The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-02-17
sorud the Key Note.

,uooLs ago a prominent educator
Ssreral "'' refarring to the Presidents
BIS St''si Sb said, "he has struck the
j 'SS 'Tess"' tbe age" Thanks to oul
.rots o. 10 has done so many things
s:dent' WIZ naonIe condemn, if this time
:i 'o35si nsi the attention of the nation to
b: ca'lsu .fnopular education. Whether
iate''''s ~ =, suddenly awakened will be
a'eTei' of f ,py particular benefit to the
ins ana not ., ~ now be foretold. However
arF, el''aS oaoSmmunitics may be agitatcd
o.''. Inject. our county is perfectly
ai The s, 'ur ,rsss is disinterested, the pull
p. !a' : and the people are mute. We
qaIs,' means desire to see a discus
ID 'y aId ~ involve political and sec
iaaI vas as national system of educa-
80 '.JJ' T naturally lead us to but we
To1'l 20 ~ coo the friends of education
nd .,5 .,i .bIer pens than the writer, send
7,'a ,bought through the press to
"A ,,oye Of MONROE
,b. truth once uttered. tits like
D" -. ,r horn that drops into its place
y -. -Ei,b once circling in its placid round
aO '' 49,, ,omult of the earth can shake"
4 II. common schools Of our county
''' rb,t thew ought to be is fact
~, "a every thinking observer, Our
H = =. s.,oring = interest compare favorable
4 '', I,.s Of other places, but where are
' Io,Is2 Our agriculture is not to be
\ !. .Loken of. but can as much be said
IL! r,,sm Of education. Many of our
j.. sr, no better to-day than they were
1 w. wars AGO. This may seem to many
-. T.. reinstatement, yet the writer has
l.. mind Young men and women who
INC school without being able to read
r,srtly a single line in any ordinary
II reader. These facts are appalling
~u loudly for vigorous measures at
m Can we boast that this Is an age
.-rrss, when our school matters are in
4 dspIora5le condition Our manu-
,,,;,, agricultural and mercantile in
..,. are advancing, but our schools are
.ndmg still.
'Wb.re lies the fault? Many reply is
|, . Of. too poor" Look at the history
.:ors communities, or even individuals
| 60. If wealth has not followed hard
Intelligence, and poverty accompanied
rance. 1t Is an idea frauGht with
a.y that We are too poor to educate our
gs Il viii cost something for Mouroe
se Ter proper rank among the coun-
u.ri, Commonwealth in educational
9ri., bat money judiciously spent for
ra,0n ]. the hest investment we can
,e We have pi.uty of money to build
ar iii hut little to build new school
l,, There are more modern improve
Mt, in our new Jail than in all our school
1.n.s combined. Does it cost less to
fin crime than /, does to prevent it
foo little interest is manifested by all
.sas in the educ1tion Of our youth. IF
board Of directors hire d teacher. and
g1,s through the routine of teaching.
/. the parents send their children, when
y are an annoyance at home, all think
Z have done their duty. The writer
long listened and looked for voice on
subject from the pulpit and press, but
r send forth no sound. We DO not
IN that the cdi'crs Of our local papers
NH spend their time writing educational
ee, That IS not their particular
yn.a Bat where are the school
-is and teachers? ? Have none Of these
a-d Interest in their business to keep
school question before the minds of
people. The press. we believe, is ever
ln- to lend is columns TO the cause of
a.r education.
'e approach the pulpit rcvcrcntly vet
..y a1i asa that it lend its powerful
lea TO the cause Of our common
ms. We have never heard a single
d + ON 'aeTuiFit Indicative Of sympathy
bis cause. We beg pardon but
tr c'm2e.s Us TO say it, The clergy
t~murn.aJ,e zeal in the Sabbath
"l clu-e. Is not the Sabbath school
d from the day school? ? Should not
encouraging word be spoken for the
...a from whence the supply Is derived. !
.iols education Is only possible on
a.i"a ot previous intellectual culture.
,.oaarLas have long ago recognized this
and schools have preceded churches
ei'le1 lands. Would but the ministers
sona..y preach, the scribler write. and
le,pie talk common school" an interest
id Dc created that would Of itself find
Us To- forward the cause. 4 proper
ecailon Of schools and lively interest
'ol would remedy many Of the evils
which We are now cursed.
"o things are indispensable to the
working Of any school. The first is
intelligent liberal minded board of
'.o's. u.s.. The second is an energetic and
3.a'Laca teacher. 1t is dcffieuIt to tell
q" Is Of the greater importance. With
goa teaching board Of directors could
nue. and without the cooperation of
BOARD a teacher would be greatly
s'sa 10 bis work. There must be
ID 10 work and sentiment.
,ran..jy nsny o. our school districts directors
;r.,: -..:l without any reference to their
my rj'..on. r. The Office seems to be passed
~ H.: ''Om one to another as kind of
:5 ..nsHt, 1t matters not whether the
rt.l ,.'. mas read 4 newspaper in ten years
:, :,s,ler he can write his own name. |