, 1877-01-24

mass Of people want good teachers. They
sadly want good practical teaching. Not the
teaching of Ministers of Religion for We agree
with him that we have plenty Of that. They
want a teaching of their dufy to themselves
to their families and to Society at large. 81
though a great provision has been made for
them, during The past eight or nine years, In
ire shape of book learning. we fear that all
will be of little avail, if they are not taught
also to work. What good will it be to them
to be able to read, write and cipher. if, after
they leave school, there Is nothing for them to
dOf Already our pauper lists and our crImi.
nal returns shew a vast disproportion, when
compared With our means, of the number. of
persons in The island for whom others have to
work. And, so far as our poor are concerned,
we cannot for the present see any other ont
look but a steady increase of numbers in the
future. A great deal Of this pauperism must
be attributed TO sloth and thriftlessness. But o
great deal Of it, amongst the female portion OF
our population, especially, is from the want OF
such labou+ az is suitable to them. It would
have reloundeG much to the credit Of Sir John
Peter Grant if, instead Of 0 leen's College.
whi2h pYOgeI Il f4ilI e, be had established an
Agricultural and Mechlnical College for the
Island. Such an institution woGld have pro.
7idej for a great want and a pressing necessity
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the whereWiih 10 enable young men to enter
upon the race Ct life with ONE tangible pros
pect before them. Of What aysil will he the
book learning at present being given to the
Thousands of children Of the 2 asantry and or.
tZADS of Toe community, when they shall have
left the portals of their school house for the
purpose Of earning their daily bread1 In q
country Ike this, purely agricultural 10 its re-.
sources, it has been, end still is, q serious
omission that lhe:e ia no provision made in any
way whatever to impart q sound, technical
knowledge Of the soil and everything appertaIn'
ing to it. The kind Of teaching and teachers
We most require ara Of this sort. We want
something to stamp the national mind with as
idea Of work-real work and "stelling indu'try :
and the bes. way to do this is 20 see that tho
children Of The masses have he principle early
implanted 10 their minds AID practically held
up to view. The Hundreds Of thousands o.
acres Of untitled ard unyialding land in The
island is strong proof of the want Of willlng
hands to improve what God has given Us. An
institution OF the kind TO which We have allud-
Cd, and having in c0nneXiOn with II model
farms. with the latest implements of husbandry
provided, you'd do more lOr the Improvement
Of the bulk of our people and for The good Of
the island generally than, at first glance.
might appear to casual observation. It would
build up the future bone and sinew Of The coun-
try and give us an Insurance. Of less paupAriam
aud q less number Of criminals in the nexH
twenty or thirty years TO come. We muss
ever have with US the sick, the in6fm, the aged,
tbs helpless, the willow, the fatherltss and the
orphan. When Cod has seen FL TO take away
the power TO lab0ur, He then calls upon US to
bestow lib5rality, and rs always teaches u
that this moda Of expenditure Of our prop srty
Is more pleasing to Him than any other. Bur.
unfortunately, We have to make large provision
Tor the support Of the poor, simply. because
they are poor; and, in Numerous instances.
they are poor, because they have been unao.
custOmed 10 work for themselves and they
have been unacoustomad to work for them.
selves. because they hays not been taught In
early lEe that, in order to supply their wants
they must previously rut forth ther e~xertions in
Tbs way Of labour. We want teachers who in
themselves will be exemplii4rs that q man is
not to depend upon others, but rather that be
must depend upon himself and the earnings
from the sweat of his. brow, We want teach
ers who will, by their own conduct and exam.
pie, destroy for ever the notion now prevalent
that hard work with the hands is Incompatible
with previous education and g%entility generally.
We want teachers who will strike at the root
of that deadly tree Of false ideas which Is
overwhelming in every direction the healthful
feeling of independence. The present tenden.
cy Of things is greatly to increase the number