Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-21
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PRIMARY -CDOIs.

.HeSGrs EdR0rS-NhllSt the p Iic mind is jus
" alive l. t}p dehneratIons OF the apprJac ihg
Convention, aud the effects growing out of q
t. shand not b. remss in their attention g.
ther biecis n considerable t'ougn no su,h
vast moioeni amuFg others, that ot Primary
Schools. 10 nilrr a currents 10 favor ii the
p inc pie would he snprtnnous us impo tanee
n polI cal. ,eiI ious or mo- al point OF view
is palpable to all pei SONS OF ordinary lection.
In What wy hr Itch OF LAerGtus { anl Science
should be dflustG II our white ropaa mn zen.
orally, has been subject Of CO il, ,be aoA.
inty to eur egis atpi, ni itie years plan.
~ on the brsf mode hat he means would ad-
nit Of has ben IN operation for sdde years
past l. has been the source OF mnch benefit 10
I ou,a atts--but IL u dtfIt.te IF auds have
been practised-l, sses have b en- sustained
nco petent persons as teachers have been
employ d and consequently, much at the
Q I'D ant cilat d. has uot re realized HI,
hould not however, paral re the energies vet
possessed, nor prevent the Improvements sug
gested by experience.
The legislature at lis la' 4 session enaCteda dw
upon this subject, CT cuIat Il in is provlS ms
TO counterac. the defects OF the former plan
tat is, 3" hat the several boards Of school com
mis,i ,ners at their annual mcetlnes III o. oJer
next, (caanged from Noyember) if ey I ink
it advisable. Law oil their counties INTO conye-
nienl schoo! districts Of not less than three nor
more than seven miles square, N order 10
dou VI, To bring about more systematic scheme
of peIaflon and insure greater quantry OF
ben, fl, with thr same sums OF monef. But
it NAV perhaps he objected, that the expense
Of this LAYING off will be greater than tie qha-
las OF the several counties Tan bear, OF M hcB
eft accrung will compPnsate for. LIS Il. jec-
ton when well weighed i, too riyoloas-too
much like the proved "prnny-w ise and pound
fopisE :" fu tnermole, the boards Of school
commits toner's in the exercise oil that sound
disc. eiion, which should always mark their
procpedIn s. Wi be on th,ir guard IL hhIng
the comprn ator for the laying of the
Two plats required ny tde act 81 Assembly. Ia
fact, tie gsature with an eye II tho pec"nIa-
" abilities oftNr several boards, has said, II
hall IN no rase exc ed ATTY doliars That the
division pro idr1 for bY the act Is preferable
10 tn. former system wal b apparent every
pfrsnn who will Ike the trouble u 7naYze aud
compar. them ID srahle, AS calculated to
b irg an dina Eng isn cdnca ION withn the
reach OF al susceptible sfii-not only as to
means but also rs 10 facilities BY this ar
ngement no person will have 10 send more
az three and half or four miles to -chool-
good and perman nifty 'stabIi-hed school hou-
ses will he the Consequence and very de.
sraD,e on , o} me ny ; b'sl'es VIC h'F' 49,
ment which will be introduced. by sysema-
tic course of studies aud sautary police. When
once laid off tn,re i, an end Of expenditure on
that score Ii NAV perhaps BE fur her objected
that if the count were laid off, not more
than bali of the districts could be furnished
with Teachers at one hundred dollars per ar
mum each. Upon an examination "t he Jaw,
the idea suggests Itself 10 The mi1d tha' this
objection is not good one. VI II was iht IN
feniion of the legislature that teachers IN every
district should receive one hundred dollars per
annum for their services, II has made he mat
ter much worse than undtr the former laws
for this reason, alone, that the school commits.
soners are only authorised TO Pay one hundred
dollars to teacher, from me Literary fu"u,
when he people of that district shall raise an
equdI sum. Nov ii IS perfectly clear that Two
hundred dollars per aaunm ior an instructor
10 teach the branches ni science usually tai GIT
in country schools (snch schools as sie design
ed by he law t. eslab ISM would be oppres'
syely enorm bus ; a sum greater than would he
raised in one districl IN fifty, perhaps But say
that the yearly compensation OF teachers WIN
range from l25 10 100 dollars, lhen It viii be
in the power of many districts To raise th"ir
proportions, aud the school commits toner's to
afford their aid. That these expenditures VIII
in the outset exhaust the funds so as TO prevent
much good being dJne, would be an oDJ'C'oh
equally gratnltIus: perhaps not more ma"
half a dozen districts in the course OF the en-
suing scholastic year will bring themselves
within the provisions OF the law in each county
consequently the mmssioners will he alb e TO
meet succeeding demands as they may arise
some districts perhaps never will, bat this VIII
be no good reason for withholding from those
hat WA the aid proposed bv tie Ia 3.
It's ardently hoped, that the school conmis-
,sioners, will al their next annual meeHn
make provision for lay ing off their respective
counties into sehooTdistrcls ; Il moi be deferred
by the expense, admitting, that in every case II
should cost the G2a% mum allowance OF fifty dol