Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-21
RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY, MARCH Is, 1867.
Nhe Gsisblisbment ef - NATIONAL
Depar tnent of Ednenu"ns


National Bureau OF Education has
ben established a. Washington for The
purpose Of collecting such statistics and
facts IS shall show the condition and
progress OF education In the several
States and Territories, and of dltlnslne
such Information respecting the organi'
7stion and management Of schools aud
school systems and methods Of teach
Ing, as shall aid the people Of the United
States in the establishment and main.
tenance Of erlcieDt school systems, and
Otherwise promote the cause OF educa-
tion throughout the country A Com
missioner OF Education Is TO be ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate who is entrusted with
the management OF the department at
salary OF $4,000 per annum, with one
chief clerk and two assistant clerks
with salaries Of 81 500 and $1,000. An
annual report Is to be presented TO Con.
sress, emboiylng the results of his In.
yestigatiops ana labors, with state
-, 80. aud IeQQmmenda-
Va , Cor
tions as will suhserve the purposes -
which the department was established
The frst report to embody q statement
Of the several grants made for the pro-
motion OF education, the manner OF the
p.nasement OF these several trusts, and
the funds and annual proceeds rising
therefrom.
This act is not intended TO take the
subject OF education ont Of the control
Of the States, but 10 establish center
for the dissemination Of Information
among them as to the improvements IN
the way of building school houses, IN
methods of impartiug education. and
giving history ofthe disposition otthe
vast amount of property which the ma
hon has devoted for the purposes OF ed
cation.
This department, particularly now, is
Of great Importance to the country. Il
peace and harmony are ever to be estab-
lished among the people OF this republic
We must educate them; and now in the
disorganixed state Of Southern society,
when all their schools have been broken
sp for years, and a generation is grow
ing up without knowledge, 1t Is import
ant that there be some head to the ecu
sational interests OF the country. In
all the new States section of land has
been appropriated In every town for that
purpose. Large donations of land have
been made for seminaries and agricul-
tural colleges. The nation has been do
Ing much to educate the children of the
hard, but we have had no central head
and no means have been devised by
which the Improvements in science and
learning may be brought together, and
disseminated throughout the whole
country.
When we look at the condition OF the
sountry and the great changes that are
taking place, and especially in the i'm
portant matter of suffrage, the subject
assumes increased Importance, for sooner
o. later, all the people of this country
are to vote, and they should be educated
Up TO the standard required by our re-
publican institutions; and how is this
10 be done7 Not by our colleges and
high schools--they are well, but out Of
the reach of the great mass. They are
10 be educated In our common schools,
which reach the whole mass Of our PEG.
pie.
Hon. Henry Barnard OF Hartford, Con.
necticut, has been appointed Commits
ioner, who is well fitted for the position
by education and experience, for proba-
by no man In this nation Is more CON
xe!sant with educational affairs, both in
This country and Europe, and much
good can but be derived from this de
nrtment under the management of &C
wise and judlcious an officer. We hops
tosee the early Inauguration OF the meas
are, that practical bentfts may result
rom II. to the good of the eatlre cons
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