Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-11-30
schools and Scholars,


Academies High Schools and others
"A ND their fall terms with EXamina-
% :, aud Rhetorical Exercises. Our
rbapges come to us enriched with ac-
4 limits of these exercises, and as our
s5ers have had opportunity Of know
h. the HERALD has not been far be-
&Ani. II is a real treat for some folks
n be present on these occasions. They
h haye an opportunity of verifying the
td that the hosts Of young persons
.hom they meet two or three times a
Az neatly dressed, with intelligent and
,ooi.looking faces, are in possession Of
,onethiug besides that which meets the
H. of the casual observer. They have
minds; and those minds have been 60
In, through process OF training, and
n acquisition. The author OF the
[Apfctator long ago said what sculp-
IN is to marble, education is to the hu-
m soul :" and went on to convey the
E0a that the beautiful statue existed in
i m marble block In It's rude state, and
"a the artist with his chisel simply
kOugh it to light. This is a very pretty
I. tka so far as 1t goes, but OF itself it
Sses only an imperfect view of the
6Giness oteducation. The statue, how
M liielike, is after all cold, senseless
~ tcdless marble. But the soul Is in
tAlgent. 1t is capable OF knowing it,
Ill and ot becoming acquainted with
I'd world and the universe The great
.obect OF education IL to enable the stu
|tnt TO KNOW, and to 10. If we go into
EasChool on examination day, or any
Vher day, and find that each scholar ac-
EMIly knows something, and can do
|Unething-we were going to say, we
4 ored not what that something was
knd We do not, so that it Is part of the
at once on good terms with the
&cher 50 far as the instruction is con-
o8ned 4 person, however, who has
4 Ia had much experience in the edu-
ion OF the young, and has never ex-
fHnned them critically, would be sur
bed to see how little Il great many
" Olars do know, and how helpless they
M Year to be when called upon to do
pGething. This is painfully manifest
Ind great many of the common district
|schCols. We are happy to say that the
|eaR appeared to be far otherwise in the
nominations which we have attended
&nRng the present week. The recita-
*loes, the demonstrations on the black
I'D, the essays, readings, orations and
I'LL exercises in which the scholars
La the sole performers, indicated that
ri possessed both accurate knowledge
|1M executive ability.
\ DC Of the interesting and pleasing
y. ~"'itantS Of these closing exercises
8Me meeting OF many VINO rarely, If
~ meet on any other occasion. Each |
fent represented Ia the school is drawn |
sNer, being actusted by "a desire to |
what his own children nave TO do,
how they do it. Here, To some ex-
al least, "the rich and the poor |
n together" and stand upon level. |
b cannot but feel that their interests |
sympathies are similar ii not iden-
The distinctions OF wealth and |
Sard adornmentS are unimportant
secondary; those of mental pro-
and promise arc feltyto be ofincal-
pie Importance. Among the schol-
here are perhaps those whose exte-
rs so unpretending that stranger
ID scarcely notice them at all, but
have really set out to walk in the
steps Of such men as the late Sena.
kCollamer, of Hon. Luke ?. Poland,
Eppointed as his successor, OF An
Johnson, and Abraham Lincoln.
IS TO say, they are poor in this
5 goods; they have entered upon
Fse o. selEimprovement and men
eaining they do chores" nishta
king to pay for their board while at
ang school. Their faith and pa
will often be sOrely tried. \ great
that set out Ia similar course
sooner or later become discour-
and reltnQuished the pursuits
knowledge for something that afford
Mmediatc advantage. The pinch-
Ia poverty the neglect and scorn
q shallow minded Cypress and NOR
1t they cannot crush or Kill the un-
Perable spirit oslo itur ad astra."
VIII probably be good times COM
Bhen the tombstone Of true merit
applied and at any rate the ar
! fnd aspiring youth, OF whatever
may encourage himself with the
lon that in his earnest efforts to
pe the latent powers with which
been endowed, he will receive the
ctions of the wise and good, as
secure the appreciation OF the
author of his being.
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TycrED oP NANsLAuGHrER.-Tho |
Journal says that in the Super
PIT Wednesday Edward W. Denny.
an, was convicted of manslaugh.