The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-19

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and third terms of each school year.
So much for The actual class exercises
We feel justified in saying that botb..teacb.
ers and pupils are doing strong. intense
work. and hat our Normal School
is triniDg up such generation of teach
srs as will inesiimably bless our young
State"
II we mistake not. Gov. Crawsord's
pamphlet calling the attention of eastern
settlers to the attractions of Kansas. con-
taiDs similarly eulogislic account of the
institution.
Now where is the 'screw loose ?" Is
it in the standard of scholarship or of
discipline Is it in the adaptation of the
course o! training to the wants of a
teachers seminary On these points
We have already quoted abundant evil
dence, Is tin the financial management?
Gov. Crawford. as member of the Board
of Directors, officially approved of this
last week, at Topeka, thing be had no
right to do. if be had any suspi ,ion of
it's integrity.
This matter has been publicly broach-
ed, and the popular attention challenged.
through no act of ours; aud none of those
in charge Of public Institutions can sup
pose that we agitate the matter through
hostility TO them. We feel that we, with
all the people Of the State, have a right
to demand that the inquiry be pushed to
its uttermost results. Let there be no shut
| fling, no erasion, no concsalment of dis :
creditable facts. We strongly. urgently.
indignantly demand that the two houses
of our Legislature appoint a joint commits
sion of inquiry, whose duty it shall be
TO visit the various State educational in.
stitutious, make observatiouF, receive
DISPOSITIONS from present and former
teach ers and pupils. from uninteresteG
persons living in the vicinity of each. and
from any casual visitors; to ascertain
from the books of each. the sums appro-
propriated by the State for it's mainteu-
ance. aud the manner of their expendi :
ture; to make searching inquiry in to
all departments. studying the work OF
each individual teacher. and from these
or any other data to make full repor L,
which shall answer such questions as the
following:
lst. Is it worth while for the State to
support. at public expense. University
an Agricultural College. and Normal
School
Cad. Is each of these institutions now.
or is it coming TO be. respectively UNI
vERsIrY, an AGRICULTURAL College, a
NORMAL School. according to the sense
and spirit of the Law by which each was
founded
81. Is there. in each of these schools
such standard of scholarship aud dis,
cipline, such an adaptation to the wants
of the great mass of our peop'e. such a
moral Influence as will justify our legisla-
tors in longer supporting it at the expense
of the tax payers of Kansas
This is test which the people have a
right to demand; which the friends of the
Normal School do demand; which our
Legislature should at once institute. and
from which no housst and faithful trustee
or teacher will shrink.
And we also feel that the same search
ing investigation should be directed to
the various benevolent institutions of the
State. the Penitentisry aud Capitol. Let
Truth for once come out of her we'll. and
let fraud and corruption be fairly IN
vailed. Earnest, clear seeing. educated
men. unconuected with these institu.
tious, should at once be placsd IN charge
of this important work.
1t is more than probable that the Bull
letin may have done GOV. Crawford in
justice, by attributing to him aentimsn IS
which he never entertained that til
language of his message Inadvertently
suggests suspicious which never entered
his own mind. 10 either case, it is due
to himself, to the Normal School, aud to
the psopls of the State. that his language
be cleared of all ambiguity. Ii there is
escrow loose" if he ha, any charges
or suspicious to communicate. let them
be published 10 the most explicit form.
If he believes the administration of the
school to b. abs and honest, let the
people be in formsd OF the fact and in
either case. let US know upon what tes-
IimOny his opinions are based. He can
not afford 20 leave on record any dubious
words which can be used to provoke
hostility against him by persons inimical
to his advancement.
In any case. it will be fortunate for the
Normal School and our young State if
this extract from the Message shall pro-
woke such an inquiry as shall extend down
to the netherHost roots and recesses of
our public affairs. Let there be light
1t is stated that the Atlantic cable is
in frst--rate condition, aud is a perfect
success, though it has not more than one
fourth of the business which it is capable
of doing, owing probably to the high