Telegram-herald., 1888-10-09

ard the excsptiorlal strength required for
gong through tirs whole course OF classical
education.
Happily rurlss it b said, however, not
al tns Schools COMO under thu direct
srpe-viSion q the government Govern
me1S rcstreiut makes educational matters
something OF forbidden fruit and sweet to
the people accordingly. Most Of tho edu-
Gated. enlightened people, not wholly en-
crossed yet IN their own selfsh career. ara
sking great and active interest IN public
eiucaEon- Such rural schools "a have es-
eaped bang put under tho baleful in
finence OF the uneducated, unambitious
clergy are prospering under the pro-
tecaon of liberal minded proprietors
ard thu provincial zenstvos; teach
ers are ens,rosssd by their work; they
often gain over the coufdenco Of children,
or<anizs freQ1eus botanizing aud other
parties with them, infringing beyond tho
limits set b. ne text books approved by the
ministry Of pubic edncaSIOn, and, through
The childrvn. generally succeed IN awakening
toe iItsrest of tho parents This latter end
attained. rr1aey is easily collected and hbra-
ri~s organized m tae villages 70 toe mutual
bencflt Ok young a-a old aIike
While throughout ths oountrT school re-
ports arc scarcely attainahse--the progress OF
education being disguised 20 not 70 awaken
the rlizglvinss os the sovernnsnt-tbe show
ing of tie isst reports on put4ic eiucatiCn in
ST Petersburg IS very wonderful indeed.
Il is bus ten years since the local public
schools have passed from thu government un-
der the supervision Of tho municipality. Tho
city council, boastlng of number Of most
szergesic a1d enlightened men among its
nenbsrs, made pablo education its favorits
concsrn. ard this Is how theY succssied
In lss7 there existed but sixteen parish
shools ia 81 Petersburg. with 500 school
chilLrp1. ard thcso constituted ths whole ce-
p1rtuleu. o. primary edGcatiOn in the city.
Containing thrn so0.co0 Inhabitants. and
thsoa 6 ools wsre supported on tbo s'rm of
i45T1 roublex for ueazly GOO Yearly. In
iS57 tbcse nizrahie sixteen schools have
grown into 20 primary schools. in which
LOO children rsc1ive instruction, these
srruo's having rrsrluaaed 5.s26 children IN
tie c,crss = to arss decade q their gradual
cruf1z faoo existence. Beside this, t6s Eu-
uicipaiity fcunds3 si<ht Sunday schools. two
industrial sc8o0ls. &es25 % 100 poor scholars
on stipeuds in divers p-of1sziozal schools, a
very complies pedarogso library has been
.
hsnchcrs in she e-rpiav q ia citT-Drs
twenty -sevpn q tto uuSoe tsinE rcu-
AL of the teachers ara reguired - posze-s
dipiozss & Cradnstica from t'se hisaest
collrz<s - tta s01aerT: thsy have fstr
sAlsTfes-tas TT spending On - school :
3-5oo. rc0 roubies now--sres i1fEi1zs. free
medical a asssndancs a casss q si,<nsss sid
noua beng suhiect - rst5rerisr1 IN cs.se &
Z. =. - -
te-est in their prcfesSirr1 ard have pe7sson
sssizrsi thssn sfter fEsesn yszrs cf ssrvtcs--
tbss peu<.cn staining rs hissass limit for
thirty yHars teacaiuy.
No corrcrsl ruuisirrerS = zTiovzd Il
schools. The childrpn's hensfi1 S1rTuundirr q
ara psrio.iirsi,T fcxT~read bY wonasn pisys.
esan- IN shs employ 4 tae eisv, and sS-
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