The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-12

swear, are easily controlled aud seem anxious
to learn rs rapidly as possible. II soon became
evident to us that thece was a principle which
undcrIies the groundwork OF success which has
teen made in the schools. We we're not long In
discovering the secret: for the bright beamng
aces Of the little ones. when they were ad-
dressed by teacher, showed us y ainly that love
had something to do with common spirit of ODE.
dience that pervaded the schools. The ladies
nave evidently won the hearts OF the children,
and this oone half the conquest is made. The
textbooks used are among the latest that have
appeared, and are very excellent books A
great deal OF information, however, is impaired
orally.
The pupils all sing, and sirg well considering
the means they have had for the cultivation OF
their voices. They raise their own tunes and
carry them through with a remarkable preci-
sion OF time.
BOOKS AND CLOTHING.
The books for the use OF the schools have been
furnished by the Commission, and the pupils
are allowed to retain them at the close of the
term. Those of the children who had not good
clothing-and there are many of them-are sup
piled from the same source. Maps and other
school room furniture are also supplied for the
use of each of the schools. This j. one OF the
keys to the progress that has been MADE.
LARGE majority of the children were wholly un-
able to purchase their own books, and the circum-
stances of many we're such that q gratultous
supply OF clothing was one of the conditions of
their attendance on the schools The children
all appear TO De COmtOrtaOly Cldu, anu we nave
never seen a happier ser OF faces than were
clustered about the forms in the tidy school
rooms. The dust and CRIME of wild, lndolent
lives have given way beneath the cleansing
influences of education, until it would be diff
cult to find a cleaner looking set of children
than those who attend these schools.
THE WORK.
Almost imperceptibly to our people a great
influence has been at work in our midst which
is working radical change in the capacity of
nI1a fnt1r ht1n6 6rn1 obi xryhn
growing up in vice and ignorance, who were
surrounded by nothing but what contaminates
and blights, are being grasped from the gulf
that is yawning beneath them, and fitted Tor
the higher duties of life. The shackles of 1gno-
rance are being knocked from their young
limbs, and the golden dawn of an intellectual
morning is beamiug upon their young minds.
great social reform is being produced. The
seeds of vice are being torn from the young
hearts, and the children who, If permitted to
DRIFT of according 10 the promise of a few
months ago, would have become worthless drones
IN The great social hive, are being fitted for alt
the responsible duties of life. The foundation
Tor useful men and women is being laid in their
young minds. The penitentiary and the seraglio
are being robbed OF their prey. Society is the
beneficiary.
Who can estimate the real value of this work ?
Who can measure the result? The ragged schools
OF London were not nobler conception than is
this enterprise. The kind-hearted charity of
Christian individuals has supplied to us the
means OF doing what we could not do of our
own ability; and what man among us will not
thank them for it? We imagine that there i
not Que who is not willing to give the praise
that is due to the orIginatols of this enterprise.
We know of 10 more disinterested cnarity-none
more mmendable.-AAanta Ne1o Era.
The Secretary of this Commission informs us
that three thousand dollars have already been
subscribed by the members, on condition that
the citizens of the States they represent send in
on equal amount. This ought TO be done at
once. William Struthers, ESQ.,, Treasurer, No.
1922 Market street. Joseph Parker, Esq, Secre-
tary, No. 1910 Chestnut street.