Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-10

the education of his neighbors' children
| derives more pecuniary benefit therefiom
taan the families he thus assists, for proper
ty in places where there are well conducted
schools is greatly enhanced in value.
IN England great sums have been paid
for educating men in the large universities,
and many noble men have gone forth into
the world from those great schools, but the
masses have not been reached. Private
schools are good in their places, but they
have been established mainly for money
making. 1t is an honorable business, but
to look at it economically, you viii find
that the genius of private schools is money
making. One Of the most mOTtifying
things connected with private school is,
that no matter how good a school It is,
there is necessity for a manager to stand
up and ring a bell continually and say,
'Just see how good school mine isl
daughter and applause.) Private schools
are not established IN sparseIy set
tied communities, but in thickly pop
ulated places, and therein they cannot
be of any greater benefit to the
rural districts any more than public schools.
Thereare many Objectionstop private schools.
For instance: Here is girl who is expected
to so into the best society; she is taught
music, and painting and the languages,
entirely neglecting just those things she
Should be taught. (ApplauSe.) Here your
daughter viii learn to be lady. This is a
school of accomplishments. Here she will
lean her French and her music. You must
not say anything TO young lady who has a
| rich father, about spelling. IL is degrading
for her to know anything about orthogra
ply, or arithmetic, or geography.
In public schools graded system can be
cstablished-a great advantage which can
not be carried, out in private schools. Pub
lie schools are supervised; private schools
| are not. Teachers in public schools are
carefully selected; in private schools they
may not be. In public schools you may
have the highest intelligence in the city TO
| fill the higher positions. In private schools
| a parent may say, al have bought four OF
| five sets of books, and my child shall study
the books he has" and in many cases the
| teacher has to submit TO this
dictation. NeighbOrhOods have a
few influential parents who dictate how
the schools shall be conducted, but in pub
| lie schools their influence is not felt. You
can't disturb public schools in this way, but
you can break up private schools.
iAt lttbiiN ottiOOi lAlC tAttlllbll
| ty of the State. 1t is good thing to give
| heart TO teacher. And another thing it
| provides a regular course of promotion.
There is the country school, and the village
| school, and then the city school. IL is bet
ter to be teacher in the public schools OF
Boston than to be a professor in Harvard.
Gentlemen Of the Association, is there
| any thing you desire more than to have
| your profession hOnOred and cherished?
These things will be brought about in the
end through the medium of the public
school. 1t viii take time to bring these
things about, for there are many difficulties
to overcome and many minds to be harmon
lied.
At the close of DR.. Sears address
PROFESSOR STARK,
of Corona Institute, at Lebanon, rose to
! endorse a great many things DR.. Sears had
said in opposition to private schools. He
felt that he was in position to judge on
this subject, as he was engaged in teaching
a private school. 1t had been his expert
ence that girls, say fourteen years Of age,
| will present themselves for admission as
pupils in private schools, claimingtO have
studied all the branches which could be
named. These invariably want to enter
classes much higher than they were quail
fed to enter. When the Principal refused to
accede to their request, they usually left
him and went to some other school. His
remedy for this, would be to have private
schools sort Of finishing school, taking
the pupils in the public school after they
had reached a certain point. lie felt that
there be no need of conflict between public
and private schools.
MIR. MAYBERIiY
gave his experience in teaching a private
school, which had led him to conclude that
public schools would build up private
schools.
The Association Cat 9:Oj) adjourned until
9 A. NJ. tomorrow.