Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-08

means for education, commits treason
against society, against civilization, against
perpetuity Of the government and against
God and man. The parent who permits o
boy or girl to grow up in Ignorance Is
guilty of worse treason against humanity,
society and the government, than was
Benedict Arnold against the government
of the colonies in 1776. The government
owed it to the principle OF self-preserya-
ton, that all adequate means Tor the
universal education of the people should
be used.
: Again: There was not in the history OF
civilization or of government, q single in
stance that could be found, that had any
thing even approximating universal educa-
tiorN unless supplied by the government
In the South, where grand class OF brave
men and pure women existed, before the
war, there was no system Of public educa-
ton. If it is to be one, it could only be by
means OF State system.
The defect of all our schools, from the
University down to the lowest, was the
Ineompetency OF Teachers.
Not that there were not many excellent
ones; for it was q matter OF surprise
that, under the niggardly system Oh
were worthy. But to make the schools
made for training teachers in the art OF
teaching. The gentleman then entered into
an elaborate description Of the necessary
qualifications of teachers, the necessity OF
bein1educated especially for the purpose,
iIlustrHtine his remarks with apt quot1'
tions and forcible incidents happening un-
der his own observation, and insisted that
those who were entrusted with the care OF
the young and growing minds OF our chill
dren, should be as thoroughly prepared Tor
this work as were the blacksmith, the car
penter, the lawyer and the doctor for theirs
Teaching consisted Of three things:
Matters, Method, Mind.
He then illustrated this, showing tire ne
cessity for thorough preparatory educa-
ton in order to be able to impart what
they really know, illustrating by his own
case. When he was fourteen and entered
college he was up in his Latin and Greek
classics, but could not add up a column OF
figures. He then followed with an elo.
ouent and strong appeal for Normal Schools
as the means of educating better teachers
and the keeping up of the system OF
Teachers Institutes as most valuable ad'
juncts. 49,. . L.,
been adiudicated. Every enlightened
State had been compelled to resort to
them. Even the governments OF the old
world, where men and women were sub
| jects, it had been found that
BayOnets Which Thought
were victorious. And if so there how
| much more so in our free Republic, where
| every body belongs to the Royal family.
Some years ago, when he was in France
he talked with a bright Swedish
girl who did not like America because
there was no aristocracy, no nobility, ne
| royal family, and had quite little discus
sion over the matter. A few days after
ward Kentuckian called to see him. Six
feet two inches high, broad shouldercd, witt
an eye like an eagle, face lit up with IN
telligence and heart aS big as all Paris ht
was perfect specimen of God handiw0rk
and as he left the room, the little Swedish
girl ran up with "Who is that That, h'
replied, was one OF
Our Royal Family
of freeman, John c. Breckenridge. We al
belonged to the royal family here, and it wa
a solemn trust. There wasa standing peri
which menance our ..m,.i.u,lvlSs we ar
now noutning FOR the thousands of house
holds made desolate by the waves of th
Mississippi, but the dark cloud of ignoranc
was more threatening than the mudd!
waves of that mighty river. To-day, 40 pc
cent. of the voting population OF ou
country could not read the ballots the!
cast 1t was a fearful evil and one that de
manded the best efforts of all to check.
The speaker, with an eloquent perora
ton, claiming that education was the righ
of every individual and that the result o
making il universal would be to add to tn
wealth and happiness of the communit.
and to make the men better and the womei
purer.