The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-02-25
THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE,

.hr. Editor:
The Board Of Education for Lewis
Township have had IN view for some
lime, the erection Of a building lofschool
purposes in Ibis place thst would be
Sufficiently commodionS and 80 orang
ed as 10 epable them to have gralsd
school, and ihati. might be the model
school house OF the county. anil that The
house might in every way be common
sura,e with the weallh, intelligence and
circumstances Of the place, i, being tho
seat oIjastico Tor what we consider the
banner comfy Of the Sta'e To this
end. about ona year ago, the Board
purchased loI OF ground in tho most
accessible and most desirable location
in the town. for which they paid s'ne
$1,000. Some few weeks since, this
Beard published card asking for se,l-
ed proposals for ito erection Of said
building Tbs plan and specifications
were male ont, Oul inspected by the
different parties, and on Tuesday tho
18Th inst, the bids having been rscoiv
ed. were opened, it WAS fSuai that I.
". Blades. Esq. Of ibis place, was
the lowest bidder. (being S7.740 OO)
he Of course, Vas cn!iled to the contact,
Ba. the enemies AMI opposerI of the
progressive ideas of the age. at oacc rise
up in mass, and are nov proposing to
ftu,lra'e the whole project, and are
masking two pfopositionsto tho Board
Tho FIRST is 10 sell to it a certain build
log ia !ho lower par! of the town known
a, the "Virsiais Hou,o" for school
building, and tie SsCOud is to give it
the bu,Iliag in which the school has
boeo kept for some time past, md known
S the "A 'odcmy," aol % fit it up BY
putting to it frame addition.
The fcst question then, that comes up
bore, is this: WHO are the parties Iha!
arc making these propositions? We an.
swer 6tsl, that they aro PARTIES who hold
stock in the Virginia House and want to
got rid OF it. The Others arc those who
would have to pay considerable TAX, be.
cause they are wealthy aal the whole
thing summed up together in nut
shell! grows GU; OF their an!ipalhy to
the froe school system, hence they are
trying to make it us disrepuIable, and
Intellectual as possible, aud by this means
create prejudice against it, which they
hope viii uI!imrte il its overthrow.
The objections wo bavs to the FIRST
proposition arc these, la the first place,
the location i, no! where i! oush! to be-
pw,y OF 10 one side Of the towa, and
right on the river bank, h0mmed in on
the i,onIb5 dangerous river. on one
side By public highway, aad on every
other side, By buildings, giving no
ground whatever log tho children for re.
creation, which every one ought 10 know
should b, provided for every school
house in the land,
10 the second place, tho building for
school purposes woull bs perfect bur
Iesque to the school system aud a dis
gtace 10 the community, and would COS!
more, with the original cost. to f. it up
as it should be, anl as ii mus! be, than
il would cost to erect the one ia con-
temptation. There is no man 10 this or
any other community, who would uu-
dertake 10 remove the partitions and re,
arrange tho building and &! it up fot a
school house as i. ought 10 be, Tor less
than three thousand dollars. Add this
TO tho 5000 90 asked Tor the building,
aul your housa coats $1,000 90. Anl
another very serious objoclion is the s,o.
ries are all too low, aud could not DO
remedi.d.
The foe! is,the only way for the Board
to DO is to 80 on aul erect their baildiug
as proposed. l. may cost al effort, but
what i, that, compared 10 the grand 70,
suit, the cause Of popular education
will realize. Its to the Influence Of
lii. obaroh aal tho s3hool house that
The aaIion looks for her prosperity, her
happiness and her greatness, Narrow
these influences down to the ideas o.
some men, and YOU at once strike dealt
I H., D., that r1yor that prayapts tbf