The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-04-14
State Superintendent of Common Schools

We have received the following com-
mnnication on this subject from an ntelli-
gea. gentleman residing in another coun.
ty, and willingly Jay il before our read
els. The incredulity OF orr correspon>
dent, as 10 the fact that mgorifv oil
the mcmoers Of the House deliberately
nuNifed law OF this state, is not uunal-
ural and we should be very glad 10 be.
lieye. as lie suggests, that the Journa al
of,he House might be erroneous. The
accuracy of The Clerk, however. has
never vet been lmpeached
To thu Editor If the MiddleJury Reg.
tster,
SrR MI yea please 10 let plain
man say Jew words 10 you, and. II
you think proper, through you to the
public. am right glad TO sec an ex-
PLANTATION, in The last number Of your
valuable parer, Of the cause, why We
have not State Superintendent OF Com
mon Schools the present year. | have
been gresiiy iroubled about this matter
had got the notion, that the cause Of
Common Sc hooI education was great
cause tina, it was lite cause OF the peo-
pie and intimately connected with their
welfare. ia two worlds. And had sup
posed that IL was always wise, IN any
great cause, that there should lie head'
nucleus, around which its frienu.S may
rally. and from which an influence hay
emanate, salulary in carrying out the
cause. have heard it said, Mr. Eds
tor. that if the great Rail Road corpor-
atoms in this state had not had the most
efficient heads, in the persons Of their
Presidents, these two great works Of
internal improvement would never have
been accomplished. Being then great
stickler for having head TO every thing.
you cannot he surprised, Mr.. Editor,
that should think It well to have
head TO the great cause of Educa-
ton. Illhere were defects IN the man
ner OF creating this head, or in the pre-
scrihing of duties for him To perform, |
should say. lei them he corrected bu,
do not destroy the head
When we heard, in our town. thai
we had no State Superintendent of Cons
mon Schools, inquired what this meant;
and my neighbor tells me. the law was
rejected at the last session of the Legs
lalure. Well. thinks ] to myself. | do
not quite see why they should do this
but oL The whole. | say TO my neighbor,
let this matter go; we must have been
mist aiken about The wisdom Of having
head to this matter Of education. You
know, We elected men from among us,
to go 10 the Legislature. most noted
for their wisdom aud virtue !" and they
mus, have understood ibis business bet
ter than you aud can; and il Tnst be
that orr nmlOns about 1t haze all been
wrong. But you sag, Dir. Editor. The
Law was not repealed that the House
passed a bill 10 that egscs: aad the Sea-
ate. a cO-0rd'Raie branch Of the govern.
meu,, would not agtee TO Il aud The
House would aos go iato jniui assembly
TO eiect a Stale Superintendent. becaase
the Senate woud Dot agree 10 repeal
the law.
As you say. the Law of iSa5 enacted
that there shall be Stale Superinien-
dent of Common Schools. who sh all be
annually appointed by the joint assem-
bly," whose duties are by law fully point
ed oui. foH praiess. MIR. Editor. 20
give from the Journal ol the House. the
pra' and nays upoo The question. whe'h-
er they would NEE, the Senate in j'nt
assembly 10 elect State Superlnlen-
dent Of Common Schools and il would
sppear from your statement that 81
members were in iasor OF going INTO
JOINT assembly for the purpose named !;
and us agains, i, snd tina, consequent,