The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-03-01
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thousand four hundred si}23, ,400}white
fsmales,Mthirty. eight 'Gtoo1Sred Males,' and
Fffty!seven colored females RI "'' vt . ::
4 would advise rsubstitdtihg'the aver:
age artddda6ce' ofrhe pupils las,the basis
of'the' disttibutiou ofithe1' State ia dds
in the ;piScegof'the nun ber Of youths,
utter the first enrolment. This would
secure ibettarN atteu daude at school, and
save the,expepse'of Of the 'enumers.iou.' &
o.o In asccrtaiOiag g the educational, va nts
Of the State, a plan Of visits. was fol-.
lowed. .,uot pnlysfor,the.p purpose Of neet.
ing County Superintendcpts in tho ,dif:
ierent judicial circuits, but also tolearn,
by personal inspection, the .cond ditionyof
schools. and .sShool,bouses, and to hear
tho sentiments iof', tho people o. the
measures adopted for the. Instruction OF
their children, II affords me pleasure
to say tIat the people are ready to co,
operate ia this noble enteiprise. They
are. hopeful, and, in many sections, en-.
'thusiastic. Capitalists readily upprehend
the Importance Of developing the iMtel.
trctual wealth Of the State as well 'as'its
material wealth. They endorse the sen:
timeht that'no tax is so enormous as'that
which ignorance imposes. They have
not been inditferent.oobse of the
thrift, the comfort, the wealth Of such
States as Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
,Massachusetts'and others. Nor havcthey
fuilcdao see also! have the 7'rosperi'y'y
Mcse"Stutes1ts stherleyitin.atertMh ofai.
teIigent labor. y AS far as / can interpret
their views inoregard to- the surest and
least expo pSiyc recuns for securing these
desirable onds,p I, in i no. language so
much TO the purpose las the following
used by the grcutiWcbstcr: .l.;,. ;,,.:a
For the purpose Of public instSuc.
ton we hold every .mau subject to, tax
alton ip. proportion to his property, and
We look not at the question whether he
himself have or have not chi!drep to. be
benefited by the education for which ha
pays. We regard it as . wise and lib:
erul system of police, by which pros:
'perity and life aud the peace Of society
are secured" '''
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,, 1t is humiliutiug to report tho condi.
ton; Of the school. houses, especially. in
the rural districts. The old regime LETT
W. Icgacyrof dilupidutcd buildings in
com petent teachers and artificial modes
Of instruction. There are sOme. noble
exceptions to these remarks, but the gen
cral aspect of school .aEairs, Us hithsrto
presented, is deplorablc in the extreme.
The law authorizes borrowing "moncy
for building purposes upon the credit OF
the building fund, when no greater
amount of money shall be borrowed, ut
any one time, than the proceeds OF the
fund for 6vc years shall be" sufficient to
In many districts this pro-
vision will not yield oncJostM the sum
needed. - = .'f@V''" 'd - ''.''', 80 '''
I..would respectfully recommend q
chabge>iu this (49th) section, by which
ci,hercths amount Of 'lery, orthe length
of time would ber!increased. Such q
chan &c; wheait :wouldyieldthrc
or one. half of the sum necessary, might
stimulate private "enterprisevto supply
the remainder. BY extending the, term
of years, future bene6ciarics Of tho nd.
vantages .ofoa good. school, house would
bear a part, Of the expense. Ia order
that comfortable and tasteful buildings
mi, may be erected, I have distributed
among the County Supetintendeat cop
les of that superior wprk T. Barnards
School Architecture" ,'...
cAp,rArIoN. TAN: or 1SGl-G2-G3."
a: Several als,G counties. have not draw their
4 quota Nt of this" fund originally used for
the education Of INDECENT children. |
would earnestly urge The Immediate dis.
triUution, among the counties entitled to
t. this fund to be devoted to free school
purposes. .'. ','. =.
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..... LITERARY FUND ra; =. 81
~ have no means Of ascortainihg the
amount of. the Literary Fund.- but from
the report of'the Auditor accompanying
this. From, that paper it appears that
the sum ofefour thousand &Ve, hundred
(4,500). dollars-dividcn placed
lin the Northwestern Bank Of .Wheeling)
to. the credit ofythe Literary Fund, up
to January 18th, 1864, and that the sun! sun!
Of; four thousand. $4,000 dollars Was
placed to the credit Of; the same Fund lo
the Faigmoat Bank, up, to July Ns!t,
1864. These dividends arc from ii,yl! ihiy!e
ha,,adgp,dd;.' $500 shares Of stock in tbe
Northwestern, Bank Of Wheeling, ana
a6fty t66usailn:d Dollars s IN sstoe:k In IL ti6s
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