Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-09-25
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Criminal Court. LOUIS NeU Era.
EDUC CATION.
The subscriber formerly professor Of
Penmanshlp in a highly respectable
eastern College, and teacher of Maine
NAUTICAL Science for twenty years, see
ing. and lamen,ing with others, the de-
pIorable deficiency of Schools of high
order in this City, has yielded 10 the
solicitations of few friends to organ
ze and conduct High School. or Acad-
envy, in which the youth OF this city
and It's neighborhood. may be Taught
thoroughly and scientifically, all the
branches which constitute a finished
education.
Ii must certainly be a circumstance
of sincere and deep regret, and which
has been clnfessedly predominant since
the first organization of this as City,
tina, opportunities. though anxiously
sought for by parents. have not been
within their reach, of giving their child
len a sound, liberal and christian edu.
cation. TO some extent an unIustfia.
bic apathy may have existed on this
subject. but it is believed. that the pro-
curing cause NAV be found in the differ.
en-. failures of teachers to sustain such
an institution Ii is believed that gen.
temen fully qualified, both from edu-
cation and practical experience. to i'm
part instruction in The more flushed
branches of a thorough education. have
al different times commenced their
schools with Tutoring hopes Of success,
but, not being IN circumstances, ar
deeming it rather hazardous 10 incur All
oallav OF from three Ia five hundred
dollars, for the purchase Of suitable
apparatus. to explain and demonstrate
the leading principles of ministry,
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy,
for it is perfectly futile 10 attempt 20
iinpart knowled ge OF these inieres ling
sciences without such an apparatus, the
study became dry and unlnteresting to
the Student, his mental energies no, be-
ing called forth. and as an inevitable
consequence, iitle or no progress was
made parents became Dissatisfied, teach
ers discouraged and the enterprise fail
ed Farther, take it for granted, for
indeed do rot think it requires SIM
ole argument in proof, that SIMPLE and
easy of acquisition az the interesting
subject of Geography is, good knowl-
edge of il never has been. and in truth,
never can be acquired. without The pu.
pill having in connection With lt,studied
the use of the Globes on scientific prin-
ciples, or by demonstration.
The writer INDUCES The belief that
there are but few if any in this commu.
nifty who will dlssen, from him in this
view of the subject, or who will not
cordially coincide with him: especially,
not only does he think so from The re-
| marks that have been made to him on
this very point, and coming too from
| persons fully competent 10 decide, but
/ because also, il has bsen recently as
cer,ained, that unless radical change
is speedily made on the subject of scho-
laslic education, many of our youths
are TO be sent from home in order 10
receive that knowledge which cannot
be impaired TO them in their own city.
Although he has no hesitancy in as,
seIling. that upon careful examination
Of his method of impartlng instructions
to the youthful mind, something entire.
ly new TO "a great majority of observer:
will be manifest and tina, it will elici
their unqualified appreciation, vet HI
will no, pretend to affirm, tina, there i:
in reality connected with his system
that which gives it a superiority owe
all others ex,ant. Bnt he has had In,
pleasure Of knowing that his patrons
have uniformly ascrbed to him tn,
rare. but Immensely important REQUESTS
in teachers qualifications, TO know
how to adap, mental labnr to the capa
city of the pupil; to this he has Away
succeeded in adding the most Difficult
of all other a,tainments Of an instructor
the happy mack. if it may be so called
of excnlng an interest in, and love 70
literature; this he would say. is tn
grea, dislderatum on the part Of boil
parents and teacher. II is in a grea
measure To a failure in these respects
that chiefly, if NOT solely. we are com
PEELED to ascrlbe the exceeding slow
progress of~our children. and The yer,
imperfect knowledge of the differen
branches of study to which their a,ten
ton is from time 10 time directed.
Finally, he has it in contemplation