The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-19
A SCHOOL. MEl.ANGI.

The Wheeling public schools should
be the pride Of her people. While they
may not be Just all they might BE-.
stlll they are doing such good work
tllnt they deserve the encouragement
ind support OF ali good people. They
nrc now being run according 10 the
mOAt Improved methods ana are meet
Ing with success IN every way. Our
public schools should be patrOnlHcd by
all the children OF the city and II
seems strange thut they are not. fcI
the fnat remains that mnny children,
especially boys, are absent, either all
or the greater part OF the time, II IL
thought by many that Il compulsory
school law Is contrary 10 the spirit OF
our free American institutions, but "
the state provides a system Or free I'd.
ucatlon, aud u number persist IN rc.
fusing TO receive what will cost them
nothing, II surely could not be consid.
cred II hardship 60 compel the child 10
20 To school The parent owes II to the
child that II receive an education and
" he does not give " the opportunity
Of his own accord, he shond be COM
PEELED To do no. II Wheeling had n
good truant law, well enforced, II
would be II good thing for che boys.
AS II general thing there IA good Or
der IN the schools. but there Is quite Il
number OF bOyg IN every school, who
viii not be restrained by the teacher,
AMI unless they are permitted 10 de-
Just az they please, they give trouble,
These boys arr not restrained at home
and they With to do ny they please
when they come to school, Miss Anna
Shnw said that II was claimed the
reason 50 many boys left school before
flushing the course, was that they
would not he restrained by Il woman:
hut that they left about the time they
get from under the restraint OF Wo.
man. She innhc the point that the
boys did not leave uutii after they
left the woman teacher, This cannot
apply to the Wheeling schools, as
there are no men teachers. but II seems
that In schools where men do teach IN
the higher grades. the boys may leave
when the time comes that they Will
have TO submit TO authority ~
There has been much talk concern
Ing the report OF thc board of eduCa-
ton committee on rules and quite an
amount OF writing was down IN some
OF the papers. one writer, especially.
had the pleasure OF giving his opinion
% che teachers, rs though they were
the ones who presented the rules. Now.
that the matter Is settled. be- {.
known 60 ALL that the teachers had
nothing whatever TO do with the rules.
They are generally n meek. submissive
set OF girls. but they wish Il under
stood that they do mob attend TO other
peoples business and that they think
the board OF education IS capable OF
attending 10 the matters that belong
to Il. A point nude by the writer refer
red 10. WIS that the teachers have but
six hours work each day, and hence
they are well paid. II the writer ever
laugh, school aud was q conscientious
teacher. he viii. know that from nine
to ten hours OF the teachers time IL
taken up with her work. She must
spend three TO four hours daily In
study and preparation tor her work. II
she keeps up with the times Should a
man or woman be paid merely FOR the
time taken to do certain amount OF
work? There are lawyers who nj any
tim" can get 5000 FOR their opinion.
which WIN take them about fifteen
minutes to uivr. Other lawyers can
barely make u living. The time Is past
when time II counted instead OF abil-
iiy. While a poor teacher Is dear al
any price, now and then one OF the
school marms" will get married.
though she NAV love her profession
very devotedly. One OF these remarked
10 the writer. when asked why she did
50 when she had proreSsed such love
FOR the profession:
Not that ! love the profession less.
bur that love 'Xeke' more.
Her reason was considered good and
she went her way az they ALWAYS do.
From what they see in the papers, con-