The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-05
Edntafional.
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EDUCATION IN OHIO.

Occupying he proud position that she
does "a thc great highway Of commerce
between the East and West, bordering
OH the great chain OF hikes ..ud tributary
To the mighty system OF rivers Cf the
West and South, it IS not strange that
Ohio has now a high pI-c'. in tine ronstel-
lation OF States
In productive energy She >!ands un
rivalI' d. aHd lior broad valleys. smiling
with plenty ard content. awaken 1t ~
spou>ivr chord in tii,. iieart of the return
irg Buckeye, as with Il feeling cf >eF
satisfaction he composes himself in his
seat, "a he l. wIIirIcd along tie lie of
our network Of railroads. after Il soiourn
in other lands
The enterprise and public spirit Of h-:
citizens are worldwide and she has fur
nished more men for the high places cf
the nation than, perhaps, any other.
State,
But there is one thing that We shoulC
be heartily ashamed of, and that is the
provision that has been made for the
education of her people.
For this the State has done literally
nothing but what she Is compelled to do
by the Constitution.
We have a system of school laws and a
Commissioner, on starvation salary.
and when that is said it is ali said.
The little State uf Massachusetts ilaS
her five training schools for teachers es-
tablished and supported 10y public funds,
where any young man or woman can
make as good teacher of himself as the
material within him will allow, and this,
too, for the mere cost of living.
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas
and the giant young States of the West,
have each from two TO three ilourishing
institutions, with ample endOwmcuts aud
IA competent corps of instructors, while
we have none, nor Il Legislature That
even thinks it worth while TO take ia,
matter into consideration.
What we need, too is first class uni
versity-an institution that can afford to
supply all the advantages for securing au
education that are offered by the best
colleges i'll the land, and not waste iis
efforts by "A continual struggle with the
wolf at the door One opportunity for
this we lIaVe most inglUriOusly let slip.
In other States, where they can appreci-
ate the value of such things, they made
good use of the muniiicient land-grants
of Congress, and the massive walls Of Cor
nell, Ann Arbor, and Purdue, loom up
as continual reminders Of orr cIuptincss.
and tie truth of Whittier's lines,
For of all sad words of tongue or pen.
The saddeSt are these 1t might have been
We allowed ours to go into the hands
Of spectators and land sharks, aud th,.
result was that the Staee realized the
magnificentSum of fifty five cents per
acre. Had there been the same pecuIa-
ton in the subsidy of ii railroad or th,
improvement Of II canal, another GOV
ernor might have won Immortal IaureIs,
and been on the high road to the Presi
dency, by ferreting out
"The ways that are dark and tricks That
are vain,
of another ring, and all tile artfULdodg
ers in he State, with righteous indigua
ton. would nave joined in the general
cry of ''stop thief"
But there is no use Of crying over split
milk, especially when split through care
Iessness. We have ii very good institu
ton down at Columbus, but no better
than several Others in the State. But
for this we are to thank the General Gov
ernment and Franklin county; the State
has done nothing. Moreover thousands
of dollars are wasted every year in our
ungraded schools, III the employment Of
incompetent teachers. for want of sys-
TEN and efficient supervision. We Ger
tainly have abundant proof OF the good
results Of immediate supervision IN other
States. if any were needed.
1t is to be hoped II at some good re
suits may be obtained from the Iabors Of
our Commissioner in this direction, dur
ing the present season, and that lac viii
stir up the Solons at Columbus TO real
izatlon of the fact that there are ques-
tions Of more moment than the taxing Of
dogs and the removal Of the county mt
OF Wood county.
THE English teachers of science and
art are growing more accustomed. We are
told, to illustrating their lessons hy ex.