The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-09-09

AS the summer vacation is drawing to close and
our schools are about be reopensd for the fall term
we deem it not inappropriate to offer few remarks
touching the rates of tuition And We do this in the
hope tnat some Of dur exchanges Of wider circulation
than our own will take up the subject and call atten-
ton to the propristy Of establishing in some way OF
Other uniform rate of tuition on basis At once lib.
eral and just this is not done it is greatly to be
reared That many Of the best teachers in the State will
be forced to abandon their schools and tho standard
OF education already deplorably low, will be reduced
toa grade discreditable to US people.
we suppose it will be readily conceded that liber.
al education is at least ntrinsically valuable now
as't was in the pan'y days Of peace and that com.
potent teacher who devotes his entire time and euer
ges to the instruction Of YOUTH is valuable men,
Der OF society as ever and much entitled to be paid
a fair compensation for bis labor And yet there
seems to be disposition 1--WE arc not speaking of Cam
den in particularly TO tie him down to small advance
upon the rates of tuition before the war; while
nc is forced to pay from fifteen to twenty prices for
What he buys This is not only iliberal but unjust.
1t should be borne in mind that the evils of depre-
catcu currency and high prices fall with heaviest
weight upon professional men, and, among proAssion-
a men, upon parsons and schoolmasters. MANY law
Jers ana physicians the great maorityn fact coun
ypracntoners, are planters also and measuraby in
dependent OF all mankind in respect 10 their bread and
Dttcr Many clergymsn also plaGters but who ever
hoard OF schoolmuster that owned plantation? We
oot believe there is one in the world If there is his
hlohds ought to take out commission "de lunatico
ltlol'ows then, that us the schoomasehis forced to
ouJ everything Ee consumes, he oughtSto be Der
mtteo TO graduate his charg in some measure by the
scale OF lis expenditures. This is only what eve, Y
other class in the community has already done and is
SO obviously just and fair that no exception ought to be
taken to it But there is much difficulty in fixing any
rate at ALL and especially which shalt be fair and
equitable Teachersare not organized class like the
doctors and lawyers and have not tho same toctea
lor securing concert Of action among themselves that
these have. The rates which NAV. be estahl;sb.d
by tho Medical Society by the Bar are accented and
observed oy every member Of tho prolession but the
teacAer has ho security against underbdding and it
MOAN choy TACT that while every body wants the
best lawyer the best DOCTOR and on, down to the
ocsc oootmaker that money can procure, the great
majority are quite content with cheap schooling for
their children regardless Of quality.
In view OF the scarcity and dearness of all the ne.
cessares OF life teachers generally throughout the State
nave "eeh c'nptied to raise their rates of tuition
oa' mere has ecn no concert of action in the matter
ana tn" nc" RATES vary, in different localities to an
extent '''"'t ind'cro'ls. We lave examined a great
many advertisements snd have seen no two alike. The
natural consequence o: this is much dissatisfaction
among parents and guardians, who use the low terms
OF some as an argument to sustain tho charge of OK
1ravagance against others Tho proper remedy for
this state Of things is Teachers Convention, and our
ooect in ponnng these dosultoy remarks is to suggest
the propriety of holding one Such convention might
40 much good, in other ways than establishing rates
OF ttlon but that is most pressing subject for consde
ration, and we believe that if respectable body of
delegates were to adopt and recommend fair rate, it
would 30 generally followed by the profession and be
cheerfully acquesced in by tho community.
From Halls Journal Of Healthl
Eating EcOmomfcaily.
What kind Of food has the most nourisbment
and costs the least Z is question of great prac-
tical. Importance. The following tables. NAV
be studied with considerable interest by eyery
family They will show tho mode Of prepara-
t'on' inc amount of nutrment, and the time re-
qulred for the digestion Of the most common
articles OF food placed upon our tables. A dol
lars worth of meat, at twenty-five cents pound