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January 15, 1882
Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
What is this article about?
Brooklyn residents complain that excessive funding for higher education deprives nearly half their children of primary school access. This widespread issue neglects foundational education. The Philadelphia Record argues government should not provide higher education, as it leaves most children in ignorance.
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HIGHER EDUCATION.
The people of Brooklyn, New York, who have an ample school fund, complain that so much money is devoted to the higher branches that nearly one-half their children are deprived of primary school facilities. The same complaint is almost universal, and it is well founded. If the foundation is not properly laid the superstructure topples. A return to sounder principles is necessary. There is a great deal of nutriment in the words of the Philadelphia Record on this subject:
It is no part of the legitimate duty of Government to give anybody what is called a higher education. To attempt this is an especially gross wrong, when it involves as a necessary consequence the abandonment of the great mass of the children of the State to comparative ignorance.
The people of Brooklyn, New York, who have an ample school fund, complain that so much money is devoted to the higher branches that nearly one-half their children are deprived of primary school facilities. The same complaint is almost universal, and it is well founded. If the foundation is not properly laid the superstructure topples. A return to sounder principles is necessary. There is a great deal of nutriment in the words of the Philadelphia Record on this subject:
It is no part of the legitimate duty of Government to give anybody what is called a higher education. To attempt this is an especially gross wrong, when it involves as a necessary consequence the abandonment of the great mass of the children of the State to comparative ignorance.
What sub-type of article is it?
Editorial
Social Commentary
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Higher Education
Primary Schools
Education Funding
Government Duty
School Facilities
Where did it happen?
Brooklyn, New York
Story Details
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Story Details
Complaint about overfunding higher education at expense of primary schools in Brooklyn, supported by Philadelphia Record's view against government role in higher education.