The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-19
frof Wallace on NorInal Schools.

crS Institutes. aud other schools pro.
rldcd for their improvement i'm their
profession
You say tcachcra have very little left
out oi th"ir mcagrG salary with which
TO pay expenses ut normal schools.
ihnt Is true: and should certainly not
J"d%e harShly any teacher who il rcnl-
~ kept away by this cause.-The is dc.
prlvci OF valuable privilege. If he
S'ayS away because he really has not
the money for The necessary expenses,
he Is simply unfortunate. If. however.
he absrnts himself because he is ret
Iin% small salary and docs not see
J"#t h"" his Attendance would increase
II, nc Is greatly at fault, and shows q
very low estimate Of The rrsponsibil-
ties and privileges Of his profession
seriously suspect that the excuse of
poor pay Is with many truchcrS IL pre-
Text ouly, the real reason being that
lh"y 90 not care to undergo the labor
ana study ami sclf-dcnial that Il course
Oh training ut Il normal school would
require Of theta.
Th" question OF pay ought not to br
the only consideration wi,I , ,,,,,o,..
1t "u ut not TO b" the main considrru.
| tlon that should br tn" desire to helm
|" IN" utmost the children entrusted to
us 'AIt'"n and traininy: and to dis
rhlr"" this trust most efficiently, hr
sh"H'H avail himself Of very hclp with.
in his reach, whether hi, sol,rv ",
large or smu!l. L. is a great error If
| not Il crime. for a trachrr to ,ruu,r,, his
teaching ur his irurhluy raparity by
hts H''arA: t" mra~urr ~" worth Of his
work in the drl1ars hr yr.S !nr it: to hr
satisfied with 80 work or a t.;n ca
| parity hrrAu~,' ne rrrurirs a so nlorr.
! Surh consideration. ni,l, r,s.i,,I,. H.,
aliuwablr ~ cue who rjrk. cotton
or INr~ rr"N or Grjvv- a iY,.LI.niYn,
! "r works upNu ";hrr inaujma;r objects,
though rvru tn,u unr >nunII do i;
hest; hut ;hvv have NO rrvrrr rl,,,,
where one i training lh,, mind ami
vhHrArtNv ~ the NNun.. TNrrr j. M, |
place in \ SrhrNi.ruun fora $50 r,uarj,v
th0' : satisfied 10 remain 80.
!HA' m"H&rr SALARIES are paid in
South tHrNjln? j. misfortune rf onr
!mNuNrri> G, 'itirn. Is, wor;in.r
up - higher Standard uf fitness, y
trHrHrr has some chance. even h,rr. ni
better paN: hv wnri>iuu down :, III,
mun'y standard. he has NO rhuurr ~
h"ii"rln% hiS condition AND ouyht to
have none. lie NAV hr ,ur. of ,n,
thing: his efforts to increase his fitness
for hi, work will not diminish his m,n,.,
reward. except for he small suu, .n,,,
in tukium a,jvnu,,o, nf tb, r,,, -,
fordrd him: aud this small sum will u,
amply compensated for in the h.t,,.
liir and character of ,h,. munils ,,lo.
his care.
One should try to -. Just as GOOD u
teacher ON So Il monln As ON Sln, o,.
Sluo. .\s long rs he teaches ne shnulL
Io the hrst work of which n, !. ,,r,,l,
ana hr should take advantage. of every
| mrIns To muNr himself more rapnblr.
| | am not going To say that Il teacher
canno, do good work who does no, al
tend normal schools. hit do say thai
| wv ''h Wv bcltcF work hS ATTENDING
! thrm. More than tna,: no on, can h,.
com" or continue to he Il rood ir,.h,,.
VIII" does not try constantly to fl, him.
self for better work it may bc bv 81.
Tending normal schools. m h,. ,,.i,.,,
study, or snnu other WAY. No one whn
craS"S to be an earnest siuu,ut ,,,,
continue t" br II successful ,rachrr \
SrIl-S.utistrd teacher is "A poor tro,.h,r
without exception.
| know Of no better aid 10 au,,rnr.,
teacher than normal schuuIs moi n,c.
r*Sarity those provided by our own
State, but such as NAV bc found In
other sections as we'll: as Chn,ouuu,
Martha's Vineyard, Cornell, and the
Chicago University, for instance
Ours, however, have the adyanlunc nf
being least expensive to our own ,,,rh-
crs.