The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-06-27
lUc PCBLlC SCHOOLS.


am too poor to have non de plume, but
have borrowed one, remarkable ior poetry
and eupLony.
Twas said of Ercbus-Le was the son Of
CHAOS and q: Darkne-s-hs married Night
and VAS the fl,her Of light and Of tie day,
90 Inconsistencies may not be deemed I'M
classic.
Philosophy and history haze laugh. us
that respect to ladies is the wori; Of true re-
finement. The ssvaSes prescribe for woman
bu, the station of mental and slave.
The Turk, half civilized, ha. elevated her
one grade, but deems her not his equal. En-
lighiened nations only places her on level
with the man, his equal and associate, and
within her sphere, superior.
Just in proportion then, as men have been
refined, is woman elevated in the scale ofliie.
These thoughts have been ELECTED By what
occurred on Friday evening, a, the exhibition
If the Public Schools.
4 school committeeman, or member Of
board. or what you please to call him, comes
upon the ros;rum and proclaims, if not in
words in inference, you've had sample Of
our work, and heard the best; We do not
choose 10 let five ladies. who have not Teen
heard from yet, expose their Ignorance. 1t
! 1. 70 late, and to avoid their exhibition We
have filled tie lime with hum drums from
music box"
IT'S true, this music WIS ns part Eor par
Gel OF our school, but yet We had no other
means To eli the time and keep these Eve
young ladies out OF sight, We therefore,
called in requisi,ion, pupils from other
schools. 4 large proportion Of the audience
went TO hear The mental exercises, and If q
portion had got tired, perhaps j; was those
Who went TO hear the music.
Where was raised true courte-y gave the
preference to ladies, but here the boys were
put in front, and they were al! exhibited,
aud five young ladies told 10 stand aside,
,ha, 10 one there desired 10 hear from them.
Perhaps this may be Kansas gallan,ry, but it
is nc, of the fcgy kind.
We used to say ofone vino would occupy a
sea, and SIZE lady standing, that he had
been badly raised.
| used to go to country barDacasS, and
there We would seat the ladies first, and il
there vas not room for all, the men would
wait. En-, We were only country folks and
time has been progressive.
| do not doubt the word OF any member Of
the board, but some are weak enough tc
want the proof that these young ladies did
decline, and seem to think they were de
clined, and intimate that il is not philo
sophie that they would labor on for week
! and have their lahors scrulini.ed, acceptet
and approved, and then, OF choice, decIin'
the reading to make room for hum drum OIL
music box.
The ladies are gallant, and they woul'
5 readily perhaps, have stood aside to give tn
gentlemen chance, but everybody can't ap
precia,e this brainiess exercise of turning Oh
. box Of wires with hyerogliphic books
J which they pretend to read.
No. doubling that there il science in tn
, noise called music, but the birds have nese
studied it, nor have !, and this constan
di.hing one, the concord Of sweet sounds o.
all occasions, il like feeding caullifowers L
! pumpkins.
The systems Of these schools are right m
doubt, bat one thing struck me very curious
. why If these young labies were not fit Z
show themselves, they should have been en-
titled to diplomas, especially where, judsinl
from reports, department is the only scienc
taught, except attendance. know to ittl
of the WAYS Of life, and therefore If l come u
contact with scholastic views of thingh
readily succumb, and hope I'll be forgiven
that l.. if was wrong.
NEBBUcHoDoNAZzEI.