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-ft-,-) Jwf - . i 1 v , t k ...... r . . 1 - -V ! I " . .-'5 " 1 ..,.r. h. 'A - - -- -f . , - '- r Vv-" I' s J OLI r " OURS AKK THE TI.AXS OF FA 1 11' DELlGJiTFUI. 'PEAfT, UXSVAIUD B' PARTY ttAGE, TO UVE LIKF, BROTHEHS. 7- 4 t; if VOLUMK XXXIV. "ip" BMWadUy!'waX?lSiafe4lr,giitgg..t. , - BTWSKl Ufei-Uuggl 'soajBl fsssgsg ial figfelBaBl RMBniBal j - 1 S "tS PCMLTSrLEft KVKRf TCE311A.T, jRafelkK NoTth Caroliia. rt- ' '' rr y vr fiiRE DottAus p;V aiHuni;oiie lialfin a'lvance 'Those who Io-not,either at the time t sun scribinov subseqoentlv, jcive notice (oftlteir wishfotYave the Paper discontinued a;t the ex- piratio'n of thir year, will be presumed asdt- 'lit' .. . .w1-A Siring us cum 1 1 ui a lit; c uniii cmiiui i inanucu. A D V E LI T I S E I E Xf S , iS.jt exceeding sixteen Mites will L be inserted ;arftf rimes ror : iioiiht; muwen,ijr-uc.cnis for each' atibsequeot publication : those o greater :engtht in the same proportion". II tlievnumber of insertions be Viot marked on theniithey will he continued until ordered out undytsharged hccoi dinjil v. 4 t ' 1 ' '4 '"rrTfi 17 tli t JLi.bO ! Li litji y ts J'J .TUK IMPERFECTIQXSOF OUIi PRIMARY ' ---..-"" SCHOOLS, Me 6s mitho l of corredin'j; them ; pilvercd before "the 'North-Carolina. Institute of Educatiorbat'Cnapel-llllU'.Tune 20, 1332, IlYi WILLIAM IIOOL'KK, J.ofessor bfhcient Iiinguag-es in the University- Mr. Presuiiht. and ' Gentlemen of th nsiiiu'.e . v V We, upon whom you have evolved the task, of addresiufr an audi - Iwute'wMch has been fearfieff by 'oe iot"!-h-ci ual . enteriainmeiit offjhis morninu;, s f.ie, vve can assure you, piirtuKen iane y of the-gepeifl! fesiivijy, and can exch nie hearty4 co'ngiatutiiti. mis w'xih a delighted public At ?Ye'f "we cannot bat bvs.Miible uf the disadv.aittag under -vi.ich we i.ibor. ofsucceed.hg -,uch a )tMk'i, und of pr --, vi'Uns enterraininent lor eat s v-t iniiuu. Kith such music. What we'inus lose. hovvever,:' in tHe favorable heariMg of "our tumble essay we shall ..have a uply made ap to us in .the countenance and xancHon given to t!e'labors of our. live ry the sen timents uttered to-day.; and we,-whose office it dady to iiiftruct the youth who ung upon the iips of the orator of the day, cannot b.utfejmce to h ive our opini ons' ratified, and 0;ir authority seconded tY remarks issuii)"; Irotn o hi'h a source. We feel much indebted to one who has vhhYd xneTorce -of Uia sutfiage to the util hy of that system of classicai, matliema tical and philosophical study bv which it is the business of our lives to train up the jouth of our country for the future de mands of'that country. We feel that bur hands are strengthened by sucn an ally : tve rej iice ia the arrival of sucii an auxi liary to fight the gr-'at battle of -truth and freedom, avid provided the blessed victo ry iswon, e' care not much whose brow s,all..wearahe laurels. We can very con -j cussinsr the point j vaetheH Sir Waiter t -vere till they arrive at the g ual teated y followon, unriotcel, ,t, the tn-; Si0(t-or; Wa'hingtim IpvmiJ be the more '.Whereas in the Northern States, lew, tiaiphal ptocesston, and erivy not. the he ; t Wl-itcr rUvcstigat itiu: the mean-, comp.irat.vely, break oil after once be- jowho s.tsin.thechafiptbetoreus; but ; , )f a s iu jicer(J aml Vi,g il, will t;inu,ng. . Tne reason of tn.s is iheci .feelhappy.tohave a contest so de.r to usj , -j iV,xvi with clamorous em-i"1'"1 meeting from t.e.r pare ts the . l mam famed by stronger arms than ours, 1 and proud tohaye one otNorth-La.mlina's; Tl rcr tiiwl I urii-i t . ri i ns -nrtxr. 1 1 . . r. I - .. .oat aim linn tit- .ii ,,iiius prociai oeu, in; .1' - Ci "5! . . -Mlltl ilUlllvl WI ULI.IUIV. Ill UU&II 1IU- tlie exercises of Uiis day, on the side oil ( r ,- - i . - , ,1. . . . i ard from his morning slumbers. sound learning ..mtuiini mortal patriotism. 1 The subject which yvas assigned ine. for a lecture before trie Institute a', this time is, " Tbe .impei fections of our Primary Schools, and the best method of correct ing them." The proposal and adoption of this, as a subject. ofaliscussiori, implies a conviction in the .minds of the public, that eviU do exist in the system of our Primary Schools : that those evils are felt I I and deplored, and that a remedy, is anxi -lously desired. Indeed itcan escape the lrvh . n tr rili',,11 iP ii,, .in,. 1 k . t . . .1 j wusti t d-.i'iii vig mi wiiu, nuii, in present state of'.!itngs there is '.much waste of time and expense, that a . ItM-ge number of out- youth make' no improvement, and that the attainments of all come far short of what is practicable Tj borrow a comparison fioui another art, we may say, there is a prodigal waste of the raw materials for eilucaiioii,-by want of skiil in the manu re. - . tie iVrr which we deprecate, and whose causes we orouose to exo ore. ' results al- t'stnecessinlv from the nresent circum- . . 1 ,c Stanceft'of ill- rolliilrv.' ' Our rnnntrv i r,,,,, - . 1 . . . - ... J , - "'jaiauveijf yuuug. uc are a nation l.f 1 I A I . .1. ...It'.. . .j "" 1 I " scatiereo agricultural isis,eniDosotned ft'iu, hidden in jtheinidst of a boundless I'TCStjiupon whose breast all our labors "hjiei to, have only, liqre'and there, made little sours of Culfure. bearin"- srareeiv 1 . ' o J 5n) Mtiiiortion to theJtast sylvan expanse nich surruuhds and "Overhangs them, and :'--ulates each fainiLv from, its irenrhbors. aiiy pei s;u ascend one of our muun tains, oreven one of our loftiest sp res or pbUsud look down upfti the prospect lueath iiim. die. will ue-surpriscd to see little territory -M-e have yet reclaimed huijlthe' wtliierne.s----!ibY duniiiuti?e an- P-'.'ir the'iiiipivssions Inch liuman hands i( tVe. ttiade. ill so mariv Vizirs, nnmi t he ideiacp id nature. r lie will see that wv freaiipe, a people of the woods. In such fuue or society there will be a great "isle 01 raw materials of every desciipti "n of mind, no less thin of wood, land -nii., essay was . read cm th&fternoon of the r ! Mr. Wirt&i . delivered hia ratiyn d?e t-.vo j.iicBr)' Societies. . . autl u'atet.n The Illi-i h resources of such 1 couut ry sexcfsMl-Jhc wanissot' its thisi p - pu'titi'.m, &5;ert'?ore lio liiJden from thoir view, or rorj nnUctcfil under their fiet.- Fheir iur.uerstbie trec of. stale! v i'nnher, ! vhi:-h, in ahnore advanced s'a'e of sn ie tv would a''! bu iuMsuuivd, aul all be fa- siohcd into a thousand article for do mestic convenience and embellishment, are now hewn down wi:h unsparinir hand. as an incumbrance, "thrown into piles and burned. Irs stream, xh;ich amid a dene population would be alive with watermen tfU r ,,.m...ww, : and th4- loaded batteanx, or resonndi v i t h the rumblin;of machinery, now wi and V.& loaded batteanx, or resounding wind ; their course through the thickets uuexplo-1 red 1v the;curiosity,'a;id' unvexed bv the cunid'itv of man. ,U it won.lerful that in cupi such an early, incipient state ol society, mind should b- w.ited or unemployed as well as inat'er ? In these circumstances, those (iiialiti 'S of liody and mind only, will be valued and cultivated 'which are ,im- metllat,,y applicable to t Such a people, either thi-.r "from a more : improved the wants of life. nselve emigrants proveit country, or the children of uch einigrants, will carry in their minds the idea and model of improve ment belo'iginj; to .that older country They will be impatient to bring their own rude land to an enualii) witluch a mo-ibis' , i 1 . i and vili go oil emulafiii'g, and gra dually approximating t -e admired stand ard. This approxi ,itiou .may be made more rapid. v iii agriculture and the arts titan in education A: man mav, bvtiie applicatiiin of industry and ta-.te, clear nit a spot in the descrr. a id embellish it at once viith a tine house and; gai den-and fields, in imitation of those lie has. seen in a more cu'tivated, region. , Hut it is nut so easy to transport; to that forest, the in tellectual society of:the motherland, and to rear up there a .school or college in ali the perfection of older institutions- of Lie s-tti. Ki'.d. lite majority of people in ! such early settiemetUswiU always be ra- j ,f r.. .iri i .r,..-..v.. t -iSic i rtt. e t - , 11 I L C 111" LI a it lin l l" UF Ul I of tiie coosmunitv. ; Their ideas of educa- tion wil!, of course, be iiiuted. Tiw bdlk he,id:ngot bim home, ie i.ke sending jr..n of yauf . growing up inuch .cirjcuinstan- ll penitentiary. I't In in -be made cer, will be satisfied with vervHtttle m-Mi-i u l)lr broad-cloth coat, uj which tal improvement--will pass a grelit part j v-''ll,d be glad to go and see the of their life in. the hunter and fther sta'e: vou,lS ladjes, and lei him array hrn tlieir clio-f companiiMis 'will be their dogs jdl in a plantation -nil Irom hu uiottiej-V and their horses, aijd the m-rits of thesel'v,J !' "d let him tend bis father's favorites thcommon topic of their mociai crop and earn h:s daily bread by the-.wea! ti tc "? r.. i:i:-.. . r I ol liis brow. A iii.c.ioline o! ihis kl d oour. ii a lew lammcs oi sunei mi i ni- tivafton are dispersi'-d amidst this niass, they cantiot raise it to their standard, but must be drawn down by superior numbers to a lower standard Ami thus it will 1 " . " often happen that,iin a funily where the beauties of Siiaksneare. Milton and Ad ¬ dison, or the philosophy of Locke and i P'"sp-ct ot per.suaditig par.-nts an -p; Dugald Stewart formed the subject of i mfusures f this kind. T ,ey are ge-.e-tea-talilc (liscussioh, will be; heard from ; ril.M7 so- injudiciously indulgent, ' that the lips of the next generation only the! theu' children are not alatd to odeo-i price of cotton and of negroes j-and ajth' A d tins is the reason why so ,.r ,-,,r.ir rrn,,iU,,.,n. ;.o .,i ... lie i ." I nil 11 ill I mill " '-l.lltlflllllf. lll.l. (.till iii ill. - ; ... ,vuot,. iw4ltrP,nt ,e,g fi,,v , t!): bcst ,K.e, ant, JlCmf - T . . . ! T l.,.., vf..;.!- cM, !., . -j ... i. . , " . . c ... u I IJillll S K.IIMV 11,1s ll.'WTII. IlllsllPII I ill" llf- yond this condition, you cannot expert goon scttoois or cu iivaiea men. iverv ?u:.. 1:1... .;..L I...:-.-: :.. .... . .-. - Ti I - - . 1 I ;1 . 1 n unog npunit: ,et, oiog w.ii oe nesp.sen and ignqance will --.be rep -ctable because it will be tasiuonabie. It would be use less in such -a rom'munitv to have a o-ood cri.n.d. 'I'he. voulh will not tak.- n odn - catiou if you fhrowl itin their way. N jw, J - ' , national existence.( I. Tie first cause, therefore, on which 1 shall tuach, 01 tile imperfections in our v . . ...'. f primary schools L the en cumstancea ot our youth. 'I 'here is not a Suilicieut Stiinu I ' .1.. rf. ...il. ..I' . . . . . . ... IUS U llOll tllC OU III Ol OUT cpia.IV IO UUIll - 1 . FT- .. , - vale the powers ot their minus. iost c .. t 'L; .h, ,:iil..Q.ft of those sent to sehoo are the cnildren c - , ' , . of men of consKk-ruble proiierty. 1 hese Voung persons have never- felt the pros- sure ofiwant atul the necissitv- of exer - tiou. Wrhi!e at home, thevihave been, ac- . I . - . . customed to passjtlieir tune in ease and i S U l" '. hull 1 - - amuseuient, and iwhen they-leave that home for school ox college., the change ,,,. I I. , T n .,. nn,nl ., J. ' . A"' Ult II IVltMHVt J i OV VMIItllYIHIII ft Mir scl llnr ther's planiatiotr, I witii .dogs at his heejs and a gun or fishitig.rod oo hts shoulder, until lie is tirenr, aind then to i-e.uru to t e iiousi, open his jmolher's i pantry, a-d mere fish with mare success among jars of sweetmeats and ijell es. Will it be wonderful if a youth sent from these do mestic indulgences, shou ,d find school Ijligrateful, accuse his teacher of being cruel, oi to use a favorite schoor-boy phrase, of showi n partialtty-lhat he should recite wiih' mourniu i) lecollectttius. and still sadder .forebodings, that awful C"eek verb vpt to f-:..ni i;V the passive voiije. wo;n,i, J at beating noiv ; elupomei, 1 usa& wu Go ee k verb ivplti, to leat . n i c u ! a r . y i under (er benl- alt hoiiirh t ip teiuir of th.-se r.-in ii U s or oi. me eigni pans 01 s 1 cio a,- i- ai ; . -7,4,.. , , - -. although tne -it nut or in. e 1 Linai ks 1, ..j,-.,,,, ?, md su-h 1 on fUeir sdiol; rship and their morals more applicable to $ome newersett lements 'ung 11 coopaiison and sn. 1 .eCo-u iusV iniurious'to solid un- at the West than 'to the St ate of North- a:ids as qmcunquc, qurccanqne, quol- - seco.ic Ctiuse injuuous to soiut nn aline nui i-!uii,io u e 01. it oiimjil.i- , 1., A .J 1 . . ! provemeut. vv n&li rustrates the fairest Paiolini ve we fee consider ihl v the c;e vti qmuctmuue wiiicu ...ce s.-cuiuo s, . - - . - , uaiouna, yt. we et coasiKiauy ine, 1 1 .,;,,.,. :, -.., : tu I plans of the etijig htened ami faithful pre ilis ul v intvrAs of this 11c nient neriod of ab ' tiH'v vould break lus jaws 10 the 1 '--s . ., . disadvantaes 01 t us incipient peuou 01 . . ,. . cep-or, and w ,ich- is chargeable upon th ioo Kiiiin the deio ind of r bisp nnljnuc seen ",al Ule louiuiation oi uieir cnaracicts r , P , . ; . , j .. , ,OOl.oomv llie dmailU or Close iPPt was iii(i in e:iHv aii.smanau.ent:. i iiev were -'c cuf. ivatv Wiu,s,te to the protessnm, I ca ion to uu.nterelt.ng stuif.es, the stern aHowed to indulge a v'ioie.utetniier without pirn- i bc,,eve diere lw profession winch requires obligation ot performing a regular dady isilinv;nt) to d.nmueer over slaves, o stru-lcj astre acuaes.fp.iulmore pro.onnd ph.lo task, and ihe privations 6fca boarding wit.,, and even tiffnt tueir mothers, when tiu-v 1 l'"cal view.d m. e Local iniorm .ti. n house, must nx hard with a bov after be-1 attempted to coutroUhea,, and been only lammed ! : IT VU.i' . i ... I. - . n ...!,..... Mci wis, u,o i uc-f smen, o. any in- i, wiw.v.ei. rlltll.anll tli MmWn' fttlO.lt hli tl- Miu.vij.ii.iwi uiijjiyiu.a. w .... ' ,.i ,,. k..l i.. : . .1 ,.l II... .i:... I II ........ . , ...... . . . . . ... . - - i- . i nui. , il w u I 1 Ii' 1 ; 3 -i IIC 1 1 -Stilt. ..II I II C I ill i I. it II. I . i I big alitt.lv. whilpa0j "and .then th di's mil future, fiwlhrsoJhm,! $hal! he. braiw but above ali that most frightful of ail the tene, the paulo-pot-luture, (le swii; the immi-u'iice of !i danger? tc fu-jwmau I shul' very soon he beaten again. A -k such a bov the usual rainmatica! (iiestion wnai js a ve:u r aun r. win m.' o-my. f4.o;"-, n. no wonder if he forget the 'foregoing parti which exercisesre 'more sever e; hm p f (he definition, to be arul to do,' and Ipressivf in time of peace than in time ol '. . ... I nii. v . l. 11" 1 'answer that a verb is a word winch s - I mfies to sullr.' Will it 'won.Urful rii .t curb -i !;iv sh on m-v i or the o.t i.pys ot home, and while his ia-.v:caii . . t t i .i li- him to accompany e.eas m his. wander- ""'gs, his mind should be oil, recollecting his own pleasauter wanderiurs on the hanks of theapeFear, the Yadk n or the Moauoke ? CWould he consider it a verv serious misfortune, if (or inattention to 'his books, or som-;' youthful pi nk, 'he J vli.oild bi v;M.t hi.in.. to i io sfi'iic ot hMlodor, and 'ev.VT.-one- knows it takes ve former amuem-nts ? Will ha be verv j ry little '(liic.; tap to. make a physician, ioath to incur such a misforlnnr- ? IVliiUok at l)r- X Y, unknown tjuanti what does he expect wheai 'he arrives a it''-S to'be sure.(as'U.c Al-ebraists say.) hi fMlo.rV limuc ? lie m.iv :i little dread the first interview; bathe knows that j after a good scolding, his time WiM pas ! as pleasantly as before. Ilis indulgent j n:npiit -aioiv him to r.hee.r the tlavs ol' i rustica'ion with his fowling piece, j i. t x ..,u.f ! I . - - - v- I U.i rnnlriviixr it !iu'iii iv!i:it r..ll!l I) lit ! be efiected at sclmol, a way ' to teach the'U,t to 'ccur wih a' student somewhere -in young idea how to sh'.n!." Hunting. hh- course ofddvS-.phomore or Junior year nig auu neignuoraooo visus, in cons, i- tute the-tenor ot his T!ie-e are th circumstances in which our youth are p!ac- ed, and this constitutes one grand . bstacle ; f;i tit,.iv ;,Hr,.vi,.ht nt vpIvimI mill nt I lege; for these retnitks apply with as j ch force to the. collegian s to the school- I . . . I col mil i c ' ).,v. There is too strong a contrast be- tueen a youth's situation at home and a school, and fhat contrast ailln tavor ol home. Now this being the case, parents t -l j iMin.id i' in wir itvn viiiiU T!iis ineiua!j:y must be altered. Piie truant who iroes home in disgrace,- must i ii be no gainer bv tiie exchangi L.-t the - - -i would soon make school lose it s hot", o: s, ""l r,l iu,t;v ,l Ul woei e 1 1 noes in i ie hum i and perhaos a few montiis' labour at the t"an expo itvtnompeteticy, and lurnisn plougli or the hoc wow'. d bring abmt .... earnest petition to be permitted to return to school, with the promise of diligence I . . ? i . ... i at:u goou uciiavioui iii I lear there is Utile tew who set out to ge t an etluciti oi, per- fi - treatment I have been recommeuiling. they refuse to improve at 1-1 . .. I Au 10 1. v ie 1 4 : remarkable instance mav bo inentio It is told of the first President Adams, that when he-was fij'nt sent to sell ol he 1. .1 i-. t ir Ifathetv who"" seems to have been one 0f would not team his Latin Urtanimar. ins - - those nlaio seo,ih . men toat-o bv the " , , .r -...".....', uiu nruvei u. a an i lat can m'iil auu won't sing" I ' r took him hoirte, and ' set him to dltCUIIig, all operatl liiPHMnr. ., .mora tin... so : n I l -he taste of the. future Chief Magis- ! u'il,t'- that it made ail ihe combined er- , ! V l . . ... l' .1. ... arents'-are little aware how necessary it is 1 , t. t. t. , iriv lllf1 v,(l)... ot-,hl,, iiiat yiev suouia lav tut clllldrciirs subordmltion ' 1 1, 1 . ' - i'lihoi'il n dion vv't-lini the l I I H ' l .- t 1 f : walls. They must prepare them by previous 11 UOOl V 1 .y..s, y-.v-, . . .. .... ... I I r I..W-. i ,Y UW, I.III..C .tiJ.Hiui: 11- un uiacin nii.jjui-iiwji iu i.n- u.-j ! 1 f ,Ti,.a i;r.. rr (i. i.- ,i. '- ooti they are laving up future trouhle loiheir : , .J , - 1 , . , ., children, and preparing them to reoci aui.i.-.t thl. ;nil.r n ,..,..;1.11t. no- can it beev-'. pectcd, that a b'-.v. liululgod at home m everv Svisti, and accustomed, by obstrnate adherence to his purpose, to got .he better of ins lUdicr'and I iniit hi-- will ur if ii In- mi tn r;vi ) S'liioiit LO i S m,. ,uhrt ,i.t,.i .. WnH nv mi- tln.-ir restless and turbulent dispositions were' traced la . . ' . . . , i.Im,- - tn I ha imul, , m ,1 limil , lll'lll) 1 0 I V : - 7 1 1 of the future patriot, resisting all invasion of his i . .. i I- . I I l. ..... riq-i . . , I I- III. . Hs. He gave happy augunc )t ms d.-.h.e to j...v.Hi- I" uv .ua w. i..., vv heiuver toe Oread an. I hutter were locked uo ; and that he voida ne day be a deadly foe to tariffs, he gave str.kiu pro-nosticS whenever he; whs promised a lump of sa.ar upon the pay- meat or ceruon neavy jian a, sucu as Keepin: . - i i . . i - u oi certain neavy jmu-s. suco as Keeping e.t, or getting lus lesson ? ior he always would e tiie sugar jrte J Jut. Itvvas Volta re, 1 quiet, uav believe who said that the fate of natijns soine times uenenaeti upon tne -ooa r oao oesaon ot the prime monster .am pernaps toe repose of a republic m depen 1 upon to- oidictio:i ot a few w'kolsosae strpe's upjn a, froward oUtl-J. j 1 v-n 'w 11 i'i ii c iii 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 . 111. IljII u 1 1 . 1 v . - . - - - ; 1 i ,o i.. a ,!,.. ....c...... "!," l "'';::.i ?" ' ' , rt - 4 ( c r- , i.'u- utrtrn;th vv Ue best ai 11 '?;, ii . I nemos! pilfer - ciiinvtion ot LI it. 1 i. 4. ijl t-J, (.1,11 Litis-it L UJli-3 U'l Li iv,twui I- ' J'f i sli m .... iv...., , i can h.rsiww t.,s.vbecause I Phi-. tlten, be it rpin6itb'(vle, nii'de Jo!im A'lam se nr. President -4t fhe litetl States th.ej-al.rerna'ive hitttii r the dilch. . We must make schol;irs;,by the same art -that the Romans. m:nifi:'s7ldier. Tii-'ir very name for armu.vt is taken from the ex- j'ar, - inis mau- the k vnan sounei.ign for a ctnU;ajgn;s-procuring him a hot- Uav troni t!e tediumol UriI.jv.2T- T?ut it. is not tiierely. the love of home i mhtlj;enc,e an'd" '?hom a n usenvnts which (limps (lie ardovraiid relaxes theexertion of the vnuthfi ' s'-'hol'ar. There is a thought w-iiich oTien -crosses his mind, whiltvfoil iugaf hi- daUy C-0 ge lessons, Of what us is all th srVtii"r lo- be to me ? I aurto he a farmer, . of :;a -'merchant, or at most a but std! Hi g iod prafetici and alinouga ey Ihm the population a I it tie, yet are certainly less Viestructive to the human species, than- either intemperance or the Cholera. If ki S"t along wiih but a su.attenng of Ut1n,;;nuhio G. e. k or Ma- I him;i ties, so r :i n I ''t I ins o : otin v i I . C It I it 1 ' II C 'tl a 1 1 CS, SI) C,J.'!1 I. T 1 hlS SOlllOMUV IS 'v . u'i,'j half his term, t levgrowing labours of toe iVv he:tn to nckeii his heart, and the f elitig ol incipi Mil matihood to inspire the hone -that .he -u-iray be allowed to have the i " I 1' 1 I M . . I" . ..!!..: 1 1 si isa i oi oimseii. i nen jarewi-ii an. ''-isp is; .urtner iter imiVrov,m'ent4" And next comes "it. 1 I . I.-. ' A- I " I ' ieu; r trotn tits ..ut'ier, auinon.ihg . his )V to select his. o'wiv s-ud,es. Ay, gio- riiUl- nines tiaw;: i snail have 10 recite on- :y fwo -or tin ee jtnnes u.week, and the rest or tne time l can -no with as I piease range tliroijgh fliefbraries, read novels a- d iiew!:io.era,--a'nd have plenty of ti:ue to ne oa ;Ir oe -eguhirs. poor; iii'tiiKc nans wtuie tin i.i i . i ogs, are tl!gg;tig alter ... r (t; eek roots ' or Avrithuig on angles as nea.rt-pierciug :s" -a "bayonet's point. But m ay he, I uiav iouclude when g -t home, o b a doctor ; aso a lit tie touch of chem ; rv before I U:aeCol lege ." And thu I s a raw, undisciplined nn'hil suddenly i"i 11 t . i-r . it 1 li':ii . l,i,,'it' r.io nil ti ?i I Transii-rretl troin. a Sower class up to ICOIKse of sr ii'fi rifir stud v -for whirh it i. i i r i ..i anothe: illustration of the maxtoi, that inei,i "HO ''Vi-i road to learning., it may v 0011 1 1 1 l1 lit UJL .TL. (I IJ I III I II 1 tv I oinin in a partial and urjpA'ated coarse of study at College, are lo.Hgn to mv appointed sub j;.'c,r as they na-'e ti) the subseijuent and later pair of education rather than to the emeutary ontv Hut it .is to be feared that the ft eqtie ft examples of-such inter ruptions' to a lit eral education, have, a tna liguar.t iiiflnenfe even on the earlier years ol academical J.je, artd encourage and in crease i he schbf -hoy's distaste tor his pre sent studies vtjch' 'he anticipates will be diopoed in a, -few years, and therefore need not be pn iXMted noiO with much di ligence, 'f iie'tmi'dy for this evil.appears to be,, that a-yiarfh should be given to un dtMsi;nilv whe i he Ts sent to school that he i tir take a ihoro.ugh course ; that the pleasure and pmSit and credit of the 1 at U-r part of hiVicse ivill depend essen- , : .1 1 ... t , u'Uiy UP'' h-S l.mpi ovement If, t i 1 e first part, and thai mis education is to be his ... . v L . : I .... 1 . . I .1 1 I L 4. ''venuouu. tA ,w, nisiean 01 cmung eifM,mt k..1-..,coi legiaie caieei, out 01 economy, par'r hts would more frequently ive tliem thetjfyatriinoiiy in an educa parents, is the ; consulting of cheapiiess ol l - ' - e - patcli. A teacher is chosen cheapness of, teVms. and the rapidity W 1 ! Il U'lllWl tui "111. nucil lliil! f i 1 1 f 3 r l n ' i IVII lIV VtLll ",ru Jll V f T O I Ol 1 t. ( s iwi entrance into colleo-e.. H.iite is every fiil'ir 1 '- Whoj yei can get a bov through t e -reatcst u intber of books, in a nven " c.ulsl 11 pnocr ui uooivs, in a Qiven j . . . j .: M-,.: rcitus. : ? ; - " t "h iforiyfe here s-ikl can be so; misun. ! K'itood as to l fenslrued- into disrespect fur ... .' el a'"ol or ,l.,lii .lU.CIiO.iaie H.''r:ir(l l,nu 1 ' e5's oi m-iifuii w'.,- JUioe-friend on whom we re i i'-s- i'j".so ..-....... Il l ll'C (it I.t' 'T Oll'il' l',im illlPIIIliiLll lit t'.J -l " v" " - " ' ' ' '.""i v,.uuiim hi ii.i. - ipo-i'iiinities .ouf the lllellt.d pow euteriain suco j - MC 1 ?i Oi) c r ii u.n u , lima iui u i.nu.i- .-'IV. I'IIJI l .1 - i.1 H-tllll-U K' - .lll'l.l l . M vxh feffsloa the na. row-conceptions . ... f ,f .-....,.1 S,. IM . .. 1. t,v , z , thmi V. S hll' that m..st Ve. v ... , ...... ', s. . n- .. i ; ,mr elJ- .... ;iaHS;nfm-,,eiice. wnose ur. . i...i!ilt. .Vlif..j I..T. V.... n-.i-i it ,,(lii,f .ji... rwf , ,ir,0,.t,m.tl -i LaLl' iiiiu.ed, to insist on the nee,((v of a ,ishe. education to sucCi ss and tllst uctloII in -profe-sam. Tr.ev mav, bv be;t Use ul ilt'ir c'dnli -ed ,-duc ton, and o'y . t ai(if i uiuLr?tand.f.,ave arise a to nen.ed celebt.vaiut they wdl not deny, that, ti t icut to... ud 0,001, they thewsekts woui.i JiVe reached ilsher eajmence Vila perhaps , fAt !.ncutcr eiU tr'i jA-'.f ' i-'' ' noince a 'glibly, as his i, h. c tli'll, II IHlilL' il III-.-3L Ml 'U dl ; otive iLrnor.aiu a ii;ri:ti ow notions o l ie Intel -1 time, isLhe best tearher I a-n fortnnat- in neing au:e to ninnnn m y own Dsei va tious on th i subject, by she testimony of so liinroug'i a. scholar ad so d.itinji-ijish-ed a man as Professor S'uart of Anduver. 0, ir priMiai y schools." savs hi1, in a late essay, are. in a multitude ol cases, ve -; ry iinperf.-ctly regulated. "Sttidi'iits are hurried through everv: thing. S'hortiiesi or tini-j and smalSuess ot expeos - are, at present, generally made essential iugre - j dients in the plan of preparatory educa-; r- rt-.. tion. oung men are urgel u over a large field with rapid stejf; th grand de-! sid erafum being to pass ver the utmost, j possible ground in the ibast possible time. In what way one travels, it matters little or nothing. Ue it in a-.ciose. carriage with a bundig over ikjs eye. it is all well it jdroo the sclmol, and send their sn to a he has only iravel.ed. Thu. he is pushed j distance. Now it should be deemed ihe through the acadrny, and pushed into -duty of every good citi."n to maintain college, when in 'act he might bv- taken ! a j;oo.l school in thejilaee '.vhere he resisle--up upon his ciemei.lary books, and fonm! ; u'nvt'ner he is to receive an im'mediatvs to be halting at nearly eei y step, tli it mis mii-t ut- ovet'iOiiUeo he has mad . ra pid advances m a small lime he bids fair lo commend t,he sc!ie;ne of ecoriomv ii-. Ume and money,' and' at. any rate lie will add 'to the general summa ry on the cata logue ot college, members,- and help to support the expenses of the iiistiuuiori." Such "are the remarks of a man whose sta A. I .1 I I ' 1 tion as a Theological Professor 'in - one id i - o.n; most eminent, institutions, lias given hi ii large opportunities of judging of the ! mode of elementary instruction in this pin? n! rv n ti 1 1 ! h iliey serve to .-h.oiv us !iow j their sellish and indidsnt celibacy by con e evil obtains in the United ; tribntu-g, lor the benefit of the children extensively the States that it ss not an evil ol whicu "the j N..:lt i i u nrw ii I I i i- i- ti -i c r i i , f-j i i . i ,! 1 1 I , o . .aj-n m i.iiiiiuin, our exisis in a uegre.e which we suouio . - i - .i-i i'i.i have hardly -.suspected- lue oldest and j most improved section of the republic And what is the result r Why he assure us, that in a class of from 100 to 150, who i m Q m ! n i 'AJ 1 V i it In Ii i liin.lv; ! i i i i- I ; i ( larger portion cannot decline their G -k nouns and verbs with any toierab-e accu racy, and that he is obliged to set tuem to the studv of their Greek grammars .-s a necessary prerequisite to the study of the j Greek testament. Now in ttte maintenance of this literary quackery, as if may with propriety be I termed, parents and teachers have a reci procal action upon each other ilie pa rent calls for cneaoness and raiiidity. Tiie'publ'c Calls fur cheapness and rapid-! How, then, can the youngthink their pro-4 ity. Crowd as much as possible int-o a ! gress in sclmol a matter of importance, sm tl! compass," is the universal demand j when the publicand even parents them and the universal cry of this economical, sely.es, will not at tend tiJS'! semi-annual labar-saving age, f rom the parent who has ; r xa ruinations for a few hours a day, every a son s or a daughter s head to be filled with knowledge, to .the. bookseller who offers yon Gibbon's twelve volumes of tiie Roman Empire crammed into one groan ing octavo. When there is a loud demand for any tiling, iiowever difficult or iuijo tic- ticable its atiainme.it, there will always be persons who will profess-to furnish the de-iiderated article, whether it be to pro videadin er of huinming bird- &peacocks totigues for a Ciiinese mandarin, or to put eight outfees of b'tiius in a skull Wi.ere nature has leit onl y cavity etKiugh for one. Hence if you make proclamation fur a teacher !kO can put into his boys as much ' learning in two years, as others can do mi j lour, you wilt be sure to have your offer j accepted. If the object is merely thai, a boy should gallop through a cenain nam-j her 01 books, why tne thing may be done, j hi' t,w iiiimI nr.wJNx III u.hii-h (riilnniM 1 , 1 1 . 1 i : 1 1 "J - -....v... f aiiiimUs aVe accelerated namely, the whip and the spur, and -tiie. carrying of litt.e weight. And if reaching ihe go-.u first be ali that is required to win tne stake, the rider, instead of keeping the presCiib ed track for legitimate racing, may nar row his circuit, or dash, by a sliort cut, to the termination wf tiie course. These teo- cuer who profess to uo so much in so 1 1 I 1 Inn,, c ,, .' 1 1 1 w I it I'l.iii-,. t 1 1 .-.iiwift nt i solid learning, bv biujigmg into 0 .s repute those schools which demand more time and more thorough scholarship. A teacher who is a man ofser.se atul con science, who knows that four y jar's at least arcrequi-ite for taking a boy throughMhe classical course preparatory to entering our common colleges, and who wants lo do justicetto4iijj employers, is mortified, perhaps, 'Jlo .find '-.that Ins pui)i:s are taken away, under the coup!airt that he carries j,, ou too'ltowjyf and perhaps he is tax- ed with the selfish motive of retarding ... progress on purpose to sweil ht- :mm- bers and his emtd-umeots. ihis is the re ward he, g'-ls for being faithful and c-tn-scieti'l toils, and for hi.s uiauiy and enlight ened view oi what constitute good scno- larshtp. He may have entered upon his . i . . I . .f i . i , I r... I..,.rl. fh'it ji'tflih." -ifl.l pioiCasixii.il V.iitci .vim iiuit ui urn a.n.j.i' u.jh iv hivh vvum' -, t enthusiasm' which are so conducive loniiis would- rjiJpay iK. tt.1t.h c public btfi success, and he. may have determined to j merii tiie n nutation of form:mr real scho-! Mars. But he presently hods (hat he can- i not carry hi.i plans iifto execution pupils ; get discouraged bv the length of time he I - , . , . . , i . -S.-I-,,' - " ) ..... .... , . " - " , ,1 - II I I" I delay adijj the expensp, -and lie is onhg.-d,. in sell -ueience, .o enier u.e nst o; scan dalous race running, and to cry out . Willi his competitors for publi favor, , Occupi t f xtii-muea scahiH.s ; niihi tut-pe re lnicpii t at'' . or in plain E. glish, " ihe deuce take, tin; hindmost." Want, then, of a due valuation hnd patronage of superior -teachers, is one main, cause of the low sUte yfour nri- m.-iry cl o.s. Our population so thin, our : towns se.npal!, that ihere riit. pagona".cj enoa;;h forHoarvv sciiools irj the same place. To warr'MVt. flien the provision, of rom - 'inoil.on-t hirililir.g-4, ' arirl the employhient d a welj qu.iiifie;! teacher, the palronag:, must he united and concewtcied. Rttt iristi-nd of that, what is the sfae of thiiC-s. in o-rr towns and vi'hve ? fnstead d" X public union m maintaining a reputabL aerlc :nv, vou-see. a number ofjjttle pettv schoU. kept up in various li'arts.of .. ... town ami the town acadgmy.-il.l here l.o o':ev ,'- lrir.ned of its resources.' ?A feV public spirited i odi v-du.ils stntffij;! fwr s .me vears to maintain- a good teacher, at a heavy expense, but are at lejigfh diseouraeit bv i!k- apathy of the public. )er-0 'ai iioueJit Iroin it or not. -lie may nave no cint.ireo, or none lacr CHOUgll .t present to joolit bv the school, but .t u I in- mut nave nate interesr in the goo'd education of the com, nudity -tmong whoip he and his fa-. j mily are tt lwe!I. I'ivery man, thereio c ought' to pay cheerfully, and as libeiallv as ps.il)le lor the sutinort of one good cho -A in tee fli.-e w hero lie lives Lven old bachelors, uj io td;c.Ji tdnstilute ;t numerous and re-pectab'i towns, oujrlu to indemtiity cla-s in our itiily he public ti of others, "as much as thev would have. .i,im h. tA-f" .nni a i.imnv o un:ii..yn . i O , x- , . k , t ...,.: . . Y i 1 ...... . inn runs tney mtay serve society, oy acting i . ,i i the part ol stakesHvhich, though, (fry ami Iruitless ihemsejves,. auwer 'aomtrabU'" well as' hiippm-ts; on which the genial v ine may feAtff tid.hang her clusters tothcv sun. While on the subject of patronage," it: m.y -not be amiss to mention one species of patronage which would materially bene fit all our school s4 ..from the lowest to tf w highest. ' It is tiie patronage of ugUcc.- It is the. flattering attention of the public eye. Much depends on this -more ftiarV is generally thought of. Whatever at- tracts piioitc aitetuioti4 ana is tne suoject of popular conversation, will be estimated bv the young as an important matter. --j half-year.? Tne teachers know what 'ft- stimulus it' is to their pupils to "expect' tills periodical inspection they makeH proclamation, they invite, they b'g par-! etits, relations, professional gentlemen to attend, but with scarcely any success Now and then a trasient scraggier qjjmesli'' in, butsoon gets tired and withdravs, oC il he possesses a more than common share:, of zeal and jjatience, finds a happy refuge from tne sevTity of Ins penacce by a nap upon his elbow. Unhappy, pupifs, Jfnit: still more unhappy teat h -r, doomed to all tiie mortification' and discourageiiient of ptiblic neglect! It is said in apology1 for - this neglect,4 we are too busy " or we o iderstaud nothirigxif the subjects i.F examination, and tlu-refore can ,cl uo good hy'' otir attendance" or iris too dull and wearisome to endure." In reply to inese excuses 11 may .oe suinj is ine uu sly ness you Spread of greater importature than ii" improvement of your child ? Oij if you have no child at the. school, is the prosperity of tin 'school in your town a j matlejr-iiot wonii the giviiig of your a-- ehdahce for a lew hoors twice a year? Ail mit ling such attendance to be utiplea- sunt and tedious, yiHicanyou bear oa" self-denial for the s'akil uf attain hid n "-rpnlr . 1. . . . .. : i . .... s -. .1 . . fi-ilil f .ri.iifl . - r . goon r v til vjyu sacrmce nothing ' t.. stimulate ((iu(lustryhU'virluous habitsrf' the dear youth of otirJcoutitr y, uho are, the liapptnes of their pareiits, and the .iiiuie luiers i ulers of the empire r Parents and other ctti.ens are not aware what a vaiu ible efi'ec tiieir very presence, has upon the minds of both teacher and popii, ; or sure they 'would sacrifice a little time ... .yo u mine agreeable -rJ more lucrative r employment-, to s imulate 'he good .schoU ar by tiieir smiles of approbalWn and tov , shame tlu- slu-ard a;ul tiie . : by the s ig'n;i of their notice. Surely the laiih i . lul and laborious ius;ructoiiwht isvve.n i, g oiji life iu the cause ofthgif. cllitdreiiiiliv might expect of the inhabitants of ,otfr4' tuv.ns, tins little tnli ite to lighten (its bur delis .and cheer the tedium of hjs ify. He would repav it rn increa -.ed endea to deserve, their coi-uueuce, and hi -r ailainnnt'S .in-sch'iarship, aui (loiliir less niischief to llieif pigs and no iry. .In everv village where ttsere is an a'.'ado'ny, tin-, .!tteud:itice on thepul'u examinations tatglit be taken by rotation so as to fall lie it. v uo m each : and the ladies,, who are loud of encouraging eve rv linng good, and who are apt to take a livelier interest in -the young thm men do, .couJd fOtdo more ,gioil. in all their round of mWnmg calls, than by a morning cull a!-the ncudehuf. ' i ( To be contiailed in our next.) v TakdNeicspaper. Do you .tako. a' newspaper. neighbor ? Ye,. NVhicH - one r r-gau ; 1 ia , -. . ;i 1 t nil t in lv ml bands oa.r r ; -j it J '1 -i 'A s A I, i (Jl 5 t I I i f V -1 i i, m 1 -J? a, I -I?-, n ill 3il I .III iff. ' A - A- i a. -,,:-C.S: ' f H i it St i V jgj, J t . " An T I