The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

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/ OF lhe $1,000, square miles, Or a. !
0OO. 900 acres. constituting The surface Of
North Carolina. mlllinn and half Of
acres were eslimslrd BIZ The engineers
appointed 10 examine them. 10 eunsisl ei
vacant and inaccessible swamp lands in
The eastern seeiinn nl tie state. II this
estimate spproximsies accuracy, and ne
add 10 The eAIenl al ihe swsmps, the
mountainous districts 0f Illr west, unsns-
/ espiiblr of eul'ivs,ion. we nav sally eon-
Guide that Al least "nc-isnIh Of tie state
is uninhabiied. There renain then 45.-
OG0 square miles 81 inhabited territory.
Ii this area be divided into common
seilopl districts, six miles square, or -
NEARLY so as The nature Of the country
will admit. the state Will contain 1880
districts. IL the population we're diiins'
Ell throughout the state With precise e.
quality, each District would cnhlaIa a.
I bout one hundred snd eight children, be-
tween the ages of Eve aad fifteen. and the
mast remote Child would BE- li,lie more
than four miles. 10 direct line. frIm tie
centre of his district, While the greater
number would be lees than half the dis
Ianre.
\ Il may be very iesi,ab,e. and certainly
will be so ultimately, TO have smaller DIS
irieis and more numerous schools. New
} York, We have seen. has divided the same
extent Of territory. inio more than ten
thousand districts. She has, however.
nearly five times as many children to pro-
vide for, and il is a matter Of much re-.
grei with her most intelligent cilizens.
that they have not lever, aud consequent
/ ly better schouls.
The division proposed. would, IL our
counties were all IL the same extent. give
/, about nineteen schOnls To each cauniy,
As stated in the outset, the Board have
D no means Of ascerlsining. but the onIni"n
i. is confidently entertained. that there have
: been al no time dozen gond schouls sns-
: tanned in The most 1apnluus aud wealthy
, Of our counties. Il is believed. moreo-
1 yer, that Il the requisite funds we're at
E The command Of The Board, the establish
n ment Of greater number Of schools
= would not be desirable, for tie obvious
/ reason that il would be Impossible To sup
v ply them with competent instructors.
n Indeed. as will hereafter be shown, the
j greatest difficulty 10 be encountered. in
d Ibis great effort al intellectual reform,
= will be in commanding the services 81
IN proper school. masters.
dt The districts having been laid of b!
d tlcsiy nated boundaries, a schuoi-h"use /:
is in the next place to be erected, al prop
n er place, Of suitable materials. and IN III,
n most judicious plan. As the rising gen
IS Grafton is 10 pass deeply important, ia
!. teresiing, and The must impossible pnr
N lion Of life IN these ienements, The mode
Of construction is a matter Of no small
/. moment. Indeed much Of the effi-scy
r. and success of the whnle system, will de
al pend upon the model which shall be sc
y Iecied. ard the manner Of its execution
a Too much attention canno, be bestowe'
T. upon either. The edihces should b,
/, pleasantly situated; should be neat ant
le comfortable; aud as they may, on an av
a. erage, afford the only opportunities o
l. instruction to los children. they must b
I'd spacious. In no community, however
er will the whole, or nearly the whole nun
c. Der of children, ever be sent 10 school a
to the same time
le The accompanying report Of the sc
r. cretary Of the Board Of Education ni Mas
re sachuse,ts, on the subject Of school lous
he es. contains all the information on TIN
is head thai can be desired, and obviales tn
Y. necessity of farther remark here. TIL,
(. districts having been designated, and Oh
requisite schoul houses errcted, the dbl
Ne 6culi question returns upon us-hoy
re are instructors 10 be provided! No on
ID capable of forming correct opinions upol
4. the subject. and conversant with the stat
m of things around US, can suppose for
ne moment, that we can find twelve hun
~ dred and fifty properly qualified instruct
n. ers in Nnr,h CarUilua. or any consider
ID able pnrlion Of this number. They can
re no, be had from the Nnrlh. il il were de
IN sirable TO employ Others Than lh"se rear
a. ed in our own stale, for The difficulty q
d. obtaining them is much more loudly cra'
d planned nf in Ohm. Pennsylvania. we"
n, York, and even in Massachuse's' ' ~.
al here. What then is TO be 't'e' W.
&c will be compelled to ado'' tue eou's' =
~ crowned with such pr'fe' success .
Hofwyu, in Swilzerl.'id, IN Prussia ant
ad Germany, which . now IN me progress
~ of successful experiment, in New aoFS
i and abnu, to De adopted in Ohio. Penn
~ syIvania ed Massachusetts,. A scheme
- messed with so much earnes'ness ant
Is abiliy on the attention Of the cl.'zens O
m ,.Is state, By President Caldwell, in III
- volume Of letters published in 1882, an
\, which, indeed. constituted his only pla
re and hope for The Improvement OF our coa
~. mon schools. We must establish nnrm'
81. schools for The education Of our own teact