The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-13

THE ELKToN CoLoRED ScHooL.-We paid
this school short visit one afternoon the
present week, and would have been surpris.
cd agreeably so-at the progress the pupils
have made and the system, order and de.
corum which has beea created by one con.
trolling female mind had reports by pre-.
vious visitors. not in some measure, prepar.
ed Us TO find the school, model ofits kind.
The teacher, as is known we believe, to
most Of our readers, is n colored woman who
was educated in Massachusetts for the busi,
ness she has been pursuing for several years,
| aud for which she is SO we'll Qualifei.-
| During the war she was employed as teach.
er at Beaufort SC, for four years, and af,
| ter leaving that field of labor was assigned
the nnpromising CONF aratively -, mission
| of Elkton.
| She has taught seven months in this town.
On her arrival here she found a few of the
children ableto spell ahttle, butthe majority
not advanced beyond the alphabet And
| now mark the difference. During our short
| visit some of the classes were put through
| No"opS !" heu'hi aTAtilWcilc, geography,
reading and spelling, and among the schools
we have visited where white children were.
| we have never heard scholars whose advance
has been more rapid and satisfactory than
| that of the children Of this school. The
school has run down to some twenty Eve or
| thirty, mostly small pupils, the larger ones
| having lett to engage in work. The school
! numbered fifty scholars during the winter.
The teacher complains of many dificu!,
| ties and privations which she has TO contend
! with, and among these is the miserable &C.
commodatons afforded blythe present school
room, which is the room occupied as tie
| colored church, and a more dilapidatcd and
uncomfortable establishment couldn't well
be found for such purpose.
! There is prospect Of surrounding this
difficulty if the colored people will properly
| appreciate the present auspicious moment.
and not allow it to pass with ut pressing the
advantage which is now extended to them.
OF erecting comfortable church and school
room on the northern limtes Of the town.
They have but to use combined effort.
aud complete the foundation of their church
which has been commenced sand proncrly
use the lumber which has been sent bv Gen.
Gregory here for the purpose oferccting the
building
The teacher says she will not continue
another session in the same miserable place.
| and in losing her services the colored peo.
pie OF Elkton, will prohaps not realize, till
too late, the extent OF their loss. They
should not let day pass unlmproved in
their efforts to have their new school room
completed. An education to their children
at this particular crisis in their affairs, will
provo by far the greatest boon that can be
bestowed upon them. We coniure them
most earnestly to let not their exertions flag
in pressing forward now, in the golden
moment, to completion, their new church
and school room. If they wish advice of
any kind or information as to titles or any.
thing else in connection with the enterprise
let them apply to their white friends who
will freely inform them on any subjects con.
nected with the building they may wlsh.-
Build your church without delay, and retain
the services Of your present teacher