, 1878-09-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

cases in which our prominent ant
able (?) ex.cty attorney was retained
as counsel, for the coming term o.
court at this point, were omitted IN
making up the docket. Now the
ouestion is not, why are they not
mentioned ? but why is so much le'
gal ability (D allowed to "waste its
sweetness on the desert air ?" 1t is
presumable that he is making money
politically, as he is making poor
showing at newspaper and legal
business. Maybe, though, the diyi.
dends from the copper mine haven't
been declared yet.
The Olympia Union Academy, 10
Gated at the city of Olympia, opened
on Monday af last week for the com
ing school year. The attendance, we
were informed, was larger by q pu'
pills than were ever in attend
ance at the opening of school in that
institution at any previous commenc'
ing day since its organization. This
suggests more forcibly than ever that
merit WILL tell; or, in other words,
that when a persistent effort is put
forth for superiority, if it is backed
by real ability success will inevitably
attend it sooner or later. We need
not inform our readers who keep
themselves posted" regarding the
various deserving enterprises that
invite public attention through the
columns Of the ARGUS, that the in
stitution mentioned is again repre-
sented by its appropriate address to
them through our advertising col
umns; they will at once notice the
fact, but we cannot refrain from call
ing their especial attention to the
change in the MoDUs oPERANDI Of
the school by which the commercial
and normal courses are made spe-
ciates. The recent changes made
in the law for examining scboo! teach
ers has caused our young aspirants
to pay more strict attention to their
chances for passing creditable ex
aminatons. This has led the mana
gers of the school to regulate their
plans accordingly. Prof. Royal is a
teacher on account of commendable
enthusiasm and reall y philanthrop-
ic spirit in his calling. Teachers OF
this kind, being the only ones really
entitled to the name, and distinctly
separate from those who temporarily
adopt the profession for the sake oi
its compensation, are entitled to oul
cordial sympathy and cooperation
The Olympia academy has thus fal
been conducted with view to ele
waiting it above the position of 8
mere local enterprise, hence the
sooner everybody understands it,
aims and facilities the better. 81
far, its upward course and extend
ing sphere Of usefulness have uni
iormly kept pace with its growing
claims on the public, arising from
the necessities and demands of tn,
times.
In perusing the initial number o
the n. P. "Times," published at New
Tacoma, we were impressed with tn,
idea that this --latest candidate 70
patronage" &c, which has received
such loud concentrations from th'
public press, is a just subject of crit
icsm as well as unqualified praise
True, it bids fair to become a valued
factor in moulding the future of ou
Territory lor good; its columns wer,
literally crowded with useful infor
nation, much Of which is of the ma
ture Of statistics, and consequent,
valuable, yet when we looked for tn,
name of the person who had under
taken to keep up such a cotinua
feast for the reading public, it wa
discovered to be minus. VIM. Pick
ctr, We believe, Is generally under