Southern shield., 1853-06-18
OF PULASKI.

faction we have parneG tDa' sohle VI our most prominnt and influential cIt- izens are agitathg the subject of eta- cation. so muh as to talk of building . school-hose. We sincerely hope
 tat they vll act as well as talk; for
 thiAis thetime for action. The i'm
 portsncelof the general diffusion of
 knowltae is universally admitted.
 It is unsessary to speak of the inn
 portanceof education, since 1t is writ
 ten on aery page of our history, in
 letters ofiving light; and published to
 the worldly the low thunder of every
 railway, sd the snort of every steam
 engine, al the whistle of the wind
 amid the yires of every electric tele- graph. he voice of entombed centu-
 ries and te experience of the present
 day declas, with an unwavering assur-
 ance, its reat value. Its importance
 IS so potel, so notorious, that we will
 not insult he good sense of our read
 CTS by emrging upon it. We will,
 however, der a few thoughts upon the
 immediate,dvantages arising from the
 establishmnt of permanent High
 School in ur Town.
 And 1st It will exert an elevating
 and refnin. influence upon the man.
 ners and felings of our community.
 It is we'll established principle, that
 our minds and our feelings are enlar-
 ged and r6ned by associating with persons of Intelligence. Then as the es- tablishmentof a good high school would bring into ur midst many persons of accomplishnents-some to have their children edu,ated, and others to receive instruction themselves; so 1t will exert a powerful influence for good. The history Of al we'll ordered seminaries clearly shows that they are centers of influence, from which emanate princi- ples that elevate and polish society.
 Ssr@h s'fI institution will greatly increase the business of our town. It would bring into our midst a number of students, that would spend from one to two hundred dollars annually. And in addition to these actual expenditures they would increase our revenues bv their friends, that visited them, tradi with us. New sources of business would be thus opened, and many that now trade elsewhere, would deal with our merchants. Policy, then, clearly teaches us to establish good school.
 3. Such an institution would greatly enhance the value of our property. It would make our village far more disir- able as place of permanent residence than it is now. And every thing that increases the desirableness of place, enhances the value of its real estate. Men moving from the older States will give far more for property situated near a good school, than they will for the same kind and quality of property far removed from 1t. Some of our for mer citizens have sold their places and ,,;cmoyeo from our town, because we had no good sohhool-hoI1ses' ltls clear, from our own experience, tn"t the val ue of our real estate would be enhan- ced by establishing, in our town, permanent high school.
 i. And such an institution would put the means of education into the hands of many who must remain in ignorance and comparative obscuritv without 1t. It is desirable that all should be educated; for education sifts the talents of a country, and discovers the chiosest gifts of nature in the depths of solitude, and in the darkness of poverty,-for Providence often sets the greatest spirits in the lowest places; education searches everywhere for -alents; sitting among the gravel for the gold, holding up every pebble to 5he light, and seeing whether it be the 'efuse of Nature, or whether the hand of Art can give it brilliancy and price. We might make brilliant list of our American worthies who have been made ] men by our high schools, and who, without them, might have remained in ignorance. There may be in our midst noble and gener ous minded youths, without the means to educate themselves rom home, to whom our school would 'e of invaluable service. Many persons lre not able to send their children L,oJ Il I'll ..-