The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-02-03
EDUCATION.
For the stapaard.,
A State Normal School Very Urgently
Demanded by the People. ,h -

sNAS
A State Normal School Very Urgently
, Demanded by the People. ,h s,s
The Constitution commands, "That the
General Assembly shall establish and main
tain, in connection with the University, q
Department of Agriculture, of Mechanics, Of
Mining, and of Normal Instruction." h'ars
Now, the most urgent of these demands is
that Of State School of trimming for those
who desire to become teachers in the COM
mon schools, and until such an institution
is in operation very little good can be done
in the important business of general edu-
. cation. ,f.,y, r. rt,s ~, ,as45.Ii,sij. .,sf,5y,a
a Even were the proposed law for the estab-
ilishment of common schools passed and in
operation, it would fail unless class Of
educated teachers was preparedto take their
places in our schools. Ia, Ill. a..;t;t I'D .
Those persons who formerly taught in the
common schools of this State are superanu-
ated, incompetent, or otherwise engaged,
and there are few prepared to take their
places. Besides, the colored people demand
very considerable number of teachers fos
their own schools III ~ e.i, .sts s,sI,si
y Prof. ,Doherty, who has spent his life in
the business of Education, and who Is welt
i dCCQudIulcQ WIFI Tue Vi CUuuuCtluK
Normal instruction both in Europe and
America, has proposed the following plan,
in his recent lecture before the Legislature,
for the establishment of State Normal
School, .;,,,,l s..f-. t.., -, .,...I z,.. ~
'The school will be in two divisions with
equal privileges and the same course iof
study. VIZ: a school for the white pupils ct
the University and one for the colored pu-
pills at Raleigh. ..u9 gladw 81. sipnssth J
sit is proposed that four young persons,
two white and two colored, either males or
females, chosen By a public competitive e1ami-
/ nation, in every county of the State, shall be
sent forward, sustained and taught at the
expense of the counties sending them; and
if any county, or counties shall neglect TO
make such selection at the appointed time,
then the Governor of the State and the
Superintendent of Public instruction will
at once fill up the place with eligible persons
qter public conpetitire examination, and
| the several counties SO supplied will each
| pay the sums required of them as above for
the support and education of four pupils in
the Normal School, 5..its.5B 81 sa6s
/ Now, itseems to Us that no time should
be lost in passing an act in accordance with
| the above suggestion-and wel respectfully
submit that whilst railroads and all valuable
internal Improvements deserve the attention
and the support ofour Legislature, the great
and vital qnrstian of a free and enlightened
system Of Common School education for ouz
people who are literally '1perishing for Tlscl
Of knowledge" is far more important and
more pressing. Demanded by the Consti-
tution--eagerly sought for by the people
and essential to the future progress and well.
being Of the State. ea.s,tT t.i. "a
T. Who will bring it tiforward and press il
| upon the attention Of the General Assembly
a...1 ilet,alIt illaieA / .esi..l DELTA. !.