Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-01-13

net 10 thu oDnsai.t susrn,cndcncc. 10 liz c'tc
tol oi tic fines aud iriturs and thu enforcement 81
t-leas secIui,s IN zach count, Ia the Literary nhd.
and also the ayails 81 the ghe lands. mol Otherwise az
pnpaied by law. and the bequfsi o individuals 10 iho
nnfpNrs Of education.
Nru H. imprianr, and intimately connected with the
primary scloos. stand thu aademcs and colleges 81 The
Sain aud N regard 10 the ionner thu Convention de
eli.e. It's sentiments in the following terms:
No system of eucalin such rs the wants 81 the Iao
PIE ,,iiiand ran lc ,ilicicn, without both primary
srhsls and ACADEMIES. and neither Of these without '
loiher and rrnIer adaptation OF the ono To The Oil
lcr They constitute the basis upon which the whole
column must The academies already incorIs'ra
, din, rent pants in the State. have failed 10 pro
duee the benefits eNpccted from them principally from
two causes First. the want 81 patronage In most IN
stances they have hccn favored and endowed by private
donation and individual occasional subscription. without
my al " support from Government except the act
81 Incorporation From inademary oi means, they have
fingered through years 81 ppcanous existence and dis
appointed hopes. J., failing attain hehghly important
objects Of ,ir institution aud when legislative bounty
has been occasionally extended. II has been 80 thfdy
aud n,arre and granted too without system or view
Ia general plan that bat hile good could reasonably
be p',ted to result and. IN point oi fact. hut ltlle
benefit Is believed has been received run them Se
con1y It s believed the chl'i cansc Of the failure Is 10
he lound IN the fact that the boards at the Executive Off
ier4 he have entrusted with their control and dl
rerr3n are too numerous and though II x mol denied
iha flc and Of .nis must be- invoked, and the orce ot
The ruth fit thai -'ttipui able faithful. aud 'ceni
agents ever, system however god IN itself must la-
thr prspoct o scccss Is greater irQm snail than
large board Of control. The rsp1nsllIIH resting on
Iaf,t "afd divided that the portions q each WI"
be- ibly ilt. and unity oi puP. aud concentration oi
,for scarcely be expected. In addition Ia the ah
snce Ola well Organized system ot primary schools AID
acadeincs the great evil under which the commute,
alofs is tho want o good teachers. To the ii
any system, however we'll organized. aud however bun
diully endowed teachers of good moral character.
of proper habits and manncr possessed themselves Of
know l'dgc, and &" the acliy mpar to Others are
indispensable. II should be pracps object Of every
system o general educatlon 10 provide after Its
organization as practicable. AN adequate number Of teach
crs. rcaliy nr the primary schools reared among
lc.usomeo 'no habits and mannots educated At our
own instii.t TONS I'D known To ibnsc host children
to b, confded t., them; ,-lc 1t should he forgot
ten that nonlor Ia rc,cr 'cccssble 10 all. and 10
give the mes general dIilsln to Ils honeht The pm
crle o free scho"s should far IA able be adopt
cd and carried ou and where this prime, lie Is departed
from, aud The cypen>rs o education should be- dinah
ed by providing sufficient number Of proper ieaen 10
supply the wants oi the community. and including all
within the beniis ri the system. is YET necessary 10
s"1ta to the lraoheisa reasonable romI.n.atIon pom
lh's general views. aud teiralnng from any attempt 10
doN'lerc minute details, II Is respectfully suggested that
The academies already established, together with others
Ia b. established nj proper locations. should constitute a
part ct The general s,scmthat hcy should hc put, as
lar practicable. and the wants othc people shall ind
cate. upon tluallt, Of endowment b, The bounty 81
the State combined with their own funds individual do
nation aud taxation. II the people shall determine
and subjected Ia nnutnt, al control and management
I" general prncip rr-that tuition fees ought IN h !
modcrltc aud fixed hy Ew-tlai certain numbers Of
Young men sh"uldl. educated a, them free o charge:
with view oi hting them become teachers IN the
prlmarN schools, hndng them IN proper mode, To
devote Themselves tor certain number Of years con
tuu. teachers tor reasonable and moderate compcnsa
u"n-thai the Legislature intend this patronage 10 the
academies Incorporated that each senatorial
dlslfc, such sum may be appropriated clrcnn4tan
ccs may demand. upon condition that ior every ~ dol |
lars contributed. scholar should he educated free oi
tuition lccs who shall bind himself 10 olr his services
Ia those having the control ot the district or primary
school ol the county If there be demand for his srvic,s
Ia engage teaching for number oi years equal the
umc he has enjoyed the bounty of the State that each
academy. whose trustees shall agree this condition
shall elect of ihrlr own body from 10 year who
shall be the sup rnndcnt Of the academy whom thr
Instructors hall be responsible after his election which
superintendent shall make annual report 10 the Second
Aud'ar I'd Tho Proceedings IN relation To the instruction OF
teachers and the disbursement of the public bounty Nor
dld thc Convention IN postpnng the consideration OF the
claims Of the colleges intend IN any To intimate
that these of less consequence in the general aud
proper system ri education Which the State should
adopt, than ihosr o the oih, parts ol the general
system. On the contrary they all stand and deserving
" should stand, the platform Of general equality
and general usefulness, each necessary ,r the perfection
! al a whole system and without the presence and
operation OF all that would be dcnnned and in
complete. In considering then the claims OF the col
logos upon the public patronage. the Convention
appropriately urged the following considerations That
srme appropriation ought 10 he made to the colleges OF
the State by the Legislature. without excluding other
parts OF liberal and Just $, stem Of public education 1t
Is believed system can be good, profitable Just
that does not make some provision Tor the different
grades o education, ms well for the different elias
@s. that must exist IN every community. The
founders ot the Literary Fund contemplated and
marh, out hy acts Of legislation system made mp oin
nlNelsy colleges, academies and primary schools,
liberal provision was made for the University and the
allowance 10 thai institution has .'ecn paid with runctu
aIiy and yood faith. Largo annual o,'rlou'lons irom
the Treasury have been made for purposes Of PR
mary education, while TIA, colleges and academies
have received htIle any thing from the fund which was
pledged Tor the support o the whole sysemlhc collie
yes which were founded and supported by private munl
C,ncc hiWo the existence OF the tcrar, Fund, and the
several institutions which have been founded since, fur
nsh evidence ndsputablc of the popular sentiment ia
vor OF such institutions, and that sentiment has been for
ted and sustained by the fact that ncalculabIc benefits
have been derived from them. Until very late period.
all the education above the grade ot primary education,
which Was received within the limits of the
wealth, has been obtained at the Colleges and at this
time. at many of these institutions. the character and nd
vantagoS OF the instruction received by the student
inferior to wha, is To be had the university There
wish 10 dciract from the advantages of the Universe
" but the opinion canno he withheld that thai cgsa
ton unequal and UNJUST, which wlthhols assistance
from those whose location and other circumstances pre-
vent their receiving the advantages Of the University
and who have contributed largely from their private
means to establish institutions purely OF public charac