The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-04-25

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mary ashiliiies d, one so'1 and aneib
sr. our moa valuable ssseis arr the
gifli And boys. and whatever sill give
them advantage. lu ths way ~ edaeA
iloa--l dont near simply book learn'
ing--pe should spare no expense nor
,rvabls " provide According 70 Mr..
EdRertoB's stAisihRi. should Dorset,
Sunderland, Arlington and Nanchss
tcT unite and sdopi tbs plan. a. ! infer
vili make up The required unmler 81
schools. via thirty. ihe sAlnfy derived
from these four towns would be iWe
huBdrcd aud City dollars $50 No
Tive superintendent ~ skilled teach.
sr'' can make that profitable fof &
year, lims spent,
The Judge mentions the deierrng
influence thai would hamper local
superintendent by questions Of local
prejudice. political, religious OF sec
lonA, Heaven save as! Are those
Influences 70 reach forward sud affect
The live. 81 our childrenf No matter
whist our thoughts are, and no matter
what our principles are; we have no
right 10 LEI such considerations enter
into this question al all. Il, ~ gave
The children jus, what we clhim iot
ourselyes-,he right 10 decide oil those
question for themselves when The prop
VI time comes. And 80 ! say. no school
director. no school superintendent has
. right 10 le, his principles regarding
politics. religion or seciionAllsm even
influence in any way his efforts 20 give
she children the full measure OF his
skill NJ An educator or the benefits 81
his experience. When such question
a. this comes up does Il not sci us 70
thinking' Do we no, naturally ask, is
thsre any isycritism concerned What
will be the principles, political, relig.
tous, or wha, not, OF these expert su.
perintendenisi Counting no, less than
fourteen the number Of the counties IN
the state, and possibly twice that num-
Der; assuming there may be twenty
five IL there are enough towns 20 try
The experiment, and they draw rs sal
aries not two hundred and fifty dollars
a. is shown by Judge Edgerion's fig
ures, but allow for contingencies three
hundred dollars, aud we all know that
such an official or expert cannot be
procured for less than three times that
amount 10 give his whole time for less.
Now please don't say "Tayloris wild, "
II there is anything to recommend IN
this system there is whole lot. - We
have as school directors three good
men; We have rs superintendent lady
who has spent all her life in the work
Miss Cornelia Derby-who, ] consld-
or. Is superior 10 any outsider we might
engage for the position SO far as fitting
our scholars for the advanced grade,
after which her connection with them
a. superintendent ceases. We have
provision for advanced pupils at the
Seminary presided over by gentle
man az well qualified as any expert IN
The state. In 1905 we paid tuition for
advanced pupils at the Seminary, eight
hundred and sixty dollars; IN 1906,
twelve hundred and eighty-fve dollars.
| have no way Of knowing what the
total attendance in the town was as the
directors forgot TO give that in their
annual report Six thousand dollars
In round numbers total cost Of schools
Tor 1906. Now why havn't we good
educational adyantagcsi
am JUS, greedy enough to want the
very best Of everything for my town,
and il would seem wise 70 me for pu-
pills and parents 10 take advantage of
our present system. As Mr. Edgerton
explains, an expert superintendent
could only advise. Wherein should we
gain much from such an official over
our own school boards, they having
authority We may be our brothers
keeper in measure. but doubt II the
principle holds so far as assisting our
nei9bbcring towns in this matter. We
train and drive horses; let us teach
and lead our children. If ! am deluded
In the idea tina, we have JUS, as repu-
table and qualified teachers in our own
town ~ We can obtain by sending
away for them, Am willing to be
convinced, but believe our people are
a. good ss the human family viii av-
eragc, and | know many Of our young
ladies have qualified themselves for
teaching and would be just as capable
~ outside experts.
Respectfully yours.
EBKR l.. TAYLOR.
Manchester Depot, April 10, 1907.