Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-19

stature al ihe last Sessipa.
y. T. Aik nson. Rev. VIM. Summers aud
Ihos ThomboTg. Esq wcre sppoilled a COM
10 sddr-ss 0r yotefso OF this ccualy.
The Legislature OF this s,ste. at their last
5 'ssl0n, passed. oa act b, Witch ; hOo,s are 10
supported b, au eq itable tax GA pr,lrftv,
a. IA oil 9th 9 casrN 90 uIltiau. THIS oct
10 bc suJnliitsJ tu the consideration OF
TIE people btiose II eau become q permanent
law. la the hFst instance, agrceably TO the
provisions OF ,he bill a petition of at least one
third oil those, who voted Ina the county at
Toe preceding election must b. presented to
uie County Court before a poll can be opened
TO lake the voice OF the people, aud il then
requires two-thinds of thc legal votes ioT the
hnal adoption OF the bill. Although some OF
The provisions Oi tins law muy be- objections
pie, yet II Is thought by many OF the judic-
ious aud rejecting that a. had better b. adopt
cd, ior its bat reasonable To say that the sane
power that created tie law rOuld make such
ON -ndmeatsas the cNi ,encesu ct the c.t~e might
re uiu ,at.cr bang iairly tested. In otdcr to
have thus school law Sustained by the people,
II - essential that they should net ouly be
satisfied OF the grcatneccssity of the measure.
but aiso OF tie economy connected herewith.
La ORDER to show the necessity, We need only
- IT. u ENh % W. AflNA~ fl lNNl- DIV tlluA II
appcars that the number ot white persons ia
this state over twenty i've years oi age that
could not read or wntr, were 55.7S7. BY
the SINE documeut ~ appears that out OF
bf childrn between the age OF > aud
ID, only 41.oil oi thatuumbcf Wrrt az schools.
oeins less than one fourth oi the whole num-
bct. When we compare tins with the rttums
the same crusus lmtu tbr cast aud north
era states, we ore torcibly struck wish the in-
menec disparity.
IN ihe New England states 'h.re was an
average OF only ouc y ar5on id y3l who could
not read and Wr,tc, and tbs numbei OF child
rem al schools cAceedcd thr number oi ola ~
ifom . iO 10, beng made up ot lhuse from Is
TO ~. u! d communication ma c los George
Campbell ot this state 10 the legislature In
1888, Al appcars that many OF those who APP
ply l0r marriage license cannot write their
names. The year selected Tor this inquiry
was 1917, 1927 aud 1887, aud the statements
from Eve city and borough courts,
and nI0ety Ihrcc If the county courts show
that OF those thus applying nearly ene-lourh
could not write their NAMES. The preceding
lacts show an almost unparalleled degree OF
10 abound in this commonwealth.
HE number ot great men ia every community
i MT m proportion 10 the whole population
f"A - nAhAAAAAAh nN AAG uNflNaf educated. KS
In uhIs state, education has been confined more
immediately 10 the uCh, ol course quite the
portion Ul the grtat men who have fig
lrcd among Us, aud ia whom We have felt a
Idudable pride, Ia saying they were HlrgbioHs
have been irUm tbis class.
Ilhs State oi things VIII b. entirely chan
should The school bill be- sustained by the
leopls and H. ultimate objects contaminated.
Ia lhe hrst place IL may b. proper 60 r-mark
.i"t however intelligent u wealthy COnmu-
MY may be, tlcy wall not ia ordinary cases
- an e~nterpuslng body of men, aud Tor this
itnple reason, that their pccuniaU ciruun-
iances place them above tile necessity OF phy-
lCal eNrrtIun Ca the other hand II the mid
lr and lower classes are educated and thrrpb,
nade intelligent men, thcircntcrprise will br
b, the drgtee oi know ledge the,
.os~sa. IL Is on admitted tact that Virginia
loss sses as e. at i.diursl advantage, o. any
iair IN the union, let our chiidIel have the
NJ mdImeut- col a good education placed
ktihiu thrir reach. l,t the hight OF science
air'y do lis WORK, CA The great bod, ol our
people, then and not tail thcn, will he r.
sources Of our state be developed. As IL re-
sarls the economy OF this plan. Mir. Jauney
ut Louduu county in In, slate, mode a calcu-
lattuu on ihe relative advantages whi,h the
new bill would u.luud when Cuntrasttd with
The old system. Ills calculations were pre-.
dicaicd ou The number at children in the Co,
aud the Prise usually puid. Tuition IN ,ic
county ives usually 81 % per quarter. hence
n h Chld o. kept at sChuul three quarters in a
year his tuiiipn would amount to eight dol
lars and twenty five cents. twill readily BE-
Admitted diat tartc h at least Two and one
ioUlh scholar IN each family, which would
htiuS Toe tul'inu TO about 81 per amlum.-
~ diverse dud subJr, calculations thar Mr..
Jonney has mace, he show, lhat a tax not *
oceilhg forty pr cent on the state and coun-
" ioxcs, would furnish ample means TO sus.
tain a school ninc months in d wear. By
qualifying Toe settlement So lst ~ 10 saw that
t1r TEACHER should b. "a female one hall al the
TINE, % would place he matter beyond doubt.
J Ice remarks un ibis subject that will apply to
Lpuion county will also "a tiis, wiki some
'ultnR exceptions. ior instance, tui.i u IN
thns county 81 ar at least. as he country j.
concerned, Is bot two dollars per quarter. II
ilhs law should become fixed aud It's c%ontinu.
ancc placed hsyohd contingency, from tlmt
time wc might consider the commencement
oi d new era IN this state. sndrf Our present
system There u a great want OF suitable in-
siructufs, bat were our schools fixed by law
There would thea az a matter of course be a
regular deinJnd Tor teachers. and where there
Is d demand Tor q commodity it would be- ron
mary io the genius OF our people, not to fur
nisi, the requisite supply. Il would thea be-.
come an object Tor young men aud women To
quaHty themselves Tor TIE di,charge oi this
highly important aud more than ordinary
trust, ln June 1918. Dr.. Joseph Doddndgc
delivered on address in Wheeling before lis
Masonic brethren. iu which be alluded to ths
scboDi houses occasionally met with ia the
country, thoss be sid ought to be- looked
upon as PuiaCes, anl those whu instructed In
tlem as Princes Where schools are sstsb-
lished by law, tbe principal burlhen of their
support falls upon thc uch. la our country
where there ~ nu entaiiment ot estates. the
descendants OF the och in majority Of Casrs
btcome poor boo Toe course ul the second or
thiri ssnrntiJa Hence Why are they not
willing 90 comply with the Scriptuul injunc-
uon Co. 'casi ilciT bread upon tiy waters. laf
There Is no bible declaration that ever has or
ever VII prove more ifUe than Jiat they
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