Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-21


whose philanthropy is its glory. Alresdy .fe
government sfGreece has spPlsuded the hrss
st'emp, to improve their common schools; and
iends The most favorable counienanee to our
counirymen, embarked in the enterprise. II
fen or fsos!pe thousand eieildis can be collected
here, annually, Tor a lew years, the present
Plan will be crowned with complete success.
Two learned Greek Professors, alresd, pos
sessed of the Confidence Of their countfymen,
united wiih ssvsraimeD from tue United States,
competent to Instruct IN our best Colleges, sud
acquainted with all the recent Improvements ~
science and education, can a; once open ia
6rsece SEMINARY for school masters: and, as
the result. other Institutions will soon be forms
ed, which viii dfluse and perpetus,e their
blessings, co-extensively with The Greek Ian
guage. la few years, these Institutions. 1t
may DC hoped, willall De assumed and support,
ed by the Greeks themselves.
The Committee beg leave To express their
CONFIDENT persuasion, that, VA no crisis Of past
centuries could the same amount Of good ia tie
human race ever have beet purchased at go
moderate an expense. And thus Circular IS IS.
SUED, that the enquiry may be answered by do
nations IN money, TO what extent the plan rneets
the concurrence Of the friends OF Greece and OF
mankind.
Its advantages are,
l. Thstit Is simple and practicable. The
proposed held is now a tree country. where
the Whole population thirst for Improvement,
and where common school education, aud all
the useful arts, are waiting TO receive the m.
pulse of she age.
=. |, is cheap Few things are so dear as
Dad schooimasieri want OF practical acqusini-
snee with teaching IS the most obvious drtieien-
cy, With those who enter upon this important
oH'ce; model schools, with superior schools
Tor tea hers, are now very earnestly called fos
by the spirit of improvement among ourselves.
1.-THE expense OF few thousand dollars, pro.
VISION may be made in Greece for a system,
which viii never after need our nursing care.
.. IL IS i,aisiy. The Greeks exhausted by
terrible war, with mos, of the lnslitutions
which existed before The revolution destroyed,
cannot, FOR ears 20 come, relieve themselves
from that state OF ignorance ami degradation
which threatens the rising race.
q II promises crest results; not only upon
1resce, but ultimately upon the whole region
OF the ancient Roman Empire II this appeal
meets the CO operation which is confidently
anticipated four or five able Instructors will be
sent out IN the coming autumn. We invite The
formation OF Greek Committees, in different
cities and towns, To correspond with this Com.
mtsee; aud especially do we cherish the hope,
that dssoeIati0n 81 Ladies', Tor the support OF the
Female tiisn ocnooi and tor the general i'm
pfoFement Oh the sex, VIII be formed, wnerey-
er Il IS feit, bow Indispensable are Female in.
teihgence and virtue TO nations glory and ie.
hcity.
The end of year, detailed Report of
the receipts from individuals or Auxiliary Com.
mittses, ana OF the proceedings OF this Com
mitiee, shall be published, aud new election
OF Central COMMITTEE be made by the do
DORIS.
The translation of our common school books
into modern Greek, and their introduction, is
contemplated asa leading object with the
COMMITTEE. The common sentiment: of
country depends more upon these, than upon
any other single cause; and more practical tai.
ens has, perhaps, been thrown into our own
schooi books. than is TO be found else where. -
Our common school system is more perfect than
even that OF the enlightened country whence
we derive our lineage. Education here frs di.
rectly for the business OF life, and 10 wen suit
eo TO people just emerging from revolution
aaa sinong whom equal rights are acknowledge
ed. AND now, when school books for Modern
Greece are yet to be made, eetter ones probably
cold not De produced by the labor of halt cen
tury there, than We can carry thither, in their
veFnseuisr tongue in half year. Shall we
not then, help The Greek boy TO the best spsll.
ing and clpherlng book and the tireek girl to
the best thoughts OF our writers on Female Ed
ucalion, AS well as those of Mara Edgeworth
+ snd Hannah hiosel And, perhaps, hereafter,
The youth to a translation OF cur larger works #
science, q The Library OF Useful knowledge
IL VIII be peculiarly honorable to our free ard
I happy citizens. thus to Cooperate in the cause
OF common schools. in Greece the very heart
and sye OF The world. Tie KEYS 70 the minds
OF Asa, must ever be on the iielIespont, and in
the hands OF the Greeks. The eievstion Of
1reecs will illuminate all those regions which
Christianity early civilized. But the sun OF A.
sia rs daskcned, while Greece is in eclipse Our
I scnooi 6eometFy is a translation from the Ian
guage ct tina: remarkable people, whoss liter
sture has SO emsnsntly refined and controlled
pubic sentiment, and who seem destined by
Provldepee TO rekindle the lights OF science on
those plains and mountains where exist the
most ancient seats and the holiest monuments
OF the race Of man. 1t is believed that an A.
mericsn Institution of the kind proposed
planted ct Argos or at Athens, will help TO bind
two great regions of the globe in fellowship;
and viii be haired as a generous pledge OF
what one continent can do Tor the intellectual
and moral elevation Of another.
NJ BRUEN,
Cor. Sec. efhe G. S. ComHiiee.
New Yosk, Mar, 1899
s.'lt is requested that the earliest no.ice OF
the formation OF Auxiliary Committees be for
warded 10 the Secretary.
ITi, rs desired that remittsnces BIS made to
the general Treasurer, MIR. ARTHUR TAP
PAN, l22 Pearl street, New.York, as soon az
convenient. that the plan may be speedily care
RED into effect
NRw Yong NV