The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-31

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ONE WHO HAS SEEN THEM
For the Register
Mn. EDlroR.
In the last number Of your pa
paper noticed several advertisements
relating to Schools aud Academies
Teachers in different parts of the Stat,
employ your columns to inform the you'll
of Addison County, where they may fine
instruction suited to their circumstances
and wants. OF this we do not complain
They have perfect right so to do. We
commend them for their enterprise and
for their desire to promote the cause Of
sound learning. Still the fact is sig
nifcant one. and deserves little attcn.
ton. Is Addison County falling behind
her sister counties in the great work Of
education ? Do instructors at dis
tancc perceive our deficiencies, and there
fore offer us a helping hand ? No doubt
this is the case Old Addison once took
the lead in the work of Academic in.
struction, but of late, she has fallen
sadly in the rear. Our Academies have
been deserted, their doors closed, our
youth flock to institutions in other coun-
ties to obtain the instruction they desire
In the Spring, passing through the coun-
ty of Orange, took some pains to en-
quirc into the condition of their Acadc-
mics, aud with great pleasure and sur
prise, I learned that they were in high
ly Aourishing state, that their Halls werc
filed with pupils. Not less than one
Movsand youths of both sexes were at
tending the several literary institutions
of that county. On returning, was in
duccd to make some inquiries respecting
our own Academies, and to my sorrow |
asccrtained, shat the whole number of
pupils i'll them would not probably ex-
coed one hundred. VIII at contrast |
The population of Orange exceeds that
of Addison county only few thousands,
and yet the difference in Academic schol-
ars is as ten to one Is not this fact
rather humiliating?
We are most happy to learn, however,
that the friends of education in Old Ad-
olson arebeginning to bestir themselves.
Tho Female Seminary in this village
promises to be one of the very best
institutions in the State, and our Male
Academy is soon to open under the most
favorable auspices. From our knowl-
edge of the gentlemen, who are announc-
ed as instructors, we are confident that
young men in our county will find
no better facilities for thorough, system
attic instruction. As an instructor in
in tho classics, Mr.. Bascom has few
superiois. Young men preparing for
College will find his instructions all that
can be desired.
But Mddlebury does not monopolizc
the education of the county. There are
institutions in other towns, well deserving
the patronage of our youth. Mr.. Allen
continues his Academy believe, in Yer
genncs. He is one of our oldest and
most successful teachers. The citizens
of Shoreham, with commendable zeal and
libcrality, have revived their institution
and placed it under the instruction Of
a gentleman well qualified for that i'm
portant station Mr.. Haven is super
ior scholar, and an experienced and sues
cessful teacher. We shall be much dis
appointed if Newton Academy, under his
direction, docs not take high rank a.
mong our Academic institutions.-With
such prospects and facilities for instruc-
ton, our young men and maidens need
not go beyond the limits of the county.
We trust that the time is not distant,
when Addison will occupy its former
commanding position among sister coun.
ties, in promoting the educational inter
est of our State, MAGrsTER