Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-08-03
Ellsworth, Friday Aug. 8, 1855.
rar.DIsTRICT SCHOOLS.

inns from the COMMITTEE, with fteet"-
nenlation to the Agent TO make no
change oi teachers. We are glad that
We are able ,,,recoid this iact--gsad on
account oil the chitlren- g lad for The
common school institution clad because
i l,as happened under Native Amerl-
,.,3, administration OF town and district
aaans
The decided iawnvementswh'ca have
thu. far been manifest in oar Tree schools,
s,pok volumes in favor Of The policy oi
Na,iye Americans. Facts are worth
more ,heor,e,, ants ,ne 'ac' like The one
h.re recorded, is of more value than all
the pr1,ins Of Jack Catholics about the
,,i.efaii,v. pet secu,,o,,, and prescription
# the American party which has been
rtHei,. in Ellsworth ever snce the at
tempt Of Bapst to control our schools
nd bnn.h ,hercfiom the Holy Bible
Ia vain NAV cfuakng poIi.tcians preach
sympathy for the papls's as an evidence
81 cf,risturn charity :, or the extension OF
human slavery rs evidence OF phtanlhro'
nv ar Tree trade in rum as efstence OF
l,beral,v or the banishing of the Bible
fam s.-so. 4 Do evidence OF true Godli.
ness or tie hosting ni the British flag
~, the fourth OF Iuly as an evidence OF
their patriutis,.r Such dogmas have not
even the reco,nme notation OF beng good
IN theory =; while IN practice they are
sl,amefu! and lsgraceful. Such code
OF lpA.cy IS not intended as an appeal to
ra,lonal. ,hiaking men, bat Intended only
10 ca CHI the votes of ignorant PaP.stS.
For years pas, !. has been universal
complaint that the village schools OF
Ellsworth have been almost vaiueless.-
Teachers, pupils and parents have alike
been discouraged aud at length, as will
be seen by their last annual report, the
Committee became discouraged. Reform
was loudly called Tor on all sides. yet no
one had the courage TO lead oil IN work
OF So much Importance.
Last Spring, at the weekly meetings
of HE Native Americans OF Ellsworth,
for many weeks before town meeting, the
subject Of our common schools was he
subject of discussion anl most ANXIOUS
ennairv. The sum tota, Of all other
TOPICS, town officers and all, did not oc.
cupy half so mnch time as did tins one
-1es,on. THIS is the first time that we
bave ever l,nswn political party TO take
81 deep an interest in the education oil
the Young, although all mtrst admit that
1t is something which has been hitherto
sadly neglected by al political PARTIES
Sath are sample Of the Iabors OF the
secret conclave," which the enemy
charges with meeting at the dead hours
of The nj .hi TO conspire against the gov
efnineni." Call it conspiracy II you
WIN. we care no more for the name than
We do for Know Nothing or Hludoo--
God grant We NAV always have an alum
dance OF p,st sseh conspiracy, until every
Youth M our land shall become educated,
We like such conspiracy better tina, we
do the raising Of a British flag on the
"surous four,h,'
But the time has been so short since
The American,pativ e this town ,ook the
eomrno.< schools ia hand, that It may as
vc, be regarded as an experiment. Very
well, call It ala experiment # you please;
has proved successful thus lar, and We
see no reason why II snouid-not CONTINUE.
The examino,i"ss of the schools proved
that the teachers had been laying a good
f,an,la,ios aud maLirs thorough work as
lar as they had gone. In the select
svhool, taught by Mr.. Halves, true blue
AMERICAN, the Committee, lin all the
schools they conducted the examinations
themselves, travelling over the whole
lr,nnd, instead Of permitting the teach
er to lead the pupils on certain well beat
en- paiAs. took occasion to remark par
,icularly upon the grea, number OF good
Seaders, a-prrt of education which we
are sorry to say is almost universally
u'.leeied. In Mathematics, Ii o, we un-
..ersiand thai Mr.. HIS classes stood the
test oi mos, critical examination by Mr..
hnapen, than whom there is probrbly no
better Mathematician in New England
One mre important fact might here
be alluded 10 in Mr.. HIVES school,
during the term OF twelve weeks, the
dali attendance KEEP. up to about sixty,
wiih6af an, decrease or falling off. This
proved that the interest was kept up
ssaol,s the scholars, and accounts for the
exx.etient synainatipu winch they passed.