The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-01
EDUCATIONAL pRosrrcrs.

+ al may have but little to leave my chill.
dren, but am determined TO give them the
best education my limited means will per-
NIT" has been said by so many that 1t may
be considered a stercotyped expression, com.
mon among the parents Of all the enligbten-
ed nations, and the experience of the world
from the birth of time to the present mo-
ment has been, that man is the creature OF
education, II brought up In a breechclout,
his ambition does not rise above il, but IL the
recipient Of intellectual and moral culture
from infancy TO the age oftwenty-one, bis
stock Of manhood Is complete, his habits are
formed, and with integrity and temperate
habits he is fitted TO rise to the highest posi-
BILE position among men that his natural
abilities fit him TO attain. On the other
hand, the young man who, at the age Of
maturity, has no fixed principles Of integri-
ty, morality or stock Of cultivated brains,
remains SO through life, and, like The ship
without rudder, drifts along on the sea OF
life, furnishing subsistence to the wreck
ers, or IL he ever makes good the promised
port he has to be towed In. SO with
our daughters, If properly trained and edu-
Gated to the age of eighteen they become the
leading ornaments TO society, and move the
world through our social relations and Gu 8
toms. Without these advantages the poor
girl is unfortunate and can only look for
ward TO a life of drudgery, If she escape a
worse fate. II then the true parents first
duty is to give his children that moral and
intellectual training which viii place them
on an equality with their fellows, should we
not give a little attention TO the provision of
better educational facilities and little less
to the sordid pursuits of avarice and sensual
enjoyment.
We have made excellent progress la bring
ing our public schools to the front as first
class, but we need schools of higher grade
where graduates Of the former may continue
a higher course Of study, and where the
youth Of the land, not residing near enough
to enjoy their advantages, may be sent and
receive the same, or more, watchful care
from their preceptors that they might receive
from their parents If at home.
IL is true that Deer Lodge has begun the
work, but It requires substantial aid before
the work can be completed and the project
ors satisfied with the results.
Work is progressing on the Catholic Acad-
envy, large three story brick building,
which will be completed in time for opening
school for boys and girls this fall.
The Collegiate Institute, splendid brick,
two stories and basement, is completed and
furnished with everything, including scien-
tifc apparatus, piano, ETC., but is slightly in
numbered. IL now needs means TO inclose
and ornament the grounds, and TO build DOR
mitories, etc., so that the school may be
placed on equal footing with the best in the
east aud west aud be made one grand model
family.
Quite an interesting school was held in the
Institute building last winter, Rev. Wiley
Mountjoy teaching, aud he will reopen the
school again In September with an assistant,
enabling them TO give instructions in music,
as we'll as the sciences and languages. Rev.
Mountjoy is assured large class in this vi
entity and thinks ii will be augmented by
from fifteen to twenty-five pupils from the
surrounding country. And thus the work
goes slowly but surely ON. We have the
start. Deer Lodge Is admirably situated for
an educational centre, and we trust that
early and successful efforts may be inaugura-
ted to bring these schools up to high stand
ard, when we may confidently expect to fur
nish instructions to several hundred of the
best boys and girls in Montana. We will
say that should we ever sell mine In Butte
for million we will heel both schools in
good shape-and there is polished and lib
eral gentlemen In Butte who might make the
same promise with little more certainty
that he would be able to fulfil 1t.