The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-03-15
or the Iowa Transcript.
lDGE, Jan. %, 1860.



lDGE, Jan. %, 1860.
hitch aimed at plover,
& its owner over
ASSURE, that l End com.
the late Numbers Of the
the subject Of education /;
. more grati6ed at their ap.
Tom the fact, that have rea
lieve that they are the produc.
Of teachers, who, above all others,
ason Of their profession, ought to
q deep and liycl y interest in every
ne that pertains 10 this subject.
But while thus expressing my gratii.
eation at the interesttakcn, which prompts
! to action, | must also be allowed the
privilege Of giving expression TO my
opinions concerning the course taken by
the author Of the article in the last iss e
Of the !" Transcript purporting to be
troMthe pen Of G. j. Rhodes. From
that article | dissent in spirit, style, and
composition; from its spirit, because
there is disposition shown to bruit
abroad the errors Of the author, whom
he attempts to criticise; from its style,
because it IS inelegant and incorrect
and from his composition, because it is
ungramma,ical.
do not think it advisable, while one
is cndeavoring, BY means Of a well timed
and necessary communication, to draw
the attention Of parents to an i'm porta /
matter in connection with the welfare OF
their children, that another, Who is pro-
iessedly friend to such movement,
should be throwing obstacles in the way
thus preventing the good which might
otherwise be effected; and yet such is
the relation that Mr.. Rs article, sus
tains to that Of }. Nc, which appeared
in former nun Der Of the g transcript, y
wherein he urges the necessity, and
propricty Of parents visiting their
schools. Ther.upon Mr.. r. prepares
an article, Ia which he contrasts Mes
coed intentions, with his composition
endeavoring to render the former odious
and inert, by exposing and holding W
to contempt the errors Of the latter -
Such may not have been his intention
and if not, he has the opportunity t.
enter his disclaimer, and thus to llmi
ted extent repair damages.
1t is not my intention in this article
to enter upon either defense or crit
cism Of Mes com IL nication, as the latte,
has been attempted by Mr.. r., and the
fermer | leave to Nc, himself, hoping
that he may be equal to the task.
would however advise him to ere write
his article himself, if it has to be done
and to not, by any means, let its revis-
ion fall into tho hands Of Mr.. r., be
cause if it should, pied type" would
bear no kind Of comparison with it for
confusion and disorder.
When any person undertakes the task
Of correcting the errors Of others, he
should be very careful to not fall into
similar ones himself; because I pers IN
only renders himself ridiculous, and ex
poses himself to attack from al quarters,
when he voluntarily assumes the Office
sf censor, and then fails.
| My special purpose now is to pay my
compliments, by way Of criticism, to
Mr.. Rs, production previously referred
to. feel perfectly justi6a5le in doing
50, as consider that he has challenged
criticism by the course be has, hinaseli
pursued.
First; 1 invite the attention Of my
| readers to the third sentence in the Sec
ond paragraph. It strikes mo quite for.
chilly that the style Of this sentence
would be much better ii the quotation
ty0unq ideas" was omitted because then
tho last pronoun "their" and the prepo
sition cot" could both be dispensed
with-whick would make the sentence
less verbose, as we'll as more elegant and
forcible. But admit the quotation, and
still the sentence as punctua,ed makes
the moan teacher" the only object af
ter the transitive verb make, and the
xxn.d.. q :1ln.an ox.d q ah;ld.ox, J, 4, :.