The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-12-02

sherf Thousand supported b. seal
ttF 3 reats noW 80. and very often
those ~ho did were compelled % teach
bstimcl Ditto thasf uho sought the
oidfash ianed methods = entering the
profession There Nas no insatiable
demand A. nos b. business FOR
Young meu ard women Is soon rs they
learn the typewriter keyboard In
fact. ,sarhing - necessity became the
avenue AZ through which journeyed
host ~ young men who left 3 splendid
marx behind Or these the schools.
especially rural are now beneft. The
SANE type u young men doubtless eH-
lists. but rural school teaching has no
attractions for them They don't have
20 teach Dad can foot the bills for
their life preparation, or Il not they
can choose from a wide selection 81
opportunities more 70 their taste and
fitting The rural schoolmsster is al
most a species extinct
Enter the young lady school teach
er Perhaps just as well qualified
enthusiastically. even better trained, but
for all that she does not and cannot
make the same impression. And the
whole situation has changed from
former times This girl, either vii
lsge resident or a farmers daughter
with four years Of village high school
life fresh in mind. is often out Of
touch and out Of sympathy with the
lot that falls TO her She lacks that
sense Of keen interest in her work
needed to upbuild an institution none
too hourishing at best II is for her.
too often. merely a job, at so much !
per week, endured until she can better
herself The quietude, the lonelinss, |
the depressing dullness Of il revolt
10 one suddenly and almost completely /
removed from the modern life in town. /
There are actual hardships TO be met
In many rural communities a com
Portable boarding place for the teach
er Is not available What some Of
these girls encounter, in occasional
cases. does not tend 10 stimulate their
courage or interest. Generally how
ever, the perseverance OF the sex helps /
them through But they are apt to
seek change, either in location or in
work, and are soon lost TO the rural
schools
The problem Of the rural school
teacher is perhaps the greatest one
that confronts those engaged in educa
lional work How 10 get teachers will /
qualified Tor the task imbued with
enthusiasm to produce re-
suits and adequate in number to man
he schools already open is taxing he
in every state in the
Union. The most feasible solution is,
irst. To offer = scale Of wages quit 4
beyond that Of the present, even with I
rs recent material advance; second, TO
stimulate desire FOR service where
.ervice is most needed. third, 20 en-
1AIuEf = hfHatiN dNAAAuNt AbNhlA Niif
eacher. and this applies TO all com
rural and urban; fourth to
establish some professional goal ahead
Onward which the teacher may work
These agencies, singly or together,
nay not achieve All that is desired, but
hey viii help.
Next to the teacher, the second re-
luisite Of 4 successful school is pupils
who are students Some pupils are
merely school attendants, other are
Students. A teacher may stimulate
md inspire some children; the efforts
u the best teacher are lost on others.
Some simply cannot respond. Others
night readily IL they received the !,
light directions at home The school
md the teacher cannot do il all The
iome, in these modern days, neglects
he duty it formerly performed, and
which so well supplemented the work 7
4 the "little red schoolhouse"
Other things being equal, good |
lied school will outstrip one few in s