The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-12

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school shall be made a desideratum in
considering the dcsirableness of locating
in any particular village, city, or coun-
try. Heretofore in our towns, property
has risen and fallen with the fluctuations
in gold and now railroad connections
are generally considered the highest i'm
portance for they greatly enhance the
value of property. If the schools are
what they out to be, and are appreciated,
they will also influence the value of
property in their respective vicinities,
and the value of property will rise in
the same proportion that the schools
rise in excellence-other things being
equal.
AS our relations in society are gen.
orally brought about by our own choice
or free act, we usually have no plausible
excuses for directing adverse forces.-
Recognizing in all of our actions the
great philosophical principle, which l
have before stated, viz : that forces act.
ing in opposite directions, produce re.
suits equivalent only to the difference of
the forces acting, while forces acting in
the same direction produce results
equivalent to the sum of the forces, and
as the sum is greater than the difference
and as we recognize this principle in
every society and department of labor
of whatever nature, it becomes as all,
whether our labor be self.imposed or
otherwise, to study these forces that we
may employ them to the best possible
advantage. Every man ought to know
himself, and the nature of his forces.
BY the skillful combination of rightly
directed forces, the great useful enter.
prises of the world are carried on.
have been studying the object to be At
tanned, and the forces to be employed,
by the company under whose banner
| have voluntarily enlisted--and as I
am more especially interested in my
own profession, its relations to the pub.
lie, the work to be done, ETC.. you will
pardon me if l leave the subject without
farther discussion in it's most general
sense, and come down to consider its
practical Specification to us as parents,
patrons, teachers and pupils. We have
endeavored thus far to call your atten.
tiou to the fact that cooperative forces
in all cases are the efficient ones, while
the non. co operative ones are the ineffi
cient ones Now let us consider our
object, or the object we should have and
keep in view, and the manner in which
we can attain that object. Co.opera-
tion being the key to success, what are
some Of the ways in which we may CO.
operate !.
We observe that there are different
grades of society in the world. Some
are high, while others are low. In the
higher grades are found general intelli-
gence, prosperity and happiness. In
the lower, ignorance, degradation and
misery. The study of cause and effect
leads to see why this is so-that educa.
tion fits people for the highest walks in
life-while ignorance, with its a tendant
evils confines them to the lower ranks.
So we find the world graded througout
the good alone being truly educated
and great.
As | have intimated, too little atten.
tion has been paid to schools by inhu-
entail business men in the past but
now they begin to recognize the fact
that money spent in building good
school houses and supporting good
schools, is wise investment, even con-
sidered pecuniarily, for it greatly en-
hances the value of the property within
the vicinity of the school, and whether
they have children to educate or not,
they recommend the erection of good
school buildings and all other necessary
prerequisites to good schools. We very
seldom hear men of liberal views find.
: ing fault now with school taxes, judic-
l iously levied, when they can have
1 schools which render an equivalent for
!, the outlay. A literally supported school
, pays largely in return every way, if
rightly managed. We cannot estimate
9 all the benefits arising from we'll con-
Quoted schools all cannot be told un-
!, til eternity shall give up it's secrets. 1t
!, is worthy of remark, however, that
t those villages in our own State which
have been the most liberal in supporting
!. good schools, are those which have in
g creased in wealth the most rapidly and
t what is true of villages in this respect
: is true no doubt of individuals. lt
r sometimes happens that people are heav-
t lily taxed to build good houses and then
; feeling poor relax their energies, hire
e cheap teachers, and then give them no
4 meaps with which to labor successfully
a and the result, a very natural conse-
0 quence, is failure, and the taxpayers
$ receive no equivalent, either directly or
y indirectly, for their outlay, and there
!. fore have plausible excuse for grum-
IS bling. 1t is evident that ever so nice a
h school house, alone, cannot insure good
!, school Your work as patrons of the
!. school must continue vigorously, even
!, after you have placed good teachers in
}. YOUR good school rooms. Teachers are