The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-10-05
" Let there be LIght.v

there be light" and man in all ages of
the world has echoed the sentiment, "Let
there be light"
Inventive genius has ever been search
ing for more light. Light is called for to
r,snctrate the dark mysteries of nature, to
bring up from deep and dark recesses
some truth that will bless and ennoble
mankind. Steam, magnetism, electrici-
", wind and water, through light, that
deep thought and unwearied perseverance
has brought to the service of mind, have
become tame and useful servants Of man,
and indispensable to his comfort and pro-
gross in the arts of civilization. And
men of comprehensive minds and liberal,
whole-souled benevolence are not lacking
in their exertions to invent ways and
means that light more abundant and
more useful may yet bless the world
Primary schools, academies and col
leges invite within their portals youth of
both sexes who pant for that wisdom that
is profitable to direct, and which lays the
sure foundation for future honor and use
fitness.
A bright day is dawning upon the ed
- 6 holn
State. Our last Legislature in its zeal
TO place our State upon footing equal
to that of any other in the sisterhood, so
far rs the education of her sons and
daughters is concerned, made provisions
sufficiently broad and ample, to enable
every one within her borders to attend al
least the primary school, and to receive
instruction from teachers, not those i'm
perfectly educated and little qualified for
the high and important position, but from
those who are thoroughly familiar with
their duties in all respects as teachers, and
who love TO give the tender twig of the
mind that will incline it rightly, when
called upon to give guidance and counsel
to the man. And il is indeed cheering &c
the mind of large philanthropy, to witness
the cagerness with which our good citi
zens embrace the liberty granted then
| by our legislators, to extend the area o
knowledge and bring it, with all its bless
ed influence to the door Of the humbles
E cottoger, and bid it enter TO cheer onc
e enlighten.
! The universal cry seems TO be, notwith
. : standing the apparent scarcity of th'
means to effect t-lct there be light. ]
our larders and wardrobes are less abund
S antly supplied, means shall not be want
ing TO insure the rapid and permanent in
teIlectual growth of ourchildren. Knowl
edge shall be free. Nobly have the cit
: liens of the Valley come up to the grea
work. SO far as we have been able L
E gain information, the voice of almost ev
: cry school district rs expressed at the an
J. nual meeting just passed, has been, ale
= us have a free school; lot us do ava
q with the odious Rate Bill, and say TO al
I, come to the common school; VIC will pro
e vide good and efficient teachers, fuel an
. necessary school apparatus, without mon
ey and without price to the INDECENT; W
n will voluntarily tax ourselves that our ow
l. children and those of our neighbors ma
be instructed and trained for some usefu
). vocation in life, instead of wandering id
l. about our streets, and calling at thos
&c haunts of vice and incompetence wher
they arc led to take the incipient steps
"a the prison, the gallows and the felon'
e doom. We can far easier pay for the &c
l. ucation of children and youth at the pr
/, mary school than to support them in on
county jails and States prison when ignC
;, rance and vice shall have made them,
k after life, fit inmates of those gloomy an
If revolving abodes."
i The citizens of our own village, as we
{ as of those of other places adjacent TO u
1t are determined to have a free school SEE
ond to none in the Grand River VALLEY
9. in its efficiency aud usefulness. Som
l. eleven hundred dollars, to be raised upo
ST the taxable property of tho district, {
= carry out the noble plan have been vote
{. by the citizens of our village, and we hop
I'd to see no child or youth wandering abou
IS our streets, during the coming year, seel
~ ing some idle, if not vicious amusemer
r. to pass away time that hangs so heavil