Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-06
A Few Words from the County
superintendent.

The schools of our county will soon
be closing this present terms work.
At this time of the year interest
too often lags. Poor attendance and
poor interest toward the end of the term
often spoil what otherwise would have
been a successful terms work.
That tired feeling which sometimes
gets into school at this season OF the
year is fatal to progress and should be
feared by all pupils and teachers. No
other part of the terms work requires
so much real perseverance as does the
last month of the term. At that time
pupils are doing more advanced work
than usual and if they are to fully mas
ter it they must put forth good effort.
The reviews and examinations which
should come in all schools will now soon
begin and will call up many things
which need special care. More real
lasting school work can be done and
should be done during the last month
than was accomplished during any other
like period of the year.
For this and other reasons children
should remain in school to the end OF
the term. Dropping out OF school be-
fore the term ends is common, but
very fatal habit in many schools, and Is
one which ought to be condemned by
teachers and parents. This very habit
spoils the reports, ,discourages the teach
ers. ruins the schools and deprives the
BOYS and girls of their education. and
vet the whole habit is unnecessary and
uncalled for in most of cases.
Boys and girls let me here again re-
mind you that school days are but few,
and that YOU will soon need more real
education than you will then have. Ii
this is true can you afford to miss school
now?
The advancing civilization in which
we are now living is making it harder
and still harder every year for men and
women to succeed in life unless they are
educated. If you want to enter hfe's
work well prepared, if you want to be
one of the thinkers and doers of your
day and generation, if you want to pos
sess the true key which will unlock for
YOU the doors of success in every honest
work, you must take with you good,
intelligent, Christian education. That
is the foundation upon which life's
work rests, and if you have it your
chances for winning will be ten fold bet
ter than they will be if you have it not.
Teachers. put fourth your best tact
and talent in these closing days of this
term Much remains yet to be done.
You may not accomplish it all, but you
can do your best, and anything short OF
| this is not enough.
Your calling is noble one and if you
do your work well future manhood and
womanhood will be blessed thereby.
Your pay now is indeed small but re-
| member that for every honest faithful
teacher there waits reward more pre-
cious than silver or gold.
In few more days l will have been
| in each school of the county this Germ,
and feel safe in saying that as whole
our schools were never better taught
| Not one teacher was removed this year
| by the directors Fewer failures among
| the teachers, less dissatisfaction from
| the parents and better attendance by
| the pupils than we mostly have made
| the years work a real success
| Local Institute work and educational
meetings were also q success. Some OF
| these were so largely attended that the
buildings in which they We're held
would not hold all who came. / after d.
| ed twenty some of these meetings and
am glad to say that l never have seen
more real interest shown in this work
than what was done this year.
| Parents encourage your children to
use those school libraries two
hundred of which have been put into
our schools in the past three years.
Good books are good, safe companions
for children and it is well for the teach
ers and parents to tell the boys and
girls 80
The visitors days called many patrons
into the schools and we think the last
day of this term might be well spent in
that same way.
March Goth will be examination day
for diplomas Yours truly,
| HOWARD l. PAINTER.