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Excerpt from The Duties of Parents, in Regard to the Schools Where Their Children Are Instructed: A Lecture Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction at Their Fifth Annual Meeting
The duties which devolve'upon parents, in reference to the schools where their children are to be educated, commence with the first arrangements for securing a teacher. T he duty of selecting and engaging a teacher is usually assigned, it is true, to a committee; but III a country so thoroughly republican as ours is, such a com mirtee will almost always act in accordance with what they suppose to be the public voice. If, therefore, in their daily intercourse with the various parents from whom they receive their commission to act, they see in dications of indifference, or hear'remar'ks implying that close economy is the main thing to be consulted, it will make an impression upon them which will have great in?uence when they come together to act. On the other hand, if the several members of such a committee per ceive that the community feel a special interest in the. Business, that they are ready to sustain them in effectual measures, and that parents are all looking forward with interest to their decision, andto the arrangements which they are to be the means of carrying into effect, they will be animated and encouraged. They will feel that their duties are of some importance, and that they are felt to be of importance by the community around them, and they will accordingly be more circumspect, more can tious, and more efficient in every step they take.
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