Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 December 1883 — Page 7

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.. A PAPER

FOR THE

PEOPLE.

:r the school Teachers.-

», THEIR WORK AND VACATIONS

To the Editor of the Mall: »"~"V Having been connected with th* citysdiooi force sereral yeans ago, and DO wing well the present teachers and the nature of their work, I am Impelled to say that the article of "The Rambler" in last Saturday's Mall in regard to the vacation of the schools on Friday after Thanksgiving/ calls lor correction in several points, and is also open to objectIon on account of its spirit

AH TO CORRECTION OF STATEMENTS.

The manner In which the writer treatsof the action of the trustee# seems to intimate that the teachers are in the habit of importn_ nlng the board for holidays, until feeling that (his tendency must be checked, those gentlemen asserted their authority and denied the request. Such a request however, is a very unusual occurence, this indeed being the only instance of such a nature. 2. In regard to the statement that the teachers "get a holiday evi time there is

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the slightest excuse for one," it needs only to ie said that the teaohers havo holidays only in common with all other public employes, the vacations at the end of every term not being holidays In the .seme in which The Rambler use* the term, since for these the teachers receive no pay. 3. In the article it is said, "The teachers work only six hours a day." To examine the noun indicated for work In the superintendent's report, one would judge this statement to be true but it is not true. While I was teaching In the city schools, meeting me

I explained that between Friday and Monday it required, as a general rule, two or three hours of school work on Friday night, tlie greater part of Saturday forenoon and evening. Sometimes I merely said that I would have work, but that it would be something of a rest, in that It was a change. More often I made no explanatory statement for the reason that the impression (feat teachers work only from 8:80 to 12, and from 1:30 to 4 was apparently so widely prevalent that it seemed useless to say anything to the contrary. It may be that there is occasionally a teacher who does not work more than six hours a day, but as a rule, they work more than that 1 should judge the number of hours to be nearer ten than six. If the teacher Is methodical and clear, and cArnes interest, vitality and freshness Into her work, she must think, plan, gsther materials, and determine upon illustrations, all before she enters upon her dally duty of recitation and management. Reflection will make It obvious that to do this requires no small amount of black board work morning, noon and evening, and study and preparation at night, to say nothing of the work with ex ami nation and composition papers on Friday nights and Saturdays of each month, in order that the tejtchers may make themselves more efficient in their work. The day in which a teacher can givt efficient instruction, and yet devote her time and thought to It only from 9a. ra. to 1 p. m., has passed. 4. The statement Is made that "the teach era work twenty days in the month and get good aalarie*." -Whether the salary in any business is good or not, may be determined by noting whether It is sufficient to Induce those engaged in that employment to remain long In It and by ascertaining whether or not the wages received will properly board, lodge and clothe the one so employed, provide for his washiug, and allow a reasonable anving.

Iu regard to the first of these points. It can be shown that the amount of salary Is insufficient to induce permanency In the profession, almost the entire force employed In our city schools changing every few yeare.

In considering the second a few preliminary statements are necessary, a. The teachers are employed In the schools a little less than four-fifths of the year, thus leaving more than one-fifth of the yoardurlnft which they are oat of employment, b. The time tlius left unoccupied cannot bo util ased in any other remunerative employment for two reasons: 1st, It Is so distributed throughout the year, that continuous application to any other business would be Impossible. 2d. When one has devoted the time and thought that Is necessary to make hlm»elf efficient in any one occupation, ho has to spare neither the time nor thought necessary to make himself efflolent and valuable in any other. c. From "a" to '•&" it will be se»n that the salary received for the ten months must serve for the twelve.

The average salary of our city teachors Including High School I is for twelve, Allowing 130 a month for board, lodging and washiug, which Is a reasonably snialiaraount for these mirposes, and II lug, whllh will certainly extravagant, a saving oi $103.88 a year Is all

urposes, and 9190 a year for cloth-

for these ntirpo) llfin will

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possible, allowing nothing tor recreations of any kind or for the very possible

emergency of sickness It Is very probable that the necessary expanses of living will be saved from such a salary. But It must 6c remembered that the majority of the teachers receive less than this, and that thesalarles of over one-sixth are only from $820 to 9800a year, lido not doubt that the teachers would he very willing to have tl.elr salaries, tliel-i holidays and their hours of work compared with those of other persons who are paid, like themselves, out of the public treasury.

try expanses or living

such that but little, if anything at all can be

AS TO ITS SPIRIT.

The spirit of the writer seems to be t%t of exultation because the board refused the request of the teachers, and the desire seems to be to hold up the teachers before the public as a clam who are anxious to obtain all the pecuniary considerations, and all Ihe holidays possible, but to give iu return the least possible tabor, as evinced by the following statements made in the article referred to: "Some persons have growing In their heart a desire to beeome possessed of this terrestrial sphere, and are anxiously awaiting an opportunity for atiklng for something more. The teachers get a vacation every time there is the slighter excuse for it, ana still are never backward about asking for extra vacations. But the trustees exerclsod their power thlr time, and refused to allow them a Friday vacation, which they very considerately asked for without any deduction of salanr, and they had to work on Friday like the balance of ordinary oitiaena."

It Is mv belief that a clear knowledge of the nature of th school work done in this city would not sustain such a thought *s them' statements would give ground tor. It is obvious that such representations oan do but little, if anything to Improve the schools, and that their main tendency Is harmful for this XIMfcflOD

The education of a child is not like the production of a bob or a spoke, depending alone upon the skltl of the :man, in which the object worked upon Inanimate. The education of a child tea complex proa**. InwIvJn* the thonah^_ reepoct, child,

confidence, and pei and teacher, ami any weaken either ti«

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OUR BOOK TABLE.

THB PRINCBSS. A Medley. By Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated. Octavo, pp. 223. Boston: Jamee R. Osgood A Co. Pricefo.

We thought, a few years ago, when Messrs. Osgood A Ce. favored as with their magnificent line Art edition of "The Lady of the Lake" that the very perfection of book-making had been reached, and that its beanty of design and exqnisitneas of finish could be hardly equaled, certainly not excelled. But, on examination of this recent edition of Tennyson-s "Princess," we are foroed to acknowledge that we did not do full justice to the book-maker's art, nor to the almost infinite resources of this enterprising house. "The Princee" as a poem, needs no introduction to our readers, It's well-known charm lent added lustre to the authors honored name, and surely no rarer sstingcould be found for so brilliant a gem. We had been promised a "superb edition," and our expectations have been more than realized. It is a veritable ftore du luxre and quite worthy the noble Princess whose fair fame it chronicles. Besides the richness of binding the faultlessness relating to all matters of paper and typography, there are one hundred and twenty Illustrations by our best American artists, who have most happily conceived and expressed the spirit of the poem. The frontispiece is one of Dieltnan's charming drawings—a "portrait" of the Princess, sketched from the poet's lines, "There at aboard by tome and With two tame leopards grouch throne, ., All beauty compass'd in a female form, The Princess."

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From this rare combination of high poetic and artistic merit there results one of the most beautiful gift-books ever published. It is a brilliant avant courier of the numerous holiday books. "Harper's Magazine" says: "The rich pictorial suggestiveness of Tennyson's Princess has prompted* Messrs. James R. Osgood & Co. to produce an edition of the poem, interpreted by American artists, wbicn is unrivalled by any other for the perfection of its typography, and the wealth, beauty and infinite variety of its illustrations. These are thoroughly in harmony with the finely poetical, and enable us to discover new beauties that were latent in it, and to arrive at a more perfect conception of it as a work of art, by causing all its exquisite imagery and subtle machinery, all its moving situations, picturesque scenes and piquant characters, to take a definite shape, as they are made to pass in panoramic procession before the eye. robed in the thousandfold minute and dainty accessories with which the poet lends a softened gTace or imparts a heightened beauty to the genuine fiesh-and-blood actors in his half-real, halflegendary tale." The illustrations prepared for this elegant volume, a hundred and twenty in number, were drawn and engraved under the supervision of A. V. S. Anthony, the drawings having been executed by the best American artists.

OBITUARY.

WILLIE COOPER. S-

Willie Cooper the youngest jgon of Mrs. Lucinda Cooper, and a beloved pupil of MisslCova Stoner, died'on Monday morning, the 10th inst after an illness of five weeks.

His df fttb in sincerely mourned by his many friends, and by his schoolmates who showed their sympathy for the bereaved mother and brothers by the exquisite tenderness with

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their farewell songs—standing around the casket which held their dear "fellowla bo rei

To the mother Whose heart 1b fainting under this severe affliction the thoughts of a tender writer may bring a little comfort: ,. -f? & f, Our God tn heaven, from that holy place •To eachiot us an angel guide has given But mothers of dead children have more graoe,

For they give angels to their God and heaven. These loving|hand8 stretch down to draw her ever

Nearer to God by mother's love:—we all Are blind and weak, yet surely she oan never, With such a link in Heaven, fail or fall* We may not see her crown of honor,

But all the angels flitting to and fro Pause smiling as they pass,—they look Upoh

As mother of an angel whom they know. So be It, then? We may not say

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Whether this thing be worst or best. But God knows! Let It rest, Yea, let it rest and In our place Let each do well some worthy deed

Whereof the sickly world hath need. So much, no more our hands can do So much, then, let us do and wait i*$. Though bitter be the heart's debate.

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