Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-07

esunaal y pssvsas IL sasstsss.
$3.50. ~ eSA5O S1BAeva0os
MONS oRINAGR,
Of Frssboru.
~ As9eosB1 sssseAIs
oBolaI ?. WILSON,
~ az Winona. -
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dis, IL i.sso Il Nay, lass. 10 'hs's
viaise6; u lsase, ssvsaty district schools
~ >aot . ~ Of thsm . second time.
w.sssssvea, a.ose other thug, frat,
~ l.iss - ss.iy portion Of :ths
sevssal ,ssus, thase vssa not attending
eeaool q s,es,Cs se"1svs than stwo:
t,iras ,hs ssnbse reported - he g.
pssistealeat 1T ysas; I'D second
tA.s during IL ~ school month (Jal,)
~ aatssdaaes has scarcely sqas''ed
e,ehaH e .hat II the months OF Nay
aud J,.s., We'vers q 6sst tne''asd
70 ,fasibuAs iii moss extraordinary
.,d ,,fartu,ats s;reunstaaes to some
l.sk Of qsalilsasios, o., . cone ''e'ses
.. he part Of tsaehers, but the uni'sr'
..hsy q the di6eulty, forbade such .
eo,el.,io., ard - sought elsewhere
f.. ,e,.tiea Of tho mystery. and found
t.
Her, il i: The schools usually
opss Q. the 6,st Monday in Nay. At
tS.t time al The spsiug's work u don>'
except corn planting. The larger
shildrss can b spared, and are ssnt to
.,heol, vhses they ars permitted 70 r.
mi, until The gr.ss il Ct to cut, when
IL lasee boys ass vithdrawn, to I'D
h h.y.n.kiss, and he girls. to aas'st!
/. doi,g houssvork. This, together
With ~ collateral fact, that some Of
<hs small children ars kept It home,
bse.u,s they cannot longer 80, under
Il, sars Of the larger ones, accounts
sor the general depletion Of the schools
dsrise The lest month, period, which,
if properly employed, should b fully
=. valuable - both Of the preceding
months. Under this practice. 10 ind
that not more than ono third Of tho chil.
dren of.chool ego are regularly in school
during the summer term, and that those
attend, under circumstances 'eaa ''Ien"
lated 70 secure their proper advance
,ne.A II this b true, it viii At once
sseur to every thoughtful mind, that
III sogrsat an evil, some remedy should
b eagerly sought. Our system Of
sshooh i part Of the eovero.sntal
1absic, and necessary 70 give it COM
pletsaess .ad efficiency.
The government rests upon the ,dea
cf universal education, ~ ito chief
corner stone, recognising it, necessity
in is.isg children 70 become citizens
empowered. With the right to supervise
and eoutrol ; but the education Of oil
can be secured esly BY governmental
as4ios nor can it even thus, unlsss
&hsrs exists somewhere o,pooer, BY the
exercise Of which children can b
n,ads to attssd upon the means provi'
ded 6oe their edasatiou. Since then Il
i % via.lly interested, il it not the
plais dsty Of the State, 70 adopt : sys
tn Il sonpabesy attendance, which
nay apply, when either ths s'lashns's
q The neglect ef parents 10 likely to
isass5sss With ths proper education Of
their children :.
Again, man hsd, originally. certain
lat.ral rights. Some Of these he hss
rslisquthsd = organised society. or 70
what ~ cali government, beeause there.
BY b can rsosi.s greater and more
.deqsats protection, than 10 could
have fas.ishsl for himself bad 10 re'
sai.sd asd exercised such rights. For
tAs privilege Of using tho public high
Wy, h eoessass to pay = poll tsz; that
as lie al pso2srty may b protected,
10 comedies to tho State the right to
call upon him to perform military ser
vies, ia tine Of pablo danger, and he
consents 70 taxation upon the same
principle.
We can veil remember when school
usoseJ wss raised BY . "rate bilr'-
when tho idea Of deft.ying such ez-
psnsss, BY = tax, vss opposed ~
IN unwazrantable interference with
he rights Of property. The rich
and childlsss said " let every
man educate his own children" but
the State held that it could not b<
properly organised, nor efficiently i'd
uioistsrsd, except BY An Intelligent
populacs, and that such. could be 80
cured ooly by the proper schooling o
every child. 1t has for some years
been settled principle With u, "tha
the eotire wealth Of tho State shoult
be regarded as . common fund subjec
~ judieious and equitable taxation, TO
tho education Of tho entire youth
to such an extent a. shall 6t them TO
citizenship"
Upon this theory, the government
r.;.ss money to provide tho means 70
such IN education. Ought it not
therefore, IN Justice 10 those who pa.
the taxes, go that thi. money accom-
p,ishss tho purpose for which it VA
contributed!
If the State levy tax 70 make pub
lie improvements, can it justify itsel
for an ;mprovident use Of the mot eJ
or for perveraiou Of it to some otho
use than that for which it was raised