Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-12-05
FREE SCHOOLS IN HANOVER-No. II.

ass-s Ediros-Iu nv /; :, communication made few
from The report Of Mr. Samuel Galloway Secretary
of ole and Superintendent UT Common Schools Tor me
Sta III Ohio who devoted and enthusiastic !riehd Oh
the zee School syslcn ourns most palheilcay over Tue
depsahle deficiency Of the teachers anu t!c inter au :"
the hcue as carried out in that Siatea State which has
becn ii up by the advocates OF Free Schools in Virginia,
ode guidance and an evidence oi The Practical
u!i.cf Free SrhonS. Mr. Galloway "inds M his Jerc
miaIilh the following burst of feeling: This IS "r!rat
OF soc of Onus school SEe:ced by The frGHdS ut
the Cannon School system. Could the lnc""p,lencS OF
all ,mIu lifted teachers o our State be drawn oy ski
full anbnd hand, and in true ana 'S!h c"lOrir@ Whi an
natrave panorama would il present tn The eye oi the
phan rnps The educational condition Of the third STATE
in the nion.' ~
Of the sactlers he says-pagGs II and - III Is Wen
known1a examinations, AZ they are generally c"n1ucten'
are bJesqne upon the name an ihtsilSeh E'.i!'''"n
in "hr most popuous COUNTIES ana one in"fe ,a OF
dinatly Distinguished for the Intelligence OF MS ioPui'lI
thus wrts Oar system Of examining teachers IS wholly
WORTHLESS; our board of examiners have not had meeting
during ta,t fur years and all the duties nave oecn per
formed one man. who is anxious to obtain Tue lees
than 10 lsnse suitable men, Another writes from one o:
arces counties Two OF the members "t our noad o.
themselves be Incapable 0l sustaining re-
spectacle xanaon in the ordinary branches taught IN
un pag5 "r. uaoway before Inc
Free SChOls in OHIO, III The following paragraph, when
trust will well weighed by all parents and guardians
among our ilzens
"Thc accanno BE- concealed that multitude Of parents
now regard ur Common Schools nuisance and will not
peril the NOUS and the minds Of their children by SUBJECT
ing them influence OF the varied irregularities which
exist. is in consequences OF tins feeling maj mere
exists such dporabc opposition TO any increase OF school
funds BY This sentiment will magnify until prl-
schoOlabsob the patronage OF many OF our czens,
and then school fund will become mere benelce Tor
vagrant incompetent teachers who VIII uXuTlatc tor few
months OF och year upon what 10 woFief men, would DC
deemed Snla HringS.
School Icscs-Mr. Galoway's picture Of the Ohio Free
School Hou.s is very graphic and ediying. On pages III
and l. he SIS "hcy generally erected on the road
SIDE unat;raive in their and internal appearance
constructed ihout and at the least EXPENSE many
bearing unrcaired all the injuries which time or tempest nave
inflicted hioors crcaking dole!u notes arrng "th Inc
scordant nds of the pnchcd culrd and squeezed su
ierers wthuthc windows stuffed with patterns taken from
the various OF the pupils; the chmneys 5owng
with the inrmllies OF weak constitutions and i'e clap
boards and singles appng and Gathering in III" wind s II
giving publicioticc that they were about 10 depart
that has vis these crazy hnbauns in cold weateT-scen
the uncomforb bic pupils indicating by significant motI'nsal
ternate roasg and freezing. and felt the piercing WIND
which whst through many crericeS, and The Tim gar
the cblng sutcrcrsns not regarded them ra-
Their as nurscrs Of disease than OF wisdun!
In the appedx Mr. Galloway report he publishes nl-
rnerous letter from different parts vi the State vi Ohio
loudly complaining of the Free School sysem-thc gno-
rance worthsness and drunkenness OF The teachers the
carecssncss ad neglect Of the officers appointed to direct
the syscm III ignorance incompeency and sorlid corup-
ton uf the eaniincrs. But fear, Alessrs Editors, you
cannot spare &c space for the Details and therefore omit
them. -
This was thcsuy in which Free Schools worked in Ohio
in l347 wheree population is nearly oac hundred per cent
dense tina In Frgnia where the people are mostly
iNi
school system thai OF the New England States; where,
are told, evy thing like cJck-work. Nor does II
avail any hinao urge that this was four or tive years ago.
and that the sdeme may be doing better now IT. alter
patient laboos and expensive experiment OF about een
twenty yca,we such wrechcd results atescd ard
mourned over bthe devoted friends OF the scheme,
how can beeyc that four five years more can nave
made such ato induce 10 enter the same wild eS-
pertinent?
The citizens Hanover will be told that since lS4I, great
improvements been made in Ohio and that the scheme
is working well Let them against giving credit 10
such statement and let them bear in mind mat in The very
Of the aboe quoted report of the Secretary OF State
and Supernten;n OF Common Schools ana in the very
year in w hich III report was made We told tie
thing, with the rost unbushlng eironicry.
With such bacon before g.ayey asscd on the
18th OF this mon1 al The polls Tor the adoption OF
bill which is to CD upwards OF fifty per cent 10 our pre-
sent 10 carry vi system OF Free Schools scarcely hall
SO feasible as lhat'i Ono. Yours, respectfully
4 TAX PAYER
P. S.. You sha hear about the Free Schools Of Henry
county, Va. in nylext.