Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-03-18
(From the National Intelligsnosr.l ]
school O6ertn Us.

In wellsville, a small village in Colulnbiana
county, Ohio, Is ''Union School," in charge OF
DAVID PARsoss as Principal. The house cost
more than seven Thousand dollars. The Princi-
pal receives salary of eight hundred dollars; the
assistants, some five six in number receive sal,
aries worthy of good teachers, rs no others
would be permitted to give instruction as n graf
uity. BY judcious and rich selection of stud
les, skifully administered, the school is rendered
the most attractive place to be found by the pu-
pills: hence their attendance is prevented only by
absolute compulsion. As stated few days since
by one of the principal patrons and Taxpayers of
the institution, they now pay cheerfully and
gladly ten dollars, when few months since they
paid grudgingly one dollar, feeling that the lar
ger sum was good investment and the smaller
didn't pay"
Among the products of the pupils is "School
Offering" monthly periodical OF eight royal
octave pages. The paper Is in charge Of nm
" editorial committee" consisting Of four from
the male and four from the female department--
Messrs. I. W. Abraham, w. V. Spencer, w. A.
Mcintosh, j. A. Butler; and Misses Jane Cope,
+. r. Reppert, NJ. F. Stephenson, and M. j. Teihl
The contents are miscellaneous, furnished by the
pens and minds of the editorial committee and
other members Of the school, with communications
from friends abroad, and kindred /" offerings
from other schools in Ohio, Wisconsin, and other
Western States.
Literary contributions IRE one kind of school
offerings; the products Of science and Of art an
other OF the latter, thousands upon thousands
have already been made, which are only the pre-
cursors Of hundreds Of thousands soon to follow.
Offerings of fossil specimens are proposed by the
Wellsville pupils in exchange for strontian, gyp-
sum and other minerals in Sandusky. In offer
ngs from the products Of science and skill, New
York schools stand first among the foremost.
Prom this source offerings have been as widely
scattered as the civilized globe, embracing some
regions not highly civilized. To them is due the
credit Of setting in motion ball destined to en-
circle our globe in numberless directions, gather
ing fruits wherever it goes With the young
hands Of the Empire City those of our National
City are already united. From the latter offer
ings TO science and to patriotism, in large guam
tity and considerable variety, have already been
made; simply, however, as indications Of
abundant harvest yet TO come. With the strength
of these two great emporiums, commercial and
national, not only other large cities, but small
villages, indeed neighborhoods and separate fam
ilies will unite their energies for the cause Of
science, of patriotism, and of common humanity.
The opening Of spring is the time to commence
preparations for "AgRIouLTuRAL AND MEcHAs-
Ics' FANS" in the fall. To these exhibitions
offerings large, rich and various will certainly be
made, not only by the school Of Wellsville and
numerous schools in Ohio, but by those in Wis
consin and the whole West, uniting Of course
with those Of Maine and all down East. II.