The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-06-01

ing the expense Of the agencies necessary to- give
vitality&energy to the general movement. Should
A large number of teachers be sent, as the expense
OF aSencleS might not be thereby propOrtionallv
increased, a sum less than the above would prof.
teacher.
Applications Of ladies desiring TO be employed
as teachers, and applications for female teacher.
may De made, until otherwise directed, TO Mis-
CATHGRINE E. BEECHER, at Albany N. Y, until
The hrst Of June next, and after that time at Brat
tleboro, Vermont.
II is the intention OF the Board to furnish fr-
be desired.
Applications from ladies desiring TO teach,
should state the age, residence, and religious de-
nomination OF the applicant, and be accompanied
by d statement from some reliable source, in rel
erence tothe qualifications stated above as intend
ed TO be secured in teachers, together with the
amountof education, and past history, of the ap-
plicant.
Applications for female teachers should state
the township, and County where the teacher il
wanted-the branches in which, and the number
of months in the vearduring which, instruction
will be eXpected-the rate Of compensation; the
family TO which the teacher NAV resort, on reach
ing the place Of her destination, with the expecia-
ion ofinding a temporary home and the denom-
~ination, or denominations OF Christians having
an organized church or churches in the immedi-
ate vicinity. The teachers will be expected to en-
gage in the instruction of Sabbath Schools where
they are organized, and to form them where they
are not.
Applications from gentlemen who may wish
to find employment in Academies or High
Schools, and applications for such teachels,will
be received. They may be addressed to the un-
dersigned al Midtlebury Vermont. until the
first Of October next, ard after That time, at
Cleveland Hths State OF Ohio. they should,
respectively, embrace the particulars above re-
ferrcd to as necessary TO accompany appicd-
tons for, ami from, female teachers.
As the greatest difficulty involved in til en-
terprize, is that OF making the necessary arrange
ments for getting mp and sustaining schools; and
as the Rev. Clergy-every where the friends Of
education-are in a condition 10 see and feel the
educational wants around them they are respect
fully, bat earnestly invited 10 endeaVor 10 aSceI-
tain whether school instructors are not needed
in their respective neighborhoodS, and to- take
measures to effect such arrangements as shall
justify themin making application for teachers
to the Board, in the manner above suggested.
If their peculiar duties will not permit them to
devote the necessary attention to the details of
such a service, they will be able, doubtless, 10
enlist the efforts OfeneTgetic laymen IN the work.
VIII they not, every where, be NY and doing in
this acceptable and very important service
The primary purpose Of the Board is 10 Trans
fer teachers from those parts of The country
where they are most abundant, and where edu-
%cational Improvements have elevated the stand
ard of teaching, TO places where they are most
needed. But those who see in this movement
nothing but the mere sending offs few teachers,
or even hundreds Of teacherS, to- occupy as many
schools, will form but a very inadequate concep-
ton Gifts real scope and bearing. The influence
of such a movement on the geApTai interests Of ea-
~ucatiOR, is a consequence which cannot escape
4 a ~ ..t.Tl.---s -
The great want IN those portions Of the country
which the undersigned has visited, is that ofa
lust appreciation among The maSSeS, ofthe value
and importance ofeducation. Every well quail
fed sent 10 4 destitute place, will exert
more influence in favor of the cause 0feducation,
by the practical illustration Of the effects of eood
teaching, than could be done by the most elo-
Guent lecturer, without such illustration. Every
such teacher, devoted to the employment, in the
true spirit OF il, will become a centre oil inva!-
liable influence. Every really good school will
be like a ely set upon a hill its light will lie
seen, and its influence felt, in every direction.
This influence the friends Of educ ton in the
West need TO aid them in their laudahIe laborS
to advance the cause labors which will he IN
awaiting without the strong Pubhe; Htimeat which
the well directed efforts OF the Board, and the
teachers it may supply, will, il IS hoped, aid in
creating and sustaining.
The Board OF National Popular Education do
StdnQ ID lDe PONitic0 OF attempting 10 MAKE
one portion 81 the country the instructors of an
other but while it hopes TO give, directly, tn
thousands Of children and youth the benefits Of in
they would not otherwise receive, it
expands its views 10 the great purpose Of aidII z
TO transfer, through good instructors, The cducd-
tional improvements OF every part nf the country
10 every other part thai may be destitute Of Them,
10 the end that the friends Of education, who are
under the emliarassmehtS incident To
new and SparSeiy settled States and TeriitOIir>,
mas be aided in their efforts at educational i'm
One Of the greatest wants oi the
West, in regard to education, is that Of well quail
fed instructors. There are indeed, partitions of
il where there are good instructors and good
schools, and where Improvements in this respect,
are in a state of very encouraging proPIes>,
through teachers associations and teachers in>ti-
tutcs. But these portions are small, compared
with the great whole. To encourage and exterd
these efforts at impTovemeni,by furnishing Il acb-
ers of a high order of talent and requirement to
take charge Of SeminaTieS where, among other
things. teaehers maybe trained 10 their TOTk, and
thus the West be aided IN Supplying, as 1t must
and rH finally supply, us 0loh TEACHERS, from among
lis oarn people, is 4 leading and very impoitan: Oh
Iect of the Board
There are many noble minds al the West III
tensely anxious for its educational improvements;
and the beginnings of a favorable movement
there are visible. But there are difficulties TO re
encountered of no ordinary Observation-Disclosures
not TO be met with at the E~aSi-wheIe,
even with all the advantages Ola homogeneous
and dense population, and we'll established InsIi-
improvements in education have pIo-
crossed but slowly. Who will not rejoice in
any opportunity to aid, though it may be bOI a lit
overcoming these MISUNDERSTANDING the
West, and through it, blessing the whole cOun-
try, whose destinieS il is so soon 10 control.
In the plan whose origin, purpose and progress
hitherto, the undersigned has thus skeiched, he
hopes the beneyole1i and the patriotic, both at
the East and the West, will see enough 10 inspire
their confidence and enlist their hearty eo-opeTa-
ton. The proper education Of the millions oil
in our country, who are rapidly passing
The period Of instruction, 10 become men
and women and fathers and mothers, Is an Oh
Ject whose importance it's scarcely Pos1 ne 10
exageerate. There are in the United States
about four millions of children between the
ages of 5 and 10, not including the Slaves
They are all in the process OF forming tIeiI m
and moral characters for He-charIe-
in which are involved not only their own
desiinies, but the destiny OF the naiirn
am