The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-06
The Education Needed Now.

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paper. We commend it to the careful con-
sider&tion of our readers:
The people Of our State are in Il like pre-
dicamcnt with the man who has the house
destroyed from over his head. We have
to rebuild Il home for ourselves and fami-
| hes. The old home was Il mighty conf
! Portable one. It's low, hipped roof large
AIRY rooms and extensive pilastercd porti-
Goes, gave it 4 quaint, and yet comfortable
appearance, as well az reality.
The comforts and Injuries of the past
arc hcnceforth only the wealth of the ina
Sination. Memory may hnger with fond
retrospective glance, and revel in localities
no longer to be realized. But the stern
realities of the present arouse us to actual
life. and bid Us lay aside all ''fond ina
gininSs," and deal with the necessities of
the hour.
Circumstances have entirely altered our
condition. Times change and we must
change with them. The past must be
buried in the past The present and the
future is all that {ic.s to us Let us no
longer linger round the grave of buried
hopes. Having paid the necessary tribute
OF the heart to the 'loved and lost let
us now turn to the realities of life
For many years to come, at least, luxury,
ease and Incidence must give way to cner-
gy an' labor. Yes. labor, protractcd. per-
scverlnS labor, must be our lot; and the
sooner we set to work in good earnest, the
better. We must, ourselves, take hold of
the plough, the anvil and the loom. We
must cultivate our long-ncSlcctcd muscle,
and find, III vigorous exercise, not only
wealth, but heretofore unknown health
and happiness.
But While we, who ave now arrived at the
age of manhood, may do much-whlc we
may rebuild our long cncrvated systems
upon musclc-developins basis while We
can DO much 10 repair our shattered hopes,
and regain our lost wealth and influence,
it is TO the rising generation that the
South look for that full development of all
her resources, and that complete and full
regeneration that shall lead 20 her ccono-
mical success, and her ultimate, relative
and complete independence.
This must be the great industrial power
of the South This is the practical lever
by which We shall ovcrtuyn all obstacles in
our path TO national greatness. Upon the
muscle and mind of the youth OF our land
we must rely for help. But here t!.c laws
Of necessity follow us as persistently as IL
any other Of natures domains. Ends must
be accomplished by means. In order to
accomplish successfully these great ends,
the preparatory means must be used. The
muscles as well rs minds of these impor-
tant workers-out of our destiny must be
cultivated. And they must be cultivated
on practical principles i'll order to attain
practical ends. They must be eGucated-
thoroughly, practically educated.
The term education is L very extensively
indefinite one. 1t represents very differ
ent states and conditions, as We look at it
from different stand-points. In its origi-
nal acccptatioll, 1t is u very forcible and
perfect expression. 1t is the e, or cr duco,
the d'dtctug ont, or developing whatever is
to be educated. Nothing could be more
opposite to our present purpose. We need
the e-duco-thc drawing out or develop
mcnt OF the minds and muscles Of our
young people.
Our people seem to have entirely over
looked that only real and proper school of
nations hope and success; that only
school in which arc taught practically, and
In Il manner never to be forgotten, the
great lessons of life-thc school of cxpc-
the world has ever found. In it must be
taught the masses rthat fundamental
basis OF a nations hope, power and wealth.
We have had enough of the old system
We must now try the, 20 us, new. though
it is the one adopted by the world around
us. Our children must be taught not only
to 'read II book, but to read the great
book Of nature; to ''wrte,' not only cle.
CANT epistlcs, splendid tictions, and all the
lackadalsacal nonsense of perverted litcra-
ture, but to write their name high on the
scroll of success; not only to wIite, but to
do right; not only to ''ciphcr" through the
pages uf arithmctics. and the abstruse
works OF mathematics, but to cipher their
way through life, over all Obstacles to in
dependence and success.
Let the youth OF the South, q hen, be at
once put to school under this great and
only great teacher. Atthe plough handle,
at the forge, at the bench, in all the various
departments OF practical business life: let
them learn in childhood and youth those
I0t lNn
them through life. Let us have more
muscles and less ofmind-at least, simple,
theoretical idcality. Let the mind and
body both be developed in harmony. Let
the boy or girl learn in the living, breath
ing, real, practical world, those lessons of
life that will dispcl all the false notions
with which noyclists and such instructors
of youth poison the mind, corrupt the mo-
rails, and completely wreck all just hopes
OF their parents and country. Educate the
youth of our State in the realities of prac-
tical life, and You will have 4 people sue
ccssful, happy and free.
SWISS LABoRERs FOR THE SoUTH-The
Rev. B. L. White writes to the New Orleans
CHRISTIAN -4drocate, from Zurich, SwitZer-
land, July II, as follows:
can secure as many laborers as want,
by paying their way to the United States.
can get thousands on the following con-
ditlons: They will bind themselves to labor
(and they work twice as hard as negroes,
generality for you for one or TWO Years.
Tor their passage across the ocean, board
and clothing; and, at the end of the time.
the expenses Will be deducted from the
gross receipts for the products of their
labor, and the balance divided between
them, aN1 their employer two-thirds To
illustrate: 1t will take $25 to take them to
New Orleans, and, say $50 to cothc and