Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1884 — OUR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE [ARTICLE]

OUR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE

Should bk the Kioht Man in the Right Place. He has a nominal jurisdiction over roads and bridges in his township, but the real responsibility in these matters rests with the County Commissioners and the Supervisors of highways. It is in the management of our district schools that his duties become all-im-portant. In the location and building the repair and furnishing of school houses; in the selection and employment of teachers he is supreme. Upon the judicious selection of teachers and their assignment to the several schools, in such manner as to utilize the special qualifications of each one, whether of scholarship or of' government, depends much of the efficiency of our schools. It requires an intimate acquaintance with the education, the aptness in teaching, the faculty of governing, the temperament and the moral and the social qualities of the several applicants, m order to assign each one to that particular school best suited to harmonize the relations of teacher and scholar —thus giving to the advanced schools scholarship, to the unruly firm government, to the infants affection and matronly care. Let us be careful, then to select for this very important position, men whose interest and experience in the cadse of education are well known to us, and on whose judgment we can rely to give efficiency to the schools of our several townships and thus place our county on a high and enlightened plane, equal t » the best in the State. Bear in mind that ninetenths of the time employed by our Trustees, and ninetenths of the moneys passing through their hands, will be expended in the interest of our public schools. To this end it is the duty of every voter to make such selection as his conscience and judgment may approve after the excitement of the election has cooled. MENTOR.