The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-04-04
By PROFESSOR WINES.

The seventh and las. Of your duties IL
your teachers which | mentioned, is l.
cooperate with them in their plans and
efforts TO promote the improvement e.
pecially the moral improvement. Of iheis
pupils. To cooperate, means to act To.
gelher; 90 labour jointly with others Il.
promote the same end. One main ohiecl
which your teachers have. or shouldlIaVe.
in view. is to make you good. To CO.
operate with them in this is TO strive 10
promote virtue in one another.
Perhaps you think il is little you cat
do 10 help forward so great q work.
Ia this you are entirely mistaken. You
can do great deal. You can do direct
~ even more Than your teachers. This
will surprise you. perhaps. but ] Ihiak ]
can explain il To you. 50 as 10 make you
zee and fee! il. You all know how much
power there is in public opinion. Pub
lie sentiment, gpTrns the world. l,makes
and unmskes laws. And If Law is pas
ssJ which public opinion does not sp
prove. The people will no. obey il. and il
cannot be enforced. Public opinion is
sgainst stealing. No respectable man
steals. |, is against lying. Who that
has any sense Of character lies openly!
IL is getting 10 be sgsins. drinking inIox-
ies,ing liquors. lnlemperanee is every
year diminishing. II is against gaming.
The gambler BY profession is an ouicsst
from society. Public opinion is on The
whole in favour Of duelling. The Laws
sgsins. dazzling are not therefore enlorc-
ed. II 10 in favor OF pride, one Of The
worst Of vices, il the Bible is to be taken
as authority. But who thinks less Of
man for being proud. or more for being
humble! The proud are rather admired.
and the humble despised. II public opin-
IOn were as much against prOfsneness as
Ills agsins. stealing. swearing would dis
appear from respectable society. II il
we're sgains! SabbsIh-breskiDg. parties Of
pleasure would cease on The Sabbath, and
railroad cars and steamboats, would be
permitted to repose from their lsbours.
Tais is specimen Of what public OPT
mon can do in society. How strong il
Is 10 schools you know as well as I. Let
s1hing be unpopular in school. and where
Is the boy or the girl who will have the
courage 10 do il! The public opinion of
most schools 10 against " telling tales"
have known boys 10 allow themselves
10 be beaten. scratched. and kicked, hII
they we're bruised and bloody. and sill
10 say nothing 10 the teacher, for fear OF
being called "lell-tsles." II any given
act will make the children Of the school
laugh si you, or refuse 10 speak 10 sou,
would you do III No. indeed; You will
he very careful to shun il. II you knew
ihs, srrr, . $40. you told lie, not one Of
your sehOolmsles would SPEAK 10 yvs c. c,
fortnight. would you not always speak
the TRUTH II idleness excluded you from
the plays OF your companions, would you
no. be very diIigenil II imperinence
and disobed.enee made schoolmsles laugh
siyOu. would you not be careful Ia avoid
those isOlsss II speaking against your
teachers wete unpopular in school, would
ma complaints ceasei
This is enough to show you how much
power you have over one another. either
for good OF LOT evil. You can make the
public opinion Of your school jus. wha,
you please. Aud just according 70 v ha,
the public ssniimen, Of The school is. will
be the character Of mos, Of the scholars.
III Tins Is IN favor Of any given vice, the
majority ef The school will be addicted "a
that vice; II against il. it will be prac.is.
ed by comparatively few. Do YOU re.
member q passage Of Scripture which |
hsve already quoted in former letter
I" Where much 10 gwen, much also will
be required" Surely auch is here ei,.
en-: much opportunity Of doipg good TO