The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-24

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Messvs. HoseH q lpisplsis !;
Al intimatsd ID ~ lat eommnnieation
so,eerDisg The Public Schools II Ksoksk,
/ desire - fssss oss SOUS q u difhesl-
ties under which W lahos. ga
The hrst i irregularity in attendance.
Or ecteolsis thoroughly graded 1ahd .
pupil who u absent half the time. or even
one day i a.wseks leses shis plass \ hi !
class, SOON Iails behind And isdsgndbd 10
: lover class be becomes discouraged
and leaves sehssl. ~ 1
This has bad effect on those left and
isruinous 10 the pupil himself sir
During the three years ! had charge Of
the House Of Refuge, in Cincinnati, near
y six hundred inmates came under my
care. They vers guilty Of nearly every
crime in the whole catalogue, from petty
Iarcency to marder 10 the irss degrte-
Nine out OF ten OF them never.went to
school or commenced their career OIL
vice By ,ruancy or irregularty. Wslhave
quite number Of boys in this city who
prowl about the streets stealing as they
have opportunity, whose parents either
cannot or will not send them to school.
The street is the dearest schoolin which
child can be educated. am fully salts
6ed after a long experience that there
should be stringent law to compel the
lparent, or guardian. to send his child to
school. Society has right TO protect
itself The State furnishes the means of
education. 1t certainly has the right to
lsay that these means shall be used.
Another difficulty is tho indifference Of
parents. Children are committed to our
care with no knowledgs Of the ciTcum-
stances with which they are surrounded.
We never have the opportunity to form
the acquaintance Of parents or know their
wishes in regard to their children. The
result is that we fail to secure that co
e operation 50 essential to success. Could
!, parents appreciate theimportancs Of visit.
/ ing our schools regularly and endourag
= ing their little ones, We should be greatly
/ aided in our iabors to promote their vel
$ fare was fotcibIy struck with the re-
J. mark OF lutte boy ten years OF ago, ths
!, other day. He said : "Mother, why don
you come and see our school II Won hac
> a dress down at the dress mixers ypr
would go down two or three times to. Sc.
4, about it; but my teacher is making rp'
up for life and you never come To see how
she is doing it." There was much isuti
10 The remark Of Willie. Many mothe
seems To thisk more of the 81 Of q dres
q or the shape Of bonnie. than they do q
IS the destiny Of The immortal Mods cor
! United to their care. A man having
favor te horse at boarding stable woul'
no. be satisfied unless he saw him ever
Q day yet be will commit his child /,
It strangers without ever looking 10 to Sc
e whether he il trained to virtue or vice.
The prejudice of many Of our bes, fsmi
lies against educating their children II
: the Public Scht Of, firms another seriou
c obstacle tc onr success.
: This prejudice 10 many instances grow
q out OF fear that the morals will be cur
rupted and their iovrd ones learn habit
o. vice. Othere again object, because re
lisicn is not taught and prefer denomi
Q national school. To ST. such would es
e that while We strjctIS avoid sectarisnism
a We ehdeavor to cultivate a high moral ton
4 among our pupils and check With the nj
most care any disposition to immortality
Without any design on the part Of to,
II B ard Of Directors, the teachers ID GU
1t Public Schools are distributed among tb
v evangelical churches in this city in YER
= equal manner. Five are Presbyterians
: Eve Methodists, FIVE Congregationalisls
four Associate Prcsbyterisns, three Bap
ID fists. two Episcopaiions, and one not
at member Of any church.
{, think it would be hard to fnd NOR
g conscientious body of teachers 10 any city
" We desire to make our schools worthy o
y the patronage of all, and fondly pc tb
'e time is not far distant when the cause o
o. education shall hold that place in lhe publ
a mind which its Importance demands al
= though | am not opposed to the prIyat
: school, the academy and the college, We
;, am convinced that for the entire com
re munity the free Public School ia bes
re adapted to the wants Of all our citizens
If and designed to fili aspIacs no other cal
fill. So thoroughly convinced of this fac
are all the older cities of the United State
= that the wsalthiest and most aristocrati
1 educate their children 10 the Free Schools
/. | design in some future article to sho,
n that these schools are cheaper, safer an
!. better SIDE pied to our wants than an
: other schools.
le RUFUS HUBBARD,
v .Supt. Keokuk Public Schools
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