Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-04
.,,Msf the GRANT CO.TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
iiTID PARSONS. IF Tafton, Editor.
For the Teachers Column.
Education in Grant County.

n portion OF obr growing state, o.
In, population, can boast of create
national advantages then Grant Co.
s,dv we have fve Academies, four in
.ssfuI operation, ane one in course o
lion. with able Professors and efficient
ahers; and enjoying patronage which
sresks tL.ir future triumph. Plattevil,t
III. honor If founding the first Acade
IN cur part Of the state, end its unpar
.,d success during the period Of 81,
.,s and more, is most gratifying to its
npders and patrons, and an earnest of It's
ahmed proserity. To students seeking
eUaratiou for public teaching, or to en-
4 College, Plattevilla Academy offers
any inducements; and / am informe'!
IS the fixtures and apparatus, fer illustla
ng the various Sciences of our day. LII
.trenee TO Tafton Seminary, my iDforna
5u IS limited; but being acquainted with
/ locality, with some of its principal cit
lns of their wealth and generosity; and
IL interest which many Of them have ex
lifted in the past,in all KINGS of improve
-.nts, | am led to think it cannot fail to
lnmplish the great end which such insti-
iiions efer keep in view; 1t is situated
ID delightful and rich farttilng and min
al district, ahd has a population sufficient
warrant 1t success. For it's support, II
IN call 10 its aid Patch Grove, Beetown,
IH1lylle and Cassville, five growing VII
lges, aud blest with almost any nuinbe'
lfnteIligeut and aspiring youth. deem
be cilizrns OF Tafton, fortunate in secur
BY The services of Prof. Parsons and La
b; and with excelsior for their motto
hey see befo:e them generation WHO are
1t ySng up to call them blessed. Ian
&ter has al last arisen from the dead, hel
iii being come, and the glory of 'he LORD
wig arisen upon her. 1t has been tho
hat the citizens Of ohr County seat have
@G Title difat0'y in the matter Of III
l@&an; but it is my opinion that then
sslqm has been the b-tler part OF valot
TO eommuaity should en@age ia an en-
arse Of sch nlomcnt, without fist sit
gs down and codating lie cos'. Lar
Htr NAV have sat and toa;!te-. tic cost
Ae ind sment Of some, quite too long
uf 81. h has been the case, (Which | All
at willing to admit she will redeem her
| fin a future zeal which will quite aston
ID all the lovers of Science. The prime
mover in the Lancaster Academy, Itak
bile live Yankee, from the land Of white
ak cheese and wooden nutmegs; and wh'
yer knew q live Yankee fail in an,
|aterprse' much less ole Of general utihtL,,
q the human race. And who would tasl
Inkee or not, IN a place blest with SOM
4 the most remarkable, and eccentri
|hancterS in the worla2 -
Mount Hope Seminary will soon be lift
ag lis gray summit into mid heavens, ant
NIB its present encouragemeni$i re ar
dto think the time is not far refnot
'hcu it will take an elevated position viii
is sister Institutions, IN the great and ex
ansive West. We pass to notice the las
aaitutoh Of learning IN our midsti loca
Nd at the quiet village of Hazel Green
But about two years have passed since th
Fople of the southern part of Our terfitor.
sgan 10 awake, to the Importance of dc
ag something more than had been done
. our present and rising population
Trough the agency of Jefferson Crawford
~, and other citizens, the services c
hOiessors Loughran and Miller were sc
ared and such Inducements held out,as I
courage them TO enter on the great an
stsacrlficing mission. For the want of
Doe suitable edifice, Crawford's capaciou
dal was fitted up and rendered the Pro
hsOrs, until Providence should open tn
hy for the erection of more suitabl
Aildiug. At the first session of th
'hool, over so students were in attend
lacp; and various branches of science wei
aOgh,, from the English rudiments up
De higher Classics during the second an
eOsequent terms; about the same nun
III have been 10 attendance, and at th
.nlous examinations which have take
rase in the school, students htve demon
Mated to large audience present, thu
icy had not only been drilled by thoroug
'es'hers, bu: that their instruction was I
nature to benefit, and qualify them #
lids Of future usefulness. During th
ae&ure Of the times, there has been ia
SSs OF, yet at present the school is larg
.se Institution Is in want of the followin
buttons, LIST. Building, costing at lea:
va thousand dollars, in secluded part {
ssS and constructed with advantage
:, teachers and Students. This want ca
- = ought to be met forthwith. There al
.a lens among us abundantly able, if Go
~ ny out give them the heart to work.
/ ,Ss H. q ,. means had better give one third I
a. ~ ,ney possess, than to have an institl
q m - ours hampered, or be left to e,
,s.s ~ The want of interest. What
d ;sas compared to the improvement {
4 Il s s,sllect aud hearth Money, re cal
WY With US beyond the grave; an