Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-11

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We say !. ID pc - y Il h en-
fidefce, tta,t n tlgreat b,t1s,,,f teach
ers ia tfiis1-Ste is-fn96n1g Stast, 8s
gesafaf aing 90 sc9Sssss ira
taugI.5by young 1feR VIII fiaye.
beer educated for praGvssi6sSi77es.tlf
haze fad1ed to obtaia2ulaetice u ~
yorug aides vic haS'e beea e,ssa-f
caa5 &C lit them for cul.ivasei 5.oci-
e155 anl are preyentsSs = rnisutaf3sae
::;-'ofn moving IN the circles NJ. j,y:ssaick
they ale qualified. Il a I2u in
stance men ana woinSA ffG:a the
,e3rth have been strt nded. 50 it
wrre, ej'i some eountrGr nelgE0or-
hood, a9Etaken enapiuSufent HERE
because they cant gel avely a&tin.
They are generally the -efitse q. the
northern educational svstaug, aud.
in any case tsrve so htle synl{aa5hy
with southern habits ofihousi.t an.
feeling as to a5ate largely 9ioai the
usefulness they might possf5s else.
where.
Better teachers in the present state
of affairs are not TO be hail, sdd tho.
dearth can only be q ine>aed ~
establishing normal schools in 4hs
state ON scale commensurate wtth
its requirements. We want ar
establishment 10. train tnsahe-s
Sot a seminary to make prcGsund
scholars and eIaDorately acc5nlp-
lished ladies, bat one WHICH ,SilI
teach thoroughly the plain aegIife-
ments of sufficient English educa-
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teaching. Teaching. to be efficient,
requires a special training to qualify
people for it as profession, as much
as law, medicine or divinity.
There is a good normal institute
at Nashville, most inadequately en-
bowed, which is doing good work
as far as it goes. Its system of train
ing is excellent, and the teachers it
turns out are of the very best quail
ty. 1--WE have one of them, Prof.
Moseley, in the public schools of
this city, who is all we can desire).
But there are not enough of them
with its present resources, that in
stitution cannot do Gne-tenth of the
work required i'm this state. Those
resources have so far been supplied
partly by the munificence of the
Peabody fund and partly by con-
tribUtiOns from liberal citizens of
Nashville. The state of Tennessee,
as state, though its principal ben
has never done anything
for it. Is this creditable to state
numbering nearly million and a
half of people. In Gods name, let
us be less penuriOus; let us believe
that there are some things To be
provided for i'm legislation besides
''low-tax." Let us not PROSTATE
in the dust for other states |
to wipe their feet on us, but let us
advance as they are advancing.
Our people must be educated, our
insane must be cared for; we must /
present the aspect of civilized and |
Christian state; we are living in the
United States, not in Dahomey or
Terra del Fuego.
We are not proposing to educate
4 class of finished scholars and ac-
ladies at the states eX-
Dense, but to train teacher. for our
schools, who shall instruct
1ur boys and girls in the plain Eng
ish branches which should be
.aught there; who shall furnish
hem with those essential elements
IF education which shall form the
basis of future reading, should they
nave a taste for it.
five are not going to do this; if
We are going to raise our children
Is semi-barbarians, let us cease to
,uild houses, and dig holes in the
ground to live in, and quit clothing
ourselves except with such hides as
We can strip from the beasts in the
woods.
This is to us the lesson of the
eachers' institute.