Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-03
EDUCATION.


rae Opening Of the Scholastic Year
in Memphis.
To-morrow win be q great day among
q ycune people throughout the country.
Il viii be the great school opening day
one Of the most important OF the three
hundred and sixty-dvo. Il seems TO be 8
settled fact that we ars to honor snd cul-
ing against It. In America IL 10 wor-
shipped With 3 devotion even greater
than that which characterizss the nati0nsl
adoratiOn of the almighty dollar. II ia
considered the hrst Of great things. The
homely but useful virtues, Industry and
honesty are no where compared
with 1t. 10 know how to play
on the piano and dance gracefully
and converse hippantly on such super
mon talk Is no longer considered "an edu-
cation" for girls. The taste now Is for q
little deeper study. There seems to be
very little hope Of returning to the con
ssderation Of the claims of Housekeeping
virtues and knowledge, for heaven knows
how long. This forms no part of the
education proper of our young people. IL
is utterly ignored. But we may reach 1t
yet. This kind of education nov Is only
achieved through necessity in a great
number of cases., n through actual force
in q few. Young men are bred up to va
rious trades and professions, but young
women are brought up apparently to-
dress. We shall improve by-and-by, per-
haps.
Il is with Subtraction that we direct the
attention of parents at this time 10 the
schools advertised in the APPEAL. For
number, variety and excellence these
cannot be excelled. Colleges, professional
schools, boarding and day schools for both
sexes, and in different languages, schools
located in the OWE III in the country,
are mentioned In our columns, q parents
will not fail to find among them those to
which they can safely entrust their chill
dren.
We are spoken OF as a new people in
scholarship, and il is true that our Oldest
institutions oflszrning are young as com
pared with those in the old countries; but
for diversity and independent vigor, and
general usefulness, the schools of America
are comparable with those of any country.
And so, since they deserve 1t, We hope
they all may be prosperous during the
coming year.
The number of private schools has been
increased during the past year. This is
due to the fact that the public schools
nave Of late become very efficient educs-
tional institutions. There ia not much
| likelihood that they viii ever supersede
such establishments as The State Female
/ College or ST. Agnes Ademy, but bbey
are proving dangerous nvsls to the lesser
institutions. The general effect of the
rivalry will be beneficial. The public has
a sharp and interested eye on the public
schools which will keep the teachers
spurred up, "as 1t were,' and induce them
/ TO expend their best intellectual energies
in turning out good scholars. Tie pri-
vate schools are worked upon TO keep
ahead. They cannot in any case fall be-
hind. If they do, that is ruinous, for nc
parent will pay money for an inferior ed
ucatiOn to that which can be obtained for
nothing.
The schools this season open with 6
very fair prospect for a good season. There
is q great demand for tickets of admission
to the various public schools in the city
and it is expected that by the end of the
month there will be over three thousand
children in attendance at the fifty fouI
school-rooms, which comprise cur educa'
tiOnal halls.