The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-29
HIRING TEACHERS CHEAP.
4 little Straight Talk by State Superin-
tendent Cary Upon Country schools

lions TO school officers. IN which
4Rere is considerable matter of value.
lie has a section Of his pamphlet
which he requests read at the an
34l school meetings, and it is
;, ortinent that THE TIMES gives it
sy..v It is as fellows:
To -; who are interested in the
betterD.rrt Of our rural school con
Glitions:
It is the common belief that rural
schools are not Improving much, it
any, from year to year. This does
not appiv to every school, it does APP
ply to many schools. When we IN
auire INTO the causes we find that in
nanv school districts there is feel
mo that any kind Of teacher wit do,
and the cheaper the better. Every
body knows that in buying horse.
ffty dollars will not purchase as good
an animal as one hundred dollars will
buy. Yet wheu it comes to hiring a
teacher there are many people who
think teacher is a teacher, and If
one can be had for twenty dollars a
month it is. just so much clear gain
over paying forty dollars month.
Sometimes school district officers
boast about Saving" the district
i've or ten dollars a month on teach
er's wages, when, as matter OF
fact, they have allowed good teach
or to leave them, and have engaged
a poor, incompetent excuse for a
teacher. to the lasting injury OF their
children and their school. Some
school officers refuse to retain good
teacher for the next year because
some one or two patrons of the
school are displeased because their
children were not allowed Ito run
ahings' as usual. Good discipline
is absolutely essential to all good
school work.
In order to have good school you
must have a good teacher and a
district that will allow few dollars
in salary or little prejudice to
weight more than their children 5
Welfare, is not wise.
The best economy is to get the
6est teacher your district can rea-
sonably afford In selecting a good
teacher your county superintendent
ought to be a good adviser.
Next after securing a good teach
er it is important TO see that child
pen attend school regularly. No
child can do good work If he has to
be out Of school frequently. More
shan that, a school cannot be a good
school If the children attend irregu-
larly..
The next things of importan ce
after good teacher. and good at
tendance are a comfortable school
house, comfortable seats and plenty
Of pure air. Children cannot do
well shut up in c'ose room where
shey have to breathe the same foul
air over and over We have to
breathe because we need oxygen
srom the air, but breathing the air
takes part of the oxygen and puts
impurities in it's place, so that child
zen do not get enough of the life
giving oxygen and do get too much
of the impure gases that are contin-
ually breathed out.
The best way to give hildren ID
school pure air in winter is to have
q basement furnace, or stove with
a jacket around it from the floor to
the top of the stove, or higher, and
an arrangement for taking the fresh
Dir from the outside by means of an
air shaft extending from the, outside,
Under the floor to an opening direct
ly under the stove.
Children who are compelled to
breathe foul air, cannot study well
and they are liable to sickness
colds, headache, and other minor
ailments (and even consumption,
result from impure air Children
also become nervous and restless,
idle away their time or get into
mischief as a result of the lack of
pure air.
One thing more, if there are but
few children in your school, would
It not be well for you to close your
school for the present at least, and
or, C~aCvo COMA ,roo6 ro1io hlo MOI RI