Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-24
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.



some Valuable suggestions from Prrei-
dent Buckham
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i'0''r'l' ''''' N'''.''' Wv .'' -" "''u Us
ON the subject oi education IN M"ntpeiicr'
the other evening, in which he developed
sunp very valuable and suggestive, idcns
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schools me l"lI"NIhI apNIIlcl 81 MS 'u-
dress from the Montpelier " di'hWuH. Is
is well worth careful pertlSai.
4 lorur-,uiudrd son eff Vermont once
v.r,tn tH mo. "Trll the nrnnir If Enr-
mont that ntnrr Stotps lrn ,,Ii,Ir nbnnd
and Vermont miist ,rnnhrn,l 100. immunity.
in'r Lo,. ,,,ri,,i',r ,v1,l. and nvnltin'7 hnr-
.nif nj tho n.c,ilinr work If Nn1rnn,,t
j. in bnr ,hnrrhns her schnnis and hen. cni.
/ i.,,,,. Hrttn,',nd ,vnul ,,,,,'t y.,,.n Lo, =,
~. d.. ,nt Ii.nnr',,,, iiittnr and ,vnni tb,
n,.to,ini hn.i. ~ ,,I,n.nn,ity Tut Vermont
I". M material rrsniirrns thnt viii snvn
hn,. # .Ln fnrn,rnn. tho ndvnufurns which
int,.iii,nrrn and social yirtur hnyn oiyen
hon, in Tho nnst rhr uur.tinn thrn j. -
t,,,i,,,, ,in n,o n,r .cLn'L- l.nn,,i,,,,
+ nnca win thn urnrrrss If th. wnrld ;
En ono nrntnnds thnt orr cn,nmnn
schnni. ,,in i,nnrovin'r ns surh srhnnl.
,r,. in mast otbrr STATES We dnrn nnt
,L,IInn,rn cnInn,,j.nn win tLn srhno1t If
any states rycrut Maine New Inmp.hir,.
',,i M, Snuthn!stnrn Stntns /, il d,iht
fnI whether they arr dnin% hrttrr work On
tba ,vhnl, th,,, thev did fnrtv war, n,,n
In tho rnunIrv distrirts Tho tuilin,r AVE-,
j. manifnst I'M thnrn or,. hri,yht Snn,s in
our SKY. Inc secondary SCHOOLS are
great gam on those OF the past, The ola
"nice. W., bovn ON, nndntvod ocaiomI,
nanrb,ns two which da.n,vn to hn rn,,l.,!j
a',nnmi, RI" hast W. hnIe hnIf g, dnnon
nigh schools which rival those of the
most favored states. our whole graded
/ school system Is substantial gain on
! the methods OF the past our normal
schools, lnadcquately endowed ana Strug-
cling against opposition, are DOING much 10
raise the standard of qualification for
, teaching True, our higher schools are
| threatened by the conlnuniStic spirit. We
may have to fight them. The worst indi-
cation OF our condition Is the prevalent
indifference to education. 1t IS not as II
should be, one of the great interests that
occupy the thoughts of the people. Our
/ newspapers, our leading men. our repre-
scntatives do not make it prominent our
constituencies do not select men for their
litne ; to lcgiSlate upon it wisely. We
can not in the study of this problem ignore
the changes in population and mode of life
There are rs many children in Vermont
rs formerly, but they are found more in
the villages. The country district, which
used to be the most important factor
. in the problem, Is not what il was and
it never can be again. The schools of
forty or fifty children of the ma
tive stock, taught governed, INSPIRED 10y
IA man of lntellcctual force, or Il gifted
woman, is Il thing of the past We must
adjust our methods to the changed con
dit unS The educational system of our
State is robbed of force by the prevalence
of a low standard of education in the in
dustrial callings. 1t is Il tradition in Yer
mont that one who is going to be a farmer
or mechanic does not need much cducat ION.
The Scotch, who resemble Ncrmonters in