Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-03
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A mn.h interest Ia ran Tested by our
.ool ,.onls In educational facilities, We
-. "a .i,e Sur yIeWs on The subject
A n eminent writer has suggested the idea
mai any given community should be will.
ing 10 be taxed 10 the amounto Of one. fourth
=, ,,eir ta.abie propsrty for church and
,etool purposes, aud should count the IN.
ye.lment n good and Judieiors one. This
sentiment Is eminenily true, for " We
take care Of the roral and intellectual
stains of cur children, ell other interests
will be subs..yed.
Tho liberality Of our citizens on the
church question La been abundantly ex-
empli6ed. Tho public mind is now reing
nrilated on school facilities. This 10 emf
ncntly proper and right, but the danger Is,
that their berevolence may not be directed
in the most efficient channel. We wish IL
understood that VIC are in favor Of colleges
and seminaries, whenever and wherever
the cxigencies Of the case, the wealth and
refinement Of community demand them,
but we would venture TO suggest, with, al
due Difference, that they are not The
kind of institutions most needed at pres
en-. to supply the wants Of our people.
ColIenes apd seminaries do very we'll in
t,c;r nroner spbcre. hut they are not de,
s;gnod ,o meet ibe wants of IN entire
communitv The purposo of such institu.
,,;ons ia 10 furnish facilities for a finished
education TO those youth. who have the
time, means ard inclination to secure in
te,Iec,ual eminence. The course Of study
in such institutions is directed 10 polished
education rather than to practical results,
therefore the welfare of those seeking
practical education is generally overlooked
There is loo much anxiety to make polished
gentlemen and Indies to look after tho in
tcrests of the bone and sinew of the land.
Men of observation know that small chill
drcn do not receive that attention in such
institutions which they demand, and hence
nro considered dwarfs intellectually for
vears when the fault is want of training.
Hence we assert that colleges and semina-
rics do NOT meet the wants of our peoplc.
Every facility in comfort should be af-
forded children going to school. Jtis sutfi-
cicst y lorttre their minds without tortur-
ing their bedes also. Hence it is neces-
sary that school rooms should be properly
eeated and arranged. Every one knows
how dcplorably our school rooms are pro-
vided on this head. The seats torture the
vigorous in life to occupy them an hour,
and therefore how much more children,
for roainuous days and months? They
arc absolutely intolerable. No wonder
they grow weary of school and its duties
and make little proficiency.
In our opinion, oir people should build
what we call Union School Building, at
Which every white child in the city could
be ed.cated. The building should consist
of three stories, with large and eapaciois
halls in each story, besides recitation
rooms, music rooris anterooms and ward
robes. The halls should be seated with
forms, capable OF containing tWo stuueh's,
ar angcd in rows, with aisles between
them, all facing the teachers platform
and desk. Each hall and recitation room
sholtld be abundantly supplied with black
boards, maps, charts, &c. The school should
be furnished with a'suitable corps OF
teachers. One teacher should preside over
each hall, and DO aided by suitable ASSIST
ants. No teacher should interfere win
tlc discipline of another in 6 different de-
partment. Glasses could associate from
either department in any study 30 as to
classify and simplify The work, thereby
enabling each teacher to bestow as much
time as possible on each class. The juve-
lille scholars should be seated in the first
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