The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-11

derming gualiiiaa Il i uos claimed
+ thai Our school Las has never uset or
position /, Is Sos claimed ihat -
& ne oply enemy It uow has o. viii
have Al tie persons IA The state q
Vermont uho an impFopcrly born. arr
aol yet dead ADD j l. perhaps tie
least hkeiy oi anything ~hich We can
anticipate TIA, tacir race Vii ever be
came wholly extinct within her orders
These always eye askAnee every act 81
TIC friends q Eiocaton "a Humanity,
that has ior is objcc; the education p
the human race They laud the things
that tarre aud loath me things that aee
Lake the eoreets tail whichever side o.
the sun i mas BE-. tbrg minds always
point towards tht uelat gloom They
march behind or ro6isi tAe ideas 81
Their ago. aud the, fate is 10 Be- dragg
el around or oyerthrown. They are
no new phenomena ON this planet 81 "a
this Commonwealth An insignificant
.unwashed. ubedaelted. stcrcoiypeA mi.
uority, swsyed g aaj iro, like taft q
rushes in the changing currents 81 a
stream, by Oh. mighty eloqueuce of
geninsas Of the arst water, such faith
or pills and isus. and like blind men,
Shear ihrir noses higher
Than thoe2 ea9 have lhgag eyes aHd SIGHT entire,
their opposition TO our present school
system and an others. Is always czpec
ted. but no, feared And these are they
whom ] call "the people" 4 terrible.
misnomer indeed Add be says they
begin to look upon our school system
cas- an awkward and uuwil lly machine
too complicated and expensive for gem
eral use or real utility" Very likely
But would J have MS inter that his
people" look upon this complicated
and expensive machine ms cheap and
simple enough for some particular
use" Little as his "people" know Of
machine which they are incompetent
to run, they ought to know First, that
even an unwieldly machine" shouldn't
have a single unnecessary cog in it, ]
know j will pardon me for calling his
attention to so small an article Of re-
Itrenchment rs tn unnecessary cog it
his "uuwidely machine" For he is a
disciple aud propagandist Of the cheap
and simple machine" or natural
crooks Of the oil schools And Sec
ondly they should know and concede
that, machine" which has been in
constant aud general use in Vermont
for the thirteen years last past, and has
had expensive improvements and at
tachments added to it from time to
time, has intrinsic merits, and has met
and still meets general and felt want.
This is "machine" Of the people, by
the people and for the people; and if
| il is not q good one and has not ans
wered their purpose, why have they not
laid it aside ere this. Do practical,
common sense people persist in using
machine" that is worse than useless,
just because they happen to have 1t :
| And this identical "machine" or one
similar to il is in use in every one Of
the States in the Union most noted
for It's common schools Aud ] is rea-
sonable to suppose that J IS people
are wise aud the States foolish 7 More
or less Of the main features Of this ma
chine" are adopted by every country Of
the civilized world. And how could
this happon il they were not improve
ments on the things that were, The
whole civilized world with its arts and
sciences, its colleges, and universities
its seminaries and schools of learning
aud its everything, has moved within
the last thirteen years aud moved very
perceptibly too And is it possible that
Vermont has not moved also Or that
the native State Of Douglass and Stew
ems has moved and improved in every
thing else except her educational inter
est Such suggestions, however well
| pleasing to those persons whose pet in
situations are relics of barbarism lever
dear TO them as their own household
gods, are absurd and Illuminating TO
every true son Of Vermont The offic
ial reports Of our Boards Of Education
and their Secretaries aud our own town
Superintendents have ever been favor
able TO the operation Of our School Law.
And are these to he set aside ms no
proof Of the things that are, or weighed
in the balance with mere guesses and
assertions and declared to be found
wanting? The Rov. z. S Pratt, Super
! intcndent Of Dorset, in bis report Of
last year 10 the Secretary Of the Board
Of Education, says 1--WE have numer-
our candidates here for tho teachers
office. enough 10 Gil twice over all our
teachers desks, with some to spare 10
ether towns These are more com
monty young Misses Of good character
and pretty we'll versed IN the common
branches, but Of little or no experience