Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-01

plicant by putting list OF unpracti-
cable literary questions, as most OF
the questions are, and with no knowl-
edge of the antecedents of the ap
plicant. Every scholar intending -
teach should be required to atten I
one of these institutions three full,
terms, before he is permitted to teach,
this with the certificate OF the emil
nent principal that the applicant is
we'll qualified to teach would give a
better guarantee of the fitness of the
applicant for his duties, than any
hours examination of n County or
town superintendent. This must be
apparent TO all. There are other ex-
penses with our present syste IN of ex
animation that would be avoided by
the Academy system.
BY the course we have here sug-
gested the community at large would
receive much higher educational
position, and we should find in every
sc hool district men well qualified TO
act as com mitteemen, to hire teach
ers and elev ate the character of the
school, rather than hire men in re-
mote parts Of the town to do the bus
mess pertaining to a school district.
1t is sad commentary to our system
of academic education when we are
compelled to say that there are not
men in every school district compe-
tent and willing to discharge the du-
ties pertaining to its educational in
terests.
But 1 am taking too much of your
space at this time. 1t seems TO me
that mere glance at this subject will
convince any one that two academies
of very high grade should find a
place in this county. The county is
worthy of it. 1t is believed to be the
best agricultural county in the state,
and with these two academies named
may be the best literary county in the
state. Will not the legislature in the
state give us the privilege of making
it SO? The legislature has in principle
done the same thing in an inferior
way. They have already granted the
privilege to school districts to sup
port academies by taxation. Now is
there not much more reason in grant
ing to the county the privilege of aid
in the support of the county grammar
school, an institution so much priced
and favored by our fathers?
1t is hoped that others may add
their views in relation to this very inn
portant subject. If there is any objec
ton to the course here suggested, let
it be fully set forth. No one wishes to
adopt any system unless it is an inn
provement.
AS we are now situated we are COM
PEELED to say that we have not COM
petent facilities to educate our own
students, but on the contrary must
send them out of the county to get
the privileges we need. But, in fact,
we are compelled to say more. We are
compelled to say that we cannot give
the farming class and the mechanics
a competent education. That they are
a class that must be content with
school district education, simply be-
cause they are not able to bear the eX-
pense, incident upon going out OF the
county and paying high tuition. Let
the people as mass take hold of this
matter, and assert their rights. Let
the county be united through their
representatives to the next legis-
lature, and the work is done, for the
state will never stand out against a
request so just and important, SO over
whelmingly in the interest of its
people.
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