The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-06-07

National Popular Education soeieiv.
The anniversary of the Boston branch
of the National Society for Populrr Ed.
ucation at the West, was held in Ire.
mont Temple Tuesday morning, Hon.
Thomas s. Williams of Hartford in the
chair The services were opened with
prayer, after which hymn was sung by
the congregation
Gov. Slade, the efficient agent Of the
Society then briefly addressed the meet
ing. lie stated that during the last seven
and half years the Society has sent
out $40 teachers aud the Boston La
dies Society, with which this ono has
been recently united has sent out 100
in all 40 Of the $40 sent out bv the
National Society. 05 were sent to In.
diana and 81 to Illinois Of tho teach.
ers, 95 were from Massachusetts,. "a
from Vermont and IS from New York.
1t has been the great object Of the So.
cioty to seud these teachers to the most
destitute places-the places where their
services are most needed, and tic result
is that most Of them have been sent to
the West The seed is being sown broad.
cast over the great field of the West,
and though its fruits may not appear in
our day, they are none the less certain.
The society's labors are among children.
The teachers who are to he sent forth
arc gathered together for a period of six
weeks, every year. in Hartford, to under
60 course of tuition to 81 them for the
duties Of their mission. The teachers
are all women, and they do a work which
no others can do so well Their presence,
and influence too, often has the effect of
turning the attention of Western women
to the Importance of teaching, and it in.
fuses and spreads Christian spirit
wherever they come in contact. The de-
mand for teachers in the West. lie SAID,
is continually increasing and it is to bo
regretted that the supply does not pro.
portionally augment. Both teachers
and funds are wanted
At the conclusion Of Gov. Shades in
tercsting exposition of the general af.
fairs and condition Of the Association.
the Hon. Judge Kelley of Philadelphia,
addressed the Society. His remarks
were deeply interesting lie alluded to
the great objects of the Association, tho
education of the young, and referred to
his own experience as Judge of the Phil
adelp hia Court Of Common Pleas, as
affor1ing ample evidence of the bcnef-
cial influence exerted by female teachers
among the young. He spoke of the
great West-of the valley of the Mis-
sissippi--a land capable of sustaining
more than hundred millions of people.
How important that the future men and
women Of this great valley should be
educated. To educate them is one Of
the great objects of this Society, ana no
agency is so well fitted for carrying out
SO noble an object as this Shall tho
people Of the Mississippi valley be
Catholic people, or shall their education
be fashioned in another manner Shall
the Pacific shores of America be laud
Of Christianity, or shall Confucius be
the teacher of the land Shall Nor
monism reign in Utah, OF shall the doc
trines Of true Christianity and morality
be inculcated there by teachers sent out
from the East-sent out there by socie.
ties like this National Society for Popu-
lar Education
At the conclusion Of Judge Kcllcy's
eloquent address, the services of the oc-
ca on were closed BY singing the Doxol.
ogy,