The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-06
from the Edneational Weekly. /
EDITORIAL.


undersigned III connection Herewith
ceased. Other literary engagements
long since commenced, and long delay
ed, have rendered ili5 step both expe-
dent and necessary. Che request Of
the publishers to aid Ii this depart
ment was acceded to with much reluc-
lance, and the charge h resigned not
without many regrets at the severance
Of relations with both readers and pub
fishers that have been most pleasant
and agreeable. Tile undersigned en-
braces this occasion I'd return his most
grateful acknowledgements for the
innumerable expressions of approval
both public and private, with which
his efforts have been kindly received.
The Weekly has demonstrated that
a comprehensive, vigorous, and indie
pendent style Of educational journal
ism is a prime necessity Of the age.
The unprecedented favor with which
it has everywhere been greeted by the
ablest thinkers and most successful
workers leaves no room for doubt on
this point.
That the real welfare and progress
Of the great educational work Of this
Icountry demand dis that all educational
offices, from the primary teacher to the
chief superintendent OF schools, should
be filled by competent educational men
and GOonpe11. is a truth so evident that
its mere enunciation should be suffi-
cient to secure universal assent. That
i such places can be Worthily and wise
lily filled by persons without training
capacity, and experience is an assump-
ton that education, the paramount in
terest Of society, is exempt from the
| Operation of those laws and conditions
that control Ill it's minor interests, If
the people of this country ever expect
to get adequate returns for their large
educational investments, they must be
willing to consent that THEN schools
and school interests, shall be managed
by those who have been bred to the
business and who comprehend the in
tricate problems of education, rather
than by those who by habit, associa-
ton, and occupation are profoundly
ignorant Of them, and profoundly inca
pable Of fulfilling their great trusts.
If lawyer, physician, a banker q
merchant, a farmer, or q Spectator az
tends properly to his special pursuit,
he must necessarily be untitled to give
to the grand and intricate educational
questions that are stirring the age, 2
TIE careful and sustained attention SO
indispensable to wise and efficient &C
ton. The great oyershad0Wing need
of the Republic to-day is a reformed
and regeGe2ated educational SerYjce Sc
c1triag first, Competency; second, Hon
esty and Fidelity; third, Permanency
IN Tenure Of office; and fourth, Eq1j-
| ty and Justice to eUeTy person IN tbat
Ser0ice from the b252716Je8t teacher TO the
highest official k21oa01o to the system. A
wise and just system Of educational
service is the logical antecedent Of a
truly reformed and efficient civil ser
vice. To place the all-important in
terests Of education at the mercy of
lncompetents, or Of INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians and place-hunters, is simply to
corrupt the fountain of our national
life, and multiply those abuses which
are the scandal and the reproach of
free institutions claiming to rest upon
the universal diffusion of knowledge
and virtue. So long as The Education
al Weekly OF any other journal shall
| fifty represent these principles, SO long
as it shall firmly, intelligently, and
fearlessly advocate and defend the
doctrine Of the greatest good to the
| greatest number, irrespective of party,
sect, or creed, it will at least deserve.
success. So long as it opposes favorit-
ism and upholds merit and fidelity to-
duty as the only true tests Of fitness in
the system, so long it will deserve well
Of the true friends Of education. Sol
long as it shall be willing to stand up
Imanfully and firmly for Free Edzca-
ton and Teachers Rights, it ought not
to fail for the lack of an appreciatiye
and abundant support.
VIM. T. PHELPS.