The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-30
Common schools.

AuC HIST Ootuio"y III HCAt houlit 10 TIC
day fixed by law for the election of school
district Trustees for this and every other
county of the State. Citizen, whose COM
munication is published below, very properly
calls attention to the matter, and urges citi-
zens and all interested in the character of
such an officer Gs should preside in our dis
trict, TO consider we'll the propriety of making
q judiclous selection.
BY an act of the Legislature approved
January IL. 1S49, a tax Of ten cents on every
one hundred dollars worth of property, tax
able for State purposes, and twenty five
cents on every person liable to pay poll
tax will be levied annually for the purpose
Of increasing the common school fund.-
These with Surplus Revenue, Bank Tax and
Saline funds, are to be appropriated entirely
TO common schools. Now il becomes us to
chloe Trustee who will feel the impor-
tance Of the trust reposed in him; and who
possesses such ability as properly to attend
to his duties, which are multifarious and res
ponsible. He is in fact the superintendent
Of every thing appertaining to county schools.
Indeed, we think there is by the late law
entirely too much responsibility place in his
haRds-and no other than man of good
ability can properly discharge the duties of
Trustee. He should be not only man of
ability but Of pecuniary worth, as these tax
es must oil go into his possession and be ac-
counted for by him. Besides all the ordina-
ry pecuniary responsibilities, he is kind OF
general superintendent of the educational
interests of his district, and has thousand
minor things claiming his attention which
will require almost his whole time. When
we say, after having carefully looked over
the required duties of such Trustee, that we
believe there are not dozen men in the dis
trict competent for the station, our opinion at
least Of the Importance Of the election may
be conceived. All good citizens should feel
she Importance Of this election, and give it
proper attention. Itaffects the rising genera
tion more than il does u.s. The past history
Of Vanderburgh county has not been par
ticularly glorious SO far as education is con-
cerned, and it now behooves us to make more
glorious the future. Essays on the advan-
tages Of education, written or oral are IN
awaiting. action is what is required-and
the best action we can now take is to elect a
properly qualified man as Trustee. Here
is what "Citizen" says
A. H. SANDERs-Dedr Sir:-The peo-
pie Of this State will be called upon to cast
their votes in a matter that vitality concerns
the rising generation, sometime next MONTH
A Trustee has TO be elected, whose duty 1t
will be to select Teachers, and superintend
all that pertains to the Common Schools in
his district. The people should think well
and deeply about this. A man should be Sc
lected who has the advancement of educa-
ton at heart. sincerely hope that this
election will be full; and that parents and
all others who have love for their country,
will select proper person. feel deeply in
this matter, having suffered much for lack of
education. CITIZEN.
EransriHe, Aug. 90, 1850.