Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-24

NrN,, as tAlnkNA hl AAtAf s4NANs
. sYmnasiums and athletes, lndeoi
lhe hnesl specimens 0f physical
manhood ar6 feni sm0ng the
Greok and Romans, They regarded
sireng,h or arm, speed u N,u. and
resultant brute courage As among
the ehiefosI Virlaesi as a e0nso'
auenre, they cultivated their Physi-
cal As an enl ia our schools, how
ever, Il Is understood, that Nc mast
cultivate tho physical as only ;
means 10 an end, Here, in a very
proper aud striking light, and ia
most agreeablee contrast may be
seen mind then aud mind now, And
the contrast is the mere favorable
10 us as ordinary mind now Is
brought under contrast with the
best mind then, since the Alhenians
anl La,ihs were, eduealionally, Ia
advance Of their ago, Who now
thinks Of applauding, as ylrIuous,
that man who holds no higher claim
upon your regard than u symmoiri-
rIeal physical manhOOdl At that
age, clubs, seeplres, swords the
bow, lance and tie bat.le-hxe were
the symbols of authority aud imple-
ments Of power, aud might was
right; sccptred men now arc tho
men Of learning, OF true learning,
who WELD tho tongue and pen aud
n6t the sword. These men wear
crowns now, and tho masses yield
obedience 10 tho beck of their seep.
ire us tho needle dances TO the mag.
net and tho whilc-capbed waves Of
old ocean move 10 the royal nod OF
their Lunar Queen. A few malcon-
tents in the state and croakcrs in
the church, who, like Epimonides,
have been asleep in somo cave in
the mountain of ignorance for fiily
years; morb or less, are always talk
ing about rctrogression that the
world is growing worse that we
are going back into barbarism; that
the hcathcnism Of the Goths and
Franks is TO be rc-enacted among
us. Well, when they wake up end
rub their drowsy eyes and comprc-
hcnd the changes wrought since
theft mountain dream began, we
may listen to them. Look at the
ardent Mcnelaus and the beautiful
but pcrfdicus IIclcn-thc courtly
Anthony and tho beautiful but
changcful Cleopatra in contrast
with Prince Albert and the modest
and Hirtuous Queen Victofid-the
wise and prudent Washington and
his half royal Mary and the step
forward is so grand that you are
almost dizzy in making it! Tho
truth is, the roins of progress have
been thrown upon the noble neck
of tho electric courscr, and outstrip-
ping the winds, he has left that
slow -plodding age behind. Tho
day comes and now is dawning, un-
der the prophetic Egis OF an i'm
proved and improving educational
SYSTEM, wherein the physical, men
tai and moral in man shall be
brought under an invigorating dis
ciplinc, when the loving voice of the
enlightened pch, and the eloquent
cxpostulations of pcacc-insplring
tongue shall drown the martial
blasts of bloody revolution; when
the broad and glowing disc of an
other sun shall make golden tho al
ready impurpling horizon Of htman
history. We must educate, draw
out, discipline the whole man, and
as teachers and pupils We must
learn to labor and to wait. We
mnst not think of prccipitating the
end from the beginning; we must
substitute the "cohtehtio corporis"
with tho rcontentio animi"-tho
might of the sword with tho hcnv-
cn.appointed might Of truth and
love, and through Successive retro
gressiohs and progrcssions, as
"trhth is mighty and will prevail" "
the crown of tho ages will be put
on yet amid the acclamations Of an
cnrapturcd universe.
2. In provoking attention to the
education of tho mind, further |
must be allowed to insist on thor
oughness, particularly in the Gle
mentary brarchcs. Failure here,
IN his incipient steb, is fatal and
final. Obstacles at this critical
point, are never entirely overcome
their shadow falls, with ominous
eclipse, upon the orb of the pupils
entire educational experience. Too
much stress cannot be laid on this
point. A pupil ought to commence
at "a" and master, completely mas
ter, the vowel sounds of his Ian
guagc. Only in this way can he
comprehend the philosophy and
the art of vowel sounds in the pro-
nunciation of his own vernacular.
From this into good spelling-the
precursor TO all substantial educa-
ton, the student moves with the
utmost facility. Let no man be
styled q scholar till he is a good |
speller; and yet how many self
STYLED or so-called scholars there
are who cannot spell the very COM
monest words As the pupils ac-
quirements expand from reading, |
geography and arithmetic, into the |
classics or higher Mathematics, into
the sciences or bellottres, still let |
thoroughness characterize every |
step. Let him sound and keep |
sounding the depths of the sea over
whose yielding bosom the keel of
his boat is playing; let him look
narrowly into his log book, and
travcrsing the sky from zenith to
nadir frequently find bis latitude
and longitude; let the ideas from
every recitation be clearly cut on
the horizon Of his mind, and then
and not till then, is he ready for
Advancement. Grasping what is
behind, he is in a mental condition |
tn comprebend what is before. He /