The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10
REPORT
=, yuE PRESIDENT kSB DIREcToRs OF THE
LITERARY FuS0 % NORTH CAROLINA,

LITERARY fNNo ~ AoAth ssholaNAs
r,EsuBJEc ror coM Nos SCHOOLS
kaTrashef. Ist5
A resolution adopted n The last sessinh
-. Legislature. made Il Ihr duty al lhe
p...,Irnl and Directors Of tie Literary
Fad 10 digest . plan faE Common
s..,.l.. suited To lie condition aud re-
.s,res Il the state. sud IN report the
..ar f,r the causlsi. ration of The present
t;sarfsl Assembly.
reIInrd have given u this subject
s,,ry,,rr aud snxhms consideration, and
tx, p,ias t. Prarure all tie inf"fnia.
,.a aiil.Iu their rearh. wh,ch seemed
,..rna.l l.. rni,g hlensd legislation. ia
n. dav af last. the I'resi.
dem. unlrr tie d.reriioa of ihe linarl.
v,n.nnl.d = eiIrnlar ~ the GoVernnr of
s.r4 state ~ the Union. requesting rupies
al N irg,sla,,se arts and other official do
ran.n,. IN rslat,n 10 cammon Sehanl-.
- hrr 10 rx,siFnee or contemplation.
Tn. can .naa,raIiaa rerriEed The iatoia-
BE and eraeral a,isniian. which The inie-
rr,lrae suhlsrt 70 shi"h !, relates was 80
wsu r.lculasrI ~ eXrue. and the Board
L,sr thu. bera enabled u present 10 the
GsuerL Assembly many publications u
ffeal ia,rrssl sai value.
Taev regret 10 b. compelled To state.
IN eanaexi,,a Nth hi, topic. that their
.Tt. tn ps,rnre It'll more important in.
a,nn. with Iesreci 10 the aciusl state
ef e,lur,,ian IN North Carolina. have
been much L., successful, and that no
mem. a. their enm Maud Sill enable them
% ahlnn such fact. As are Indispensable
I, the proper discharge ri The duty requir-
81 al their hanj..
The rcparls to the Srnaie 10 1916 and
1911. hy the late Judge Murp'ey. the
ltuer Of charlc. II. Kinney. eco. CON
maaic,lei 10 the General Assembly by
Governor q Sen in 1898. aud the letters
of the late President Caldwell, originally
eabhshed Ia the newspapers and repub'
l.hsl 10 pamphl-, i"rm in ls32. have
ben prncureI, mol without difficulty.
They contain ~ INV valuable snggrstlans.
snI will " III re a arl the labor 81 the must
trtlul examination; but they are all emit
nrnly wanting ia that whIrh individual
,lT,u is incompetent Ia supply--ihe pre-
rise anil minute statement 81 facts By
Which alone the accuracy Of their thea
res can be tested.
The memoir OF Tie subject of later.
AL Improvements aud on The resources
and fn,uc NJ the state, published by
Judge Murphey in 1910. Is the first and
only essay that ha, been made towards
the compilation Of system u sIa,Is,ics.
almost ~ indispensable To intelligent IL.
gi,la,ion on the leading interests Of the
STATE, ~ = we'll arranged account hook 10
The proper management Of individual Al
fairs.
II il shall be objected tn this repntt.
that. like al others which have preceded
II, il abnunds in hypnlhesis and theory.
the General Assembly viii mol I've dIspos-
ell Ia ccnsuIe lno haFshly. the most ma
ndta d-iect. when IL - apparent that
n ne others than themselves are cnmpe.
tent io Afford a remedy. The memoir oI
Judge Murphey, abnve referred tn, com.
prIsed much valuable lnfnrmalinn. Of gresI
interest al the date rf its publication. and
constitutes the prouaest monument tn his
memnry. On the subject Of education,
however, Il did not profess 10 enter into
dclai's. aud the lapse Of nineteen year.
has wrought greater changes IN the cha
racier anil condition ~ the state. than
would be likely 10 occur N an ordinary
ajseiycr. Since that time no addition
has been male IN the meagre amount %
statistical Knowledge. There is no pub
lcalion extan,. M individual IN existence
that can at ad any satisfactory i"f,n1na
ton with respect To the number of com
mna schools in the state. much less thu
number oi pupils, the mode Of ins'ruc
ton. the cnnhIInn ii the school houses
the characters AMI qualifications uf ,h'
instructors. Indeed. II is doubted whc
'hrr there Is any one competent 10 NEE
'"'N hlhNth WiN EtEafh w ~ SH-'
county, certainly there is none wi'hou
ihe Legislative body, and We, all this an
mich more. is mi merely desirable an,
necessary. bu, indispensable 10 the grea
purpose contemplated hy the resolution
requiring this repnrt. or the number, re
sources aud condition Of our academies
something mare. and yet very ln'le,
Known. Even the history Of the UnIve'
sly Is as yet uuwri,tcu: the subject hs
been asceriained To he obscure by ,hos
Rest acquainted with H.; and though ih
Institution hears the name of the state
and has been proudly drnomins,cd !" tn
'Hsd Of the cUnsl,tutinn," its precise 8
'na''on and resources, the mode oi u
s'faru'n. government aud police. the e
iec' which il has heretofore had. aud
likely I" have hereafter. on the morals, il
"II'genGe and character of the state. az
ie's iamIliarly known than they shou|