The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-22
KENOSHA, WIS, APRIL 20, 1875.
EDUCATIONAL.
CRITICISM.

WE publish this week In the EduCa
tional a communication with the caption,
CATCHING AT STRAws, and signed J. P B.
It was intended for last weeks issue,
and was in type, but, as often happens,
we had more in type than could be got
into the paper, and, having TO leave out
something, and this being intended for
our special benefit, we left it out for a
week. By doing so we hops others
besides ourself will suffer but little loss.
Upon careless reading of the COM
munication it might be supposed by some
acquainted with the relation of Mr..
Briggs TO the TELEGRAPH as we'll as
others not acquainted with it, that he was
acting like school boy who had become
offended with his teacher aud had written
HIM letter, pointing out his offeuses,
for him to to read in his school fer the
benefit Of himself and his scholars.
But all who know Mr.. Briggs to be
County Superintendent and know him
to be laboriug faithfully to promote ke
welfare of tie public schools and that he
would not approve of the manifestation
OF petulence by school boy for what he
might suppose to be wrongs of his teach
er, will be slow to come to such con-
clusion. We believe Mr.. Briggs to be a
friend of the NEt EaRAPH aud Of the
Telegraph man." and that he desires to
extend the circulation Of the Telegraph
and to promote our welfare. We think
however that he has run some risk of
being misunderstood. But as all who
would come to the reasonable conclusion
that Mr.. Briggs, as superintendent of
Schools, would not approve of an Offend
ed school boy writing q faulrofnding
letter to his teacher, asking him to read
it to his scholars, so by parity of rea-
soning they will come to the conclusion
that Mr.. Briggs would not write fault
finding communication for the Education
al for publication in the Telegraph.
As to the criticisms of the Telegraph
generally we will say that none of them
have ever yet been shown to be unjust.
Aad as to our criricims upon the reading
of the readers at the Dime Readings and
upon the speaking of the president
pronouncer, and spoilers at the Spelling
Matches, we would say that we have
received the commentator and thanks
of those whose judgments are entitled
to respect. And never before have we
heard as commendatory remarks of the
Telegraph as we have heard within the
past few weeks.
1t now seems, according to J. P. B.
that the offer of the editors of the State
Educational Journal where they say,
eve will send the Journal for $1.10, we
prepaylng the postage" was made in
circular to the County Superintendent ats,
and not in the Educational Journal. We
were led by the statement of the
Educational Editor to believe that the
offer was made by the Editors of the
Journal through the Journal, and SO
substituted Educational Journal" for
"The editors of the State Journal of
Education" AS to the grammatical
accuracy of the Offer made by the
editors it makes no difference whether it
was made through the Journal Of Educa-
ton or through circular TO the County
uperintendents. J. P. 3. says, 1--WE
claim that there is nothing'ungrammatica
and awkward in the expression alluded
to, and ask the Telegraph to prove its
statement The offer made by the
editors Of the Journal, containing the
expression alluded to, was, eve will send
the Journal for $40, we preparing the
postage. What statement does ]. P. B.
ask us to prove? Wemnde nc statement
in the sentence, or even in the paragraph,
in which we used the words awkward
and ungrammatical" The following is
the entire paragraph:
The Educational journal, the Educa-
t'onal of the Telegraph, and teachers and
scholars, will please notice the difference
between the long, awkward and
ungrammatical expression of the
Educational Journal and the following
short,concise and grammatical expression:
We will send the Journal. postage
prepaid, for $1.10.
AS this is the only paragraph in which