South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-10-12
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Mr.. HARPEa: ] am grateful to observe that
DIR. Accaf'y Is completing Cur new School
House on the hill. in advance Of the ii me limi
ted by contract. The bull Hing il quite Urge
and commodious and seem, to have been plauu.
Cd on the most modern and approved princi.
Piss, With an eye siaele to The purposes OF q
school. The house in material and workman
ship. Is said by judges to be excellent. Thank,
TO the fai,hsulpess OF Mccsrty, the contractor
ard to shee,z. Parker aud Polling. the commit
mittee OF saperin tendence.
Inc House 10 sufficient for tie primary pub
lie school AID also for the Graded or HIGH
school provided for in ths law, where III, Clas.
sizes, Sciences and the higher branches Of learn
ing may be taught, aud il Is i'm oor,sn, thu, pa
rents anc Others should at once consider wha.
'ne5 Will do with IL. II Is too late probably for
any change in the plans o. the presea, year. bot
iniuatorJ steps for the succeeding year. onrb,
70 be taken now. II mar require A wear or tvo
10 mature plan and put il in operation. but
the sooner the matter il started and sgi,at.d
the sooner ii can be accomplished. I havs M
conenc'ion with the school system myself. bnt
Tie Boards Of Education ss well az paren,,
should he interested in the matter at one, and
Inc best way to start them is for the press aud
The public to move in the matter
The people of Hampshire ought IA have in
her midst a. least one school where Ter sons
and daughters could be laugh, and well ,aogh,
sor ething beyond the mere elementary bran cb
es now taught in the public schools. Other
| eounues throughout the State are establishing
high or Graded schools, so that children can
be taught ~ha.sver may be necessary to Ct them
10 perform any Of the dutieJ of life wberever
they DE called. AS at present, If any one wish.
es to educate his children beyond the few Gle.
mentsry branches taught in cur public schools
ne Is forced TO send them beyond the limits of
MS oouhy at great expense and beyond his
own supervision, at the great isk Of their MGR
ais and manners--but IL u High School should
exist In the County, the children could 1T lsas:
60 homo on Friday evenings and remain till
Monday mornings, under their pa,ernal ROOT
and under the conservative influences Of home.
The great Importance of this consideration can
not be overestipnt,d.
The District could probably itself establish a
nigh school OF very respectable standard espe.
cis!ly with such aid as may be drawn from the
Peabody fund, after we got started Bat if we
alone cannot accomplish this great a.siIera,uEa
the law haswisely provided for the union of two
or more districts whether in the same county or
not, 10 tue support Of High Schools The uaion
OF Tue whole county or any two or more dis
'ric's could support u school o { superior era ie
Ana now ms a railroad is SD soon 10 bind tho
Districts of Spring iel and Romuey so clo-ely
together, why not they combine et once to sc
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South Branch Valley in this Coua,y and Mo,re.
heId District in Hardy nigh: j,in us and thu:
we could secure school of As high a grade MS
wisdom and experience might fnd necessary
or expedicrt.
Inc public school system has broken M such
institutions ss the Academies of D.. FJo,a. Mr.
pinwiddie aud Joseph Nelson ia this comfy
and Institutions of like kind in adi,ininr con !.
ues' and after having worked this great iniury
VIII surely fail to attain its expected blessings
| unless a Lish school OF the character Indicted
be established IL the place of th.se Academies
Or co-rse II high school is e5ta5lish,ii; sbor 4
continue or 10 months in he year and /,
would serve Is Normal sch ool for the boaei f.
of Teachers Of Primary schools nj With :,
their vacations they might advance tlense,vas
and all these Teachers might become elegant
NO Teachers. and thus this High school he
come an universal advantage
Congress has been agiiating n plan for Civ
ing to education csrtnin proceeds Of the public
lands and it is therefore an important conside
ration, tn Il we have such q school M il be-e
spoken OF that IL may attract aid from the boun-
" oil Congress in the same way it would have
ions since drawn all from the Pe,b oiyfuni.
We have here the necessary buildings ALREADY
and IKE matt CT is within the power Of parents
al a very moderate expense. and it is their Aigh
est duty 10 take the matter in hand nnl TO see
that their children are properly educate d. In
this article ! merely wish 10 awaken atten ton
to this important subject CITIZEN