The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-01
I ss.s.nedf! ; = Public schools.
lBr00k1yn Telegram, Nev;<a5th,, to Chicago

a
B5cechers preached onrsto:day on the
school question: ssYour. ! ounces md md
mime nine, said should sit side ~ side
on4 Ale level with one another. There must
|be distin lions, but they should be- such
as the spelling book, the arithmetic and
the copy-book make, and not wha. wealth
or social position demand The common
schools should be SO comfortable, SO fat,
so rich, 50 complete, that no select school
could live under their .drippings." This
sentence Mr.. Beecber delivered with en-
thuslasm, and it drew out a round of ap-
plause and the preacher enjoyed it. He
was afterwards frequently compelled to
pause because Of new outbreaks, ana after
an unusual manifestation. he said: Two
years ago the utterance of that senti u Mt
would not have met with the approval OF
your feet which it does now He spoke
ofexcluding the bible from the public
schools, advocating it earnestly as the
only safe policy. 1t was not fair, he said,
to compel Jew to pay taxes to support
schools where the New Testament, in
which he did not believe, was read every
day to his children. Neither was it fair
to his Roman Catholic brother to tax him
to sustain a system Of public education in
which the Protestant bible was conspic.
uous1y used: It was not right, either,
should Catholics gain the ascendency in
affairs OF State, to tax Professionals in
support of schools where the Douav yer.
sion of the scriptures was read to the pu-
pills. Foul play" cried he, lis the
motto He believed in intoxicating prin-
ciples of honesty, kindness, virtue, char
ity, and the like, the fundamental princi-
pies of true morality, but not sectarian.
ism or even Professionalism. These were
topics that belonged exclusively to the
different churches, and were not
properly a part Of a DOM.
mon school education. Besides
having the school-house comfortable and
particular religions excluded, the public
should see that proper commissioners OF
education are appointed. Il know OF
cases near here,' said Mr.. Beecher, and
his voice dropped and his face assumed
a serious expression, "where commission
ers have hired female teachers and have
made their employment depend upon
their willingness to surrender their bodies
to crafty the lust of their employers, and
in some cases the teachers themselves
were foul.mouthed and foul hand ed -
Then stretching himself up
to his full stature and step
ping backward from his desk, he said,
with a stamp that shook the dust out Of
the carpet, "This is blasphcmy against
the Holy Ghost of intelligeace.' The
press of the land, he said, was coming
over to tho position Of excluding the
Bible from the common schools. They
would help to swell this enthusiasm, that
was as essential to the success of the
measure as fermentation was 10 make
wine. Education was essential to the
best welfare of the State. A nation
uneducated was like an iron mountain of
unwrought ore. Again, speaking Of
the necessity of abolishing
all distinction as to class or caste, Mr..
Beecher said that like different kernels Of
cord, they all must be ground into one
meal; then mix into one dough; after
that one might make biscuit Of some,
bread Of others, and cake of others, as
necessity demanded, but as long as they
were in the common schools they must
After the services reporter asked Mr..
Beecher what he meant BY his expression
about the school commissioners, and the
women teachers, and he answered that
he knew Of c,scs, but did not care to
specify, where they had insisted upon
such a condition.
"Do you mean, Mr.. Beecher,' said the
reporter, shat these commissioners
compelled these female teachers -
MIR. Bcecher-Yes; l don't mean that
the habit is general.
''Do l understand you to say that
these commissioners compelled these
teachers before they would hire them or
as condition Of their hiring g
eyes, that's what I mean,'' answered
Mr.. Beccher, ''but do not mean to say
that the practice is universal, but that
there is enough Of it to arouse the public
and make them demand the appointment
of proper men as commissioners
A Recommendation for Swift Justice
for Hank Davis. the Murderer.
Thanksgiving day Charley Whyland
of the st. Elmo restaurant, Chicago, one
of the best known restaurateurs of that
city, was killed by Henry Davis, said to
be vagrant and ruttian Of the most pro-
nounced type, better known as John Tur.
ner than by his real name. Davis was
on heavy spree during the day, hanging
around the restaurant, and about four
O clock began to be noisy and tried to
create disturbance. Failing to find
any other victim at the time, he leased
Young net bear belonging to Whyland nm.
til it bit his hand, and then he Ii ted the
animal and threw it on the stone steps
with all his force. Whyland took
Davis to task for meddling with
the bear. Towards five o'clock