The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-16
OFFICERS

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Mt Book. president OF the board OF
education. or Farnfnston. Is sen6ins
.ous The following circular. TO the schoo,
officers OF Lincoln district
To the Trustees OF Lincoln District
The following extract taken fro:r
the West Virginia School JournaI. h IS
so much sound adrice IL. 1t that corr
mend II 10 your careful consideration
and trust you VIII be guided by f IN
the work before you:
The present custom of employing:
only such teachers as apply for &c
school is far. very far. from berg
a sensible one. Good teachers must
be sought for. and 1t Is The duty Of
the trustees 10 do the searching. L.
early IN the year. the board Of trustees.
after looking over the county and ad-
vising with the county superintendent
VIII pick out the best available teach
er. send him word that they want linn
TO reach their school. they can In
nearly every case get a good teacher
and have a good school In other
words. the trustees should hunt the
teacher and not walt to be hunted BY
him
They should remembc-. also. taat
long experience is not always good
recommendation ia teacher las
been using wrong methods for ten or
fifteen years he will not teach as good
school as an inexperienced but wide
awake and progressive teacher will
teach
Preference should always be Si=en
to those who show disposition and
desire to improve themselves boh
accidentally and professionally The
teacher who is in a state Of intellectual
staSnation ought not to be able to!
secure school at any Salaryy-
Trustees may be able TO judge
something of the spirit and quality Of
the teacher by Observing the condi--
ton OF the school house and school
grounds where he teaches A dirty
school house with walls and desks
marked with pencil. chalk and kuIfe
is not a good recommendation, neither
is an ash pile in front OF the door.
The school yard will tell You some
thing Of the character OF the teacher
in charge"
will have to select Your teachers TO-.
the next term of school trust you
will be governed rs far as possible by
the advice contained above. Let it be
your aim to make your next schools
better than any former ones Do not
be satisfied with anything less 5ut
to have them such You must Secure
the best teachers to be fond: and let
me urge you to be careful in Your Sc
not a success last year We must ele-
waite our schools and make them cen
tiers of influence for good in their re-
spectire communities Many trustees
and patrons report the best schools
last year they ever had. while few
were far below the average Shall We
not try this year 70 make them all bet.
ter than heretofore?
Before You contract with teacher
nave - 11(S4S S<1ih VIII sc III"
mnch~interest he has to bring to his
work; whether he will attend the dis
uict institutes and other means Tor in
provement; whether he Will See tar
the room is kept neat ar.. clean:
whether he will look to the I,reSer't
ton of the school property: in short
whether he will use all his energies
for the upbuilding of the schools. If
he will do this. and has the proper
qualifications. You need not heair;e
to employ him
The board has no other Soject in
view than to get the SCHOOLS In cHct.
a condition that your chi.d--that ali
the children-shal real. the greatest
possible benefits from our public
schools Do you not 3esi,e that your
children shall grow up 20 DC useful
and honored citizens? If SO. chen lend
helping hand Help to imprcs.s an6
beauty your school buildings ard
school grounds Let us make 'tour
schools as attractive as our homes"
One thing more. Where there are
vacancies in the Office of t:ustec tie
board will take it as favor II you
will recommend good. interested men
for the places.
VERY truly you-s