The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-11
seventy years ago, my darling,
Seventy wears ago."

MT. 4. IL. " ID Ill, INV pal VI bho
Grafton schools, read an essay on Teach
ers Institutes. and the proper manner of
conducting them. Among many other
good things Mr.. O'Bryan said, that in
the year 1913 meeting of tho teachers
Of Thompson county, Va, commenced at
Ithaca, and continued in session two
weeks. This meeting was called teach
erS Institute, and was probably the first
meeting convened under that name in
this or any other country. During the
next two years moro than fifty county
Institutes were held in the State. When
We contemplate that the Public School
system of West Va, has been in exist
enco for few years only; that it has
met with much and persistent opposition
from those who should have cherished
and. fostered it, notwithstanding the
many bold and Haunting declarations
that it has proven failure; that it is an
imposition ON the people, | am here to
make this bold and broad assertion that
no State, county or nation C.n show a
record that will compare with that Of
oars in every respect. We point with
PRIDE to the Public Schools OF 1877, and
hang our heads in shame at mention OF
them in 1869.
On Thursday afternoon Prof. Colgrove,
OF West Va. College At Pennington,
lectured on the Mature OF the Human
Spirit" The Professor gave the Scots
mans definition of metaphysics. "Me;-
aphysics is that science in which he that
hears dinna ken what he that speaketh
means; and he that spesketh dinns ken
what he means himself" The Professor
devoted considerable portion of his
lecture to reiuting certain msteriallstic
views held by some of the would-be phil
oscphers of the day.
Mr.. Jno. w. Newlon's essay on
Teachers Work." was one OF the best
efforts made by any OF the teachers. 1t
bristled with good points, was well re-
ceived and would have done credit 10 q
much older mind.
On Thursday evening BrickmaR's Hall
was crowded with one o. the largest and
the most intelligent audiences ever gather
ed together In Grafton. The
LECTURE OF THE HON. c. J. FAULKNER
WAS so excellent that your correspondent
cannot but regret his inability to give It
to your readers. The universal criti-
cIsm has been "the best l ever heard
Mr.. Faulkner first referred TO the inter-
es. and the stand taken by the Govern
ment of the United States in the cause Of
education. Thst the duty of the State to
take care of the education of the people
had been recognized by this Government
from the earliest period. That there
wss not one State in this Union that does
not BY taxation provide for the education
OF the masses. Reviewing the progress
of this theory from Plsto's first announce
ment OF 1t, It's adoption st the formation
our of union TO lis gradual spread through
Europe, passing from the Prussisn system
which dates from 1909, TO England which
frst made an effort for the education of
the masses in 1870. Reviewing tie
Prusslan system he said it was the best
in theory. But the Question is asked.
Why has Prussia not made greater pro-
gress in the industrial and mechanical |
arts? 1t is because when the child leaves
the school-room it hss very few oppor-
tunitles of applying what they have
heard in the school, In Prussis the |
government takes the same care of the !
citizen As the citizen does OF his cattle. |
They have no political liberty; if there |
is war the soldier is merely 10 be shot !
to be psid. de is told in the same wsy |
how to obey his king and his God. Aus
tria, he said, became alive to the neces-