The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-22
The ssscience Of Government"

not space or timefor commentin the same
issue. There q not much in 4 that We
care to notice, but dafas TO much Of the
"insolence Of Office" to permit 1t to pass
altogether The irrelevant tRtement that
"many articles grossly scurrillous and
personal, attacking the Board Of .Educa..
ton and idoa1caSq had -aPpeaFeayih the
1NTEL1IoENcER, within the past two or
three years seems TO have been carefully
worded to convey tho idea that these
were editorial s'articles," ," Tie gentleman
knows that no editorial article Of that
character ever appeared in our columns,
and whether the Communications Of 9th
ers that did appear are properly describ-
ed by the language quoted, 1t is
not necessary to discuss. We have
no. recollection of printing anything
About the Superintendent that was in
pSobtF forA AnewSsl 63bef public adon, aot
any criticisms s6f dim that ldtd not deaf
with him IN his official character. 1t did
not follow that we agreed with the writers
pr approved their style Of discusSiens but
they were entitled 10 a hcaEiagE antl theI
pf1cial assailed had the use Of our columns
10 reply If he chose, as we believe he did.
Less than a month ago we declined to
publish an article tartly critIcising the
Superintendent, because the writer, as we
thought, went oht oi bis way 70 ,httack!
another matter forming the legitimate
subject Of the letter. Mr.. WILLIAMS has
never been dealtWlth antaifly by us, and
he knows 1t. But SO long as he holds
public, trust We shall feel lHat ltberty5to
criticise his public acts, and to allow
others SO to do, within legitimate bounds,
just whenever it may seem our duty TO dP
SO, aiming only to do justice and promote
public interests. !! lf t.iAt
We cannot enter into controversy
oyer. hoquestion whether thsS" Science
Of Govefnment" !" Should 8be taught @ih
public schools. That would be endless.
We have stated our reasons sufficiently
for the belief that it should not Another
excellent reason is stated by lady
teacher, IN our columns this morning,
when she says these schools are already
too much crowded, and the pupils 1--WE
much cFammed, withstudics. We econtent
ourselves with adding to what we said
Tuesday, that everything cannot be
successfully taught in schools Of this
character; and they have to choose be-.
tween teaching a low fundamental.
branches well and loading down the
pupils with studies and teaching
all badly. Some branches Of kuowl-
cdgcmust bsleft to other agencies. Even
so eminent an. instructor as the City
Superintendent cannot expand the CON-
mon school TIL It viii embrace tho Col.
lege; without danger Of fracture, y44z
Our comments Tuesday were chiefly
directed Is the compulsory feature Of two
regulations for which We presumed the
Board o. Education Or or inc ne, eapefin5en9I ait5
eps 3t 9qt9' were rssp0gnGl esp Z Ee tns oqs s
compelling the Grammar scnoos 10 study
the Science OF Government ana tne o'heF
compelling pupils IN German 10 con''nue'
the alternative IN either case oe1ng WIN. 1E
dr4yat IRON sshool! ths "esfne e9 fqM
for the superintendent % ausTer, put Y
a column and a quarter OF solid type nc
!atls TO do II aaol& !s5,Ioli'i . isosTaI
He cannot and does not deny that
it was upon his repeated recommendation;
that the Science Of Government q ~ was
made one Of the .fndtspensab bles sthdlea
BE makes a. feeble. attempt 70 throw the
responsibility on tho Board; but his re!
ports now on file show that the idea was
his and that the Board had previously re-
fused TO entertain 1t. and apparently did
so at last in Difference TO his persistency
in pressing it, j". ss9 Z ;3 sss& isA ,s5 'ij ay
By.the superintendents own Bho&!
inr tbe continuance Of a pupil,in German
"a equally oompulsoryy 50 far + as asI,s parents
nunjl ara concerned. The, difference Is
tbat in one case rule ot, ,geleralap oi
tionlriS made BY the Board iani lintlle
other the will ofthe superintsndsht isthe
MA Tho parent 4 really without voice
n'tbenatter9 .aThcbapil cannot dropit
a IA vI, own 1o1ptionY saws liz suTpeeir:inteIn,