The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-21

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gross, avarieious; never indulging in 1
higher thought.than thosa connected will
present. pleasure or psosPective gain
F"Is ibis a temple where god may 'dwell?'
| Is this'a f sanctuary for he .ehthrone-
immeut of lie Spirit Divine 2 Surely, i
Dr.. DarR1in's shocking theory be true
IF we have been developed upward from
/ frogs and monkeys-lEhs developing pro-
Ecess might be reversed, with 90 very bad
! results. ''' g
Looking from tiis stand point our
Question Is easily answered. Let US set.
| lie upon what the world needs to learn,
and Then we shall know What TO te1ch.
The world needs higher moral aud
physical culture; more snd better food a
completer knowledge and control Of the
mechanical and chemicFl forces of nature;
a truer conception of de material aud spir-
itual structure of al more complete
nnderstanding Of the ~ theory of social
aud political order sd organ ization.
ARlsAseveF tends to promote the growth
.of these departments of human knows
edge and thus to mske our race wiser,
better, happier, more angelic aud more
god-like--these we will teach to The gen
Grafton Of Youthful fife which our hands
are now moiding into form. go. ~. q.
The agricultural and pastoral elemen is
of society are earnestly endeavoring to
improve the various species Of domestic
animals under their care. The f5cks and
herds are sedulously watched, the best
conditions of shelter and food, the laws
by which special exGellences Of SIZE, form,
color quality of product, are tran shifted
from one generation to another, in short,
any discoveries. by which the race may
be improved, are. earnestly studied and
sought after. But bowls it with the hu
man race Are we of of less value than
The beasts a? Thousands and millions of
dollars are every year given away as
Pifzss for swine and d6nkeys, but What
society will offer a reward for a Prize
Man 2" Who viii lifta helping hand to
develop a. nobler race out of the withered
mann kins that we are to-day -'4.
Come, brother teacher, you who love
your work, and feel its sacredness, its
grandeur, its infinite vastness Of 'regponr,
lsfbilitie8-com and let US take a little
child, purely and righteously born, bear
ing as little as possible Of the INHERITED
curse;-let, US make of Him noble aud
perfect man, by the best education which
our means can give. We will begin with
the material foundation, the body; first
that which is natural, and afterward that
whithL is spiritual. 'Phe child shall be
pure;;y fed; MT upon cakes, pork -rinds,
OF the sEleeis2ed poiiss22,1s Of the candy
shops. We wiI1not Supply his brai1' with
Iaudanum from the hands Of. Godfrey, or
Mrs. Wipgl0w. He shall have pure aiF.
comfortable clothing. and daily G24h
He shall not be, sent to any hot,bed ofan
infant school mol. be tortured by long
hours spent upon some vertical slab
bench, with his feet swinging in mid air.
aud his spine curved into parenlhesis,
No, he, shall grow up, healthy, straight
and strong; full of blood AID life. And
so. fast as his, mind is capable ofTreceiY-
ing it, the choicest, buman science shall
be upfolded to him. 80. .ao--., ''
We will teach him to read including
the. PhQnotype. Does some conservative
,classicist. start at this, end shake his
head I? But why shall we not teach and
universally adopt it? Are not cur pre-
sent systems of orthographv utterly het-
[-erogeneous, senselesa, ,barbarous ? Is it
not the work of life time to learn this
homogeneous medlay ofspelling which has
been bequeathed to US by every tribe 81
heathendom and chrislendom !? Why
Should we bear. this terrible burden, when
we have before US a plain, practical
straightforward, scientific way of avoid
ing,it 2 But one objection is-urged, ant
that faulty If our pupil adopts this
method, he will not SO readily recognize
the ETY. mology Of the various words II
the English language But what do tn,
| .laborings struggling mass Of mankind
i want,of etymologya? How is a knowl
ledge of Anglo Saxon or Latin. roots I,
| advance the, great practical interests. Il
which their,xery life is bound up No
| the objection does not seem valid to me
If the Phonetic system will cheaper
knowledge among, the masses, and rende
possible the wider diffusion Of these idea
for lack of which. the world is perishipg
then in the name of common sense an
humanity, let us adopt it without delay
Etymology can stand aside, and max
room. It is able to take care Of itsel
Never fear but that there will always b
: minds enough seeking to explore the re
/, motest recesses Of pathological learning
I We win teach wiring and drawing
! the two most important adaptations; {
! the graphic art, and almost CO equall
valuable in life. We will also teach til
practical part of mathematics, The struc
tufe of cur language, and synopsis G
: geography. All these are prime neeei
+ Stiles ii the business Of life; the indit
: tpensable foGndationof the living temp
! which we must build. ls.d a1l1al
E 81 Nov for the supefstrdclure, graceful
. symmelricalzaud strong. First, let Ii
: student study himself, Begin with Ply
i iologY. Let him learn the laws whiC
8 govern his own bodily existence, Il
9 ! principles which strengthens, and tho
IS that weaken and destroy it. q The impO
b lance of this study cannot be Ioysr- est
= mated. We, are the feeble victims
IF quaeks and chaElatans, not because the
Ii conditions are necessary and unavoid
oFble.g but simply because we know no b,
III teFgc let. us,theusstudy our own orga
p ism; not the mere dry bones of Anatom
= but the living wonders uhfolded to Us
H. = =