Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-05

i Of nature to excite general interest, we have no
faubt thar fellow citizens will be graicd by its
publication MANS
The Committee appointed to consider Of plan Of Pub
lie education for the Children of INDECENT fellow e
zcnscf the Borough and its vicinity, and to report tere
on, after careful consideration of the subject, submit the
That lie Legislature of this state did in the year
copying it is presumed, after law OF the STATE OF Penn
syrna, appropriate certain portions of the School fd
nione the different hundreds, aud appoint Couinr
with powers to expeid tins oney in the Education
of the Children OF the Poor, il such of the comncn
Schools they might think proper 1t vas in the year
1900, that the stat plnDsy passed The Law before
alluded to. We have data to state its operations in
ottr counties Of that state but il the year 1917 en-
ed to the city and county Of Philadelphia IN pamps,
published under the title of Report of the Committee
on pulic schools"
1t has been proved to demonstration, that whether
it be from the numerous and various OTHER duties appef
Charged with tic execution of the .a) whether
little regard has paid to this most important Oh
Jet i, Las sccp,, in It's pelnary effect, serio, bur
then upon te public, without having yicildcd any pro-
poronabe advantage TO thosc who Acre designed TO be
b:nth,red by thclaw.
tutors, neither qualified by their literary attain.
ments nor moral character, have been ENGAGED in tic
instruction Of Youth ihe "na' H the .oIy haEe nssn
unworthy individuals tappearS ~ the auditor, state
ment for 1870 that in the eit. OF rniladelp the NORTH
.tcd and twenty nine collars aud si;.ty eight Gents,
weri expended for edutaon and for this thormops
taueht. More properly srethns,it would be correct 70
say that this number OF ines Fave been on We list; IF
dren, if 30 many, Rave probably attended tie fc0oeh
regularly, whist 81 i as "'tr alen', no duunt ia ma
j0i ofiistanccs, suffered lass than tlee Nl,tSc uiUa5
have been thus undesi9neuiy injured at the county cs
Ih.yfurther add every view of the exis,ing Han
of p3iit EduIAlon with which your committee go,
nishcd they are realistically aid $o,owiuy .ohipei to
de.lfr, that from its tst Establishment to present
time, it has in Their opioa, been not only injurious
the character of the rising gcneiaon, but benevolent
ever, reflect, that duGe the last eight years. the
cou,st which, almost two hundred tlui,.anu dollars
rseessly there have in es,u operation
Schools; the free education of ndi children, super
gsnt andrespeeabe citizens; and that in those ii,.i.
ton many thousand pupils OF charity have had their
for e proper discharge Of their duties
life But for this reflection the prospect would indeed be
gloomy; for in these benevolent ll1ors it is hope,
dern,e principle mas been citah.se the happy effect
whereof may yet be- anticilateu.''
Having thus decisively condemned the operation of the
Law OF that state, and upon which presume that
present Law founded, the Report proceeds &c scw thu.
ads tases OF intro!ucn. the Lancastera, system of
Ea .-rion tine say !" that in rleonmcndn th'y fore
rhl -.npctc 81 stem of Lancaster, As the r"d. ith
ths e;,Sns q sp; a nm may 6 be nosi ten I! in
substantial alvatate are 70 .. .a.n-d i its ado .io.
ii ssStse a a, s III fE' aa
the coss Of c're"tine cl.d spon this Plan, " ngt '1
ss ths,s , aq%s per al 10 t Mr pF alt
tau &c bll for oyipl5 -ta,oos t;c prize must be in
CREASE where hundred sholaS or less ru 'hef are
The Lanc4 .eran system first rt,autcd into
ev has every heIc sa With 20. e1 o i1y
vast number OF children III ,iiG III ID. tar:li
nenr of Europe have been exie dcd TO H. Africa, the
w ln4e. and the otahesi Isles ~ arc to be found
in many of tho large towns Of hr Uni cd States
The Report OF The Committee Shove mentioned in
not,ns operation in Great britain, h2vethe ipoA ng
upon MS effort to reform, tt mind OF al. obscure 4ly
du e4.nc Singnarly eniiGhteed, as to thu mo.e by
wiz UGH BENEFITS were to ne scattered over eupirc
ih, ignorant and vicious multit,des Of ,er cities tht
more innocent though not besty informed hiugancs. Of
her hlets, o.; hitherto untutcred nd anpitid ue1u
ddi Of her hills and Sens were by sort si miracle
su. ally reached by the rndnents OF learning. The nap
py n'.equeness Of thi, Mondeff. system q hluea
recognize as memorable. From Finland the .h,me q
mercy in despite Of national hosliIes, introduce,
ii has made there, and in 9th part, OF the wo,,
regarding its beneficial iintnce in neliorati IN
condton OF inankid, Wherever it has bee' a'iut q,
promises to be co.exte1sivr wh tile existence iinal
soc e,,. lfconscluc Of rhia magnitude hay r,sulte,
:rcn, such cause Operating at porne, and silrT ii Gr
STAGE. unpropitr,is they must be admitted
been ihtrors, WAT happy cileets tay not rea ~ \! b
iii OR own country.''
Ii! way 1915. Fra ce Incorporated the Ian
ca erlan System, with the national estalisn
nients, and after having had tins 10 tie is val
ue. the Baron DE (;erand ore # til. ID &c d,
OF II. System had the fniowng obse va'iuns -
the subject, :" Emulation, d,s;incticn, a,d IT,
fear Of blame, the great motives 10y winch nei
i'll advanced age are governed commences has
in ,iiancy, and in he most hunble walks of life
The pupils imhibe at an early age sentiments @
Du,S ; ailments which will .isue obedei c.
to the Laws, and respect to social order. TIE
becNGt accustomed to nctHod a;; regu!a y
iearnvr govern and apply ,heIr attention. Thi
is the more important bscause it IS the very ca
pacity FIR study. These sentiments, fnrcib
and Just excite them to teseaich thsy acqu n
self esteem and the appreciation Of their com
peers"
In addition to this testimony Of the effects t.
the system on those under IT'S influence we hav
the sentiments of VI NJ J'mard secretary II
the Government of France as ioiows- The fy
lowing evidence Of the effects of II s> stem " II
appear entitled to litsle credit by those who ar
uraccqua med with its ope, atoms to those " h
have examined and seen for themselves increIu
lily vii vanish. The FIRST este bllshed schot
presents results wh'.h as,onish those um,cquam,
cd with the Laucastriau mode of Education
The former teachers the old system do nc
cease to admire the order and attention wh'c
rci2ns in the classes, and are surprised at The u
piui,y of their progress. Prejudc es arc SO e
fectuay dssipated that personal interests ha
yielded TO evidence. Pupils of six years of az
passed in eight months from the FIRST to tn
seventh cas-, and others from he first to III
SIKH class in SIX months, in reading writing m
Arithmetic. Many had completed their educ;
zion sufficiently to so oul apprentices, who Ina
cnte,ed not knowing letter and some who h
gan on the seventh of July in thirteen monti
ycecaed the highest or eight class The hapl
influence Of this system is apparent in he l'upli
in their manner of conversing, their strength
memory, discipline and decency of behaviour
and cut of school"
"Ernulation strongly excited, commences
the very threshold of It's operations and increas
though all its details. Infuse this principle an
III, task of the teacher is easy even with tho'
sand scholars to instruct punishnents are eas