Year: 1869

1t is well understood by the teachers Of
Buchanan County that the Teachers Col
umn added greatly to the interest of educa-
tional matters last winter, more especially
in those townships where Institutes were
held. Therefore it is to be hoped that every
township will organize for good winters
work. ~


While acting as Editor Of this column, I
shall expect the different teachers to be
prompt in sending well-written and careful
~ studied articles. 1t would be impossible
for me to sustain the column to the advance.
ment Of the cause, with my other labors, but
with hearty cooperation of the teachers
we may sustain a column which wiz add
greatly to the interest and spirit of our work,
and am firmly convinced that every live
teacher will willingly assist in sustaining
the reputation Of our column. Some teach
ers complain that they have no ability to
compose; that is as much as to say that
they have no mind or opinion of tEeir own.
consequently they have no business in the
school room. Now, teachers, mean to do
my duty in regard to our column, and if we
as body Of teachers do not come to time,
I would heartily concur with the Editor and
proprietor Of the Bulletin in sending our
column out to the world blank, with the
exception of cross representng q our mark.
You may think this is plain talk, but it is
just the ground upon which stand. l am
always ready to applaud merit and oppose
inconsistency. l am more than ever coz
vinced that man is the architect of his own
fortune. l believe in the nobility and use-
fulness of our profession, but it is just what
we as class make it. The world meas
ures every man and profession according to
their actual worth. There is no profession
where energy is used, crowned with more
modest laurels. 1t is a bloodless battle
against superstition and oppression, vice
and crime Of every SOFT and magnitude.
Our free school system and national liber-
ties are firmly attached together; destroy
one and you blot out the other. The teach
er that labors faithfully does more for wise
legislation than the greatest Senator that
ever sat in legislative halls, although he may
not be banqueted by the dignitaries of every
large city that he enters like the legislator
but he can 60 on in the even tenor of his
way, being confident of his own moral and
intellectual worth. The teacher outgener.
ais tyrants and despots by making every
man his own governor he scales the battle
ments of oppression and tears down the flag
on which tyrants would write with the blood
of the slain their accursed sentiments
Teachers as class do not estimate their
work enough. Those that do are the sue.
cessful teachers. We should love our free
school system because our schools are not
only the rich mans, but also the poo, mans
schools. Our schools are the great source
of morality and Of law and order; our
schools shed their benign influence all over
our land, even to other countries by making
onr government one to be honored and re-
spected by all nations. Although we may
get meaere pay We should labor as though
we were getting large salaries, for we place
ourselves under great moral obligations to
do all that lies in our power. Destroy our
free schools and in few years our country
would cease to be the asylum for the OPP
pressed of every land, bu; would be ruled BY
few purse~proud rich men yet, thro' means
of free education one mans rights are Just
as sacred as anoih,r's. Then let us labor
knowing that our free schools are the strong
guarantee of civil and religious liberty to
all men. Therefore, teachers, l remain
yours for the cause in which we labor.


Teachers and School Director. are rc.
quested TO write for this column.


D. J. e,