The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-30
TIE SCHOOLS AND THE PRESS
Tho Themes OF n Discourse to the Jr. o. U.
4, u. Yesterday. y

At the Martins Ferry Methodist
Episcopal church yesterday morning
sermon was preached to tho Junior
Order OF American Mechanics nppro-
pirate to Thanksgiving. The Martins
Ferry lodge attended in a body. The
pastor. Key. !. s. Winters, said all
should feel thankful for the vas,ncss OF
our country, the unoccupicd parts, tho
crops, that there had been 10 special
cpidcmics, no diseases, no great acci.
dents or calamities, less destruction OF
life tho past year in proportion to tho
population than ever before; that there
Is peace in our land, prospective wars
are farther oil, there is less friction
with other nations, and because there
Is friendship and cordiality with other
nations; we should DO thankful for our
public schools--moro than thankful for
these than anything the government
has secured for us. The rich or poor,
noble or ignoblc, white or black, all OF
us have the same privilege OF entering
in tho halls OF education and preparing
ourselves for usefulness in life. Moth
Ing is equal TO the public schools OF our
land. Monarchies can got along with
out public schools, but republican
form OF government cannot. Here the
individual is king, tho voter Is king.
Without pubic schools We could not
have republican form OF government.
We should rejoice because we have bet
ter schools than ever.
In Steubenville, GAINESVILLE, Bridge.
port and Martins Ferry the buildings
for public schools arc on Il par with, il
not beyond, other public buildings.
SCHOOLS ARE BErrER MANAGED
than formerly. The superintendcnts
and teachers and the paraphernalia are
better.
There are in Martins Ferry 9,lOO
children who ought to be in the public
schools. The average daily attendance
is only LOO, little over one-half.
There are % rooms and 26 teachers. In
some rooms there are IS pupils and so
in others. With six hours in the day
this gives nine minutes to each pupil.
1t must be n mighty teacher to lead OH
to victory. Not one-third OF the pupils
go from the primary to the grammar;
ont OF every - ono enters the High
school, and only one out OF hundred
goes through.
Fire alarms and paved streets arc
good thing. We are growing faster
than We arc getting rich, but we can
afford tc do without these things and
wade in mud up to our knees rather
than not have good schools.
There is no way OF solving the prob
lem OF emigration rs well MS by putting
the children in our public schools. We
cannot do much with grown up Bolie-
milan, an Italian or Il pig-ta;l Chinaman.
Have their children read Grants MEM
oirs. read the speeches OF Mckinley,
read the life OF Washington, Lincoln,
Grant and Garfield, teach them to sing
the "Red, White and Blue" and
yankee Doodle" and they will be-
come good, patriotic American citizens.
THE NEWSPAPERS.
Oh, the blessings the press does con-
fer on the people Of the United States.
How the cream Of thought from all the
great minds enlightens. The daily
press is important. The government
could not get along and We could not
move ON without it. The press is
jointed with the public schools. The
boys and girls are the readers OF the
daily press, also the magazines, re-
views, etc. Teach the pupils patriotism
by flying the flag over the schoolhousc.
The poor teacher ought to leave the
room. The press and schools are asso-
ciated. The daily paper is read more
than any other, more than all the books
combined. Editors can sway the minds
and give food to thought more than
anything else. Tho daily press is less
sensational than it was ten years ago.
On Thursday the Times published only.
4 few lines about our union Thankssiv-
ing services, as good rs ever attended.
1t said: "Union Thanksgiving services
were held in the U. P. church, and the
attendance. was good, considering the
weather. Rev. Morse preached n good
sermon appropriate to the day."
Had Morse kicked me and ! kicked
back the Times would have had whole
column. The ISTELLlGE%CER and Regis
tr published more about 4 tilt at the
conference than anything else.
Ii Rev. Mr.. Brownlec or Rev. Mr..
Morse had run of with another mans
wife there would have been columns OF
it. Tho editor is not as much to blame
as the people People want TO read
about dog fights. Our country has not
lived its best days. The Lord God will
wipe out ulcers. cancers and sears for
us, and the future OF our land will be
more glorious and more godlv than the
past. Is