Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-02-19

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best best possible education 81 those ] to whom
VI SSSa ts N eof iearnihc and nanoraii,
ty are intrusted, can Be established and sust
tainedY --l--
some e1neoiEaeculeatsbas already been
dvep ,that this can beldoue.r I'll viii Is rel
mep1bered ibat prevlcus'to To- our Iast annual
meetings an. M offer ,oi. greata liberalitp was
made by Mr.. Cyrus li'e'Neely; ;of, Hopedale,
HaTriscan, a e county, {. 4. to,tEe AssociatiOn
| Cor the.purpose .oflesta abIishinr ~ ieass one
| Normal School. Buildings. land, and. ap-
Eparatus; To- tie, value of ,ten. thousand @ dol
! lars and upwards were offered, 10, the Asso-
leiation on condition. that an. equal, sum
should Be raised by the Association ii. ths
Ibsne6to Of such Normal School as the
profession might think, proper to organize.
That Offer, is still made to your, committee,
with the further privilege of five or more
years to raise the required amount 10 meet
the donation Of Mr.. McNeely., ! sdi soc
i Without having asked any subscriptions
| for this purpose. It is believed BY your com
mittee that the amount necessary might be
made up exclusively among The teachers
|, of the State, within the time required, il
not much soonerao,s ,'..,.,.s~a ~, .~,...
| # 50, the Association would need only
to provide for current expenses, The. build
tings and apparatus being nearly new. ,o,r
/, It is believed chat the salary 81, q compes
tent Principal might nearly or quite be
met from the tuition Of pupils, and that an
annual or. semiianpual, assessment Of ten
per cent, upon tenor fifteen thousand dol
liars, which might be pledged as stock for
that purpose would for the present meet
other salaries and contingent expenses.
L PLAN on ORsANIzAIoN.-This is q topic
iof very great importance, and one which
needs the most careful copsideratiop, In
deed. the. usefulness Of the proposed insti-
lttiop, 50, far as, relates to the professional
training, must depend upon, the general
plan upon, which the school is organized, -
Your committee respectfully submit that
| the whole course Of instruction ought to be
so arranged as 10 unite thorough academic
instruction with that Of Q strict professional
character; in other words, that while
sciences are most thoroughly X and, critically
studied, that the, best possible methods,
lboth Of learning and teaching these sciences
should invariably form part of the course
of instruction and, discipline in the institu-
ton. In connection with careful and, crit
ical reviews Of all the, elementary studies of
children, the best method Of, presenting all
! these subjects should receive the most
assiduous attention, "A ma viaa agil.ga.
Let NOT, the objection be urged that such
q union, Of studies and instruction has never
Iyet been been practically yscarried, out. Let
II rather be remembered, that while it is
our duty to collect from every possible
source Information and wisdom relating to
our profession, 1t IS no part of, our purpose
or our duty 70 adopt exactly and entirely
the methods and plans OF any existing in
stituton. j. Indeed, il, is believed to be one
of the advantages OF conducting a ,profes-
sional school OF this kind exclusively by
practical teachers, that it may be made sta
Bile enoughs TO. carry ont commercially, and
perseyerlngly. the most liberal plane and
measures, and yet flexible enough to adopt
promptly whatever The experience Of thou
sands Of teachers Of our State may unitt
I'm pronounclng improvements, in the labor
q m ips!ruction, y icti ss, ,r.,,,rp Mr.,
icy y noe ior 'noment DC supposed Ia t9at
.nis measure ..a mas 9een advocated VOC aes IN TINS
fIepon wi'nou,a a Iuii knowledge Of me iac. g.
Inat tne estapiishment OF such q school VIII
cost mpch anxiety. many personal sacrlh-
ces, ana prooanly many unmerltcd re-
proaehs 9 70 those who from time to time
are e.. eharged, {, with win ITS managemenlt, 10
carry forward this great enterprise, some
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