The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-08-18

MI Edator Wishing to get an ex
preston from the citizens within the
Union School District of Ashland on
the propriety of separating the Primary
classes from those more advanced in ed,
ucation, by erecting two or three School
Houses in different parts of the town,
exclusively for the younger scholars, l
beg leave, through your paper to present
a few of the reasons why such a course
should be adopted.
LIST. We are compelled under the pres
ent arrangement to crowd too many
scholars indiscriminately into the Pri.
mary Department-thereby rendering
it unhealthy, and subjectiDg the whole
School aud town liable to be affected
with any contagious diseases that may
be generated in our midst-wbilst by
having separate houses these difficulties
might be obviated.
I'd 1t is impossible, under the pres.
ent arrangement, for the Superintendent
to give that attention and direction to
the Primary scholars without neglccting
the higher classes that might be given,
were they separated, and good com
petent teachers employed as by sepa-
rating the scholars each school would
have a pride to excel each other, and
tho higher classes would by that means
have more facilities afforded them to OBJ
tain a finished education here without
The necessity of parents being to the ex-
pense and trouble of sending their chill
dren elsewhere to finish their education.
Sd. Another objection to the present
arrangement is, that the smaller scholars
are compelled to- ming.e during recess
hours with those who are larger'and full
of t.. ticks and mischief, thereby bccom-
ing early educated info all the bad tricks
of many larger scholars.
4th. It's impossible. under the pres
ent arrangement to separate even the
larger scholars male and female, while
out of doors, which renders it very un
pleasant; and might be changed under
the other plan.
5. Should this course be adopted, the
present buildings would be amply large
to complete the educational interests OF
all our larger sch GLARS, and we would be
euabled to invite scholars from abroad,
who would, L think, spend enough mo-
ney in our midst to amply recompense
all tax payers for their money. beside
giving character to our town. When
we look around at our sister fowls, we
see them thriving in proportion to the
attention they pay to their educational
interests. Many of them are only made
prosperous by their schools, and yet have
not one half the facilities naturally, that
we possess in and around Ashland.
These are some of tie reasons I offer
for the change, and hope our citizens
will look at this matter carefully, and
should a majority concur with me in
these views, 1 should like to see the
question put to the test this fall and
after mature reflection, 1 have no doubt
nearly all will agree that our present
arrangements are bad and Intellectual.
Should any one have any ether plan to
offer than the one proposed by me, L
should be glad to hear from him
through the press, that we may all have
time to reflect as to the best method of
correcting our present difficulties and
should a majority decide that we are to
continue the present arrangement, OF
course l cheerfully acquiesce.
d. S. SAMPSEL.
Ashland, Aug. II, 1858.