Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-01-09

,titution in full operation in tho south
eastern part of the State, equal IN stand
ing and extent to any in the Union.--
Another with all the requirements OF the
law, has just applied for State recognition,
in the extreme northwest. | commend
these noble, and peculiarly Pennsylvania;
schools, to your favor. Aid TO them Will
be the bos. investment that can be made
for the rising generation. Good instruc-
ton for our children is the strongest
earthly guarantee, that, whatever else we
bedueath them, their inheritance Will be
blessing and not curse; and, if nothing
more is left in the well cultivated minus,
the willing hands, and the trust IN dod,
of freemen, they will have all that is es'
fential.
Nearly eleven thousand ofour fellow
citizens are now devoting their efforts to
the improvement of the common school,
as directors. Than this there is no more
meritorious body Of men. An increase OF
the annual State appropriation would not
only be material relief 10 the districts,
at this time, but would, to some extent,
dsembarrass directors in their local oper-
ations.
1t is not, however, the common school
system. vast and honorable to the State as
il is, that claims your entire attention, IN
reference to education. Pennsylvania
also boasts her collegiate, academicNl, sci
entifc, professional, and philanthropic
institutions, and numerous private schools
of every grade. In this respect, she is
second to no member of the confederacy ;
but, from mere want of attention to the
proper statistics, she has thus far been
ranked below her just standard. The
present is not TIE proper time to renew
grants to institutions of these classes
which heretofore received State aid. If it
we're, the public authorities do not pos
.ess the requisite data for safe and just
extersion Of liberalty. The period will
arrive when all public educational ayers
cies must be included in one great sys-
tom for the elevation of mind and morals;
md when the State will, no doubt, pa
tronze every proper effort in the good
work.
For the details of the system during
the last school year, the attention of the
attention of the Legislature is respectful>
" referred to the annual report of the
Common School Department, herewith
submitted.
l desire again, specially, to call the at
tention of the General Assembly to the
Farmers High School of Pennsylvania. as
an institution which proposes to accom-
plish an object which has never been at
tained in this country-the supply of q
want which has ever been felt by the ag-
ricultural community: the education of
their sons, at once to scientific knowledge,
habituaf industry and practical skill, to fit
them for the associations of rural life, and
the occupation chosen for them by their
fathers. The gains of The farmer, how
ever certain, are small. The education of
his sons, should, therefore, be measured
by the nature of his business. There
seems to be no practical mode of cheap
ening education, but by combining an
amount of expenditure, within the sbili>
ty of farmer, with the daily labor of a stu
dent, so as to make the institution 50
nearly self-susta tanning as TO bring it with~
in the reach of that class who constitute
so important branch of the industry of
our people. The original design of this
school embraced the accommodation Of
four hundred students, number essen>
tal to the economical working of the sys-
TEN and, although the applications for
admission are numberless, the utmost ef-
forts of the trustees have not enabled
them TO complete more than one third Of
the building, OF to accommodate more
than n corresponding number of students
Many individuals throughout the State
convinced Of the merit Of an institution
which promises so much good, have con-
tributed literally to what has already been
done and the board of trustees have la
ored wi tn zeal which cannot fail to
commend itself to the kind feeling of all
our citizens. Scientific education has adj.
yaneed the interests of avery ayocaton in
life agriculture far less than any other
and for the manifest reason that it has
not reached it to the same extent, and
never will reach it, unless the body be ed
ucated to the plow, as well as the mind to
the philosophical principles which the
plow's work developes.
have always looked upon the Farm.
ers' High School with peculiar favor, as
well because of my own convictions OF its
promised usefulness as the favor which
has hitherto been shown to il by the Rep
resentatives of the people. Its charter
requires an annual exhibition of its re-
ceipts, expenditures, and operations gen
eraily, and these will doubtless be laid be
fore you
BY the act passed by the last Leg isa'
turc, establishing a system OF free bank
ing in Pennsylvania, and securing the
public against loss from insolvent banks,
radical changes were made in the banks
ing laws of this State. Instead Of corpo-
rations aRated by special laws, voluntary
associations are authorized to transact the
business Of banking, without further leg.
islation, and rs IN indispensable prerequi-
site to the issuing of bank notes for cir
culaton as money, ample security must
be deposited with the Auditor General for
their prompt redemption. The law makes
provision, not only for tho Incorporation
OF new banking associations, but enables
banking institutions already in existence,
10 continue their business for twenty
years after the expiration Of their present
charters, upon complying with its provi
sious, BY withdrawing their old circula-
ton, and giving the securities required
for the redemption of the new issues. The
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