The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-02-13

christians, members Of Mddlebury Col
lege and experienced teachers, are now
selling maps in the West, because they
refused to instruct for as small compon-
sation. as secured teachers, who have
proved themselves destitute of tho re-
quisite qualifications for their duty Mig
gardliness in this respect is blight-a
mildew in this department. Parents, to
save few dollars. employ teachers. who
cannot always spell the namo of theft
grandfather, who viii employ only
finished workmen either as farmers or
mechanics. They must have masters to
cultivate the soil and shape the iron and
wood, but they commit the important
work of disciplining and enlightcning the
minds of their children, to those. who
have no more mental discipline than a
marble statue and who are about as ca.
pablo of teaching them az they arc of
coming gold They will lavish their
treasure upon any scheme that promises
accumulation, and yet stint to dwarfagc
the minds Of their own offspring
3. Here is an example Of the marre1-
iouS Indifference to the hor0uSh edUca.
ton ofthe rising generation. The con-
tinuance of such novice in school an
hour after his deficiencies were discover
ed. is an outrage ii parents should act
with promptness,in protecting their chill
dren from impending evils, they should
in case like this And yet, how many
Of our schools are continued only by suf-
ferance How large proportion ofthe
5000 900 expended for the education Of
our 100000 children is thrown away or
worse What criminal waste What
cruel neglect
6 Our com mon school system as all
chaos, and " ddrkHeSS rests on the face
Of Tie deep." No state or county super
intcndent Being an exception in this
respect to any other state or territory in
the U. s and to the colonies on the
north To a very lin extent a good
town superintendency;in many cases none
in others worse than none an IN com
Iaratively few towns bolrd of the right
description, faithfully and thoroughly
dischargirg the responsibilities .oontem-
plated by this Office. Some who are APP
pointed are almost. if not quite. as desti-
tute of correct knowledge Of the Eng
fish language. as our master. l know
one, who in prayer speaks Of departed
saints as singing the anthems of the 81
MJriouS choir. He seems not to know
the difference between celestial and So
| MJriouS. Just as learned as another
good man once knew, who was aecus
toned in every prayer to pray most de
voutlv, that the Lord would smile per
miscuously upon us
So much of the system Icing without
law or order, what can be said of the re
suits Doubtless the full disclosure .
others. would make the heart Of any phi
lanthropst in the state faint within him
The writer can give other chapters Incl
dcntaly read. What man of careful OBJ
servation cannot do the samc2
These are great matters more por
tentous. than the invasion of our borders
by foreign foe: no less to be deplorcC
in their tendency and results, than the
despotism of American Slavery, OF which
we all have such Just adherence. Wha
is more direful in its issues than ignor
ance and its comcomitants.
But ignorance is not all. Sovera
sci oil teachers, in this town, are reputct
lrofano swcarors. and several of then
are repor ted to swear at their scholar
in school I should be gratifcd tt
know how many such examples exist il
! Vermont OBSERVER.