Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-03-12

is five shillings. If it be reduced to four
shillings find what must be, at least, the
increase per cent. in the number of travellers,
if the revenue is not to fall off more than
five per cent ?" TO answer this are eleven
other problems all equally as difficult, and
some of them far more difficult. The appli-
cant was given three hours only, and posi-
lively warned that, mo credit will be
awarded for an answer unless the work is
given in full" When an applicant is sue
cessful in an examination the way is open
to be employed in any of the public or ma
tional schools in the Kingdom.
Besides the publicor national schools there
are number of private schools in Ireland.
In all the large towns there are high schools
and in Belfast, Dublin and Derry, and per-
haps in other towns, colleges of the highest
grade. 1 was told, while standing in one of
these colleges, that it required seven years
hard study in an Irish college to graduate.
In America four years is the longest period
that is required, and by far the largest num-
ber complete the course in three.
Very many of the well-to-do Irish far
mers send their daughters to London to fin
ish their education. In the schools in Lon
don they are taught music and the modern
languages. I met number of young ladies,
the daughters of farmers, who spoke French
fuently.
In the town of Ballymena there is a COL
ored mana negro-Who is professor of
Latin in the Ballymena High School. He
is not native of America-at least Of North
America-but I have forgotten his native
land. He is copper colored man OF me-
dium height, seems to be very humble
and 1 was told fine scholar and good
teacher. The young men and boys respect
him and address him as Professor -. L
have forgotten his name.
The whole number of national schools in
Ireland is about 1900. In Ulster there are
nearly twice as many as in any one of the
other provinces. In Ireland, as in every
other country, the Presbyterians are noted
for educating their children. In Ireland
about 1,OS3,O20 children attend school, Of
these 1869 are Presbyterian, 102,21S are
Episcopalian, S55,05 are Roman Catholics,
and all other denominations 10,116. Here
we begin to see the difference between
Professionalism and Catholicism. Taking
Ireland as whole, about one third of the
population can neither read nor write.
Among the Catholics there has been a very
great Improvement during the last decade
Before that they refused in some instances
to send their children to school because the
Irish language was not taught That has
lately been introduced and the Catholics now
manifest much interest in education. 1t is
scarcely necessary to say that the Irish
language is not that strange way of pro-
nouncing English which the Irish have,
but language entirely distinct from the
English language and in which is locked
up the history of Ireland.
The discipline of the Irish schools is good.
The children are taught politeness- good
manners. met boys and girls on the way
to and from school, and not one of them
gazed at me as if was the first man they
had ever seen. When asked them ques-
ton they answered it politely. Again ! say
but for the landlord system, old Ireland
would be great country.