provided he or she will remain
ten consecutive months. The person
so appointed shall first pass an exami-
nation from questions furnished 10y
the faculty Of the college, which are
not very difficult All persons are
eligible who are between the ages OF
fourteen and twenty four, and who
have completed the common school
course. With the advantage Of an
appointment the necessary expens'
of attending ten months not to exceed
sl25. The County Superintendent
will be glad to furnish any informa
ton that may be desired. This is II
rare opportunity. The State College
is a great institution, having an able
faculty, admirable buildings, a very
elaborate supply Of apparatus and an
extended curriculum.
Higher education In county schools
without any neglect of the common
branches, that's the problem. The
people of the State should consider
it with serious thought, for it presses
for solution. The opportunity to take
something like a high school course
ought to be furnished TO every pupil
who will embrace il; and it can be
furnished IN many district for less
money than is ordinarily expended on
few pupils in the district who are
sent away to high schools or to the
preparatory departments of eur cod,
leges.
When pupil completes the com
mon branches, he is not prepared 10
enter college; he is not prepared for
business; he Is not prepared for eili