Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-09-08

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of England preparatory to the Universities, six
! eight or ten years ave consumed almost exclus
| lively i'll the study OF Latin and Greek and thai
| the University course is the same continued
| The public examiner at one of the Universities
states that boys after having passed through
these preparatory schools present themselves
for admission into the University "knOwing
next To nothing; with no knowledge of Arith.
metic and the Mathematics beyond common
fractions and decimals and little or none of Ge
ography and History; and that in the final ex.
animation for the degree of ABB. he has fire.
| quently to remind his brother examiners thai
| they are not "at liberty to pluck for bad Eng.
lish poor spelling and worse writing" pro-
| ficiency in Latin and Greek probably being
among the main tests.
| To what extent this condition of things is
characteristic of our leading Colleges and Insti.
tutions of learning in this country as well az
| England which bases itself so exclusively upon
knowledge of Latin and Greek TO the neglect
of the vast fields of science developed by mod.
ern research; whether this seeking for prOficien-
cy in the English language through so many
! years of study of the classic writers of Greece
and Rome, rather than by actual use of our own
tongue and living contact with our own litera-
ture, whether this system of Education well
enough one or two hundred years ago, as
means for the revival of letters and the perfec-
ton OF our own language is not now behind the
age; and, when it meets with its highest sue
cess it is not apt to produce the mere scholar
the pedant rather than a practical well devel-
oped mind calculated to exact its influence in
society and the State, and whether fifty or hun
dred years will not see a revolution in this re-
spect Our Union Schools, whilst they do not
ignore the classics give greater prominence in
their course of study to the Mathematics, to the
Ga,a ILL
more in harmony with the progress of the age "
We cordially invite young ladies' and gentle
men of Fremont to attend our High and Gram
mar Schools believing that they can obtain as
thorough an education at home as in schools
abroad. Every effort will be made to make
the schools interesting and profitable. Con-
tribute by your presence TO create such an in
terest in our schools, as shall secure by another
year the erection of a new school building, that
shall fully meet our educational demands and
be an ornament to the town.
Parents are urged to see that their children
attend school and that they do SO regularly
The average attendance upon the schools DUR
ing last year did not greatly exceed one half OF
the enrolment and was not much more than
one third of the enumeration. By general tax
alton, the schools are free TO all, yet there are
scores and scores of boys and girls in Fremont
as in every otLef town, that are seldom found
in the school rOom-bOys that are obtaining
their education in the street and are growing
up in ignorance, immortality and vice. The
boys that attend school regularly are becoming
constantly better; those who do not are becom-
ing worse; the gulf that separates is continually
widening.
Ifthere ever was a time when all the youth
should be gathered into the Public Schools the
nurseries of the public morals, as well as, the
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wave of decentralization and crime that is sweep
ing over the land. Parents sometimes feel, that
it is hardly worth while to force children to at
tend school The fact of it is, the educational
training of the earlier years of a majority of
persons, perhaps, is forced work. When the
scholar is once fairly on the track, however,
generally little or no urging is necessary
Again parents frequently think, when their
boys get to be ten or twelve years of age, they
must be earning something and must be kept
out of school for that purpose.
A much better investment, for both parents
and boys, even in a pecuniary point of view,
can generally be made in the school room, I'M
I'll boys are sixteen or seventeen or even TWEEN
ty years of age If an education is not secured
before Where however, Union schools are es-
tablished children can obtain a good education
by the time they are sixteen or seventeen years
of age if they attend regularly and improve
their privileges. Let sickness be the only ex-
cuse for absence from school.
As foreign scholars are applying for rooms
and boarding places those who can accommO-
date in this respect are requested to inform Su-
perintendent.
Pupils are requested not to purchase new
books until they commence school.
Teachers are notified that the first Teachers
meeting will be on Saturday of this week at 10
The following is the distribution of teachers
as made by the Board:
Assistant in High School, Miss E. L. Otis
Grammar School, f. M. CHM.
East Side intermediate and Secondary, S. S.
Long.
West Side intermediate, Miss f. W. Martin.
lst Secondary, Presbyterian Session Room,
Mrs. Julia H. Ross.
I'd Secondary, NJ. Z. Church Basement, Miss
Susie Nyce.
John st. Primary, Miss Matte Dickinson.
Wood st. Primary, Miss Belle Maxwell
Hickory st. Primary, Miss ZOa Fletcher
l. Rowland ST. Primary, Miss Eta Smith.
Croghansville Primary, Miss Carrie Brown.
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To the Teachers OF Sandusky County.
We regret TO state that we have been disap-
pointed in our expectation that Hon. E. E.
White, State School Commissioner, would con-
duct Teachers Institute in this county this
Fall. But the following is of importance to
Teachers.
l. There is a sum of money amounting to
more than one Hundred Dollars in the County
Treasury that cannot be used for any other
purpose than instructing Teachers.
2 This money can be drawn only for the
purpose of holding an Institute by committee
of County Teachers Association, "upon the
petition of at least forty practical teachers resi-
dent of the county, who shall therein declare
their intention to attend such institute
Therefore we invite all Teachers to meet at
the examining room on the 10Th of Sept, at one
o'clock P. Mat which time and place the
first examination will be held,-to take action
in the premises.
g. We suggest that Teachers who may not be
able to be present on the 10th but who wish to
attend an institute, send in their names to the
Examiners, so that if possible forty names may
be procured. COUNTY EXAMINERS.
Sept 5, 1865.
Since the above was written letter has been
received from Mr.. White stating that he will
be in Fremont on Monday Sept. 25, at noon,
and can remain till noon on Wednesday-two
days. If the Teachers of the County will come
up to the work the Examiners will undertake
to provide instruction, and we may have an In
stitute holding five days.
The notorious Albert Pike of Arkansas, now
residing in Canada, has applied for pardon.