Eastern times., 1855-03-08

Visit to a Georgetown School.

Visit to Georgetown School.
Something has already been said in the col
umns of one of the papers of this city about
school in Georgetown, taught by Mr.. j. b.
Crawford, in the district in which Moses
Riggs, Esq. resides. We think the efforts
of parents and teacher to promote the educa-
tion and welfare of the children of this district
have been such as deserve the notice of people
of other districts and other towns. :
In visiting this school and observing its
good condition and the interest of all the peo-
pie of the district, the question readily and
very naturally arose, why cannot the other
districts Of the town have as good a school
as thisl Why cannot the other three thous-
and or more schools of the State be in as good
a condition and be as well conducted as this !,
see only one difficulty in the way to prevent
it: let the people of every portion OF the
State take as deep an interest in their respec-
tive schools, and they will soon be able to
bring them to the same and even a higher
standard of excellence
wish could present this matter of edu-
cati0 and the importance of good schools, in
such manner as to awaken the attention and
Ihnite the hearty cooperation of every parent
in our State in this great cause. What is
there that we all as parents, have deeper in
terest in (or ought TO have) than the religious,
moral and intellectual education of our chill
dren and the rising generation And yet it
may well be asked, do parents do their duty!
When they do this, faithfully and conscien-
tiously, we shall see different state of things,
from what we do at present.
We were interested in hearing Mr.. Riggs
detail some matters in relation to the history
of the manner in which their school in George
town was brought to its present condition, and
the people were led to take their present ac-
tive and energetic interest in ii. He told US
that a few years ago, everything was in very
bad condition. The school house was out of
order; it was used for bad purposes and no
interest existed in relation to the school. At
last things were in such condition that the
people began TO hold meetings to consider
what had better be done Mr.. Riggs told
them he should have as little to do with the
school as possible, as long as things were
managed as they had previously been for some
years but if others were ready to unite heart
and hand in the work of improvement, he was
ready to do all in his powerto aid them This
brought matters to a crisis. They imme4i-
ately provided themselves with good house,
took care of it and soon were successful in
finding D good teacher; and, steadily from
that time to this, the school has been improv-
ing, until now, few the schools of any of our
country towns in the State can be found TO
equal ii. 1t seems to me that this is an ex-
ample worthy to be commended 10 others
We see from this how much good may result
from few words of one man, spoken at the
right time and in the right manner. The
wise man says "a ,cord titly spoken is like dp-
pies Of gold in pictures Of silrer." We often
have occasion TO see this verified in the diff
lerent circumstances of life. Let no one sup
pose that because he is but an humble indi-
vidual, he can do nothing, and can exercise
no influence on the community around him.
Every individual has an influence for good or
for evil, and in the great account which we
shall all one day have TO give of our steward
ship, we shall not only be held responsible
!. for words and acts, but for the iltlltence
which we have exerted over those with whom
we have lived. Let US be careful, them un-
der all circumstances, to exert our individual
influence on the side of good. Let US never
be found warning against our schools, but,
where we see deficiencies, putting our shoul-
ders to the work of improvement. Let us be
ready to do all we can for the promotion of the
education Of our children, and we or they will
at last reap the reward. d.