The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-12-26
IRD COUNTY,
1873.

to attend School, a Va an auxiliary to the
teacher in efficiently imparting instruction
Hartford requires at least 90 good. Houses
to accommodate the rising generation I'M
der the States svst@m of free education.-
Hartford requires Railroads to hasten her pros,
perity, develope heE material resources and
remove the indiffelk nce of many to the Pub
lie Schools. The II ION. r. A. Parker, State
Superintendent of the Public Schools in the
State of Missouri, speaking ofthe universal
cry for Railroads in that State, says The
true apotheosis of the railway is not the
wealth it produces, but the intelligence it
fosters" If the railroads not only increase
our prosperity and devclope our material re-
sources, but foster intelligence, and contri-
butte to the education of the people by the
people, and for the people, let US build them.
Hartford, like many other counties OF our no.
BILE State, has been hitherto pioneer in the
matter of commodious and suitable School.
Houses for the education of her rising gener-
alton. AS we must now surround our homes
with comfort and culture, so we must have
comfortable and tasteful Churches and School
Houses, as an evidence of the intelligence
and refinement of her people. 1t is n detcst-
able self-interest in any one which opposes
the public School because he or she is re-
quired to contribute to its support. 1t is
foolish pride that influences any one against
its social equality, and contemplate bigotry
that protests with holy horror against the
Public School because it cannot be directed
-by ms tGhurch. These dc not understand
the necessity of sustaining this great interest
of the coinmonw cath, whose safety is con-
ditioned upon general intelligence and virtue,
Our teachers, the immediate instrument in
carving out the system established by out
legislators, are perhaps as welliqualitied and
efficient as any county in the State. The
Teachers Office ID, One Of the high response
biity. MI Chanh hing says: Zone of the
surest signs of the regeneration of society,
will be the eevatia of teachihg to ihe-biigh-
est rank in the community"
The High School N Havre de Grace has
been successful operation during the year.
II las al excellent corps of efficient teachers,
who are imbucd with due sense of their re-
sponsibties who make teaching profes
sion and desire to gain distinction in that
profession. This High School has one Prin-
cipal and five assistant Teachers, whose az
gregate salaries amount to $3.50 per term or
So 400 per annum. This School is well gra.
ded into three partments-Primary, Inter
mediate, Grammar or High School Depart
ment. The number of pupils on roll during
the Fall Term was 253, We anticipate an
increase during the Winter Term. Private
Schools 1--we been entirely superseded by
this HigI FOL 1t would he judicious TO
establi $hHigh School in our county
town, BcS&AA&-- SO that the poorest child may
have the advantage of acquiring Il more ad-
vanced education at little expense, or free if
unable to pay. Let us have our Schools in
Bel Air graded, as the School in Havre-de-
Grace Primary, intermediate and High
School, which will be equal to an academy
in its course of studies
There were IA colored Schools in operation
3 Terms during the year. The Board have
opened 13 for the present winter for two
Terms. The difficulty with these Schools is
the small amount of funds to keep them in
operation, and the unqualified character Of
those offering to teach. The board have en-
dcayored to exercise all reasonable economy
and contribute their share in advancing the
cause of Public Education.
BY order,
II. HENRY, Sec'y