Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-04
EDUCATIONAL

sets. Of New Hampshire, and Of New England,
that they asked for the Constitution
EDUCATIONAL~
The Object Of Education.
In everything that We DO or mean to do, the
first condition Of success Is that We understand
clearly the result which We desire 10 produce
The house-builIer does not gather together
mass Of bricks and timber and mortar, aud
trust that somehow house viii shape itself out
Of lis materlls Wheels. spring. screws. AID
dal-pllte VIII not constitute o watch. unless
they are shaped and i-tel with the proper rell-
tions % one another have long thought that
TO educate successfully, you should first asce--
tain Clearly, with sharp AMI distinc. outline
what you mean by an educated man.
Now our ancestors, whatever their other short
comings understood what they meant perfectly
we'll In their primary eiucltion and IN their
higher education they knew what they wautel 10
produce, and they suited their means 10 their
ends They -ot ont with the principle that every
chil D huru info the world ID lii te taught h-
duty 20 Col aal man. The majority OF people
had 70 live, as they always must, by hohiy a-
bor; therefore every boy was as early as w-s
convenient set 70 labor lie was not permi. eI
to idle about the streets or lanes. He WAS ap-
prenticed to some honest industry. Either he
Was sent to a farm, OF, if his wits were sharper,
he was allotted 10 the village carpenter, brick
layer, tailor, shoemaker. or whatever itmicht be.
us ,rss ;,..-r,r.,-l r., s..., ,.i-i,s a,Ii,.r. Il,
WHICH he -ariI s,~r M. t-a.i and become -, --
frabIe member ~ dc commonwealth Bs-iI.s
fI,is hut NOT VII, viii ,t serve in.ieraui.-t NJ
il, YOU had in >e0tLlui established by Knox.
your parish schools where he was taught 10
re,1 s,1 II be stov-e.J .,.s.;,I -.iar+ .ba+ ,-.,
he VA. r7a.lea scholar n and trained fs, -is
ministry I'm, nsitber Knov NOR arv or. IN
,bos I.,-. ,I,-,,l. - -, w., an .rr,,;,,., -t.,
mini i to, vzqs ,,-,.bt 70. .Iir,, rbat he rri-b-
rood H.. RiIi. r.,-- n, t.,~ Cd ,,Jt -
ashamed and ,f-,iI n, a., v.r.r,
An s.,ir,r, t.,.-.,r. ,-.. me -,.l;,... ID, -..
af the s.b.rl .r.-.-- m -fs I-r.-eI -+r.s- he
b,ast and ,,ri-v Of f.. ia his mind WIS trst
every citizen barr, bai , f,ir and eeual start en-
liz. Every one of them t,.s that he baI 81
chance If becoming President If the Rsrublir.
and was spurred 20 energy bv the hons. Here
too. YOU see. j. a distinct object Young AMER
cans arr all aiu,.,te,I alike The aim nYr i,
fore them Z. 10 ret on They tre like runner. i,
a race. set 20 nash ana shoulder for the I..t
rlsres. never H. ret e.uteufeI. but % .tru-.r'e
forward in rerer--- i-s- .a-,.,eti-iou. I, fls.r-
syre-e,i H.. r.ir7 IL. n r,-r and unsettled conn
FRY whom. -t, centre of rr.,,.tv has pat VET .I,-
termineI into IL. r-,.e. Int I cannot tbiiE tl,e-
su.b a .vsteu as this can be r.rrn1uert or t1..t
human socie.v. constituted on such a princi-Ie.
will ultimately be found t1lerabe. For one
thing the rri7eS of life 50 looked at ara sf hest
hut few ami the connections many 81. For nv
self >, saiI the great Sriuo,, e. an, certain the
rooi Of human life cannot he in the possession
~ tbi.rs which. for one man TO possess. +. far
can r,...>. alike and where rre mans wealth
promote. hi. re,rbto--.- Atary r,fe i, was
not auv .ncb notion .., rHi. which Knox had De-
fore him when he instituted v,,i1 r,risb schools
Ne had no pari.b s.baol. IN rugl,uI f,r ,.nfu-
RIGS after he was ,,ra hut the object was a,-
svvsr.d b,. tho church ..,ts.b5.;,., and tb. Sr,
dav S,bool Our bovs like vo,rs were mode
10 understand that tbev would have IN answer
for the use tba, tbe,- rra.Ie of tbeir lives Ana
in hctb .o,,,t~..s 10 i-l,.,-;l .,.;,,i,,,. -
,yars mn, ~ H.. y, - 1o,.i;,.- ..f,,r 7',,y #
,t,,- ,T,.rri H.. t.,..- TL..-..---.l ,f.-..,.s
tb,- ev4rv ar. -F,,- ,r. ,,i'Ii,., =, vror. sr,,i
Ls s.,,t1ej p. ,,,,ts;r, b;lf .,rl t;s f,,,-i, T.,
honor and ipdeuendence
I al a r,o.I,rn ,ror.b f-i,.,el'r.t mar, ,bat
,l,,.a.;,, =. g.. ,-I ba ,,,lg NO ;+ + nc
educated mon ast what sn e,Ip.,-ed man is
bs tsIIs mo i i n man yrbosa in1slligerce has
haa~a -vf+fr4fgf h1 l-ffrus .ntr ff rha
,ro-ld he liyes -.be d;,y'.r,,,, r,re. ~ mon
tbe;- 11r,,,,,.-a. tb.ir bisr,rie. o-,3 IN. b,ols
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F1,c,-ion ,rcorlip, ~ tbis means instruction
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might say 'oiui.eu "N'' nv
anu ,lis ~g II : ol'S1. T.; '''t tan.b .e ', of % Or
rovIere Ol i ,o Ie,ye an lne slde eyervtbnq ir-
ralov.nt 10 !, and 10 throw vorr undivided ener-
CIV on the snecial thing vou have in hand
O. Our ola ITniversities are STRUGGLING AGAINST
,bs.e absrrl;,;es We, whom We look az the
work which thew on their side are doing. it Is
scarcely more Satisfactory. A Young man going
IN Oxf3ri learns the same things which we're
tauobt there two centuries ago; but, unlike the
old scholars. he learns no lessons Of poverty
along with it. In his three years course he will