The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-01
ource and in a wrong way.
The school Law

essary provisions, but has lew -of -,lmpor-
tance, ihai are valuable and ,ha, are also
iew and involve an improvement Al
lIownship direction Of Schools, rightly or,
ganizsd, with a common responsibility,
would bo an improvement, as likely from
an enlarged constituency 10 cali forth
Higher qualifications ii The Directory
chosen, but a Township Directory made
up ofpelsons Irresponsible TO the great
bodyiof The citizens Of The various sub
districts lobe affected, cannot, and. we
think, ought not, 10 work we'll and har
| moniously. This system, will give o
loose to ignorant and stupid interference
and con,rolin too many instances; will
generate quarreIs, the more angry be-
cause there will be no common tribunal
found competent TO their settlement; and
must prouike antagonisms balweeh the
HollouS vi IlFdl 5uU-ulsulCts3 GlHWSHuy
hur;ful to education, and the progress of
intelligent instruction. This part ofathe
law appears 10 be drawn up, with little
minded dis:rust Of The popular sense,
dsctedtable 10 The Democratic majority
| in The General Assembly, that permitted
|such provision 10 become law. snd is
not be excused by that blundering
Indifference in Legislation which has llith.
erto marked and secured the repeal or
modification Of yearly school enaclmea,s.
This law admits that the least populated
and least intelligent sub.district hold
equal power with the largest and most
intelligent; and that aminurity in a Town!
ship may control and decide what books
and what studies shall be used in the
sehools Of the majority, whether they
prefer them or moi, and tho they may
: be opposed 10 their Introduction and use.
Such an arrangement and distribution Of
power must be unsuccessful, as ii is
clearly anli>republican in its spirit and
design, and hostile 10 popular Influence
and control. LA ,ay,,sa T.n,,f
The appointment Of State Common
! School Commission er is we'll enough,
butgiving him the power to purchase
The books and school apparatus for ,he
whole State, will ultimately prove an
odious political job, destructive 10 inde-
pendence Of thought and. action, and
Iprejudicial to the interests Of education.
This influence on The popular mind is
too extensive, too dangerous, and TOO
capable OF abuse 10 be safely entrusted
in The hands of any single individual. In
New York the school districts determine
these matters severslly for themselves,
which is, in our view much more suila.
BILE, wise and republican arrangement.
What it lacks in an undesirable uniformi.
iy, il will gain in the encouragement o.
independent action. gat 70 vas l,a.
The principle Of making the subdi
reclors responsible TO an action at law
, for the performance of duties for which
r they receive no compensation, is part and
parcel of The tyrahnical provisions Of thil
most III ll.digesIed and arbitrary law,
and will either berepealed or prove o
no force in practice. .....
There are several good provisions in
the law moi hitherto in pracuce in Ohio
but sometimes injured in the manner oI
their carrying out. Among which, the
appointment OF school examiners by the
Probate Court, and their mode OF pay
menl is decided improvement, as is the
enlarged amount raised for the educa.
ton of The children Of the Stale. 7jl
d We inert brief synopsis OF the law,
femarking that there isan additional good
feature in 1.-THE repeal Of all preceding
laws: ID ea i h 80 as lH
SECTION J.. Provides that every town.
ship shall constitute but one school dis
:rci, except in cases of cities
and Incorporated villages, and also for
the establishment Of sub>dislricis in
each. ..S eU..f 3tt,H. sI
Sec. g. Provides for the election Of
three Directors in every sub b-district,
holding office respectively for three, two
and one year, according TO their number
, of vo,es-such election to take place on
the second Monday Of April next.
8 Sec. 6. Empowers these Directors
; 10 employ teachers, cuntrolthe affairs of
the schools, and visit them at loas, twice
each term. ea
) Sec. 8. Requires the suh.disrici Drec-
tors to take an annual censusofal children
between the ages of five and twenty.one
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