The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-11
Dr. Curry speech Before the Georgia
Legi slatuFe.

Toe following Is an extract from The
speech 1i De- Rev. Or. Curry delivered, by
l,H,.n. Tie other day before the Georgia
Le-i,4ture:
) system Of free schools. graded and open
'33l. The duty OF every STATE. Applause.
4 good system involves a State supcrinfend-
--- q county superintendent, aud good
teachers. You can't run it without money.
Your state superintendent SAYS be has yet
20 earn hlt the same amount OF money has
.Tu been expended anywhere With as good
results as iu Georgia. To make an efficient
.-,em you must have paid county superin-
..rlents. You need one million dollars
annually for your schools in Georgia \
milton Aus expended would save Itself in
decreased expenses Of j3ils and pr0secu-
..l,. acd would increase the wealth Of
5rorsia beyond all computation. Atlanta
1ucates 4 600 children in public schools
-paDer than she edUcIted one third OF that
number 20 private schools. You want
public schools. not 10 run three months. but
-irc 0r Ten months.
The city Of Richmond once paid an
-y.r.-e Of $40 70 educate pupils IN private
school 5. and now paws only $40 for pupils ia
public ,chools. Your school superintend-
-' YOUR Governor. your judges die, but
-HN| OBJ hENt 20 UfNN4 AlE~f AA4 fWN
Tu- v0ur school system as permanent as
jour lice of Governor. Public schools are
l.1Cy meaus % universal education. That
possible. for .n SJxOny the census failed
3ud d single pei son over ten years old
-1 could not Rad. What al our schools,
SUNDAY schools. aud secular schools need,
improved methods Of teaching. Up IN
tH-ill they think that anybody can teach
ana Naf far A.
llTt done b0in. YOU can apply the remark
n-. .L1uguterl You need iraiDed
--,lers. You train men 10 law and ID t1e
-rr ln The name I humanity. 300 the
-il.e oi childhood, why not train men 10
aes. II the Guild Is host Of Gndevelop.
% possibilities. Il YOU want a horse shOd
o. you send him 90 lawyer; Do YOU 20
e 1ack NTH 20 have teeth pIlled You
send 10 men skilled in those arts. You
sand 4I Ialulh and think il grander than
Niagara. You stand on Stoue mountain
nd catch iis glorious view. But grauder
-'1- ban 'he,e IS that boss head. Point
.- ~ oue % ,be pages [Applause.l
lam 19' very p,t-Hoi quite a. Old Is my
H'rld, jackson and Crawford. but used TO !
pass ili'i-o Atlanta before tree had been
.H i1Au. J cime back and when / see II |
-'" s1f. " Ihi, Is great" but that boy IS /
s-a'tr. lApp-u,e.l For his mind Is ca |
la'it 9i expansion and development Is long /
= Were ate mysteries 10 the universe, ~ |
ing d, here are ininuuies 10 the God J
-id .A9p.1use.l Commodore Manry sat !
. ia s,'iiy 10 New York and constructed |
-s clar' when shortened the voyage 10 /
AUSTRALIA thirty days. That il the power !
p e'lctnrued thought. What we want /
"aie injury IN education, ike Orr or /
-'s Que else, % improve the charts OF edu-
-l' m3n b more than bis trade or bis
Patton. he is more than blacks smith,
u q ioe'Jr, or lawyer, or az editor. HIS |
-lialoa IS 0uly . segment OF "a Infinite
F Nan j. father, a voter, a citizen.
W, relations 10 God and eternity. BE
.lese only IS be IS educated and 4
80 -.'t' rom just above the brute 10 be not
. .iiiie lower than the angels, bat 10 be
-.N.oaef u ihe nature u God himself. /
-rf'ase.l A a Georgian, a. a southern
- q "a American citizen, as 4 Christian
- :" -Ae name Of he uneducaied masses,
l qua Di1ck, ] beg you 10 rise 10 ne
IL s-'1 vi ihis argument, and 20 make GeOr-
- pa 1ef manhood aud her moral and
M. resources u reality, as she is 10 name,
Ft"p'fe state OF The south. lApplause.l
-, AalOns are searching TOR the in
ays 'i That deyllish machine 6iled with
age..e uncovered a few days ago. The
elt,,e-'o a'nihe was not responsible for the
st.se'ts, ~ Death Il contained. but the re-
80 'ily rested 90 the malicious mind
rsis, rived Il. Let AS 30 tram and de-
e,s,..IIu i children that they will be rot
Isges,1ss q seeplielsm and blasphemy ike
ger ~ ~, VI tYsngeis OF dynamite and dag
~. As NeDGeli Pbiilips. bat eVangeIs OF /
~ and ruth, OF God and humanity.
~ 'od continued applause
j, BgMErT's Coco.-.''- n A.,