Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-15

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Report OF the Minority 81 fhe Committee on Common
Sesool.
TIT sAseAL ". .'SSSf, rom ue minority OF tue COM
NJ. P'.e7'ea w, N''ON'"S 'eP't' AZ ssuos'"e'
Inc unuefsgheu oe'ns minority OF he committee on
common nor assenuns % all me views reported by
e nsjoi"' "os cave 10 SUBMIT inc io'o"'hs views ana
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IN. oo.o' !" Ue NeP' !" "eN' 'n ue''sins Sste" OF
euuea'oh LOT "noe community ~ 10 un1se lneisenee
a'u - " 800 Us pos4oe an,ons 'ne
~ ", ioui " eAeess''e 'aN1uon'
- =, s, ~. " w It 70 ta pIo'e "a
'vu'' DC Sa0peo " suoP.sa' WIN h'' De hs'h
'sneo' Ana should the means provided Tor popular III
', Oe 'o 'i'.u' VI 'o'i,'"'u ~ pO'uo" onf oi
E e peops, Ni' not answer '"e eao !" "e"' ana must
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P1 III 'A in r,s,o -
a. .f. 20 'Nea - ~. VIZ $50 VI ,S'V, va
on VI ~, ps''ou , n ,nea 100 we se 81
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= t -. VIC 'iO'e w POpu'auO' VI io'h
VI "' sHos eo"e.usNe e'Sen'e 'ne' our sAe mas
no' uone het uuy IN p'"Sons LOT her chi me means
% obtaining eve" 'ns tuaihnehs OF hho"leuse' ~ might
DC supposed tn.t people so oeheien' IN ihe means o
Noua a' caSi DC eAep' rom iu nuiuehs, nut
WIS uOe "o' prove 10 oe ns case lot WIFI De theNh oy
u'e t''usnes We ere spout 70 etng io'"afo ha' the
NIo.' nv ''oo PuVl'S i1"Se a"S p',a" seo
tiPos' 70 supper 'ne primary senTos emo seseemes OF
e'hi' Hna 'no'uns instruction 70 'ss Una" mai inc eni'-
spptea 70 wen arranged clstie. system thora 10
800; ~ ~ sue si d" 'pP0''u" 10 '''sii soOu
Su * . euu.
ss"oI-Ny pse" supP'.eS' 'na' IS PoPus"On VI
nshA y 700 sPsse 10 1Gnl' OF 'ne lno'ueuon OF 'ush
yse quo W. aeTho~eHse uat IN lew eounuss 'nis
e ,' oue ~ many my oi ne eounes .he "nl'e
op"- .ises " ~ persons per sSoais n'e' ana
ne .ol .he whoie s's,e s nsaty IL VOW IL ap
P' ' Nh 'he s'ae O' Nlshe es'aorshed het common
T' , Maeh Is enc Oh me thoS sueceSs'uI IN Tue
- = ~. Pora" o'I'' ,'u'"oeI.u 'e'e per sfu''e
,e, oi"s nor more uSIse uiaH many VI inc eouhuos o
virginia. nmay readly &c she"n, lhas county with 10
i Pei s, I'M, eo'Iass o' iout
'ies sune'en' huh'oe' OF ''aeh 10 'oim school
Vi e"n I siEe. -.
"a o'iS' " l'I inie. guar cohaius an area OF 10
,es ana computing !" Pe,SSns per 'fo'te me'
"Ou't eo,.s" -f' Ei""N'ls vac sui'uIeh
'on " 10 yeSi' 'ser " ''oo' ""0 Ou' o' '"e n-
i i u i'e ueoN PoP''iui 'n.'e NOuIu "e
$3.50 1,r K .'us a. se,. " Ue
o 80 ~, - seNo.1'' a"o "e eAPe"e
" 't ".u 20 49, 80 So PEI .4'''"' lvtuI'Hs ."
80 g - ~ ee'f y '" -" t.
bu' suppose 'no us t nsNe 1ny ~ HH''e 'nns'I
az" - - . - o., . ~ 80 "a :, ~ e .n So
h;c, rI,,d,so IN ,h sc-i, NJ g;rg ,ban,
u ,oiies =, scl,o sncb district ,g5od eoni,in a5
nil. ana $50 ,bsb,n,. ,,J oIJ ,tF,,d .rb,I
sh,n, ,h e,r, s,,, and inyyin The ssna eyprnss TIL.
ar..of VIRGINIA i. abou, 6 600 square miles. and had IN
Is40 1875 57 children between the oses of nd i5 and
surprising the whole State to be divided into school dis
cts containing each - square miles would require 27gO
schools 10 which add for the cities and bcroughs the
number Of schools and academies they had in 1870 1879
maL; in Al, $50 and ,IIoun, 3o6 nc, ,n,un ~ each
Teacher the Will, c,, Tor IN, I.ts will he Sss4 700 he.
ng 81 al for each child b,ween the ases of and Is
According 70 the auditors report Of the pre,en, wear the
number Of ,cbn,ls in I'D eonntesi ia s67 which thew
con,, an. s,na $500, nhsr a. s,h,n,,sd Inv III. con-
ga. of $40 viz d sebal,r, each ould max. S. GAS
scholars. and estimating the cost OF tuition Of 81 50 per
quarter would amount 10 $3.50 $50 and deduct cost of
aTono.ed rInn ,h1~s ssyin 81 sSi $40 beides educ
ing more than doute the number Of children that are now
4, school In the whole State In order 10 illustrate the
subject more fully we will take Tor example the county
OF 1bemae which COMPRISES al ,rea of sbou, ZOO souate
miles and had in lstO white population Of 10 5l2 Of
whom 1872 are children from TO is years of age
ACCORDING TO the Last census there were in that county
Is academies with 400 scholars and n primary schools
with 3s6 sehos-s Now n we .smote the tui,ion in the
academies At SC Der uusrer and IN The primary schools at
50 80 the aggregate amount will be sI3 400 But let the
county b. d,dsd into a school d.ret. eonsin M each
l6 .au.re nies .nd slpg 3OO oef annum for uitun IN
each school would cost 8 200 showing saving IN e1-
pense of $3.50 and sTordine education 70 1900 children
instead Of ESD npy receiving instuction We feel assured
from II of The counties Of the state
have a white population sufficiently dense 10 supper,
,ystem of common schools without the .egtegats
Of ..pen-. incurred BY our inetci.n; system
Perhaps II nav be h,u,bt int our estimate Of lie cos,
n ,itio ia too ov hut n will be eor,ors,ed bv refer
. -, , ,-sn.. incurred IN o,., ,t,e. where the do,
lriet school ,y.,sn, L,: been adopted.
r. .o,'' - ..ao c,i a., ,,s coy,,y d. 90
On AZ . 80 . Sj,S =, 80" IN ,5 c,v
~ Ro.,on 81 u In NJ yorb cnuo,ty seb.oIs 81 2SD
r. ~. 49, t p.nss,Iyan, a A. ,nd in ,h. C,,v NJ
pbsd.inL ss "a incInd,ng die bieL school We o,o.
% - 80 . 80 - - sann 90, .n,',n
800 o y 49, - - - ~ - -, d. .i
d,T.,s Of shs Sohs,r s,,,, and \. fannJ 10 IA.
in The con,tv Of Nook 10 secure FOOD t.acbsrs under
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| fol operation
Having examined ,b. question in ia financial .,pset
we now turn to other Of the present and proposed
svst.n. which we eon.de, s, vo,tbv oo ON, conslsts
tion
We consider the present school .ysn of virginia md
/ eslLSdefectjye in several particulars.
IL creates a distnstion bet,y.sn the rich md the
! poor
2nd fl makes no pr,ys,oo for the examination If
teachers to their moral characters and qosi6csuons
I'd H, confer. no subov an -cboI corro,.s,n,,. n,
! the sslsrtion al .cLo,I books
9TH IL embrace. no provision for The sdue,,ion ,sa,b
j o., ~ ~ Wv ' ''' " ''"'"
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bs, ~. e@,. A., a.. ..t.,, - 80 = H. III ,l
ING them Al. such AT the public sTeen.e Liable 10 The ost
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among ,ho,, rrn,sis. 80 , 80 ,,Is
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