The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-29
SCHOOL MELANGE.

.,. ,vritcr was very greatly I'M
4"' ,., ,,.,, ,,,a. ~. n mi,
p!rssed VIII 'e.'' go " 800 =
l:,er OF our city IN sermon preached
,.u. sundays ago. He said: There
,oro. whore Individual char.
ore so"ie "''' -,
acter o. an! 'i'o''ie''' 'i'.'o. VIC y. IL
0,si." Taking for granted that THIS be
AND II undoubtedly Is, what then
Nu'' .,o ,o,ch.r ,,ho Ia,
1; the uu'! W 800,
charge OF puplls VINO come from such
.oucsp Does a greater responsibility
"'',' o, ,he teacher with regard tn
'es' 0r"" - ,,.a,,, =, ,ho,o
such children 'i'"'' vi us.ou''t " '''ose
vho como from homes where attention
,,,l IN the formation OF an upright
Is P"'' nrd whoro tho n,rants oro.
chaiac'e'' "
capable OF Juus'ns as ~ .he '''oi al
,,ainlrg of their children? There surely
-, and right here we suggest that
GOES, ~. ,o,,,.,,,, ,or gu,
serei'' "ea NV 90
public schools, !. c., 10 reach those VINO
,ova not the proper training at home.
M we ms teachers measure up to our
,es,,n sibIlitles along this line? These
rbidrer are generally from the poorer
siass. DO we show them that we SYM
,,.hize with them and cause them to
rJ We are working for their great
s.t good, or do we rather. by our un-
.osccous nets, show that we favor
,Sose who having the proper home
,",,,i,r show themselves superior to
.Soss NJ whom we are writing? It Is
,sr. hard for the teacher to keep from
s,,ng This. and We are sorry to know
.S,, nm nv teachers do 1t so plainly that
,ss very ones who should have their
."mno,hv are discouraged, and are
sr,liv driven away from school by the
saggest that any pupils should be ne
elected. yet we do insist that We should
do all In our power to HIT up those who
from causes over which they had no
control are living as 1t were under
clouds Of misfortune.
In connection with the nbove the
writer Is led to remark that one OF the
gfeatest necessities for n system Of
ublIc education. and perhaps the very
creates, lies In the fact that multitudes
yould grow up to manhood and woman
ho0d In perfect ignorance IL our public
schools did not exist. In n country
where the people govern themselves the
masses of the people should be edu-
Gated. II they are not, the educated few
will govern, and we sink at once to the
,syel Of an aristocracy. An arlstocracy
"A political 'aristocracy-in q govern
rert like ours will destroy the very
fsundation principles on which our gov
eminent rests. 1t Is bad enough In our
country to-day, in spite of nll our en-
lrhtcnment. but how much worse could
/. be- without the enlightenment coming
from our public schools?
yow and ,hen wa raod In o,r edu-
,,.,onoi ;n,,,no,s ortjcIes on schoo, GOV
,.n,,an, In which tho wrItar Who nor-
SAM. nae sever nc n teachor attemnted
=, cnnduct n school %, toll oII
49,, how. I, o,,,h, "a H., Sn,,a ond ,,n
IA dnra for thnt Inotter ITO one who
"a. nnssad ',brouyh nil grades fror, INC
country district school 10 the rontroIl-
,ng NJ n thousand nunIIs eon,e NJ ,hase
wTy,nrs nv. enough 70 Two out his ma
gsnra Rut tbpn n tokes nil kInde or
rsonle "a make n rorld and there must
Ia those n toll their fellows inst how,
Il ourht IN ha done, though they NAV
~, 10 nbIa m do II thamsaiv.s To sov
,b1. /, raouIras No eynerIencs IN make =
psrfpct success in teach,nr is inst as
,so,lsh as Ia saw thrt my 'one Without
rren,rotion or 'eyneriance can make n
successful lawyer doctor n,echonir or
4 successful WORKER In any or Mi the
trades or professions. M difference
to;y well anyone NAV he nreparad ne To
elucatIon and theorv II toses practice
10 make norfect. In saving This We do
moi Wish To he understood as spenlinr
sr,Ins, ,.onar,.tan ~. ~, - , r> ,,a
eight to think OF beginning the work
n '1,cbi,,r without oil III. ,,ra-,,r.,