The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-06-29
. EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Edited by
/, Q. BRUMFIELD. - IOckport, La
PENSIONS FOR SCHOOL TEACH.
- Frs.

wears among :llose who believe in add
vanced government is the pensioning
of public officials, especially school
teachers. This has been preached for
some time past, until the Legislature
of Michigan has finally been induced
to test the ides. AMI has established a
system of pensions for its public school
teachers.
:. 1t will not surprise many to learn
tina, the proposition has been received
with II howl of Indignation from the
teachers themselves. VIII" are not at all
pleased with the provisions of the new
law. 1t provides that all public school
teachers shall be pensioncd after
twenty-five years Of actual service. but
in order to provide the necessary fund
the teachers have their salaries cut
down / per cent. the money thus de-
rived being used to pay the pensions.
This has naturally called forth Il loud
protest from many of the teachers.
who declare that no has the right
to take from them money they have
earned without their consent. The
plan of increasing the fund by deduc
tions from salaries in case of sickness
is also very unpopular.
Still another provision to which OBJ
lection is raised is that if a teacher
leaves Michigan after twenty years Of
service, during all of which time he
contributed to the pension fund, he is
denied any interest whatever in it.
The system starts Oft, therefore, with
the strongest opposition to it among
the supposed beneticiaries. A dis
tasteful law like this can never be- Il
success, and the Michigan school PEN
sion system therefore starts out with
its failure assured.-Times-Dtmocrat
We are reliably informed that there
is IL prospect Cor the schools of the
parish to continue in session for two
more months.
Miss Mamie Chauvin who is teaching
the Delanne school informs us that she
has over fifty pupils. This is a greater
number of pupils chan any teacher can
do Justice to in all lngraded school.
Verify the school teachers of Lafourcl,e
parish earn their salaries.
The Lockport Public School will
close next Tuesday, the last two days
of the session being taken for the ex-
animation. The school will give an
entertainment on the evening July
4th., at = o'clock.
We have not heard when the Gnion
Academy will close its present session.
We do wish Our public school friends
Of Thibodaux would let US hear from
them sometimes. This column is at
your service.
We would like to hear from anv
school in the parish. in fact we would
like to hear from every school in the
parish. Tet us know how many pu-
pills you have, how the attendance is,
how many desks in yeur sc%hoolhonse,
etc. We would like for you to let rs
know this, but of course you won't do
it.
We have heard Il rumor that there
is to he another public school in Lock
port. A short time ago there was a
rumor atioat that we were to have two
postOffices in Lockport too, but Uncle
Sam decided that it would be good
policy to establish two postofices in
4 town of that size while there is only
one in a city like New Orleans. We
think the School Board will decide
the school problem the same way.
Why are graded schools established
in cities aud towns where tie number
of pupils will justify it9 1t is because
that in that way each teacher has
fewer lessons to hear ana can of
course do better work. Where there
is only one teacher he or she must
teach every class from alphabet to the
end of the course. Double the num.
Der of pupils and put two teachers in
the school and note the improv-
ment.
Modern methods in education tend
toward conformation. The more pu-
pills are put together, provided of
course that the building has the faci-
lities of accommodating them, the
better they may be taught. ANY n
who has kept up with educational i'm
%provement and educational thought
of late years, will never consent to
divide a school district where the pu-
pills are close to a schoolhouse.
Why let your hair turn gray when
Halls Hair Remover will prevent it ?
On next Thursday Iudependence