Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-07-27
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would infer from an article in a recent
issue of "the JOURNAL that only those who
receive a course of training in a Normal
School are fully equipped for service in the
public schools.
"School Teacher's' inference is too
broad. The JOURNAL was not so exclu-
Sive as "inferred," but it has to say that,
as 4 rUie, the graduate of a State Normal
School is far better fitted tor admission
to the schooi Of experience than the one
who has enjoyed no special preparation
for that critical department of education.
Hence, 1.-THE mere passing of an eX-
animation by one or more official auto
Gratis, themselves unframed it NAV be,
is not test of competency that should
be considered in comparison. If a doc
tor, or lawyer, or engineers commission
to follow his pursuit We're obtained in il
competition of self-education against
professional training, he and his pre-
tensions would be laughed at.
1t may be that teachers, like "poets,
are born, not made" but each is the
better for training i'll his line. Left to
himself, the born poet might never
discover the lyric, epic or dramatic quail
ity, and, left to himself the teacher
might never learn rim decimal frac-
tions are not vulgar, and ~herrfore i'll
version of vulgar terms for division.
The JOURNAL is not sure school
Teacher" quotes DR.. Stephens accurate
ly-whether disappointment was not
expressed rather over the small number
of Normal School graduates than over
the inferior quality of their work
Under the heading of Education Goes
A-Begging' the Oakland Repubiicaa of
last week tells of Il competitive examl-
nation for a State scholarship i'll that
town involving fine education as the
prize, and for which bH one YOuiq iddy
appeared! Out of the whole of Garrett
county but one student wanted this Op-
portunity! Isn't that also "disappoint-
ing"
But what else can be expected when
tr0'ncd work Is experimentation the
certificate of county superintendent
based upon days theoretical labor, is
held equal to diploma wrung by four
years devotion to lines laid out by teach
ers whose office is exemplary as we'll as
tutelary.
In connection with the crisis cited of
the teacher who cOllides with the "typi-
cal bad boy" the JOURNAL will quote
paragraph from last week IS Cumberland
.lHegdHiun
People complain that the grown boys will
not remain in the public schools, or the
Sunday schools. They can keep on COM
planning SO long as the public school teach
ers, and the Sunday school teachers, are
nearly all females. Grown boys grow tired
of being governed and taught by women.
This may not sound so pretty to some of
you, but it is the fact nevertheless. When
public teachers salaries are made sufficient
Tor man to live on ana keep his family
men will again take up teaching and the
young men will remain in the schools
Young men are not inclined to be hem
pecked This is the solution to the Young
man-ln-School problem, and the answer
is-male teachers.
The JOURNAL knows this is treason
able, but "the bad boy" is no problem to
the teacher. trained or unframed, who
is competent to handle him in whatever
way his badness needs correction or
subjugation.
School Teachers letter is we'll
written. Indeed, it is far superior in
construction and penmanship to any
''the ordinary teacher" would send the
JOURNAL. "School Teacher" is, there
fore, above the Ordinary" alignment
The use of the term, "low, character.
izing the JOURNALS estimate of "ordi-
nary public teachers however, brings
sorrow to 1.-THE paper that is great"
sorrow, genuine sorrow, because it be-
lieves "the best should survive"-the
best preparation for one of the best call
ings on earth should outlive system of
contemplation which seems to view the
public-school fund as dividend for
teachers rather than as purchase-money
for the best primary culture we'll
ctpclyaI hot Of