Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

Visitors OF the State Military Academies. which
arc hourishing rs ever. Their order and disci-
pline are exemplary. The graduating class oi
this vear, consisting OF twenty turns out to
society, in its variulis callings, young men who.
as heretofore by their capability and willingness
to be useful, will do credit To their training,
and to the State whose patronage they have
shared.
FREE S,.noul.S.-The Free Schools are doing
NOR, Good than they have hccm allowed credit
for. Wherever educated gentlemen of the conn-
,rY have generously interested themselves i'll tie
subject and with commcndablc zeal and public
snirit have devoted portion of their energies
to the success of the schools, the law has opera;
tcJ well. As a basis for d. practical system. IT.
rarliur the character OF our population and the
Gconraplical pcculiaritics Of the State, have
not been able to arrange one more satisfactory.
Ic, lis provisions, with some amendment, hc
faithfully and iudiciously executed, with consd.
Grafton ior thosc chiefly interested, and it will
discover itself to our community Il system al
once available, useful and credilablc, inviting
and rcwarling the services of qualified teachers,
q supuly of whom cannot be too early provided
for. The excellent public school which has
been organized in Charleston by the Commits.
soners of ST. Philips and ST. Michael's will very
soon furnish Il number of young persons who,
it may be hoped, will do something towards III
Producing into other portions Of the State, the
benefits of the improved system under which
they have been trained. | recommend that pro.
vision be made for the establishment, without
delay. of one or more Normal Schools. ut which
the promsin. pupils from the schools below may
be further educated for the purpose, and trained
tho art of teaching. These arc admirable instI-
tutions, and il well managed. cannot fail to
send forth the yo,ln" people of the State into
hc business of life rs Witnesses Of their useful
ness. They arc rmiIlctly entitled TO the notice
of bcncvucnt and public spirited citizens of
| wealth. who may drSr" Ia render useful ia their
! kind. 4 pur;inn Of the surplus means with which
they have l"cn blessed. The lirSt Normal
School in America was founded on M Offering
OF SlN,OnD, ur the purpose. by Mr. Dwight, u
wealthy citizen Of Massachusetts. To which the
State added $l0,O00, and the thing was sonn
ACCOMPLISHED | have s,rn that school III sue
rcsstul operation, and free y give y"n my belief
that II State which prctcnds TO sustain Il general
system of public education should not remain i
yrar without school Of The kind for the rrgn-
lar supply Of competent and accustomed teach
crs II order to add effect Ia the system, by
furnishing the means for scll.rcgulation. ami
!,v which may bc impaired To iteIual usefulness
in every portion ur the State, recommend that
the several I,u,,rls of Commissioners of Free
Schools he authorized ly law to raise ,y ;Sscss=
mcnt ON the amount Of general taxes i'll their
rcspcctivc Election Districts, Il sum Of money
equal that appropriated by tn" State out OF the
public treasury TO he expended and accounted
ior in like manner. Whenever the funds can he
raised for the purpose think it would contrib.
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