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V . the THE WEEKLY LEDGER. Satubday,! - - - J - July 20, 178. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.-: One copy, one year, - - - - $1.50. One copy, six months, $1.00. . ' iaOTbubscriptions must be paid in ad vance. 1. I '. RATES OF ADVERTISING . One square,, one Insertion, - - $L.'0O. , Each sntaequeut insertion, - UOc. C5TSpeeial contracts made for larger ndvertisemefits. : Frank B.T WINSTON ' j- Editors. KOBEKT Pr PELL,, 7 ifca? AUTlUE.-We tcitl be pleascdyiro pkblish any comnunica tions from'nny person relative to the !m2 of the people f bnt any commu nication relative to personal matters a am ' - i or tending to bring about a condro-' L rem tcill not be tole.rat.rr7 V.n's ! TEACHERS jVSSQCTATION., I: "In union there is strength," thus poke one of America's crreatest Matesmen when lor, the Union, earnestly pleading politically, 61' our country. .Not only in politics is this trot?, bjut in -every calling of life. A combination of .all the powers working for the accotmriishmcnt of a -purpose, and a union of all the forces tending to .that end, 'will ol necessity be pjrov u'ctive of a greater measure of success than any single -effou nr force, no matter with what vehemence and strength ' exerted For this reason we think- the estab lishmeut of the "N. C. Teachers Association augurs well fnr ihn d j. ucationatju t u re jof North. Carol i na .fcach teacher in his individual capac ity can do much, but a combined el fort of all for the advancement o each, will give td the profession an impetus never Detore lelt by the ed ucators of tie Stale. The association is now in its primitive stage. Much i. remains to be done before any per ceptible results will flow, yet we doubt not if the mere fact of estab lishmeut has not already produced -good effects. Without presuming to dictate we will mention 6omc things, which must be taken into consideration by that tody r 1. he public schools demand its immediate attention. The many im perfections of this svstem can fur nish business for a score of meet ings. Our common schools lack im mediate supervision. Each county should have a school superintendent whose duties shall consist of visitiher the schools, giving lectures to each, , conducting examiiatibns aud havkic: au eye to the general improvement of the school system of each county. 2. Committees must be appointed - to mention a suitable' system of text " booksJ Uniformity in this matter is indispensable. A teacher who" has scholars studying the text books of every author that! ever wrote one, can do little "towards educating that 'body of children, j Such committees will meet with many difficulties. We do hoi object to anything .writ ten by Northern men, bnt many, of their Looks are filled with stigmas on the Soul and ill-tempered refer ences lb Southern people and Sonth rn institutions. We would suggest therefore that as far as practic able that Southern books be taught, to Southern childrenj and " when -"a Northern book is used the greatest care should be taken to select otic free frojn all ascrsion on our South ern life. - j 3. Each 3oality tnwst be avowed th privilege of 'imposing a. "tax to support the cefcooh State taxation cannot bring.aboir? the same results. I Jut" when ,a single community is taxed for its own educational sup port a great et interest is manifested in the matter. t 4. There must be some aniform uutnber of hours- during vhich the school must be' in session. .This, of course, rcan. lpe best regulated by those whom experience has enabled Ho-advise on the" subject. 5. Uniformity of pay will demand tfc close-attention of the Teach ersi Association ' It is useless to generalize the cdu- rational ueeds f eur people. The above suepestioBR axe such as to de mand the tir&t work of the Assbci- . m i i i :: ation. . leacnere onmc associauoii, :ou are beginning jJht. You know YOVir wants. . Horn iur iuuui., jnc islalure a piece of your minds, wili ! tvfll v ' ad aUA will be well. A FEW- REASONS TOY WE SHOULD KOT VOTE FOR THEHDN: JOSIAII TURNER. Veneration for age, expefrience and learning' has been tihoroughly imTjuecl inv us fromjotn, earliest in fancy until now, which 'still partakes soJmuch of youthf ulness that -as et Hve biive not been able to possess &tQ right of a free individual, and shall -not for some time to come. Pereonally we have been taught to reverarice NIr. . Turner as .a great man -in fact, a few years -since, our boyish impetuosity swelled "with - the curven-t oT popular! hero-worship, and the Hon. Josiah Turner twined him self about our youthful imagination as a paragon of statesmanship and patriotism. When a few ds since he spoke in dis.paraging terms of our paper, our feelings toward him were not rendered more antagonistic,- but; when be spoke . ironically and slur ingly -of our conTrection jwith the University, of North Carolina and the Normal Schail -as a student, our feelings were totally revolutionized. Perhaps he has -forgotten that he himself was.once a student of this Same University, tfcat i is i mind ic ceived its first adornments here .whicli . after wauTs rendered him so popular, but thank heaven no such ihihfijs ns . piaviy disorganization, a hobb-horsical, - obstinate pttVsVi ance of. 'u'nsi'ibstantiatcd statements-, were inculcated in him by its hon ored instructors and these are the very things which have made him so unpopular. "lie stated furthermore that we wjsre inconsistent, having started our paper with the 'determi nation not to meddle with politics, but l.aving lately changed our tac tics. AVe did make this statement, but supplemented it by saying that we would Work for the good'of the country, especially for its education and agriculture, and Would under all circumstances adhere to the Democratic party. How can we work for the material good of our country better than by favjoring men in favor of improving our education and agriculture,"1 and how, we ask, can we adhere to the Democratic party without discouraging in'depen dent candidates and party disorcjan ization ? Can Mr. Turneri recall no inconsistent notion"; of hi ; own ? Does he remember! the time when ho literally dissected the nero.but now wouiu rejoice ip re-arrange nis dismembered fragments into some kind of voting individual ? We know his memory is failinsr, but he cannot possibly have forgotten that. - But we propose to give a few prr.c'ical and important reasons why the hoi est, hard-working men of O ranee should not support him., , In the first place,, we want no liobby-lioreical individual to attend to our public affairs. Mr. Turner has taken upon himself, isolated rand aione, to stand guard for us against corporations, rings, fcc, and we ad Vise our people to let him retain his post until the frost of public opin ion shall freeze him out. rWe are: in favor. of letting him have 'ibis .fun, but would rather propose a co-part nership with Josh Billings, tfec. We cannot afford' to let our children and farmers starve and remain igno- fant to huinor ;the whims of one maiij and. that, ' t(JO, when, althOimh te men whom he calls thieves may be guilty, no direct proof can be brought against them, and the peo-. pie will never .convict n man unless there are undoubted proofs, (mid he being a lawyer, should have found out this long since.) In the second place, Mr. Turner insfpsr! nf nrmmsmrr. tin fnctnr Vtn education and' farming, attempts to raise a popular convulsion by slanr dering our, public officers, such men as Vance, Jarvis, tfcc, and holding up Viefore the people the ingratitude : of his arty, just as the old Roman soldier did in the fornm by exhibit ing his scars, wound. bitter feelings, ifce. It would be monotonous for us to enumerate the great necessity of .-in iniprored system of edrtcation and agriculture, for ctery sensible maifc "cannot faril .to recognizor this, aud we should support men, whose whole hearts- have been 1ent upon this purpose,- in whom it forms an essential . part of their existence. Capt. Jlntchins is sr?ch a man f lr is such. a man. We want a man who kuows-how to say nothing when he has nothing to say, and not one who is always saying -something which he has no business raying.! In the third aud last place, when you, sturdy farmers of Oranger vote for Josiah Turner, you hammer one more nail in the cross upon which Orange County Democracy is to be crucified. Do you - ISelieve; in firm party organization ? Then you can not conscientiously vote for hhrL Do yon in all your actions consult the grand principles which' well up in the breast of every tr'ae man, or are you bound down into a base servility to selffshne'ss, personal' pre ferment and passion ? If you belong to the former class you cannot vote for Mr. Turner, and it you belong to the latter class you are traitors to the great principles of our national rrnvcriiniftllt. , i STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. .'i SECOND. ANNUAL- SESSION, A rida 2?i-ni:tnei day, Besides the different classes regu l&rly 'conducted 'by fhe -Professors, a special class in reading has been foiled, headeA by Mr. iiinton, of Wilmington, who has obtained a fa"-r reputation as an elocutionist. , In this class the .principal object to be promoted is correct and distinct pro-" nmiciation.; It is composed of'sotne very intelligent" ladies and f gentle men and bids fair to attract much attention. ' r ; ' -' In the department of Geography ; conducted by 1 rot, Owens,1 lectures lull ol interest and instruction are: delivered .'daily, on tire great natit ; ral, .'" curiosities and theiv iiifluence; upon climate and the general "con;dt-j tion oi ma uk in a. A new system oi oral examii;atio?i has been adopted. The whole class is divided into dif ferent sections, and examined, 'first by some particular mernber ot the c'assV then each member j 6potrids some question to hisv nearest -neighbor, and. thus the examination; is simply ail interchansfs of opinion. No day of tlie Normal School lms been more Traiifrht With interest than this otic.; It witnessed the perma nent orc.mi-zation of that. "V.niu as sociation wliich will in the .fuiure become cot oi.ly.a motive power in the cause of .trducation but the gar ner and promoter of every educa cational cnlerpi isxj. ' !j """According to a pitjyious announce ment the --iS orth Carolina Teachers Association ' held; its first 'meeting this afiernooh at j 8 Vclock1 for the purpose of affecting a permanent or ganization. The following lofiicers were elected and entered immedi ately Upon their respective d litres : ; , .-Presiden t Iloii. lve'mp";l. atr tie, TAj. 1. - ; ,"! ' ! ! Treasurer Prof. A'ex. r Mclver. Secretary Capt. John E. pUggor. Assistant f Secretary Benj. W. Hatcher, Esq.: ' . il Tle further election of office rs as required by the; constitution, was upon motion of Prof. Winston, die fef red. There being a quorum prts eutj - the association proceeded im mediately to business. M The following resolution intro duced fhy , Captain Diigger was adoptel : ". J .-" ' .' , - I . i llesolvcxl) That ft committee ol threp.be appointed by the Ires.'ulcui whose duty it. shall be to draw up .v memorial tb the next .Legislature; in behalf of the common school inter est of the Statej together with the interest of the Normal School, and that, a 'joint memorial be, present.el to the association for their signatures.-,, , ".' 3Ir. GaithTDr, of PerquimanK, liitfo duced the following resolutioujwhich was adopted : -! 1 1 ' . ' . ; j ' j Iimoloed, That a committee of three be appointed which shall con stitute a Teachers' Bureau.' It shall- be the duty. of tlie said committee! to keep a fuil and correct 1'ee.ord of the age, seXj quaiincauons. Miuine, cqun : i-r ..t . .... i . ty ami postiomee or each -toacirei lesiring a' situation,- provided Mien teacher, it a member of the assoeia tion shall pay the sum of 50"' cents tind if not a member the sum' ot 31 and that it shall be the duty o every member of the association to co-operate with this bureau by re porting cverv . place Within their knowledge where a teacher may be wanted, together with the 'leading I qualifications Idesi red. I "Oii tiini'iati tlie association then adiourned. At night, the Debating Society havincr postponed its meelincr. Miss Coo delivered a-lecture on lonn and Color," illustrating it by dia grams and pictures. Saturday . nlorhing the Debating oociety met, and discussed a three fold query, "Which affords the jniost intereslina r field for invdstigalion, the animal, Ivegetablc or mineral kingdoin V" The question was de cided by the audieuce in favor of the animal We must insert! here that Prof. Smith made a most effec tive, ingenious and humorous speech in favor of animals, i ..'hi... At 8 o'clock. Rev. Calvin II. Wiley, former superintendent of Public Instruction in the State, and now. Agent for the Bibie Soeiet, ide livered an address &n "North Caro lina education what it is and should be." This address was in ; keeping with tft'e rcjtftatioii which this gen tleman has obtained by his varied and thorough attainments. r f MOXD AY TWENTIETH DAY. This morning the school was bpeiied with the usual exercises and -prayer by liev. Dr. Pritchard. of llaleigh'. f .,. ;. We ' have apt" heretofore made mention of Miss Coe's speciafl class in the Kindergarten system. This class is composed of ladies wfio in tend ' to become familar with the system,, and if possible carry it into execution. The children of C apel Hill are especially fortunate in hav ing the direct) superintendence of Miss Coe, who is .continually drilling them in some profitable calisthenio exercise. Lately the class has been, inaugtiratcid into the regular Kinder garten system, and' this comprises recitations in poetry, Scripture quo tations Reaving, va'rious; gymnastic exercises singing, fcc. liss Coe for sometime has been lecturing on Natural History, but recently has begun a series 'of 'lectures 6n 'Form ' and Color. In conducting these ex ercises a proper position is exacted' from every pupil, ' and gracefulness n of movement and deference to teacheVs . are; impressed tipon them, Miss Coe has a peculiar' way I of making herself popular among the childreu, but at' tire game time ex hibiting. a firmness wh-rcb comniands respect and obedience from each one of them. "- " '.' ' At 12 o'clock Prof. Ladd ectured "oii school government." i KeVer ex pect your pupils to be still, , but keep them constantly; employed. While engaged in hearing other c1:5sl 'rivi i ho lil t h fthi-lrlroti Rorn- il A.? wt'l(, o ,f.,il isfwi kxeroisfts; siiifo"nr Ar. ftnmniiKr utera-nd twoJLyou teach only one! session perday. Never have prompt-'J ipt- iiiir Always depend I upon seif- reporting, illustrated by instance of falsifying, lie ended by: giving a plan, tor obtaining a weekly report: Alter sending this report hbme re quire the ..children to. bring'it back with the signature of their, parents. tAt O' o eiock a vi-sweiiog of the veachers' , Assoc-fation was held which was well 4 feuded. Memc rials and resolutions were. read, and a teachers'' bureau was established at Chapel Hill, consisting .of .three. ' At o'clock, Rev. Dr. Prit chard, ot Raleigh, delivered an address on the ; English Language-. He said: Reason and Kelighm are GodTsbet gilts, and in, order1 to express them tiod gave men language. 'Whence originated language '' Was ,it a S2oUtaueous production of man or did God givfi it to A'tluui God gave us the jcapacity"; ; for language aud evoked thai capacity. We be hove t h at j Ad am r ece i v e d language from God i,n ;a j living v'uice.' . Wluit was ". the. original languajre Some" say Roman, others German, Phoeni cian, Jlebiew, ttc. 1 believe from many , indubitable jroofs tl at jc was. the f yr ,-Chald: i.; A pure 'lan guage does not exit, but is found in all languages. Each .'language has a lile -61' its own. Our '.language is composed -of seven . different kinds principally Saxon; iXoiinan, laatin, Gieek, French, GeVtiian, Spanish, Ital.an, and, many others. It pos- seses 40 per cent; axon, o0 Latihj 5 Greek and Ollrers in smaller pro portion. The 'characteristics' of a nation-are seen in its .-. hinwtiage". It is the CXonenL of a iVation's moral character. The English laDguiige'is eminei.t'y ipo i itive It has blimded, the excellencies . of many of; the eniiglitehed languages into' one grand speaking tongue: Titaiitj expansion and conquest Were iie'Ver obtained by any other language. We look forwai-il to the" time' wlien the;Eug4iah language yill be under stood by c versb dy. The destiny of the English iangiiage. in our con victioij will be a most glorious one. Look at the physical iiitelletttial and who ral enei'irv " 'of iKosp wUn sr.rni.- this torgue. ; The doinirtion of those who speak !;th.s language extends over 1-4 of the habitable glpbe. The great mind and heart of Ihe' Ahgld Saxon race-are more thoroughly im bued with Christianity fth3n riuy other.1 .DiVPritehard.in addition to the intrinsic merit of his Composition adds to it also his .effective delivery. 1 He possesses a deep toned voice, and' in his eloquent tribute to the Ano-lo-i cap:on language,' was loud I v an- plauded. He has at heart' tlie tnorougn cultivation ol it in our va rious institutioiis, and -would,. if possible,-- establish a. chair cVf higher En glish at every institluioii in the 'eoun- ry.; TUESDAY 1W F.XTY-FlIiST DAY In all of the beneficial, excrc'isjs of the. Normal School there, is none which; takes precede'n'e'e of Prof; Ladd's lectures. The ; Ch.ij)el is crowded daily at 12, M.i to hear his experience and instruction on school jdiscipline. His subject; Tor t6-day was Communication and its Preven tive. 1 Never has it been pur fortune to listen to a more .amusincr and. at the same time Jnstructive address He seems to' have a talismahic influ ence over his audience. Eyes glisten and countenances beam attention whenever he rises to speak. There t'a fascination about his style which never Aveanes,, out ever cnarnis. Few men can draw together 3 large and appreciative audience daily for six veeks. Prof Ladd is ovhe of the few. W e shall not attempt even a synopsis of his address' to-day. It would be folly in ,us tb do so, be cause that peculiar Vigor and charm which he infuses into ail of his speeches can not be transferred- to paper.. After showing the many ways in which children : could and would , hold : communications, he suggested as a remedy that they be kept busy. Give them something fresh to do. Never let the school room grow monotonous. Vary your exercises. Infuse life into ,eall.your works. Don't keep children in the school-room too ong.live them talkingrecess6s.everpermitthem in any manner tdprompt'Oneaqother on the class. Watch them closely:; not obviously.- '"-Eternal Vigilance", ia tKpl nriitfi of crood order. ( . ; tofmght:at-8 o'cl n i i .. . .1 x ..l v ih Voce ntv I trails aeiLvereu a mjciw ivuui tlie progress or uiciyiu. yt-m j. ; W'ith out klisV)arairemen t to any . vi t,C gentlemen who have prcceededj him ipr ke'have had many excel lent spej-hes vefnust say that it was r!ivethe? the finest oration which it, !hf.s Ik-cmi - our ' pleasure to i.i.or .Itit-m.r tlu-. V.'.i'iirnl School. In 1 I wJL - - - - - h t puniy. .of ti.cnon, gmee and pjlifi of Oliver y, Major . pales: has not fa superior m. the otate. ThroiV-hou't his speech' he,, was Lrreeterl ' will) loiinds 6 ' app rinse, I and wlieii he paid a passing tribute to the, immortal Stonewall Jackson, , ut hat - si Ion t man ot- nrav er i but ver v-t tVn d'erbol t.of-. wa'r,,,2-cy eh the fladies could not forbear to clap t delicate little hands. The 15th cen turyy said "he vfairiy brbtled rwith momentous i.teVenli9 thfe .-. disoyeiy ; of -America, tr.e perfection ai me printing 'jiress,, nd the birth of M.ar; "tin Luther ; but even thee p:ile.be-foi-e thclipsings'dendor of century: jTheSuez Canal, the cable, the telccrath, "the steamlioatl thfe i-ftilroad, the imonogrnph, all belong century. - But we will not . . . . - to our mar the beauties of this Sprertma emauAtion "of genius by giving its mere oTUlines; since, it is, Ve hear, soon to be publishe'd in the Univer sity Magazine. - 'Sueh speeches are as rare as they are rich, and we com gratuhuic bur brethren of the 'Mag: on theii Success in obtaining it.. . ' W DX ES D A Y---T WE XT Y -S EJON D I ) A Yv Many di$tinguished; visitors arrive witness' the" proceedings of ma! School. In addition i to daily to the Not the regular instriicttou. and lectures by distihguishejl gentlemen and the many other pperatmns Y which are conducted, one of Hi lie- gretitest things which has been accomplished is the permanent organization of the North Carolina Teacher Assoeia tion. " .1. : I Airain at 12 o'clock, 'Pjr'df.'' Ladd delivered one of his pjaiijj, lilhistra- tiv-e, piaclical lecture's' .';be f" ro the school., We would ivo a synopsi 6f it, but are- compelled to devote our space to the programme lor the IS ornial CoimneueemenX ': :. THE NORMAL SCI K)OL COM- V j TiIN CEMENT. ) IMlOtaiAM-MH. . ' Wednesdav Morning: At 9 : 'o't-ioyk j 'lhe lyinderg:ir tcn Schools wilT asKeiiible: ii the Uiiivci sit'y liibrai y, . where a special programme exhibiting the full work ing of the Kindergflrten system will be held uritil Id oUilock,3L : ' ; Wedfiesdfly Night: . r At S 1-2 o'clock a Grand Y'oii and instrumental Concert will given 'by the pupils of the Normal" School under Profs.' :Ee.ie aud Charles Wilson. v - .Thursday ;Mornirlg. , ' VAt Q 1-2. o'clock a jirocession will be formed, in front of the South building in the following order : ';? ChiefMarshal; .'. '. Mtisic. .:' , . I ' Military Escort. I : . Normal JStu dents. Children belonging ..to'.' the Kinder-l garten School their Su: e'rlu- tendent and I eachers. ",' - i; ' Visitors. . .-' . Pesidcnts of ChapeT lIili. ' Member; of the Press, oflicers of thel N. C. Teachers' As- socirftion. r Faculty of the University of - North Caroliua and the. Normal . School, and Lecturers. . '.' ; ' State Officers.- 1' Trusteesbf the University., ' :'. . Hoard-f Fducation;; r lleprcsentatiyes bf the Normall ! Scfioof Debatinsr Societyi . President of the Normal School . Debating Society. I , Governor, President of the Uniter 'sity, -Superintendent of the Norma School and olli-r j ;' 1 ciating Clergyman, y ; The procession will halt at the d6'or of the Chapel, and tile into it in reverse order. No one will b'e allowed 'to enter the Chapel until the procession has . entered.. - The following - wiil; be the order of exercises in the Chapel '' .l.--.'A choru-by the Norma Music Class. '.-'(' H V"";-':. 2. Prayer. : . School , - 3.. Music . - I '". .;'": ' f. ,' ; 4 Oration by C.W rivWard' of Lenoir county, subject The Eabtern Question., , -r '; : . ' ' v 1 5. Music?;-. '1 - . 6. Essay by P. Pelf of Orange county subject Not Men but Principles. :' - . 7. Music. : : ; ;- . , 8. ' Debate Q tic ry,- " Should the State Adopt a .Compulsory System of Education ? " . , ''. . .. Affirmative - J. M. Pandy of L111 C. B. Aucoclc c f colu countv : Wayne cpuntyj j- ' y ' ' V ' i j -1; ' i : ' Jegatioc.ll. S. Arrowood rf Lincoln county ; J. lr Sniall nfl j' 9.!' Music' ' . , - :V . I I iu.,:ssay oy vj. vaiawe nf, GuilfbM cotmtysalyectf-TheT.'nj . .11. 3iusic. . :?,'; . I 12. Oration bV W. R. Slat GeorgiaT-subjectWliat Shal Done .w.it'h the Indian ? - 13. usic: i, . " 14. Iresentalio'ii of Prize. I ! Formal Closing of the S' tiftnt bv h Excellency (Joy. Z.lR. Yhm fm Closhig Ifymsi.. . :r 17 Benediction. 1 . At eight o'cioJs WrYig'ht we Iw-arA a! lecture in th;e VJiael iy.' I'nd; (j. i'. G randy oh "The Sn'ecl roscopcl We only J6 had iHcieiil sj A'i in which to give d full synojjsis1 of his lecture. - ' . y . - J . It was especially1-valtable ai a sci entific paper,' and uhdhubtiu(lly proves that 'xfar.ybtiKg. and ineJpcii euceel nh&essors (?) are oitl. as aiei)js in their departments. yProf. Gramfy graduated at Lexingtons Vrirgiina hoiiors. and by his- Energy haa nol. since tailed to prosecute .to', hisir: greatCBt ''extent his cieiitilicLst utjlids. I'o pul ar, x y ou lig '; arid in d elijtt igib o; he, has a biilliant future before iini; : .TIIlJRSDY--pyEXlf Uliili Day. . ' I X i .' T . C' .1.' . ' . I . ' - . . ! .;iion. o. ' , ocartjjoi ougn. ;ijns gentleman delivered !to.:day atl:!,M? a iellihg lecture. He 'discussed tie: public system qoiVr State in relatioif to education'. The system is a 'i'6r one. . . The people take btit litt e interest in the public tjihools, becau c they are so poorly planaged. ap pears to be nobody's busiiif$s ti at- examinatiojl is a failure. ,Tiie coun try is filled j with' . teachers ! wljo a totally; incompetent for 7 . the pre it' work Which they Have undertaken. Many of oiir school "commit tee nicri cannot read their, names. I low c;iil 'Yu 1 expect any c'ducdtioujl adJa ude-. ment lunuer suc.t circuinsiancesi : Thb!BoaFd Uf CoiiiHiissioners cbn4i: tide t he county boat ot , euticti- tion. iiuis t.iclted on to tlietr other duties ati' is t rarely attend ed . t '; CousejuenVjy the people have be coiiie ap;tlietici tl b legislators im:; Ijibe the saihesad, langerons jt riirit and nothing, almost w;oie J t ittii s ; notliinir;i dSiio: Uji . 1 ' 1 1 ffi'. , . , i e an aiiathyth;it is alar dfiho: (Jiiiill sidhs therbTifi ' mintr Otid Hil'ill. luiir." . lit is throitiili tlitf' 1 oacbiei t hlit . 1 liiftrniti t lb corrected' j TlaV. , Iei'.ttnrevviil do 'nothing until UiG; j)eojle -ccmm:lMd.. theiju. K'eri. bi erv inllitetice : arouis your peophif demand of your legistors.thal they.do; niore. ...Make it liiSreptit'abl for at) mftu-wilo is ahlc-not to educate ui children.; Parents :tie, 1 oh5itT for liH igiiornt.icD -of thC'ir ehildit).' Toj ivlle all etiiiblio'n t(f a chibl ii to robhim 01 nis turtn rignt aniline to ediicatc lheir faji tners-asj: well jn Iheif lawyer rind tfofcibW . They, niust deinand that the :irovisioii !bf the constitution re'M'iirinjx that "tlae 1 daturo by;appropiia"te legislatifin' CLTIS 1 anu taxation proviue ana mauu;nn a free public schooj for 'our moiilfi i t every year be carried dft't. I Iti ring' his j.cb'jh Mr. gciirbdrouglt Ipaid a handsoni(i cbmplnnent to tle . ll'ady teachers!-r-assertinG: thatl' -thev were much bejcter teachers than ttyo men f6r children,', and perhajts i'ot older on6;s as well. We! have thp given an imperfect sketcli oi'& s))edj;h which should havje its , ''impression1 upon". all. ' ' '; ; ' ' ' , 0-111111.011 cflicjent Coriims-' ioh'e'r 'of 'Ag'iculture, Col. L. hi-Polk,- tinted the assembled Normal-' ites to a' -ich inijeflec'tnal j, repast. Col. Polk had received and accepted the invitation to speak only ' a diy or tw6(ago, yet we question whctheif his.eflbrt could halve been impfoved upon at a month's notice. His whoje speech abounded with beautiful ai tf finislied seVitences which J' showed a scholai-jyl polish well worthy of tlp disting'uished position" and reputa-' tion'jof the speaker. His- subject; was "what aire tbc'jdcrnrrads of our Stale; rfpon' uVf and how shall we infect . them. This is a quest ioju' raxrght with' momen'tous interest to every North Carolinian. Wo hav;c emerged ffom a bloody war scarred and smokefd; we have passed through; the fiery ordeal of Oppression ; we have seeh the meni.i'1 slaVo Vf yester day made' ou r pblitjcal master to- day';haV-e we learned patience add1 pcrsei eiaflce ? : We lhaye ' seen" our -Vidnerated institution haiided down from sire to sou for generations,de.s-, troyycl ; as by a lireath have fix- '' learned pajrotism or- btate . pndo . Grauliiig that jv6 have learned ajl much .' to learn. tlicse, there is yet' much to nmearn. wo must learn that efl ucat'iou, is the only hope At our State Oirrhold ship has loub been Jossed bV th.e mad billows of ! war and fratricidal i srife ; but nofv Vvhite-winged teat 6 is fmvci ing oxh us and a "great calm 'has fallcnon the sea.". Still we need , a pilot jto' guide lis to the haVen'. Let us have that beautiful, symmetrical fe;a yorthy craft whose! pennon is iMu cation' ' I At PolkV tjic conclusion of Colonel speoch'" Carolina" was sun -.it.' Vjw . . , . , "'7TTV. r x
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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July 20, 1878, edition 1
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