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THE GLEANER ISSUED MONTHLY. - Published under the auspices bfthe North azipton Teachers' Association - " ANDREW J. CONNER, EDITOR. - TKRMs: l.Vceuts per year, iostage free. Y Address all communications to . .THE (i LEAN EH, Lasker, X. C. Kntercd at Uio iost Office at Lasker, N. ;., a.-, tonl CI as.- flatter." Wit have" a few books on. hand that we offer as premiums to club raisers- for Tiik Glkaxir as fol lows:, J A" ' ; A- Uor'the- six largest clubs we will send by mail postage paid, a copy either ofTilriin's ProgTe?" "Ui ble Pictures," (Our Children," The Coming Kingdom" or "The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life' The books are handsomely .hound and printed on good paper with clear'type, and' range in price -from 75. cnts to $2.oocach. For the six -next largest clubs w e will sen d each a copy of the "Pocket Manuel," price 50 cents. For all otjier clubs amounting to five or more subscriptions we will send a copy of "Black Beauty" This offer liolds good till May 15th. You need not wait till 15th of May, but' send along the sub scriptions as fast as you get them and all yon send before May 15th Will be credited tq you as one club. Address Tiik Gicankk, Lasker, IS . . L. , - . : :; - XV c' think the people should know more of the teachers who. have tlic; training. pf the children, and to that end we -have decided to 'publish .occasionally brief biographical sketches of our teachers. In another column will be foiind the first of these articles. - 1 1 I What a good school will dp for a place, has just been happily sliown in the case of Lasker. When Mr E. W. Gcrris'h, .the Superintendent of The Gummcr Com pan vs business in this county, decided to move his -family and leptcin this county, he. natural ly wanted to move to the place where his children would have tlje advantage of a good school; s'cf, after mature consideration, he decided to -locate at Lasker, which means much for this place. He n6t onlv entered his children at once, but has gone to work with the managers to improved the schoot.mid make it better than ever betorc; Besides the advantage to the school and from ' a social standpoint of having '.-Mr..' Gerrish and family and other members of the firm located here, it will be a, great advantage in a pecuniary way to trie entire community, as the com pan ys pay roll now amonnts to about sixteen, hundred dollars per month, Aviiicn is all paid in cash and distributed through this community, enabling the far mer tq sell all h is su rplu s pro ducts at a good price tor cash, opening a market for many things which has heretofore had no money value with lis, and giving employment at good wages Jo all in this community who desire work. 1 'Besides this the com pany will estabh sh here a depot, and build here their shops, en gine house, etc., and erect sever al dwellings for use of those in their employ,.; as they desire all who work with them to be located here at headquarters- No place or community, not even from a business stands point, can afford to, be without 'a uood. school, as no Unan who has anv care for his children or his ..', ... country would l;ve long in a place where there are no schools. We need more professional teachers, those whose chief busi ness is teaching, aiul the ay we can have them is to employ them for longer terms, arid as we have more schools in this county than teachers it would be well to employ one teacher to teach more than one school; that is after the term closes in one dis trict employ Hhe teacherJ -for an other. It would be tp .-theschool's interest to prolong the time for opening the school if by do- in ir so a good teacher 'could be employed, one who makes teach ing a business and a study.. During our last nslitute at Jackson, Prof. Mclver said it was a source of pl.aesure to him and a sign of improvement in our schools that such a large number of the teachers he found here two years ago still remained in the profession. j - : Another cause that drives away so many ot the best teachers from us is the poor salaries paid them. North Carolina pays her teachers' less than any other State in the union with one exception, and our school terms! are shorter than those of any other state or countrv in the civilized world., . Until we pay our teachers rea sonable salaries and employ them fur longer terms we can not ex pect them to devute their whole time and talent and the best years M their li as to tne onerous TOrk of prepanng themselves to become expert teachers. The future greatness and pros pcrity of . this country depends upon its teachers and therefore , we should secure the best talent possible for our schools. The teacher is. a character build er and each day the child gets some impressions that will last it through; life. TEACHERS TO THE FRONT. The conception, organization and outward work oftheVCoun ty Teachers Association" has! clearly evidenced the fact, tha this is the right move The first obj eel be f b re t he w o rk -s ho u Id be to get a full attendance, of the teachers of the county, for where there is a multitude of presence, the Out-put, will be of interest" and profit to all. Ii the individ ual teachers, scattered as they are, throughout the county, will only canvass tjie object of these, meetings in their several com munities, then these quarterly Assemblages Wilh be places and occasions; that .will naturaliv be inquired of, and fully attended by the people. And should not this be one of thp chief aims of the teachers, to get the people out, in order that tliev may be talked to and shown the urgent necessity, of a. quickened inter est in - the important work of 'popular education,, r Surely at present khe most la mentable thought which comes to yir mind, is that the masses of our people are so indifferent to this work. The average ot school attendances as compared with census report, in 111 an y dis tricts, are almost at a zero point. The question is. How shall we reach the parent; because if they are reached, theh thev can be "tempered to the wind," and made W move together in syms pathy and aid with the teachers. Let this be the mainspring of the work, invite all the people out. Get ' them interested talk to them- your school will be full -your effort' encouraged vic tor' will be yours - ignorance will be conqurcd. Push the work. . -r; ' " ' ' ' ' ... ; R. W. Askew. Bertie Co , N. C. 1 1 One at the l?st books for upple mentary reading in Behoolt?, ami one -which should be read by every man, "voman or child who owns or ever ex Iects to!own a horse, is "Ulaek Heau ty.' It was highly reeommeinled by Mrs. Mclver during the Institute at Jeickhim. It is a book of 2t paef, IMiier binding; good typ, and eot only eight cent jmt copyhy mail, postage paid Send order t" COX.VKR'4: V AUG II AN, , I-i.ker. N. C. Strength of character cousisti of two things power of will and jiwer of self-restraint It reuires two things, therefore, for its existence strong feelings and strong command over them. F. ' W. liobertsoa. Wz inadYertently tailed to men- tion in last issue of The Glsaxee! that Misses Johnnie A'icks, of Mar-f gareitsvill; Eva Spiers, of Murf rees boro; Courtney B. Keanon, of South Gaston; were excused for satisfactory ' reasons from" attendance, at Institute heal at JacKson. We are particular to mention the names of all those who attended, or were excused from attendance, l f cause school committeemen are pro hibited by law from employing any one to teach in the public schools ot this- county for twelve months from . the time the Institute was held who failed to attend, unless they were ex -4 cased for satisfactory reasons which must be mainly m the lme.ot i rovi dential hiiiilninct. " . rrhe.se Institutes are held to teach V teachers how to feach and to harmo- j nize the school Interests by presents ing the subject to the people in its true light; and the State cannot a'f ford to employ teaehers'to teach its ) schools who have such an. utter dis- j regard' to the plain mandates of the law as! to fail to attend these Insti tutes, which are held at tie expense f of the State for the betterment of its teachers and the 'improvement of its schools; and besides, it would be a great injustice to those who willing ly sacrifice their time and money to fattendthese Institutes that they may become more efficient teachers, and thereby moie usefuj to the. State, teaching by example "Us wel 1 as by precept, for those who remain at ; home disregarding the plain man- ' dates of the law, therebv 1 setting a ! bad example for the children to fol low, to be employed to teach to their ' exclusion. . ; ' We must put faithfulness to duty at least on a. ar, and we cannot ilo this if we give preference! to those who fail to. fully discharge their oblijra- tions to the State and their duty to . the community 111 which they teach.: . What Is It to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known. To see all others' faults, and feel 'our own. Education in the widest sense of -fr the word i the regenerator of humau society. To it we must'owe the in-r I tellectual habits we form, the power which the reason and conscience have r over the will, and the strength we possess to regulate the desires and to subdue the passions. J. D. 3Iar- elL ' ' -;: It is the struggle, not the attain- ment that measures character. The chains of habit are generally V too small to lx? felt, till thev are too 1 s t ron g to be broken . !Iurr an.l Worrj were two busjr inen, TIjj-worked at their desk fin the clo-k , tnick ten: ... Ttiey jralm- l high station, rwer, ahJ wealth And l(st their hapinf-s, youth anl henii Farm Jonrual. He who does not learn from' events, rejects the lesson& of ciperience. ''Wfl mun notbo2 ti be mower. Anil gather the bright gold ears, L'ntUflnt we LaTt been ower. Jinl watrd tha furrowi with Uara.
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