The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-02-13

SOUTHERN ScHooL BooKs.-It is no
longer possible to use, in our schools,
the books of Northern origin. They
arc found usually to belle our history,
slandcr our people, and spoil our Ian
guago. We want the truth, and not
tictions, which are not only terribly
false, but terribly dull and stupid.
We want the English language, and
not broguc. We rejoice to soc that
proper efforts are making, in proper
places to give US the sort of books we
need for the education of the young.
The professors of tho Virginia Uni
ycrsity, all Southern mon, and all
highly endowed and highly capable,
have taken the matter in hand, and
through the press of G. B. Richardson
u Co wc are almost fully provided,
already, with an entire, complete and
most excellent Southern school and
university series. Professor Geo. l..
llolmot has prepared, for our child
ren, u pictorial primer, an elementary
spcllcr, and five successive pictorial
readers, all admirably conceived,
finely illustrated, and cxcellcntly got
ten up. School charts accompany
this series. Professors Vcnahles, NJ.
f. Maury, LcContc, Guildcrslccyc
and DcNcrc follow, with textbooks in
language and the sciences Holmes,
Gayawe, Porter and Simms follow, in
history ; and, all together, make us in
dependent in educational matters, if
VIC are notin political. We counsel our
| people, as well as our school teachers,
to examine these volumes, and wo
should insist that the time has come
when Southern children should be
taught only by Southern men. If not
capable of toaching our children we
have no right to children at all |;
all and we certainly can do them no
justice. We arc happy to SEQ that
the Senate and House of Representa-
tlvcs of the State Of Mississippi has
recommended this series for adoption
in all tho schools and academies of
that State that tho General Assem-
bly, Of tho State of Georgia has done
the same thing, and that the press of
Alabama and other Southern States is
calling upon their people to do like
wise. let the ball OF reform and
progress roll on, and all impcdimcnts
DC swept out OF the track Charleston
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cbusctts in wi ;ch l.. snvs ,h", ,.;,I I I;,
.a,,,na;', -: I'''"' WIN ".S
native land has been but more devo,c,l
IIc oivcs to th, oon,lomon ,d3rc.scl :,
million Of dollars in ,u,s,--,ho ;ncomn
to bo used for the promotion and enconr.
oocmcnt Of thc intellectual mnr,l and
industrial education Of the vounu of tho
more destitute horizons Of lic Sonlcrn
ana Southwestern States
Besides Ills income bc outhor;vcs
them to use 4 0 pcr cent Of Tho nr;nc;nol
within two Years Tn addition bo MA cos
in their hands bonds of the Planters
Bank Of Mississipni omoun,in;e,o 81
OO, 600, the proceeds ia bc Added 70
and used for the purposes Of thc ,rnst
flc leaves tho details with tho trustees
requesting that Mr.. Win,hrop nav he
chairman, and George Hunt and Bishon
McIlvainc, Vice. .CLairmcn. Thr tr,st
has been accented and an orooniu,,,on
! has been readily e0,.c,cl with AIr win.
throp AS Chairman. and coum,tccs Of
INQUIRY and finance hovc bccn on,nn,el
TT is the intention Of the trustees 10
commence opcratious as soon os novs;.
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