Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-16

nnao ol Education contemplate lhe M.
cOHiif ui arriving Hl some .utNIuUl inca.
ufD. That VIII elevate ihU vocation "a ll.
diuWpUUlod, h1i honordpolyInr Frh0.i
Teacher CoRilhlc mon Me absolute r,es
ciility of achieving something lhat e,n
serve ns nn cfulront appcndaee 40 N,
ayocalion of The pcdagoguo. Once IA M.
improperly uid, when n man bpcano \,
indolont and di'eraceiul os not 20 bo \,
lowed 10 commune with poasonify. ho
will do for SrioR 1taetu But. now. wo
presume, this old maxim has vanished in,o
noncntty and the honorary Of school
teaching has emerged hom he ohnoxion,
cliuva Of q gainsaying and ili,crate com.
munity. Now, to bring about this sumo.
riority of rank, what is apparently ibe
gicat and paramount requisite. Is il IA
remain i'm taciturnity2 Is it not TO promul,
cate routine of exercises past through in
the school room2 1.-Two essay to eXalt the
pedagogue's position, we must send abroad
the rapid adyancements occasioued by An
unntermitting application TO study wa
must present TO public view, the priority
of character and supereminence OF educa.
ton incumbent on person, whose inten.
crescent number eXtant Consider for A
moment, the low estimation in which our
county stands at present. Behold, for an
instant, the adjacent counties how they
rival each other; how rapidly they are
lsuperseding our own, and leaving lis far in
the distance. Notwithstanding our back
wardness, may we not be dismayed at the
pigmy efforts sent forth to arouse and in.
4 spire state of emulation in her own edu.
Gators. But permit us to press onward
and upward until we have finally sur
mounted every difficulty, and removed
every impediment that night occur in the
impelling of-the long anticipated and has.
1 ty progress which we are soil ,itous Of
making
Every advocate of literature should 10
stimulated and aspire TO some great and
magnanimous exploit; to some invincible
truth that will lead to the discovery Of a
magnificent and useful precept: to some,
thing that will add eflulgence to his name
and vicinity and aid in perpetuating his
.appeilation and character to coming gen.
lerations. And TO do this every energy
.mnst be aroused; every muscle nerycd
every faculty braced and applied 10 the
study of wisdom. We must not useessly
spend our time, nor be found in the CON-
! pany of the slothful and prodigality. We
should ever be found laboiing and most
profoundly musing upon what is intended
to stir up dignity, improve and corrobo-
rate the intellectual powers. This is the
only absolute way to become adept in hus
man literature and useful in the world.
Education forever will
BE onward and onward,
1t has now commenced, and it still
Will 90 forward, forward,
While ceaseless ages WILL
We publish the above communicated
at the request of the author, and Of courso
are not responsible for any of its pecuE-
arities Of style or diction, as we are not in
the habit of altering such productions
when we publish them. We do not knor
how our readers may view this effort of
our young friend, who las eyidgntiy baen
reading the Dictionary prior to composing
it; but we must confess that our limited
acquaintance with the English language
entirely disquolics us from judging Of its
merits. We hope, however, they may ap-
Ipreciate it better than we could, after a
very careful pcrusal. That it contains
IDEAS we have no doubt, but they are -
completely obscured by the voluminous
drapery Of Ito u.s. incougIuous words and
/ phrases, some of them, apparently coined