The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-21

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A Card from superintendent william,
WHEELING, Sept. 20, 1870.
TOAs WhGellng Anta4lgmeT
The article which appears in your pa
per PfIthis date, over the signature ''Den.
OcralS Tax Payer,R haSl4 d Of supported
bNR lengthy and sBnie8 lias 6ahstit editp,
rial, rejecting upon the Board Of Educa.
ton and the City Superintendent d
Schools, should 1t be suffered to pass
i WITHOUT notice or reply, would be cSlCu!
lated, to leave upon the minds Of your
readers false impressions with regard to
the matters referred 10 in the article,
That the official acts oEpublic Officers are
Aegitimat % m9tteFs 81 colpment and crit,
shhSIsb fnpe inSbtS sehS3 VIM tog 4 mo:
n H dispdte.E Aid 81 Sthe othef hand,
common sense would teach, that, before
appearing as censor in such matters, a
party, should endeavOr to acquaint hims
self wifi the facts pertaining TO the sub.
ieCts upon which he ventures to comment
It may be said with regard TO the produc.
ton Of Democrat and Tax ,Payer',E that
than many articles which have within
the last three or four years, appeared IN
the columns of the 1NTELLIGENCER, at
lacking the Board Of Education and It's
officers. The articles CreterFed TtpG have,
IN most instances, been suffered to pass
unnotic6d OF account fot Sbclng grossly
scurrilous and personal, SO much so
ds TO satisfy even the casual reader
that the author or authors were
prompted; not by any regard for the edu-
cational Interests Of the community, or
the actual good Of the schools, but by,
feelings Of the purest malice and vindiC.
tiveness, which they were incapable Of
With tSs foregoing "a ,preltaiuary, the
articlk bt rAther articles of ld-day may be
considered. Tho school law OF the dis
trict makes 1t duty Of the Superintendr
ent7with 4le7Board of Education, when a
High School for the District shall have
been established, to prescribe a course Of
study. for said school,, 1t ,proyidessfhrth,,
ferm0re tlEat "inlil said .High School shall.
be established the higher branches shall
Be taughkfn the Grammar Schools" The
Board, at the last regular meeting, saw fit
TO introduce Science Of Government
and the Constitution Of the United
Statean as regular studies In the Gram
mar School course, not, however, as In
tim0tcd by the Editor Of the INTEILI.
0ENCER, and the writer of the article IN.
der consideration, with any purpdse 6f
having pAftSfolitics taught ID thb Schools.
Nor does II BY any meahs follow that in
formation upon these subjects cannot be
inculcated without infusion Of the peculiar
political sentiments of the teacher, nor
thatapy sensible teacher would be likely
IL attempt, even indirectly, to inculcate
his sentiments or views upon mooted
points in politics. Dol
! The study Of United States History,
which by law is made q regular study In
the Grammar school course, might with
the same consistency, and for this same
reason, 6a objected liberals scafcetyi
q school histoty Ofsthe United Stai& iinl
which something may not be found, to In:
dictate the political bias Of the author.
And even II such were not the case, am
pie opportunity is afforded to the teacher,
II so disposed, to inCulcate political scntts
mentS. BeCausesuch is the case, shall we
exclude instruction in United States His
torydrpn Tie schools ofthe district? The
editor OF the 1NTELLTGENCER will proba!
bly, so clam. Again, in all our school
Biographies we find sections on political
geography" "Eorms Of Government &C.,
.affording ample opportunity 10 teachers
SO inclined, to introduce political teach.
'ingssmShall.weasaye thenr geography
shall no longer bG regarded as a regular,
study the schools? And again, a rule
OF the Board requires the reading OIL
esone portion Of the Holy Scriptures"
daily In each department or division,
and both tho law and q rule of the,
Board require the medication Of cor.
rect morals. Here, Mr.. Editor, Is af.
tordcd splendid opportunity for teach.
ligious and eclfilp principles And
because thi5ls.s6, abessit' argue that the
Bible and all moral instructions shall be
excluded from the schoolsg The editor,
to be consistent, must ansYer Ss.yes.H And
win probably PITT the question, Now
Is willing TO entrust ll8.chilb in the
nml6ttef 81 d" religious "edication TO this
earl and fiRI manipulation at t6ehands
Of any. teacher? ,zc~ ~
2TaeNetysidea 1tllata hstfhction I'm the
general principles d, government must
involve party political teach!
Ing, ,isso absurd as scarcely to, deserve d
notice Such IN fdeh Certainly never so
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