The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 17, 1908, Page 7, Image 7
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South Carolina's Schools? |
4k ^ Another Valuable Paper
r by Prof. W. H. Hand.
Change of Teachers.?The frequent |
change of teachers is a constant broke ?
and clog on the progress of tne J
schools. It robs them of anything c
like an unbroken course of work and ?
!lxedn?sa nf "
pviivj. Ei?urjr uew j,
teacher introduces some uew feature
into the school?perhaps a (food fea
ture in itself, yet no better than what 0
it displaces. It requires readjustment e
to install anything new, and the time jj
and friction are a loss, unless the
change is decidedly for better. Gen- *
eraliy sneaking, our best sohools are ?
those which have the fewest changes
in the teaohing force. It requires at
least one full session for a teacher to
become acquainted with his patrons.
By becoming acquainted with patrous
I mean far more than mere social
knowledge of them. I mean an appreciation
of their tastes and their
ideals and their ambitions, and a
knowledge of their peculiarities, if
you please. Until he understands
these he is not iti a position to serve t'
them and to lead them, and a teacher to
who cannot lead is of but little force. ^
Not until after a teacher has taught I
from four to six years in a coinmuni- 1
ty is he prepared to give it his best to
services. Yet how few teachers remain
in one school three years. >
Some placet change teachers every 1
year simply because they have ac- e
quired the habit of doing so. Like v
.jl any other bad habit, this one grows t
upon people. The trustees and the 0
patrons frequently realize that their
school is far inferior 10 some other T
8cho >1, and ruth to the conclusion c
that they need a change of teachers, A
when Ihe trnlh Ij tu?? ? ' *
? w.. .a tuai uivy Iltt V? HI- rv
realy injured their school by too J
many changes. Have any of my read- 8
era ever seen a pupil, or an entire 1
class, set to work in the same p'ace, *
in arithmetic for instance, at the be- '
ginning of each of three successive \
sessions?each time by a new teacher? 1
Is it probable that this would have 1
been done by anv one reasonable *
teacher teaching the school the three 1
sessions? i
This evil of change reigus in the 1
town and country schools alike I '
have in mind one town in this State 1
which had six principals in eight '
years. Change wus the only remedy ^
it knew and it believed in heroic dos- J
es. A great many rural schools rarely 8
have the same teacher two years in *
succession. Many of these changes |
in both town and country schools are '
due to the neighborhood jealousies 13
and quarrels already discussed Many I
a community has its chronic critics 8
of the schools, who are dyspeptic by 1
nature and sour by habit. A teacher *
never eatislies them longer than one *
year. They know all about schools 8
and their own children are paragons 8
of perfection If any teacher tinds c
one of these children anything but a 1
paragon straightway there is trouble. 8
. To listen to these disgruntled fathers 11
V and mothers with their tales of woe
requires patience and grace. In their
eyes there is but one remedy?change
teachers. Not two months ago I
heard a man not far from 00 years of
age declare that he intended to "break 8
up" the only si hool in his district un- ft
less the trustees dismissed the pres- *
ent (teacher. It had never occurred 11
to him that perhaps the trustees wpre v
I - in the right. Such a man is in a 11
small way an Anarchist.
[ti some instances fault finding and C
dissatisfaction are unwittingly encouraged
by the board of trustees. The
board, either ignorant of its function
or disposed to dodge an unpleasant j
duty, asks the patrons to elect the
teacher. Such a course is an invita- 8
\ tiou to division and the disappoint- c
ment consequent to defeat, and will (
inevitably bring about discord. What
is the hoard appointed for, if not to r
manage the school by lessening the
occasions for discord?
A good many towns make it a rule
to employ only young inexperienced 6
teachers, and at the end of each year c
drop tboaa who have failed, keeping .
tire more successful ones until t hey 1
have become really serviceable, then f
let them go because the trustees and j
the people are unwilling to pay for
\ good teaching at par value. Some I
places boast that their schools are ]
the gateway to the promotion of their .
teachers. This may be a credit to *
I the school and discredit to the peo- I
pie. It is not creditable, if the peo- {
' pie are simply letting etllcient teachers
pasr out from their school in ex- \
change for crude inexperience,because i
flta la f fur iu nhoon
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A few town school boards are given
to the indefensible habit of adverts* '
ing (sic) every year for applications I
for every position in the school, when i
the board does not intend to elect a
single new teacher. The King who t
! marched his army up the hill, then \
marched it down again, did no more
childish thing than these boards do.
The thing is not only indefensible, f
but it is hurtful to the school, unjust c
to the teachers and dishonest to possible
applicants. What meaning does 1
such advertisement convey to s
every teacher in that sohool f
no matter now efllcient or faithful
she may be? When the teachers ask <
for its meaning they are told that its i
only a matter of form and that they
need not be concerned. Great big
grown -business men playing like 1
children! Then what about the Inno- t
cent strangeis who make bona tide
applications in answer to what they '
suppose is a bona tide advertisement, t
-only to be informed that it is a mere ?
form? What te icher with any regard
for ethics would apply for one of these ^
J daces if be knew that no vaoanoy ex- ;
sted and that the incumbent expeoted
re-election? Is the board playing (
.a game in diplomaoj? I> >es it iutend I
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THE LAMCAS1
PAIN r
Bain In the head?pain anywhere. ha? Its catm I
lain lscongestion, pain Is blood pressure?nothing
Ire usually. At least, so says Dr. 8hoop, and to
rove it ho has created a little pink tablet. That B
sblot?called Dr. Bhoop's Headache Tablet?
oaxes blood pressure away from pain centers,
is effect Is charming, pleasingly dolightfuL Gently
hough safely. It surely equalizes the blood drcisstion.
If von have a headache. It's blood pressure.
If it's painful periods with women, same cause.
If you are sleepless, restless, nervous. It's blood
ongostlon-rblood pressure. That surely Is a
ertalnty, for Dr. Bhoop's Headache Tablets stop
I In 20 minutes,'knd the tablets simply distribute
he unnatural blood pressure.
Bruise your flngor. and doesn't It get red. and
well, and pain youT Of course It does. It's conestlon,
blood pressure. You'll find It where pain
a?always. It s simply Common Souse.
We sail at 26 cents, and cheerfully recommend
Dr. Shoop's
Headache
Tablets
FUNDERBURK PHARMACY. !
o nee if it can secure better teachers, I I
nit it' not, to re-eleot the incumbents? I
inch game would bj dishonorable. I
f a school board wished to change K
eachers for any legitimate reason it I
ias a perfect legal and moral right to I
lo so. But the change should be made P
n a manly, straightfoward manner.
,et the board frankly tell the teach- I
r not to ask for re-election, declare a
acauey, then advertise for applicaions?if
that is the best way to seure
teachers.
Teaohers themse'ves must bear their
tart of the responsibility for so.many
hanges. There are some teachers
vlio ought not to ^expect any school
0 keep them longer than one year.
1 he cap .ious, (somtimes mi-called
pirited,) th9 eccentric, the frivolous,
he giddy and the ignorant ones may
'xpect to float about like driftwood.
Then there are some teachers who
tave an incurable mania for becomng
birds of passage. I once knew a
eacher to resign her work to go else- j
vliere on the ground that she had
teen in her present position three j
/ears. Then there is that class of
estless mortals who have more ambi- |
ion than ability. They apply every |
ime they hear of a vacancy, and if
hey hear of no vacancy l hey ask
vhen the next one is to be. They tell
rou very frankly that they are worth j
i great deal more than they are geting,
and that they are prostituting
he profession when they work for so !
ittle Once more, there is that foxy ja
liplomat of a teacher who seeks a
dace in March, accepts it in June, j
did holds it until uboul two weeks
lefore the school is,to open, then tele-,
graphs the board that she has acceptid
elsewhere (at $2 a month more sal>ry.)
Hhe calls this^resigniog; in law
ind common sense it is a violation of
ontrac-t. Such conduct under ordilary
circumstances is reprehensible
ind wholly unworthy of an honest
nun or woman.
William H Hand.
University of South Carolina.
Saved His Eoy's Life
"My three year old boy was badlv con
tipated, lind a bigb fever and wan in an
wfnl condition. I gave him two doses of
'oley's Oriuo Laxative and the next mornng
the fever was gone aud be was entirely
reil. Foley's Orino Laxative saved his
te." A. Wolknsb, Casiiner, Wis. s
>ood Roads and Good Farming.
(Continued, from Page Three),
he right of way, over the roads,
tnd the respective counties re- \
leiving a nice revenue for said >
rolley lines running over (heir q
oads.
I am in favor of Lancaster
tounty hiring convict labor in- t
tead of hiring her labor to other
jouniies. I am in favor of do a
ng away with these penitentiary \
arms and hiring convicts out on
he public roads to the couuty '
hat will pay the most for them.
Jut f:w of our farmers are able
o visit this Kershaw penitentiary thes
arm and learn of good farming yom
rom it, and if it Ins cleared a doni
lividend by farming, the major- rigli
ty of our farmers have never tho<
;een if. Therefore, I fail to see posi
vhere the farmers are profited grei
iy its intensive farming which read
las the state at ils back. Yes, I farr
hink it wise tc hire mules, con- ing
acts and all out on the roads hav
ind do away with these state way
irms. The trovernment, has whr
ometoour relief, and is bring- opei
ng this co-operative und inten- and
live farming right tip to onr mei
loora, where every poor man
:au floe and enjoy, and learn to
orofit by this good farming. I
lope that our county will be W
blessed with (his opportunity of A i
lemonstra'ive farming not later litica
ihan next year. I have been
vorking to this end for some <iui0j
ime, and what a blessing it
vould be to our neonle to hav? lftr/
i 1 ? - packi
i few special farms scattered
>ver our county bo every poor w
el low who is not able to visit te?d
. .c . . _
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1 who enacted the law.
T. W. Secrest,
Van Wyck, S. C.
oman Interrupts Political
Speaker
well dressed womau interrupted a po1
speaker recently by continually
hing. If she liad taken Foley's Honey
l'ar it would have cured her cough
<ly and expelled the cold from her
m. The genuine Foley'a Hcney and
lontains no opiates an<l is in a yellow
age. Refuse substitutes s
hen you want any printing don^
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