St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02

have growing affection for your work,
give place to some one possessed of the true
spirit of the master.
Study your pupils and comprehend their
needs.
Be an enthusiast but let your enthusiasm
be controlled by common sense
Be not the first to try the new nor yet
the last to cast the old aside.
be earnest be honest, be progressive be
studious, be dilieent, be sympathetic and de-
voted to the interests under your charge and
your labors shall be crowned with success.
Labor to develop the humanities, to Undue
the pupil with proper ideal of life. You
can find the greatest help in this line in
good literature, and l would accept as a de-
fnition Of literature that of Morley, who
says: Literature consists of all the books
and they are not so many-where moral truth
tain largeness, sanity and attraction Of
form"
would recommend the following subjects
for legislation:
A compulsory education law that is not ex-
pected to enforce ITSELF but containing prop
er and effective provisions for its enforce
ment.
change in the manner of choosing county
superintendent, to take the Office out Of
politics. If such is possible, and requiring
an educational qualification equal to that Of
frst-grade certificate.
state board of examiners to which all
papers for second or first grade certificates
shall be submitted after being marked by the
county superintendent. The said board shall
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good in the state for two years. and the first
grade good in the state for five years.
The abolition of state high school board
examinations are a decided change in the
method OF procedure in conducting the same.
Ii they are to be retained, the questions
should be prepared by committee Of high
scnool principals or superintendent to be
selected by the board, and the papers should
be examined and passed upon by the same
committee when returned by the several
persons having the examination in charge
1t is generally understood that these papers
are farmed out among the students of the
university who can not from the nature of
information and sound judgment to be the
proper persons to pass upon the markings
made by these, many of whom are graduates
OF the university or of other schools Of equal
rank. :
NORMAL INSTRUCTION.
The law providing for elementary normal
instruction should be amended by permitting
those actually engaged in teaching and hold
ing second-grade certificates to enter, and
modifying the qualifications required of the
teacher in this grade.
One of the foremost needs of the schools
OF the state at the present time is the adop-
ton Of the township system in some form.
am not ready to specify just the details of
the matter, but l think the bill prepared
ton has within it most of the points that
should be incorporated in an enactment Of
that kind The reasons for the adoption of
this law are IN brief the following: 1t would
extend the field Of taxation, thus making it
more uniform; place the schools under more
competent management; insure longer terms
OF school, better teachers, better school
houses and better attendance. It would in
sure more business-like MANAGEMENT. do
away with many of the petty quarrels now
occurring. 1t would enable the town to es-
tablsh a central school OF high grade and
would unity all the school interests You can
get further points In its favor by writing to
our honorable state superintendent.
committee OF this association should be
appointed TO act with the state mt
In preparing bill for codifying the school
laws OF the state, that we might have COM