Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-04-03
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amount paid 10 teachers under this system ia al ne,
uum and that the averav. ,uen,i,ncc Of ca.h s.hI.
does not exceed sixty DAYS the year. /, il worth while
20 20 farther: il n 10 move ,l,, non. I'm, h
cy toothess super.nnused old woman can n. trpnd n,
undertake the .boriou, and esnon.bc ,,sk of an
or for one hundred and (orv dollars wear, Ia worth
willis 10 argue the poin that child GOING 4, s,bool si,,v
davu in the wear and that no, can g,n no
hins worthy The mama of euc,ton1 II il onv snrpr,.,nv
70 us ,hat such man as the Second Auditor should be
found advocating svs,em with such results ,rinp him in
the ice. from sut his own reoorts II is boweyer bu,
Justice 10 th. gentleman 10 saw tina, We I'M
Jerstand him as contendng for this system ony that il
equal 10 h AZ in The Nortbep States which an
much Landed and SO c unders,ood In this we believe
be is nearly rights the same radical defects exist in both
and neither of Them are worthy 10 he ,Id o
.duo.don ~
To make any sys,em eec,ual in TO the
intellect that degree of which rises 10 In. dig
nity of il is absolutely that tho
or should have the continued and entire control of the mind
Of the pupil for series of wears order and Regularity
are the presng prncipes of sysem hut what order
be established by the teacher whore the attendance Of his
pupils il dependen upon the him The ar The
cesstes Of an ndipcn, and frequently WORTHLESS.
The fact that the poor boy is compelled TO walk
miles to the school house. whereby he ia subjected TO all
the drawbacks dependent upon the ycssi,udes of the
weather. and these most ut the season when his
services at home oan be best dispensed with would Of IT,
self be sufficient render the present system inefficient
and had almost said worthless; but we will not apply
such any plan that proposes to educate the
poor.
But suppose waive all these difficulties; let us una
CINE the iule fellow uudging his five or six miles regular
y school in SPITE Of wind and weather. imagine the
devoted father and the anxious mother adding yet another
hour their daily toll out the services he
child, that he may enjoy the benefits OF that education
which they themselves have sensibly felt the Of
What kind Of instruction do you expect give him. what
kind OF teacher do you expect get hundred
forty dollars year. Verify highly as we prize every thing
tho shape Of education, would say the poor
Of Virginia, the benefit your child worth the
cri6ce Do you know that the of the teacher
the profound and philosophical that man is called on
10 exercise' The infant mind has been compared blank
shse OF paper and OF those who write it there
degrees from the infamous scribber the beau
su eopperpate engraver. To control and regulate the
workings OF that complex and intricate piece Of machinery
requires perhaps greater natural gifts and acquired
powen than fall 10 tho lot OF one in thousand the