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

,,lmilon M NIL operation in iho soulp
sestefn phtt Uf The State e1nm NJ t'hIu
ine and extent 20 any in tho lnlen,
An,tb,t With al tho requirements ol lhe
IT,. ia. mat ebplied for state recognition
a. A.. estrsme northwest ! commend
,bcse noble. and peculiarly Penn'ylyahia,
,obools TO your favor. Aid 10 them viii
bc Tho bo,l Investment that can bo made
for the rising generation. Good instruc-
lion for our children, is the strongest
earthly guarantee, that, whatever else We
bequeaih them, their inheritance Will be
blessing and not curse and, II nothing
more is left in the we'll cultivated minds,
the willing hands, and the trust in God,
of freemen, they will have oil that is es-
sentinl.
Nearly eleven thousand ofour fellow
citizens arc now doyotng their efforts to
the improvement Of the common school,
o. directors. Than this there is no more
meritorious body Of men. An increase OF
the annual State Appropriation wonid not
only be material relief TO the districts
nj this time, but would, to some extent,
disembarrass directors in their local oper-
ations. 3,
Il is not, however, the common school
system, vast and honorable to the state as
It is, that claims your entire attention, IN
reference TO education. Pennsylvania
also boasts her collegiate, academical, sci
entifc, professional, and philanthropic
Institutions, and numerous private schools
of every grade. In this respect, she Is
second to no member Of the coniederacy ;
but, from mere want of attention to the
proper statistics, she has thus lar beep
ranked below her just standard. The
present is not the proper time to renew
grants 10 institutions OF these classes
which heretofore received State aid. II II
were, the public authorities do not pos
ssss the requisite data for safe and Just
extension Of iiberality. The period viii
arrive when all public educational ayers
cies must be included in one great sys-
tenn for the elevation Of mind and morals;
snd when the State will, no doubt, pa
troni1e 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 respectiul-
" referred to the annual report OF the
Common School Department, herewith
submitted.
desire again, specially, to call the at.
tention of the General Assembly to tho
Farmers High School of Pennsylvania. as
an institution which proposes to accom-
plsh an object which has never been at
tanned in this country-the supply of o
want which has ever been felt by the ag-
ricultural community: the education OF
their sons, atonce TO scientific knowledge,
habituai industry and practical skill, to ut
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 sbi!i-
BY OF a farmer, with the daily labor of stu
dant, so as to make the institution so
nearly self-sus tanning as to bring 1t wlth-
in the reach Of that class who constitute
80 important branch ofthe industry of
our people. The original design of this
school embraced the accommodation of
four hundred students, number essen>
tial TO the economical working of the sys-
tenn and, although the applications for
admission are numberless, the utmost ef-
forts Of the trustees have not enabled
them 10 complete more than one third OF
the building, or to accommodate more
than q corresponding number ofstudents.
Many individuals throughout. the State,
convinced Of the merit of an institution
which promises 80 much good, have con-
tributed liberaily to what has already been
done and the board of trustees have Ia
ored with zeal which cannot fail TO
commend itself to the kind feeling of all
our citizens. Scientific education has ad-
yanced the interests of avery aYocation in
life-agriculture far less than any other
and for The manifest reason that it has
not reached it to tho same extent, and
never will reach il, unless the body be ed
ucsted to the plow, as well rs the mind to
the philosophical principles which the
plow's work deyelopes.
have always looked upon the Farm
ers' High School with peculiar favor. as
well because Of my own convictions oil its
promised usefulness, as tho favor which
has hitherto been shown to it by the Rep"
resentatiyes of the people. Its charter
requires an annual exhibition of its re-
ceipts, expenditures, and operations GEN
era,ly, and these will doubtless be laid be
fore you.
BY the act passed BY the last Leg isla'
ture, establishing a system OF free bank
ing in Pennsylvania, and securing the
public against loss from insolye0t banks,
radical changes were made in the bank>
ing laws of this State. Instead of corpo-
rations created by special laws, voluntary
associations are authorized to transact the
business of banking, without further leg
islation, and as an indispensable prerequi'
site to the issuing of bank notes for Cir,
culntion as money, ample security navst
be deposited with the Auditor General for
their prompt redemption. The law makes
proyision, not only for the 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 proyl-
sions, by withdrawing their old circula-
lion, and giving the securities required
for the redemption ofthe new issues. The
public, am sure, will rejoice thatno fur
ther necessity exists for legislative action,