Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-19

THEo. =. GATCHEL, President
Oar Public CSIoTed schools.
wA'h.nEton d. q Oct. II, 1871.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN; Not only Is the city Of
Washington ID. u, beautiful by reason Of Its
magnificent streets and avenues, Its Orname ntal
parks and spacious payemonts, its towers and
Its public mansions, but also because II is stud
ded throughout It's districts with our public
schools gorgeous In architecture, admirable In
discipline, and laudablo In their management
by trustees and teachers Washington Is indeed
the capital Of this great republic. Here our
Legislators frame and enact our laws, here our
sons and daughters arc educated.
Recently the trustees OF our public colored
schools called TO the priDcipalshlp Of their High
| school the able and efficient teacher, X. T.
HreonOr, OF Philadelphia. This was greatly on
| tue road Of improvement, and puts 10 flight the
mania Of those who could never eco In tho col.
| teacher, and despalred VI efficiency from any
other quarter than In white schools, and from
white teachers. The present school board, con-
| Slsung, as II dOes, OF live men, did not stop at
| occurring the teacher Of ordinary branches, but,
bent upon progress, lndisputablo training and
complete education In Its general sense, created
| the chair Oi botany, anatomy and philosophy, to
| be taught by tho wollknOWn and efficient col.
| Orod physlclRnt DR.. A. T., Augusta. Thee sub.
jccts are highly pertinent TO a High. school edu.
| cation. A knowledge Of anatomy and physiol.
| oKy will, at least, destroy In our growing gen.
| GRAFTON the love OF "Greclan bend" and Boston
| dip" a knowledge Of philosophy will doubt.
| less decrease tho lmpTudoncc which people IL.
norant Of the laws Of health are constantly prac.
ticlng. Butts this all Another subject, which,
| In tho writer's opinion, takes precedence Of ali
| extra subjects In school has as yet not been
| spoken Of by our trustees, and which subject he
camille law Or what Is more ' eO%mOny ca PfEd
| No subject is Of greater importance than this
! IL Is q frequent tale that young men and women
leave the classic halls OF our colleges veTsed in
Cicero, Homer, Virgil, Horace, Sc, and arc
yet 50 totally unprepaTed for business life that
| II failing In fortune should force them thitheT
| or choice should direct them, they are nOyicus
| OF such branches OF every days necessity which
the clergyman, lawyer and physician should
know irrespective This profession. Mercantile
law Is among these the chief We arc con.
| SANITY called upon, and have been from as
| carly date as the time OF Abraham, to enter
Into contract with our iellOW.man. To secure
ourselves against the fraudulent acts Of dishonest
| men, as we'll as to know those forms which, In
the wisdom Of the ages, men have found best
for the negotiation OF man with his fellow. ma D,
| II OF inhnlte Importance. Law 10 not the special
Eroperly OF any class Of men. Sir William
| American professor In the University Of OK.
| ford, says that the science Of law was one OF
which the gentlemen Of England were remarka.
hly deficient, while In other countries no scholar
| thinks his education completed until he has at.
tended course or two Of lectures, both upon the
Institutes Of Jusunian and the local cCnstltu.
| lions Oi bis native soil Timothy Walker, Que
VI our aOlest commentators, writing on the
study OF law, says, "On the score Of practlcR
utility, no kind Of knowledge can stand higher
for II comes into immediate application almost
every hour Wo live. And yet how little prOyl.
sion mas been made In our semlnaTles OF learn.
Ing for this 80 Important department OF instruc.
tiOn
The lanauNRo Of these authors as quote, re.
gard as sufficient excuse for my yentuFiDK the
suggestiOns have made to the trustees OF our
colOred public schools and the public at large,
trusting that tho subject will DO adopted as soon
asis convenient, and u there be no funds for
compensation let some Of our young limbs 10 the
law give two OF their idle evenings 10 . public
duty and reward will come some day.
further venture TO mention this subject be.
cause our school board ia at present composed Of
purpose, yiE.i The elevation and progress OF
our schools, Mr.. johnson with his fnancISi
ability, Mr.. Wormley with his yiracity OF idea,
calculated 70 Do much good. Giant re- sIsot sI
our schools Temodsled, who can tell our future
Breathesst Ism.
The Sunday QuesiIOn-A Secular View.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN, Occasionally hypOcrIEy
finds dwelling place In the hearts OF would. be
reiormeTs, who seem TO glory in tho appellatlon
OF special Christian workers, and who take upon
themselves tho responsibility Of correcting tho
existing state Of things by an earnest Rppllca-
tiOn OF a little Il their precious leAyen. We are
to have a better Observance OF the Sabbath by
the abolition Of the custom Of buryIng tho dead
| on that day, because It takes too many under
takers, livery stable men, hAokmen and horses,
aupeTinte ndents Of cemeteries and assistants 10
| perform the work. who otherwise might DO on.
| ablod to attend church, (nOt the horses OF
| coursel Thirty churches desire this great re-
| form, Would II not be we'll Tor them TO abolish
| death altogether then there would DO no nsces.
llty for funerals. OF course, DIR. Sunderland,
/ tho modern Goliath, figures quite prominently
| among bis brethren In this important matter.
have word To say to the Doctor, and porhaps
/ he can md my quotation somewhere In the
chapters oil St. Luxe "In the life OF our Lord
there figured q sect called PhaTlsees, they, very
like our venerable brethren OF the thirty
churches did not believe II lawful to even heal
the sick on the sabbath day, perhaps, much less
| bury those who died"
They TepTOysd our Saviour for his work on
| yipeTs, which among you, whose ass or OK haV.
| ing fallen into plt, would not draw him out
even on the sabbath day And wherefore, ex-
| oept your interest require II. And 20 It Is who
pretend that should cease to work miracles,
that should not heal o poor sick man to humOr
your hypocrisy and your duplloity."
Considering that many PhaTisees arc still
dwelling In our midst to-day, would 1t not be
we'll, MT. Editor, to offer these words OF the SA-
ViOuF as lesson to be studied carefully by the
representatives Of thirty churches who were at
tho meeting at Lincoln hall last Monday morn.
lng2 DR.. Sunderland especially might derive
some bsneht from this text II carefully read.
WASHINGTON, d. o., October IS.