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COLORED TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
The Necessity for such an Organization
in Abbeyille County.

Editors Ir5sS ana Kramer:
respectfully ask for this a place In your
extensively circulated paper. AS have re-
Gently taken into consideration the great ex.
igcncy for u society of thc colorcd teachers In
this county, for mutual Improvement by the
exchanging of ideas concerning hidactics
therefore | designate 10 the colorcd teachers u
! few, Of the many, advantages Of society.
'"Two arc better than me-; because they
havea good reward for their labor. For II
they fall, the n will lift up his fellow: but
woe to him that is alone when lie fallelh: for
he hath not another to help him up 1.-Two
urc better than one" because we are all short
sighted, and very often see but one side of q
matter; our views arc not extended TO all
that has u connection with it.. From this de-
feet I think no man Is free. We SEQ but IN
part and VIC know butin part, and therefore,
It. Is no wonder We conclude not right from
/ our partial views. This might Instruct the
prondcst estcemcro OF his own parts how use
lul it Is to talk and consult with others, even
such as come short with him in capacity, pen
etration and ~quickness: for since no Clc sees
all, and we generally haveditterent prospects
position to it, 1t is not incongruous to think,
nor beneath any man to try, whether anoth.
err may not have notions of things which
have escaped him, and which his reason
would make use OF, II they came into his
mind.
/ believe VIC can obtain a good intellectual
! reward for our labor at present, by being In a
society of this kind, and of course, after be-
coming more worthy thereby, we may obtnin
Il fair pccuniary reward in The future. 1t Is
dcplorably true OF our people, taker. as q
whole, that they possess comparatively a
InOdicum of pecunlary means and also OF ed
ucntional talent, though much less Of the lat.
ter than the former.
A great many OF our teachers arc lamenta-
bly, deficient In educational talent, and some
are said to be grossly immoral, therefore the
specific object of this society would be to
arouse the teachers to asslduity, and to re.
quire them to deport eNcmplarily. This
could be more eifectually accomplished /
ween, by trying to influence them to acquire
exemplary habits even thar by endcavoring
to compel them to Ito so. Napoleon learne d
to say, "What / admire most In the world. Is
the powerlcssncSs of force to found anything
Several Of our teachers have fallen into the
dungeon of selEconccit, and there Is nothing
more suitable than this society would be to
lift them up out Of 1t. They are ignorant de-
spite Of experience; because q few OF them
have been trying to teach for the last eight or
nine years, and the golden opportunities
which that precious time brought them have
flown away without their adequate improve
inent. I say any teacher who, having seen
the consequences OF q thouStand errors, COLI
times stlll TO blundcr, and whose age has on
~ added obstinacy to stupidity, Is IN the
evils.
Since time WAS given for use, not waste,
Enjoined to fly, with tempest, tide, and stars,
To keep his speed, nor ever wait for man. =,
Times use was doomed u pleasure, wasted
pnini
That man might feel his error, II unseen,
And feeling, fly to labor for his cure;
Not laundering, split on Mleness for case"
Now gentlemen and ladies of my profession
It should be borne in mind by you what great
things q scholastic society did In antiquity
for the whole civilized world. During the
six centuries thnt interviewed, tho 9TH and 18th
| which is aptly styled the ''park Ages" the
intellectual light which now Eliminates this
whole globe, from cline to CLINE, was very
nearly distinguished by the hands Of the bar
barians, and had it not been for the Christian
Church, IL would have been completely
quenched. Though the Christian Church be.
Ing Il house built not upon sand, but upon O
rock, there were q few sparks OF ancient
learning In Its reccsses which were proyideni!
ktinlly destined to survive the long and gloomy
winter. Therefore, we may fairly say, that
the Christian Church furnished the materials
while the famous school men, Thomas Aquin-
as, Duns Scotus, Roscelin, \ nsclin, and Peter
Lombard, constructed the bridge ACROSS the
chaos. and linked the W periods OF modern
ind ancient civilization. .
AS we are among the most versatile, pro
gressive and energetic people In the world,
there is no probability Of our having to share
the fate of Roger Bacon and Abbcrtus Mag
nus, for being In advance of our age:
WIN. ". FRAZIER.