The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-18


lie good required it, though they kneV
the licensees were daily vlolators OF law
The thinking OF these eleven alderme
gave them no right to grant the licenses
That the board of education though
truly and correctly is not to be takel
without question. Their thinking IS i
be judged by their action, ard induce
ment thereto, and their action by u
effect. Judging from the inducement
and the action, and the general aspect
ore might think that Young America
acting through the High School, hac
captured the Board Of Education as Wei
as the teachers Like pupils like teach-
ers, like teachers like board ofeducatlon
Young America rules the High School
AS Prof. Maryatt does cot care to take
s ides on the general question whether one
SESSION is better han two, we do not care
to notice his eight points in favor OF one
session. We question the correctness OF
the statement: The average high school
pupil spends fully two-thirds Of his
school hours in recitation.
Prof. Maryatt says: 1T is intimated
that, for several years past, the high
school has been advancing to the higher
branches or study, and hat the work
done is more superficial. This is not a
correct statement What we said was
progress is some ines made back ward.
An important question just now is,
whether our High School has not for
several years been making backward
progress. Aside from this we made no
intimation as 80 whether the High School
had been advancing 10 higher or lower
branches or whether the v ork done was
more superficial or thourogb, only as we
said: The tendency of schools gener-
ally Cf late is TO advance to what are
considered he higher branches and this
begets supeIieiallty
We call SPECIAL attention to the follow
ing in Prof. MarYatt's communication.
The city teachers would like 20 ex END
through your paper a general invitation,
to paren and friends OF education III
Kenosha, to visit the schools and see for
themselves how the work Of education is
going on" We hope the invitation will
be gen erally accepted not for one visit
only, but for frequent visits.
judging from he closing sentences of
the PrUfes oI's communication we fear
he has but very limited appreciation
of the duty and mIsslLn of the press. Ii
editors were not allowed to make public
criticism upon the schools till after they
had visited them and seen for themselves
how the work was going on, and then
not till after such defects as might be
remedied were mentioned privately eth
er to the teachers or members of the
board, at least giving them chance to
apply the remedies before they are
published to the world, we fear the pres
would have but ttleto Say OF the schools
and that little would have bu
little effect for good OF evil
Apply the same rules of faction generally
what would be the mission of che press:
And what would it accomplish
The press gets information in its own
way. 1t cannot be governed by rules
prescribed by Prof. Maryatt. We got
the. information through the Profs
communication that all the pupils i'll
the High School had signed the petition
for the change from two sessions tC
one session q day, and .inferentially
that the teachers had not signed the
petition. We might not have got this
information by visiting the High Schoo
a score of times. We prefer the ways
of the press for getting and publishing
information to the ways prescribed by
Prof. Maryatt. The press has it's mis-
sion to fulfill and it will work it's way
through all opposing obstacles. Itneeds
publication rather than limitation. Il
should be pure and truthful, and its
way, EDWARDS and upwards, carrying
the people with it.