The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-25
SCHOOL MELANGE.


cially to make resolutions TO do better
In the future than We have inithe past
The business man takes an invoice OF
his goods, 10 see II during the year the
Balance has been on the creditor or
debtor side, and he makes his ca!cula-
tons for the new year accordingly. Do
we, as teachers, cast up our accounts
each year 10 see how we stand2 Do We
take an inventory TO find out what our
stock In trade IS? Have we done our
work well during the year Just closing2
All these questions ought to be asked
and answered and they will be by the
true teacher It is not only our prlvl-
lege, but our duty 10 feel and 90 know
that we are better prepared TO teach
than we were one year ago. We ought
to have stock on hand now that We did
not have then When the wise merchant
fiHds that he Is losing money, he
changes either his business or the man
ner OF eoAductinI II, and the teacher
who finds that he Is doing no better
work to-day than he was doing year
ago, or feels that he Is not succeeding
better than he was them ought TO eth
er quit the business or change his meth
DDS OF teaching. II is not, though, so
much In methods that teachers fail it
Is ia lack OF conservation 70 the work.
Conservation to the work means
great deal, 1t means devotion OF all
energy 10 one great object, that OF MAX
ing humanity better, This is just what
It means aud nothing less.
We take oft our hat and make our
best bow TO Principal c, S. Brilles who
will be In charge OF Washington school
after the first of January We welcome
hlra to the brotherhood Of public school
workers, feeling that in him we Will
have not only u worthy and competent
worker, but that he brings with him the
qualifications that SO 70 make up first
class principal, The wisdom OF the Sc
lection will no doubt be shown before
the present year closes, He takes charge
of school, than which there Is none
better In the city, and he viii no doubt
be able to hold it up to It's present high
standing.
Mrs. Emma Fland, nee Miss Emma
Sonderman, OF Bolivar Ohio, Is visiting
her old home in the Eighth ward, and
will spend the holidays with friends.
She was one Of the very best teachers
OF Richie annex until Just one year ago
when she changed both name and oe-
odpatlon, The gear seems to have treat
ed her very kindly and she Is welcomed
home again by her many friends.
There are many days Of the year that
the children enjoy, but Christmas Is the
red letter day to the average school boy
and school girl. To them all other days
OF the year sink into inslgnltlcanee. It
Is the Joy Of their lives, to have Christ
mas come. This gives the teacher and
parent an opportunity TO impart good
instruction, and instruction that Will
make lasting impression. The sacred
ness of the day, the great event In tie
worlds history, that II stands for Il !
birth OF the Christ Child, the worlds
Redeemer, and the hallOwed associa-
tons that cluster around It, All these
things rightly impressed viii do more
to break IN the dissertation Of the
day, than can all legislative enactments
against It. Parents and teachers
should remember that they were boys
aud girls once. and have not yet for
gotten how they longed for Christmas
to come. II does us all good TO remeIn
her that we were once children, but It
does no one more real solid good, than
It does the teacher. Christmas exercises
were general throughout the schools OF
the city, which serves to more deeply
impress the minds of the pupils with
the proper significance and observance
OF the day.
The subject, "The Pensloning OF
Teachers" will be considered at the
next meeting Of the Wheeling Teachers
Association, which VIII be held on Fri.
day afternoon, January Z, 1895 The
plan OF creating fund by the teach
ers paying n certain per cent Of their
salaries each month. which Is 80 be
used for the benefit OF those who retire
from the profession on account OF old
age, has been adopted In New York
City. the state OF New Jersey and other
parts OF the country. and IL 1t Is a Sue
cess, |. c., works well where tried, why
will It not do so in West Virginia? The
matter will he presented by Miss Clio
han. principal OF Clay school. Very
Icw teachers are able at the salaries
paid ia provide for old age and hence
something OF the kind proposed will
surely be great blessing to those who
are forced to wear out their lives as II
were, to keep family OF loved ones,
bercft OF father or mother and now de-
pendent on them. II Is gloomy outlook
for such, when the time comes that they
must quit the profession. We all like 20
be independent in this life, but how
many there are who. when old age
comes, are left to the cold charities OF
those who do not appreciate the good
they have done during a long life OF
usefulness, perhaps for the very ones,
who now turn the cold shoulder 10
them. But such Is life, viewed from the
worlds standpoint, II is hoped some
thing mag be done, even In our very
conservative city, in the matter OF pro.
viAlHg for the necessities Of the old and
worn out faithful teachers OF the young
In our public schools.
The teachers and pupils will kindly
remembers OF the board Of education,
who gave the privilege 10 dismiss school
on Thursday evening, This action
caused the attendance 10 keep up dur
ing Thursday fnigly well. Had not the
privilege been granted. the attendance
oc the pupils on Friday would have
been very small. Young America knows
when Christmas Is cOminu and the boy1
and girls intend 10 have the day before
that eycntful ilme,whether school keeps
or not. May they all enjoy themselves
20 their fulles. extent, and return 10
school after the holidays are owes, with
the determination to do better school
work than they ever did In their lives
before. That all the teachers, pupils and
all other readers Of the lntclligcncer
may have a merry Christmas and a
Happy New Ycar, Is the wish OF
ttfptTF Dim AEnnTTEs ~