Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-22
EDUCATIONAL.

PINi. WICK ERsuAM Anpi;te-t4, rlE 1EAtH-
Els' INSTITUTE His RtNARNs Al THE
i'rEilc MEEriNG At NriAL CHURCH.
The Teachers Institute met at Srho"'
House, No. |, Yesterday afternoon. ut i"r'""k,
Ior the pur,,sc oi listening 10 an address on the
suffice, Of "Ieachns." hy Hon J. L. Wicker |
snaui State Superintendent of Public Schools, oi
PENNSYLVANIA. About forty teaches were rep. |
resented and the l!nrrl ot ''ihlic Education and
several invited guests also attended The cxet'
ciscs ol"ncd with singing hy the SCHOLARS oi M.
] school under the direction Of Proi j. \.
Cl,mmcr, after which the speaker was intro
duccd Ivy Superintendent Harlan, of this city
Mr.. Wickri'hau delivered a learned and m |
trr.~s;ing ai'rcsa, of about three quarters of an
hours duration, in which he cndeavored 10
impress upon the minds Of his hearers the great
iml.,t,nrr oIiLc work in which they were en-
aac'si, aud takr,l in plain and familiar man
rtr upon The m"yi approved methods 't
uulatituA instinct On Ia the incullvard
| MUD W. s,"k" oi ,in-;iaiir small aiicn-
dance at the Public Schools here, ~ con,paIison
Ia Tia. ,s'l,iiat,ou ii the city, ard hoped meas
are. would hy s,".t,li> taken To increas. the at
| tendance, dwelling Il, length on the danger OF
| allowing poor children Ia gov up in Ignorance,
| which is equivalent 10 vice and SIN,
| The remarks OF Prof W. were listened to
with great attention. At their conclusion an
| other song was finely rendered bv Prot Glenn
| u,rr md hiI voln" chorisirr1 aud the meeting
| then ad jontncd.
In the evening, Central PRESBYTERIAN Church
was filled with III intelligent audience, in accord
| ,nce with the announcement that Prof Wicker.
sham would address a public meeting at that
time and place. The meeting was presided over
| hv DR.. 4. H. Grin,sl,aw, Prcsident Of the
Board of Public Education. After singing l,y
the scholars ofschool No. 4. under the direction
of Prof. Clemnner and a i.rven PRAYER by Rev.
| LAFAYETTE Marks, of Hanover Presbyterian
Church, DR.. ID. W. Maull arose and introduced
the speaker, in a few well chosen words.
| Prof Wicker-ham's remarks were, in substance,
as follows:
lie commenced hv referring TO the popular
| lecturers OF the DAY, whose lectures popular
entertaining subjects were prepared during the
hot summer months, to he delivered during the
lecture season at so much per night He did
not lcIpIc thlt class Of lecturers His subject
was not is tntJraining and amusing theirs
but ii was equally rs popular, and vastly more
important. He came here To speak in plain,
practical manner in reference Ia the Common
school System-ireely and irankly--wiih re-
gard To what tha, system should he.
II Where people RUE they must be cducatcd.-
kuers should know how to rule; and AS in this
country all are rulcrS--lt is of the utmost i'm
purt,nce that all should he educated. In some
attainailo hy the ses, and as long the ruler
were cdacated the government would not sui-
fer. Bni here it is different In this country,
OF ali countries in the world, the people should
be educated lie referred 10 the Importance at
tached 10 popular education by The early rulers
of our nation, and urged its vastly increased i'm.
portancc II, the present day.
/ Popular education is essential TO the prescr
! vation of free Neutrality-suspicious. it they
Will crumble to the dust Statesmen, there
fore, should cndcavor to spread the system
over the entire country. Every child born oi
| American soil should have the privilege of IL
r education. Education should be universal
t mind He created itcapabale of being educated
y And this education should not be denied, fo
t food for the mind is essential rs food for th'
body.
u The Common school system aims to mak
| education universal Ignorance is a weigh
, and drag on the industrial and moral pro
. yres> of II community. Education will email
Il cirate and dignity labor. Glncinla,,s at Il,
:. plough was CincinnatuS siill
:. Edu'ated men are needed in all branches q
II the Government, National, state, and l.oca
is and men were often elected To office for pol
Il iira purposes only and not for their oflicla
H. qualifications Men were parcd on iur,S, /
murder trials, who Were utterly untitled I
decide the Eo,t unlnlrortant eases. This
l. dangerous. The Jury box, ot all other inst
II, tutions, should bc intelligent.
In this country all men are allowed the pi
hi | vilege Ol I"iing. Ii WAS not his province
say whether thr">tcnSiOn oi the elective ira'
/ chisc was Il w9,' or nnwise policY-but it ";
his province, IN say that every man who dt
po>iis a ballot should know what he Votes. :
'' soon aS large niinllnrs OF ignorant men air II
lo"rd la Vote, 81, suon Will the nobe ihstit,
H. iioHS of ON country begin to decay 1t shon
pr theory ri our Government tina! all me
oi who Sot" should m intelligent
II" expressed iim-eii we'll pleased 10 no
q IN euI aclious Il higher course oi tdncati,
than is usual in mos, Public Schools. He vi
, s,fui.ly III favor of Public High s5chouIs ri
children OF the poor should hav. the adva
- tage Of 4 liberal as w"ll rs the children Of II
'' rich; and tin Public Schools are the on
medium through which Tia. former can OBJ a
' IL Talent may br born in The novels ot Il
pool rs wei as in the palaces of the i,rh; al
ire wherever talent is born it should have iu
opportunity ior development He related
incident which occurred at III. Fe,nal. Iii.
school, OF Baltimore. II short time since, wlie
the annual piiz,' medal for scholarship (t
iund ioi the puichaS" of which was dOliat
10 the school BY the late Geo prabOdy) "
u,. carried of 10y the daughter of a poor w,she
Woman, living IN the suburbs of The city,
'a though strongly opposed by more prosperO
but less successful competitors. Let the arI
ws' oi the Publn school Sy stem extend to the
burb, ot yonr city and draw in, support a
9TH develop talent, wherever found. 1t is I
duty ol the Board of Public Education IA
Ne the citizens of Wilmington Ia do this.
He briefly referred To the nature of I
1O2 Common School system, and closed by urgi
the necessity OF sacrificing political opiniG
ood to the cause OF education, and eXhOrting I
State to establish school system within
: OF whole line its similar to that existing in
city Of Wilmington.
5 ~ On motion Of DIR. Bush, vote Of than