Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-01
COMMUNICATIONS.
Education.

The word education is derived from the Latin
educo and means 10 educe, 10 lead out or deyel.
op. When applied 10 man II means 10 develop,
train, or draw out Ill the powers and capacities
Of which he is susceptible. The word educate
may also be applied to animals and Vegetables as
well az TO men. The lady educates her poodle,
or her flowers. To ascertain its meaning, or
what education is applied TO man, we must in
quirc, What is he2 What are his capacities?
We know he Is comp0un being--a trinity
having body, soul and spirit, hence, Philosophers
have classified his power into physical, intellec-
tua and moral; classification which harmon
zes with revelation The body must be educa
ted and developed, in accordance with the laws
Of Life, as to secure proportion, beauty OF per-
son and health. Parents and educators should at
tend more carefully to this part OF education;
especially, should they see that their child
rem have good commodious and well ventilated
School houses. Also plenty Of soap and water
are very essential to this part Of education; they
are great educators aud civilzers. The intellect.
ual powers come next in order. IT'S these which
distinguish man from the brute. The brute ar.
rives at maturity very soon. and has instinct and
memory; but Is not susceptible of intellectual
cultivation and development. Man possess
susceptibility of education and adyanGemnt, which
may, for anything we know, be commensurate
with the cycles of Eternity. How important then
is the education of the intellect At birth, man
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sheet of paper on which am now making marks.
If make wrong marks, they have to be erased
before correct ones can be made; just so with the
mind. Nothing Dut lmmutabe uuth should as
far as possible, on all subjects, be permitted TO
make its indollible impression upon the immortal
mind
But what Is the cultivation of the intellectual
powers worth, without the moral? The supreme
and paramount design of all education whether in
the domestic circle, or in the School or College;
should be to make men moral, honest Inc I'M
mortal Pope has said: IAN honest man Is the no
blest work OF God" sentiment SO true, so sub
lime that it is divine.
Merely to cultivate the intellectual, to the ne
glect and disparagcment OF the moral and rellS
ious emotions and susceplblities, is to educate
incorrectly; and is the great defect in most OF our
systems Of both domestic and school education -
"Irlin upa Child" says the Wiscst Man, "in the
way he should go; and when he Is old, he Will not
depart from it." This is doubtless tt true gencr.
al rule, to which there may possibly be some rare
exceptions But before any one DOUBTS II, le! nm
first prove that any subject, he may have obscr-
we'd, was prop rly trained up IN the way he st0Hid
Co. Children should be trained us a vine is train
ed. You give it the proper direction and it it will
not stay where it is placed, you tasten 1t there.
Among the awful consequences OF neglect OF
family traiuing, we see that henious sin OF "d'S-
o6ea'eace TO PdTeh'S, iearluiiy prevalent DlSo'
bedience to parents Is so ao omnlaDle in the sign
God, as to be set down in the black catalogue oil
crimes characteristic OF the last days. Obedience
to parents must be secured; if gentle means, which
every mother can easily use, to subdue ana mod
r the vile, fail, Solomon has taught us this useful
lesson, founded upon profound knowledge oil hu'
man nature; "stubbornness is bound up in the near
of child, and the rod OF correction orngeth
= out" This, however, should be the last resort
to be used when all other means and motives have
failed. Dsobedicnce to parents leads to dlsooc
dience to the laws of the land, and is doubtles:
the fruitful cause OF the spirit OF reckless REBEL
| ion to constituted authorities, the anarchy ant
reckcssness so prevalent in the nation. lie
every patriot apply the remedy
lnnmated that something was prooapiy lorth'