Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-06
HERMAN'S SCHOOLS.
VIEW OF the Various Institutions
" Learning.
] the Pride aud Boast OF the
Beautiful City.
ysrr,rponaenos o. lhs liaIelIe.

fuAfifiubly pridr herself II II the Z
per nnd Efficiency of her schools. |
.ho are in any way Interested in |
Ational subjects cannot hut apprt-
the fact that within The borders |
Ia st,,te there exist Institutions OF /
Hing equal to the very best those !
q older states. ~ many instances
FLOR. 50 at sherman there have !
reruted u number OF schools under
iiisnagem, as challenges the
jration nf all coguiHaut OF their
ent.N Some Time PRIOR 10 lbI
ir.." blackburn donated TO the
plot of four acres OF
for school purposes in The
hwestern part OF town. Thie
was slightly improved ny
erAction of "A school building, but
It 1867 it was thouaht'bA the city
nritips that denominations
ol, With The backing aud resources
mon To such, would prosper better
the land ia question was donated
be North Texas confidence. rms
bniuation assumed charge and
1897 to 1877 conducted 1t as
ed school, ana in the latter year u
chartered as the North Texas Fe-
& college. BY 1850 u handsome
c-ntory brick building 50X64 feet
completed and the college passed
er the presidency of Judge l. NJ
ns, Whose reputation rs ~ horough
cator il too well established to
Comment here; and that he Is
autherity on educational
ters will he most readily conceded
al who know linn. y visit TO thls
college resulted in considerable
ehfenment 10 this GAZETTE man.
re Onins presents fac personal
earance, (he somewhat re- emblr-
Worth's Professor II 80 and
very kindly cauVassed the ground
cred by educational matters. A.
rman is completing 81 $50, GOO pub
schbul. il was natural that Judge
ms should be asked ~ to whethet
bot there exists or should exist amy
hict between The IRE" school syStcir
private and chartered institutions
hog higher grades. He said: }
bngly contend that pubhc
fare OF the colleges. The
sch co.'s give an elementary educa-
M ,hms ,,re,,ure Arhular. for the
arhroi,chts iaI,pht in our colierps.
ave always been u friend Of puolic
cation. aid at sherman my Old
ne str, NJ y,urged The citizens there
ayA to Ievy th,, tuN for fee scnouI
,ns.s Indeed me only possible
f,lci would arise were the ieaisla-
"A n,ovide far "A classical prura
"a The ,ulb,ic schools ui the sta.,;
mi were 10 orcur /; could MOI raua
ef,irienrv of the colleges Tor lne
MD reason lhpt the state will nevrr
anti, lent sniprie. 10 secure the
talent. But aside from that there
attributes Of Jhe several college,
Ech can never be found ia
public school \ young
who ATTENDS college take
NIT refinement Of character lm-
sihl. In innort Ina The free -cuoo'
tam even if the GRADES were az hiph.
hi 4. .uII, NOT altoye,her from the
rinr Teaching within The culiev,
fha .imnI4 fnct Tint uulilic t4arh.r~
,eT,orred u,,nu mem such "A lang,
nLer az .chni,,rs os prrveuts in0i-
uul afipntipp and consequent lall-
isiuevitnLla The Galveston NV.
- cnntenJed that all denon,inu.
al scnnois were stctariuu. That i.
onsnus a denominations. college
thisl IL uudn, th,. natrouare nf tbe
III Teyns Methodist conference.
no cornmpndpd Inv mem. ii fnn. d
IN, rut i,S te,rl,iuus ar. NOT sec.
NM in any sepse'U The iude,
aslsad his ouiuion in
ol.,..in.,I sd,,.ation urituti,i
atatnn that he WAS governed M
v;..u ON mar solely hy Ube lime
,.iy..u .chnlsr cu,id sppud M col
a.ofb.t "a pirl should devote her
y m IN twenty years of are 10 her
rcation in which ct, he would ad
Iuiin course but II so long a
"a i.s nracticnlIv hnpten-) cnuld
be riven. then he would net favor
I'm. hui he mad uoticed thAi fhe
dv Of Il ntin always beuets n thirst
fiirther knowledge and certainly
ain prouerlv understandings on
n Enolish classics. That "A Latin
olar was "A WAYS a better scholar
..rwise "yye ar, a practicnl peo.
and Therefor. 90 fnr as the havs q I
n,ass.s are concerned. should edu-
! practically. don't doubt that
svsIem of classical education If
u indiscrimIpateIv. without
Ard 10 their future needs, conduces
ma multiplying of SO many OF the
,catao t,anlps OF the East. They
educntrd out of commerce, out Of
de. and not according 10 their uai-
,ilr aud circunistau,A. ~