Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-16
Advantages Of Union Schools.
BIZ j.. R.-pown THE pIKE.

IN oT schools.\ ADd the time Is fast APP
proaching " When that want will be Supplied
in some lsrm. But We do not agree with
IN bis plan Of making tow uship WILSON'S
Wetaink a county, small enough division-
and favor the ideu that one OF the Board
of Exuminers shou j be the Commissioner
He should have the highest qualiiic tons
and, should receive such compensation, as
will enable hin to give all his time and at
~tention to the schoois in the county. This
would secure more uniformity in our schools
which Is, very ydesirpble. IsQ1a .s1iI7af
"The great advantages POSSESSED by the
Union School system over the old District
system, have been so fully tested that amy
discu ssion VI the subject at this time can
hardly be deemed necessary. GOD lniH,I7
lst. 1t enlarges our hearts to erect mere
commodious sehool,bouses, procure more ELI
gible sites. and more ample Fairgrounds.
2. 1t provides increased facilities Tor pro.
curing teachers of a higher order of ednea-
ton and. greater experience. 0irl.s B.
3. 1t furnishes y more judicious and sys-
tematic course of study. better textbooks,
and a less frequent. change Of them, and
much better methods Of INSTRUCTION and dis
cipline. -fIi .Ds-- ,n-.1 lJ i-.f Ji
o A.. 1t furnishes greater facilities for ar
ranging the departments and classes accord
irg to the ages and aitainmepts OF the schol-
ars. and for adapting, with skill, the discip-
line Of the schOvl to the wants and capsci-
ties Of all ages. .i,W. -.,.. y@cij..y
3. Afforting increased facilities for form
lug in the pupils habits Of diligence and men,
tai discipline, resulting from the steady snd
uniform progress with which they move
from class to class, cpd from grade to grace
or from one department TO another; thus
training them bapitually to regular duty
, and importing to theii minds the habit ant
power of doing everything at its propel
! time, Systematically y, and thinking const Gu
lively. .,.t.U ,,,,.y'f r5...
The secret Of the great success which be-
! so generally attended the establishment q
graded schools, lies mainly in the fact tha
the course Of study, for each class snd de
partment, is capable of being rendered .
exact, and the time actually required wit
d efficient instruction 10. advance o class iron
a lower to o higher grade SO definite, tba
e the system acts us a test OF the teachers ca
pacity; and tine teacher may justly be hel
accountable Tor falling to qualify a class, !
ID given time, 10 pass into a higher grade 4
department within the allotted time. Henc
T. it is. that in such schools both teachers an
scholars take a deep and warm interest ]
J. their labor. with SO much perseverance,. TIL
n constant hope OF promotion, ond the Ger
s. tainty 0: it when deserved, urges the Tupi
r to unrem ting diligence, and the teacher
aroused to greater Zeal aud fidelity in Oh
discharge Of their du les, knowing that the
p skill and iaithfulness will be made mantle
Ell in the qualitic atoms of the pupils whom the
rs send 10 the higher department.. Hence "
see such marked difference in the vaiue
II the Instructions impaired in these school
at as compared wi h the old mixed school
re We are happy to say that, ina inly II
. teachers have given evidence, in their we
qualified c'a-ses, that they were qualified {
v their posts; but justice requires US 10 sa
that, ina few instances, there have bee
s futures. Ho'f'su .'.1 '''
a These improved mcans of educ,tion q
needed TO give us The mental and NOR
ID. training which Is now required in our pee
Is liar circumstances, that viii fit the risil
OF generation to do what institutions rcqui
te to be done. The American citizen must
Ut q man of a | work to fulfil, his high dutie:
D. He must 6e well educated, and earn to
'lf his own thinking.
lie, This higher order or education Is no
". needed as IA safeguard against vice al
sc crime. When a country il new and f
some yeurs after the first settlement, viii
s. the great majority Of the people are co,
TO pnru,ively poor, the necessity Of employil
or the youth upon the farm or in The workshc
he sec ures them, TO a great extent, against I
in seductive influence Of vice. But as the pr
he PIE advance in wealth and their circnl
stances become easy the young have mo
DIS ~leizure, and rs iileness is the mother of vi,
lar the young must have occupation, or ell
lat their virtue will be corrupted by the tho
IDS sand temptations which encompass them
es- every side; and this occupation must be 81
rue piled by the farm, the workshop, the sto
ice the manuiuctory, or the school room;
instructions Of the latter fits them to Crap
are with the world us it is. 1919
we Vice 10 ever progressive; il always ket
re-. pace with the times. Vice, too, has
is schools Of every grade, and her teachers
m every age, and there are some in our mid
ito The street school, the saloon school,
nd %lounget's' school, the %truant's school,
of t'pler's lschool, the gamblers school, q
The schools Of ever, kind will always be op,
yes free %ofcxpense for tuition; and In such
The IL ring schools even Gul ness Is SUI to lea
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