The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-17

I department. receives a salary from the
city government. Fremep, wiIiie in
the discharge Of their duty, are fre-
quently exposed to the cold and
storms upon the one hand, while up
on the other they are sometimes coDi-
PEELED to meet the great conhagra
tions, whose giant proportions stand
| for.b In their very nature, equal to
the eruption Of some great volcano.
AS some Of our educational de-
paitments are represented here it
might be well to consider the devel-
opinent Of the faculties Of the human
mind, and the training Of them into
harmonious action III obedience to
the laws Of reason and morality. -
Sunday schools, rs they were origi-
naliy formed, were for yagrant and
vicious children, and for the preyen-
| ton Of crime by the reformation Of
! juvenile offenders. The statistics OF
the city Of New York, relevant to
crime, present strong argument in
favor Of reform schools. The num-
Der of petty thieves under the age OF
ten years had, within tie nine Years
ending with 1860, diminished 80 per
cent, and vagrant children under
that age so per cent. The facts BET
forth az referred demonstrate that
there is less than one-haif OF the
crime committed by minors where
they live in the vicinity and under the
direct influence Of Sabbath Schools.
The prevention Of crime should not
be the only incentive why this moral
place Of resort should be fostered
aud kept up, for it is safe to infer
that the same kind OF teachings that
prevent disorder aud cIi..e have Il
| tendency to instilI into the youthful!
mind ideas Of moral and religious
nature.
The ancieuss bad no general pro-
visions for the education of all class
es. Sparta under Lycureus came
near it, but the education impaired
by the State was merely physical
anl did not reach the peasant classes.
In Rome whilst private schools were
numerous. their advantages only ac-
] tAbLtA ~ AA4G pau AS4aAAtS ssS4AA SA~iA jAE
| bians rs possessed property. The
council OF one Of the Roman CatIio-
| lie churches by the name Of Lateran
| in the year oil our Lord, 1I19, es-
| .ablished German school III every
! cathedral throughout the Roman do
lninions for the gfatritous instruction
Of the poor; thus the COMMON
school was organized under the in
! hGeuce of the christian church
But the esnb ishment of schools
on more liberal basis than has evet
existed III the European nations was
reserved 10 this country, under the
/ teachings of tue Puritan settlers oi
New England. The free public
school system was first introduced
into the State of Connecticut al
Hartford. In 1868, at the city oi
/ Hartford, Il vote was passed, which,
IN is spirit, still governs the educa-
/ tioDa! system of tue State. The vote
was as follows: thas the town should
pay for the schooling Of the poor
The same policy was subsequently,
adopted III some OF the other colo
! MES. In 1917 there was considerable
advance made in public schools and
I nearly all of the northern cities com.
menced TO make some advancement
IN that direction. Ii the human fam
| ily should be content with acquiring
the knowledge that the authors on
the various branches iinpart to us,
aud if we should cease to exert our.
seiues in acquiring or seeking fol
knosledge, through our mental ex.
ertions, then philosophy OF Itself
would be at stand still. 1t is the
property of the mind to grow by
what ii Is fed on; 1t is the spark is.
sued from the great mental batteries
that touches the great electric chain
graphing with new and unknown
problems, and solving them so that
they can be understood by most com
mon intellects 1t is the constant ex
ertion of the mind that preares it for
Its various duties fhat makes it strong
and able to grapple with the most
complicated questions.
And to the yonng people let me
say. that Your success depe DIS, to O
great extent, upon the amount of en-
ergy that you posses. In glancing
back over the history of the world
we find the greatest, and most con-
| spicuous characters coming from the
ranks of the people, and frequently
inheriting from their parents nothing
but that kind of az energy that never
tires and a will that never falters.
And returning again to the subject
of May and contemplating the fact
that this month can consistently be
compared with the earlier portion oil
our lives, which is undoubtedly the
happiest hours of our existence, en-.
ioying, as the most of this congrega.
ton do, good health and everything
to make you happy upon the one
hand, without the care and response
bilities of the business world crowd.
ing in upon your pleasures on the
other. Taking into consideration
as You consistently can, the time OF
| the year, and your own life keeping
peace with it, and it will teach you
the fact that the same kind of cares
and responsibilities thatare now hang.
ing around the various avocations oi
the business world will,soon be sad.
died upon you and you WIN soon be
engaged in the various pursuits of Q
business life.
! We are here to mingle together
and to celebrate upon this, beautiful
grassy plain. Contemplating the
fact that Spring has come once more
with all its pleasantness. dressing