Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-17
10 The Editor Of the American Organ !:

10 TIC 1UltOT VI Hte dWoF tSuH OIyeHs
DEAR sIR: Your kindness, upon former COCA.
sons, emboldens me to ask the insertion of brief
notice Of an examination Of one Of our Public
Schools, which had the pleasure to witness on
Friday last--the District School Of the Sd School
District, in charge Of Mr.. John Fill.
This gentleman had acquired honorable reputa-
ton in bis profession before he took charge Of this
Public School, and the progress and proficiency OF
his pupils, as exhibited on Friday, afforded the
most conclusive and gratifying evidence Of emf.
nent qualifications and conscientious, faithful, and
efficient discharge Of duty, upon the part OF the
teacher.
I congratulate the Board Of Trustees, and the
parents Of the pupils Of the Third District School,
upon their good fortune In securing the services OF
this accomplished, and highly successful teacher.
II may be deemed invidious, particularly 10 no.
tice any, where all acted their parts 20 well; but
cannot forbear to mention that l was most agree
ably surprised 10 find a class prepared 10 pass q
thorough and searching examination In geometry,
trigonometry, stcreometry, surveying, and algebra.
These sciences, ! had deemed far beyond the
sphere of instruction In the public schools. The
value and importance Of these sciences are meal
culable. These, for aiding mental development
and intellectual strength, stand first among all
studies. They are inductive and analytic. They
constitute a system Of close-thinking. We
call y said Horace Mann, In lecture delivered be-
fore an institute Of instruction in Massachusetts,
1--WE call those great inteIects which have accu-
racy and speed, the proper media, rapid combna-
tons and opposite examples; and whose words geo
metrically cover their ideas"
These qualities belong to mathematics; and in
this day Of internal improvements, railroads, ca
mails, and land-surveying, every American boy
should be raised in these sciences.
In conclusion, permit me, by way Of illustrating
the feeling which prompted this communication,
10 quote passage from an essay on teaching by q
gentleman who has done as much perhaps to cle-
yate the profession Of teaching as any other who
could be named.
~ HONOR said he, "the schoolmsster and the
schoolmistress. No higher Office on earth than
theirs and would labor at the top Of my strength
for years TO have them prepared as they wish to
be, and paid as they ought to be. No class In the
community Is sparingly paid, and Il s quite time
that the fertilizing dews Of some surplus revenue
should fall on these psrcbed fields. The public
schools are the peoples colleges; and their teach.
ers should be able professors and, as such, should
be generally supported while they are faithful, and
protected from want in old age" H.
LIReI REcrTprs OF WHEATON, the 18th IN
slant there were 100 cars loaded with wheat at
Chattanooga, Tenn and the depot there was
crammed TO it's utmost capacity. The Auanta In
telligenccr, Of the 18th, says
Two trains day arrive at Chattanooga, BY the
Nashville road, and II was estimated yesterday
that there we're stored in that town $4,000 bushels
of wheat exclusive Of that In store by our road
From Chattanooga down to Etowah, the depot'
are ali full TO bursting. The agent Of Calhoun
thinks that from this depot alone he will shir
1901 900 bushels during the season. To-day fivs
full trains win 20 down, and we suppose each cal
will contain 1870 sacks.
The rush Of this description Of freight has beer
unprecedented, caused, as We learn, by the offer
Of New York milers 10 give 81 % for all whea
delivered at depot by the 10th, and at Charles
ton aud Savannah by the 18th Of this month