Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-05-10

| uO"A BC11VOAsSs 70
The educational institutions Of the differ
ent States are usually efficient, yet in some
Of them the absence Of system and organi-
cation, and Of cooperation between differen,
10 :shties and between different grades o,
schools in the same locality, has made the
education of a majority of American youth
q series Of accidents rather than the careful
consummation Of Z we'll devised plan.
In the newer States this is especially the
case the public schools, if efficient, furnish
the rudiments Of an education if not eff,
cient, or if the parent is dissatisfied with
them, he sends his children to some private
school, where the text books and methods 81
I1sstrnctios win be dhSsent, whether better
or not.
ersusdrY changes Of this kind, with an
occasional year without any schooling at all,
| the youth is. at length transferred 10 some
young Coleks' q Seminsry," where his
preyious studies are rshashed ip some war
new to him, though perhaps older and less
efficient than those he abandoned years ago,
in the public schools. Even here the mania
for change follows him he is even dissatis>
fed, or his friends are, with the school, and.
after be has had anuther vocation long enone h
20 forget half be has learned, he enters an
other " College or " Seminary to be con-
fused BY yet other methods Of imparting in.
struc,ion.
Perhaps the teachers Of The first schsol
believed in the study Of tAs 1sneaagepf 8 a
means Of mental discipline, and the pupil
pursues theiS study loneenQugh to be ais>
gusted via stbs' dsedgeIe IF learning heir
rudiments, but not long enough to appreciate
any Of their beauties in the next school NAT
ssral scieeqe i IN Igh faSor; at FIRST the stu.
|ldeht . cbszntd xsb thi idea oflearniug Of
the beauties and mysteries of nature, but
soon, with next to nothing in the way Of an
poratus and collections, he wearies of dry de-
| tails. : chemistry, botany and geology, are
ranked in his mind with Latin and German,
and declaring all liberal studies q bore, be
abandons college" forever
-Ofcourse the pronoun in the preceding sen
tences has been used as q general term al
this period tie girls, fest becoming yeung
ladies, WI &vo,e themselves to house work,
novels, Tennyson, tattling, or street gossip,
according to their social inclinations the
boys, or young gentlemen, as they now wish
to be called, willedelibesatet owe their chan
ces of successin profession with the smat.
tering of general krewiedge they have, un>
til, perhaps, oae.of them is impressed with
tle e6yng aceounssscf. differeut comuer-
cial colleges, where, according to their ad>
vertisements, and to their equally well paid
for editorial 1otids,r they can acquire "a
thorough practical business Education, sufi-
Gent TO qualify them for anY bus ness or
Official position in America" in sir .sceeks :
or II th,yswish 70 Include the Languages and
mathematics also, it may be necessary to
s'ayas Long ssfsSrse4nonsY !HI
s. oE ha yosnf han pohs tooheof those
wonderful Institutions, learns pennanship
FrYdthe rudimfntsiot lioc&kceting, perAep
"a ssiattefing OF somesother branches, and
finds to his great .ssspsiss, shat the graduates
Of Bryant n HSfkaitoa's s. or OF Eas.man's, ase
not sure OF situations as book keepers in any
! Fpwl lpr1idh 1bey- may -fh3ose 10 RdI Ii
kthe fobIg mh1-be ukiurkny Gntsllisent and
observing, he will not fail in the rapidiiy and
earnestnssA9i iApsacfeyfw6sss$e life, to be-
come web Informed Oh Business and politi>
cal subjects; but thorough knowledge on any
M, Md 6rsr a nave: ffeT remedy M for
this state OF things i, plainly q we'll organ
lied sys,sm of selndls, prnqafy, academic.
and cofleeiate, dpos'a common plan, sup
ported and controlled b., the State, TO secure
efficiency, uniformity Of system, and coop
GRAFTON in collecting, eabsnet. In. the older
Statea this bSslsm ofore animation isnot nov
practicable, as the people, iii many sections,
have endowed lOoAl instit usions, snd would
not consent te expend large sums in found.
ing q gsnerasSys,apfefs ASh Schools : .
But Iowa has hardly commenced her edu.
cational system, aud should make it broad
and comprehensive, worthy her magnificent
territory and glorious future. The topogra.
ply Of the State is such as to favor such .
plap ~ each c9psty the coa~y seAG = With
ie tfz rs lg a s(l Re inhet1ts6u, snd. .
PIdrgv PORTION of the business Of every kind
is done there. Let the primary schools be
everywhere tnade eilicicnt Aso much SO that
even those able to do SO viii have no notion
topxpena 80 much Oh private schools that
they think they cannot vote suffici. mt taxes
to support public schools Of high grade
then let high school be established at every
cSunN bat, supported by th6 >couuy, .aad
free to every inbabitant Of the county, any
coming from abroad being required 10 pay
tuition. In these schools should be taught
everything necessary to make well inform
ed citizen and practical business mana
thorough knowledge Of the English language,
including its speaking and writing, (which
Il more than is now taught in many semin.
aries); to this end the Latin language tosuoh
as wish to study IL; French or German, If
enough desire either, in any school, to make
i an object more orless 81 ths bigAarSsseh.
elnAhtaf Branches; and especially the natu.
raj sciences And in collecting cabinets for
the latter purpose comes in ope great besss-
6t Of Organization the schools should all be
under charge, in this respect, Of State OH
icef residing At the seat Of the university, and
5evins fharge e he caLVpe'sx Of tst -
6r The Count 81 Perintendetits have charge
of the county cabinets, and correspond with
the StntA officer aud other county officers
in this way conplete collectou Of speci.
mems from all parts Of the State could be
made il the ssnivsrsity fabipets, and. By ezr
shamsss, a tolerably complete one in each
county, all u! a ccuParasissly small expense.
The Stale cabinets should, Of coarse, by ex-
changes with other State Institutions. and by
purslap4k 6cQnse IS fcoaHeta sseDlsesion
as possible from all parts Of the Union, aud
Of tbe world ialaea sEllrfss 7asi 4 "a
The modes Of education in tho sriversi,y,
high schools &nd primdry schools, Should be
sufiieiersly nader ths management of State
officers ~ make the whols system one con-
nccte6 s,lon of in structsou II e vot ovcact