The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-01-17

are not more ciFcumseribed by the
I hard condition Of things than these
miserable and friendless waits They
are equally entitled to the care of the
State; seii-interest and charity are
here identical Embryo criminals
nurtured in want, these outcasts,
grown TO maturity. eventually iill the
prisons and alms-houses, and the
money that the State refuses to :e-
deem them it is at, least forced TO ex-
pend 70 repress them Some prOvi-
SION by " which they could be at to
the numerous homes for frieLdless
children and educated and cared for
at partial expense to the State,
would be an acE Of wisdom as well as
uf charity
The schools for the education OF
Soldiers orphans are in ishing
condition and the children are as a
body, healthy and happy Their
intellectual and moral improvement
has been satisfactory, and no back
ward step has been taken 10 the
work Of rendering a. efficient as pos
sIble, the industrial departments Of
the several schools" Since the sys-
TEN weat into operation eight thou
sand FIVE hundred aud eighty or
phans nave been admitted and the
aumber # children in the care Of the
State, on the first day Of September,
1876, was Two thousand six hundred
and iUrty-oLe. The expenditures
were a little over four hundred thou
sand dollars, being about twenty
thousand dollars less than last year.
The estimated appropriation for
IS77-S is three hundred and eighty
i've thousand dollars As the time
approaches for the dissolution Of this
nuble charity, which has reflected in
finite eredi. upon the State, the peo-
pie can reaec. with pride and pleas
ure, that OF these six thousand chill
dren who have enjoyed their bounty,
many are nov In lucrative employ
ment, and all, with scarcely an ex-
ceptIon, have become good and useful
citizens The good results obtained
IN this work should stimulate our
zeal and quicken our action, in regard
to the other destitute aud frlendless
children before referred to.
TIE recommendation to raise the
standard Of The Normal Schools,
and dx The legal status Of teachers, is
worthy OF attention. Undoubtedly
the great want Of our public school
system, is a b dy Of teachers who
have chosen the profession as a life
work Such d class cannot be FORM
ed Without special training aud in
ducement. To reap the fulf fruit of
oar school system, il Is, therefore,
necessary 10 literally support and
equip our Normal Schools, to Sc
cure the IeEares Of our teachers, aud
10 provide AUST compensation thai
viii not leave them destitute after
years Of i4IJnfui toll. The exLraor-
aiossF : expenses Of the past year have
prevented lhe usual appropriations To
tavse scnUJls-as these are no longer
1 trust you viii extend such
aid a. the finances Of The State VIII
permit, u enable he Normal Schools
10 successfully perform their func-
ton.
Pennsylvania Is indebted to the
voluntary zeal aud energy C. The
SeuOJi Department. seeobded by et-
f5rIs OF educal5gs and teachers
lhrougnOut The STATE. for the e7edIta-
Die EDUCATIONAL exhibit aJ the Cen
Jeuniei La the short space Of three
months, the hall was erected and the
immense mass Of material suitably
arranged A work involving an
amount Of labor from the Superinten-
dent and bis assistants, which Is
WORTHY Of ail praise. Tue exhibition
awakeued renewed interest in educa-
tiOnai matters, aud will undoubtedly
he the means Of invigoraJiug and im
proving our schools.
INDUSTRIAL ART.
| have heretofore eaFnstly poiated
Ou. Tie growing necessity for indus
trial art education First, through
the public schools by introduction of
mechanical and free hand drawing;
secondly, by night schools for adults,
and thirdly, by special schools of
industrial design for all classes. Mu-
seuus, aFl galleries and other public
collections, arc also important forces
10 industrial education Such iasti-
tuiions 10 England, France. Germany
and other European countries are re-
gaFded S. aG essential element 10
national progress, and are mostly u1-
der the patronage Of the government.
Intelligence IS becoming more and
more a most important element in
every department of industry Ia
this respect our educational system
is wholly deficient. 1t turns out law
yers. doctors, preachers and Profes-
si0Dal men in sgpeTs5undance. while
there Is : startling deTth Of Intelligent
farmers, manufacturers, MIXERS and
mechanics. 4 few Of the States have
started forward in the cause Of in
da-trisl education, by Introducing
drawing into the public schools, aGd
providing museums and schools of de,
sign. The large and varied isdus-
tries Of Pennsylvania demand SINH
lar libergii;y, The Centennial year
ss- brought Is tue opportunity, aDd
placed the materials for begIning az
oGF disposal The Geological sur
rey Of the State has cO.seetsd
mass ~ specimenz. which il now
bid away IL Doxes and wholly use
lea instead Of being a source Of in
ssfuctioa 70 the people" " The Penn
sglvania Museum and School Of In
dastrial Art. m3deied after the cele-
bra-ed South keRsing,on Museum Of
..ppdas. has secured Memorial Hail
10 which 70 form an art library;
special colleeti0ns, Illustrative Of in
dustria. processes; and q thorough
system Of Instruction in the arts Of
design as applied TO manufactures.
accompanied BY general and teebDic-
81 lectures IN this. they are about to
place the uu-ieus OF a collection gath
cred in the rich field ofthe Cecssroial