Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-01-11

report of the Superintendent of Common
Schools shows that there is nnch to ne
done before our schools can be regarded
as best subscribing their ends. 1t Is not
that we need to remodel our system, hut
to bring to efficient operation the present
one. Our common aud primary schools
deserve our first and best care. We must
begin at the bottom and bnild up, rather
than begin at the top and build down.
What these schools most need is COM
pctcnt teachers, those who know and can
ilnpart. There is probably no means by
wbici, we can more benefit our schools,
and excite more intelligent interest in
them than by encouraging an institution
You have already founded for this purpose
the Normal School. The Report OF the
Principal shows this to be in very -four
ishing condition As it is however re-
gar,led Ivy many as still an experiment.,
there is naturally much wanting to enable
it TO fulfill perfectly the important ends for
which it was established. 1t would be
well, it seems to me, if we have undertake
en- this experiment, to make the trial fair
and thorough one. The liberal PROPOSE
ton of the trustees of Pennington Acadc
III! III 'eSa'" y" 'e''"l w 'ae S'''e
their bulIdings, gronnd'"ha apparatus upon
the payment oil cialm oy mortgage Oh
the property amounting 10 Si'-V"' cannot
but commend itselI TO the iriehIs OF inc
Normal School. This appropriation, to-
gcther with the sums estimated Ivy the
Principal rs necessary for the completion
and current expenses Of the Institution
would, without doubt, be ajudicious in
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meetings U, '"e po''" ana Tue ii"P"f-
ta'ce VI 'nc ."se suggests Tue '"Ihif!
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'ch,ehce oi 'oca'is, OF 10 personal interest
VI 'he ins'i'"''oh' that WIS se''eus dra"
Ieh 10 lis success ~, ma! nut oe encountered
az Tue outset mere are surrey men ~
'h's STATE IN every section ana ei every
party, eminent! III ior una. position, IN,
capable oil heihg ,ah' enced Ivy sectional
sucii trust III 'llcif hahds would JON With
single ana s'eadiast purpose To build up an
Institution Mofih! al the state aHd abe
qnatc To the demands oil tue times.
his enterprise Is worthy "i the most
ludietons care OF tite state ana Hi the hie
ti,ile devotion "' tue oest men among us.
II Is easy to conceive OF Sneh an nlsutut-
ION made "i'ese oil 'he Industrial Arts
AS tiie oris'nai ACT c"'i'eiiPiates' located Is
pace n''ofaihs specimens oi the various
Soi's III 'i'e ,'a,V' "e'' c'i'"Sn l" Tue sea
Tor the prac''e"i s'uay oi marine dressings
ana marine a'ci''.ec,n'e t''at'efs oil I'M
poftahce III state IKE oofS1' ana III the
oil WAFER power capable oil mot'
ing some machiner! ana allowing eXpcn'
meh's IN 'rfisa''oh' embracing ainii course
o' pfaci'ea' science ana 'he mechaaic arts
becoming Il means OIL iieaieuiaDie behciit
70 the ihteftla' prosperity oil The State and
the glory oil hcr name
if"ii'HS Wy ,he experience oil the pa't
our oi''e,eie" u! us ''a"l'iols, erainpeu
u! Ii" ser'tie 'niitatioii oil i"relSn ins'ltu-
tions shaped ny dissi'niiar demands, con-
pretending the best results OF the latest
III 'uii harmony with the living
interests OF ,hc ti!ncs' sLch an institution
would amor" an e1uca'ioh lar more more
Na'uao,c Una" cou'u nc ontai,Iea D! running
Though the currieuiun OF our colleges
1t would he chief means OF increasing
ana enterprise within our own
borders. and with the growing demand for
skilled labor in couucc ion with our autici.
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l,a'e" p,"''o II" improvements "ou'u open