The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-02-10
To all Interested in the Edu>atiOn Of
The Children Of The County.

U
pr. Wickcrgham, in his report for
1872. quotes from the L =. Com
missiouer's report for 1870. two i'm
/ portaut paragraphs on the value of
education to persons engaged in all
/ kinds OF business. lie says "Ger<
| Eaton's conclusion as stated in his
report, arc made up from answers to
inquiries addressed to hundreds OF
persons in all parts Of the country
and engaged in all kinds oi business
employer, employed, aud impair
tial observers. lie states that the
yaluo of the laboring mau to tho
community at large is positively in.
creased, and his pow en- asa produce
cr. OF adding to the common stock
OF wealth, is materially enhanced by
the education given himas It child
in the common school The increase
of wages he will receive on account
II his knowledge is put ut various
/ figures averaging near % per cent
That this increase of value arises.
lst, from the fact uf his bning more
readily instructed in tho duties Of
his work ~. that he needs less su~
pewisiou 81, that he does his work
TO better advantage and therefore
produces more in given time lth,
that he is less liable 10 Join in uurea-
sJnahle aud unnecessary strikes 4:
6th. is plOre Industrious 9Th, il less
liable 10 become au expense to the
| Commonwealth through poverty aud
crime
! have given only one Of the par.
Ggraphs referred to above, but think
it sufficient FOR the purposes of this
article. Taking then Guu. Eaton s
conclusions as facts the duty Of oye-
~ right.uindel citizen is TO on.
courage the common schools TO do
all that in his power lies to give the
rising generation an education One
of the most potent ways OF doing SO
is TO elect suitable men as directors,
and as the time for the election of
township aud borough officers is APP
preaching, regard it a duty to call
your attention to the Importance Of
well considering whom to elect as
directors. In selecting ysur candi-
dates you virtually say whethsr you
want the children of the county to
grow up intelligent beings, govern,
ed by reason, and capable Of forming
correct opinions Of their own; or
whether you prefer them to grow up
in ignorance, governed by nothing
but prejudice, and with no opinions
but those they receive from others,
The Office Of school director being ono
of the most important ones in dis
trict. it should be- fillod by none but
men of enlightened views To elect
: any other class is to do one Of the
+ grossest wrongs to the children that
any one can be guilty Of Much ra-
ther cripple them in body than dwarf
them in mind.
A father who neglocts his duty towards his
children In seeing that they start In life with a
good intellsctualoutht, shonli neither pretend
. that he cares tor their iuturc welfare nor that
he loves thom. Indeed Is moro shameful on his
. part than TO act hypocritically towards his Owu
children-to pretend that he vs. concerned for
, heir future success In life, when at the same
= time he Is depriving them of tho means Ot NJ.
ting them selves for positions OF honor and use
iulness
some Of our district. are very far back ye, in
school matters, and certainly should make "a
move for the better Really any one unac-
quainted with the boundaries of the townships,
could in number OF eases readily tell, by the
difference In the condition Oi tho schools, that
ne had gone FROM one township into another.
rs this dcplOrible state Of things credit to the
agoin which We live and shah II continue
lsaA QIalAs ma Ult.. a
make good directors; but some Of them, on that
account. could not he elected; and others would
not serve Il they should se elected, The oinee
neoted with IL, 40 matter how faithfully one
discharges his duties 10 the shame of some OF
our districts IT must be said that the more faith.
fully and conscientiously the public Is served
by a director, the more abuse and censure he
receives and the more unpopular he becomes.
Hence to be faithful director requires more
moral hcroism than most men possess. Ii must
however be said to the credit ol n numler OF tho
present officers, that they nave nobiy discharB-
ed their duties-without any regard as 70 what
might be thought or said oi lhen-and u would
be as much OF an advantage To the districts AS
II would be AN act OF justice to the individuals
l hope that the utmost wisdom will bs shown
In tn. election of the oftcer in question, az tho
coming election. No suitable man should be
defeated from Impure motives, as Is too fire.
qusntly done.
1t appears to me too that our ministers have
should from their pulpits urge their members TO
use their hest Judgment IN so ectiug the guard
isns OF their chill iren's education. In conclu-
sion urge our people to lay aside all prelu.
dine, sfwhaievsr kind, anu to elect the best men
that can DO foaud willing 10 serve.
WM. NOErLlNG, Go, Sup't.
SslInsgrove, Pa, Jan. 20. 1879.
AUoTIoNEER Those having Sales
this spring, and wishing to secure
! tho services Of q good Auctioneer,
to cry them at reasonable rates, will
find. John A. Arnold, OF Centre twp.
/. the man to do il.