, 1869-04-11
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

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Ar. J. A. froudc, the historian, was, last month,
installed As Rector OF St Andrcws d University,
Edinburgh He made practical Edncsttou" the
subject Of his Installation address, and VIC take
from 1t this striking passage:
70 cram a lad's mlnl with indefinite names Of
things which he never handled, places he never
not possibly understand, and must remain merely
words to htua-&tn8. In my opinion. Is like loading
stone. Bat what has been gained for The Boy nm
Self, let him carrJ this kind Of thing ~ far al hc
WILL y when he leaves school he has 70 make ma
snne Would eome Mhen ever1 gIss maa IL z Hnssad
Jou may have heard of-satd Ne
wpen a eves, G sao' 1naa In England ' @oul1 s eas
bacon FrEt and foremost HAn has 70 earn hi
it5tnG, and all the poEies Will not OF themselves
light; but ii must b. lIxhI which VIII help u 70
work. and fnd food md clothes and lodging for
ourselves. modern school viii undoubsedly
into the world Win the Knowledge that there are
q great many good thinxs In It which Il VIII bs
highly pleasant to ret bold of-Ahte - YET 70 40 no
bent on pushing himself forEa11 Into the pleasant
places somehow. Some intelligent people think
that this is q promising stste Of mlnd-tass a A.
erful incentive that We can feel to energy and u,
dGstry. A great political economist hAs osienaeo
the existence Of = lu1unonsly living Idle class as
supplying motive Of exetton 70 those Mno 11se sse
whether the honesty Of the country has been In.
proved BY the substitution 10 general Of mental
education for industrial, and the "thles + 80 \
no Industrial training hna gone alon2 with them.
are apt, AZ Mia Nightingale observes 70 1!odaee
fourth "R"-of rascaldom But It . only falr,
ounHcl alise With those who 80 as lG1wafa q an1 t
OWL " call another people srsteun aosnru, n
jnatice mus. ktv- them system Of ny own 70
Ms as T. teia1 T. au CnIs st e
lore We begin 10 train 4 boy,s mind WI III to
ssp1 Nnt 0I ny ct "Qaa %oas assSS Saa &
iataers, ~ thai every 10y borl into
,he world should he put IN ths way q maintaining
which does not make this its dlsi aim Is not worth
any Thing ut all There are but three Ways Of ns-
lug-ss -u1ne one has sa4'i--bJ working, by beg
Erl.. Ii IN whatever pretty ianKaa9e we please,
:l.a dong one Of the other two. The practical ue-
ce=sttes must take precedence Of the intellectual
A tree nlust be rooted In the so before It cau beAs
hoxera or fruit man most learn 70 stand nr-
rtyht upon his OWL feet to respect himself, to be
lAepen,icns Of charity OF accident II ia On thls
cnldvauon worth having can possibly he
built The old apprenticeship, therefore,
waa IN ny opinion. an EXCELLENT sIssem,
zuandmen,s End . handIcrafs made a good
and wholesome equipment to commence
ITO with. Times are changed. Tho apprentice
iurrosca OF tyranny, partly because employers did
not care TO te bufdened With boys whose 1al,or
waa unFrurtaile, partly because 1t opened no road
Tor exeePt1onahle clever lads 10 rlse in:o higher
positions Iet the original Necessities remain ut-
changed. The Tn Commandments are as oh1i9Q-
tory rs evcr, anil practical ab!llty--thc being able
to 10 some!oinS, md not merely to answer qn:s
Of every by who !as to earn his bread by manual
labor. Add knowledge Afterwards As much a
YOU III, Gus let It he snoxedse which WI lead TO
Is r1r1icinG, and every fraction Of It will thus be
nFetul 10 him: and II he has Il In him to rise,
there Is no M fear b, but he WI dad an op-
skilled labor OF all--thAt OF the peasant
IN he fed. Tho peasants business is
raies .! bis at are the siplest and he prasiice
OF it the easiest: yet between the worst as;1cul-
lure and the lest lies agricultural chemistry, The
oIogy. Each Eep Of knowledge ealned In these
things can be Immediately applied and realized.
,rTs Will make him NOT only wiser man, hut .
better workman, and will either lit HIN, II he u
nrnitlttoua, to higher position, or make him more
whichever he do what be has gained win be real
gain, and become part and parcel Of HIM
the pessne % e r1eseess sAe & the n soTo1a soas
Drudge who draGs Els limbs nj the day's end
10 bis straw pallet Nltens heavily and wakes only
to nne~ the weary round am hut comparing
two sSstens Of education. from each Of which the
expected results may be equally eItrava9Ant The
millions must ever he condemned to toll with the!z
hauda7 or the race VIII cease to exist The bench
cent light, when 1t comea, will he . light which
Nil make labor morn productive BY being rnorc
scientific, hjch will make the humhlest drpugeyy
uot unworthy OF human being by making Il at
the snme time an exercise to Ills mind. ItpuSe Of
The fesd laisoreE. IEniEht have gone through the
catalogue OF manual ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, car.
MntetA, hrtc kla! erA, tnlor~ cohtE.rs, fishermen
What you Will The same rule apruer to them AL
Detached facts on miscellaneous SUBJECTS As they
arr Taught At modern school, arc ike separate
Letters Of en'ti"tS a1pnaNta- 1ou may load the
mechanlcal memory with them TIL 1t becomes q
u'ar. el o! rcttnt9vtncAA Your young prodigy may
allsaze examiners md delight Inspectors HI
achievements tnnr I've cmllA1onet Ia blue hooks,
aLd tuFni+h m.tter for ratternE reports on the
CAcrlelCe uf nGV educational system; Rnd all thl
"hilc Juu have ls.n feeding him with chiie OF
EtaLts- liut Arrange yolr letter. iuLn words and
each word becomes h thought symbol waking
In the mind, Hn tmAEc Uf b real thing. Group
ytur words into sentences, anu thought Is mar
r!cd to thought, And Produces other thoughts, AMI
the chlIls Of granite bect:nsc Hoft brcall whole
EoDc, DEt1tiuua .A0'l inViRnEAtinR. Teach Touf
boys sal}ects Hhich they can only remember mo-
chanlcalr, and you teach them nothing which Il Is
worth their bile 70 know. Teach them llcts sn,1
principles which they cali sppIy and use in the
WORK of tteE llres, and II the ob3ec! re TO Gise
your clever working lads chance OF T1slua to be-
come 1rcn1drnts 0f tho CniteI St1teA or million.
aires Nth palaces and powdered footulen, the ~
cent !ntb those blessed conditions will bs cAsei
and healthier along the track of an Instructed In
BhAr1rnes1 wits woEit bc apt to ChUoss for them.
Belye*.