Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-08-24
A Few Words from the County
Superintendent.

In few more days the schools of our
county will again be in session. And
now before the school term begins l
wish to say few words to the dlrec-
tors, teachers and pupils of our schools
in Butler county.
First. then, to the several directors let
me say that you have been chosen by
your fellow citizens TO look after the
public school system of our county. A
trust has been placed into your hands
that demands vigilant care. Great
RESPONSIBILITIES are resting upon you.
You no doubt have already hired your
teachers, secured the necessary books
and supplies for the year Yet your
work as director has only begun.
That teacher into whose care and keep
ing has been placed the school you es-
pecialIy represent. needs your hearty
cooperation from the day she is hired
until the terms work has been finished.
The regular monthly visit to your
school is not enough. a few words OF
encouragement, show of your appre-
citation and some heartfelt sympathy,
will do very much towards helping your
teacher to teach her school well. Dl-
rector. your work is difficult your
grievances are many; your pay is poor;
vet assure you in reality, that your
Office is one of the most important, and
honorable in our county Do your
work faithfully and the reward shall be
yours.
And here / might say TO the fathers
and mothers, as patrons of our schools,
you, too, can help your director IN pro-
vlding good school for your children
for the teacher very much needs your
sympathy, good will and help. l tell
YOU that the cares, and the trials, rest
| ing down upon the school teachers OF the
| land can be carried successfully only
when the fathers and the mothers join
| heart and hand with the teachers IN
| their work Parents teach your child
rem whilst at home to respect and love
their teachers and their school as
they do their own parents and their OWL
| home.
| This kind friends is what school life
| should be. and can be if we all work to
! gether. Do not expect too much from
your teacher and remember that they
are but human and may make mistakes
''for to err is only human, but to for
| give is half divine.
| To the teachers of our county let me
say, the work in which you are about
| to engage is a noble one. What one
| term of school is worth to a communl
| ty, no man can tell
| The seeds you shall sow in the hearts
of your pupils will bloom and ripen II
| this world, but will be garnered in eter
nity. We boast of our free school sys
| terl. and well do we do so, for we be
| lieve it to he the great corner stone OF
| our nation and the strong hope for It's
| future greatness. Teachers remember
| YOUR word. Be honest with it; be II
| earnest in it; and ever have before you
| the desire to teach not only the lessons
| found in the text book, but to teach al
SC the grand, everlasting principles OF
honesty, truth, temperance, love fol
God and love for home
Boys and girls you who are to be The
pupils of our schools this winter let me
remind you that the schools are for yor
and YOU are for the schools. The day
is here when you must have a gooC
practical education if you wish K
take part in the world of usefulness
around you. For without an education
you can fill no useful station with th'
rising generation of the ''Keyston'
State" Be in school every day thi
term if possible and always remembe
that every day of school you miss is lik
the broken link in chain-that par
you missed may sometime be foun'
wanting.
Again, ask pupils teachers, parent
and directors. let us one and all Joil
heart and hand in our school work her
in Butler county, and if it is possible
let us put forth better, nobler efforts Il
the work this year than we have don
in the past.
AS Superintendent of Butler county
schools | promise to put forth my bes
efforts in the work, and do most earn
estly plead for the hearty co-operatio
and support of the people in this coun
ty during my entire terms work.
Yours very truly,
HOWApD | PAINTER