The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-01-11

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bs zeal mea and uamsn 10 thsir higher natnre
and uses. withaui suiture. viihoai sralnlue Sith.
ogt sdscatlan. ans agge thAa thai they grux up
10 aauli stature wlihaui food and Asr and mater.
nal care. knoH thai sorae lhink that children
dant need eultufp. bat should be ieft 10 ean1c
Up a. Topsy in the sale ala who. yoa remember,
said, when asked vhen she vas born replied.
''l4m sAe nas na ssS. bsf ~ groeeed Many
think that this Is Ill that Is necessary jass let
ehildrep grow up A. ihey say of themselves. and
like cat. and aags aey rla D. az thai nature d.
aligned lhsHl 30 be- Tais nAy do tor sninaals, bat
not ior free anA resp qasihie beings These need
help education. discipline, stHdy. sclf culture
o. they w.Il be wilder spa more savage than the
animal rude and slsiOas the banc and curse of
hnmanity.
And, yei, there Is sense. that Al will be sau.
Gated in some way. - child can be born iato
I tins world. sc care ! = shsnit IL. vithout being
I Ia some way educated For what is Education
4 The real and prime meaning, is the dsvo,opine,
educating the drawing out and unfolding Of aaf
,riioh is IA ne clad a. aaturai capacity. And
Z generally. We may gay, that all the ehids sur.
roundinRs, the smile u its mother the frown of
ts father. the kindness OF the kick Of its play
mate, the food il eats, ne daily association, tts
amuscments and its sorrow, each and alt, come
4 10 to deyslope is hidden being aud educates il.
/ And this may result badly, since we all do know
that there is evil In every chiids head and heart,
] Al Il. A.. 4 L
the evil that is IN the world
| This We don't want. II is not bad or evil ed.
ucaiion that We want but the education Of the
/ good, and FOR good manhood, And among the
agencies that have long been employed and that
have become popular in this land, to produce
this result Of the good and right education Of
chihlren aud yonth into true manhood aud go.
manhood the Common school system,as enjoyed
! in this state, is prominent Time vii not allow
me TO cutter upon any question as 70 its history
or claims or results. Enough to say that our
fathers IN the church and il the State regarded
it vital to the well being Of hoth-nsy to al that
is hoped for Of good in this world, that The child
rem one aud all, Of every generation should have
the advantages Of primary aud fundam, ntal in
tellectna training Honce the common or dis
trict school organized and fostered by law, sus-
taioed az a necessity and as benodiction.
! And II You have The school you must have the
school house, and Il you have the school hUase It
should be made on purpose 10 help the end in
yiaw And such s house ia itsof Is mighty ed.
ucating force and for good. A poor school house
/ like poor church, is often a damage rather than
blessing II oducates indeed but largely the
evil IN the child, his rudeness his dirtiness, his
coursoness and roughuess his destruetyeness
! bis mere animal and wicked nature while good
school house tends all the other way II culti-
Yates the taste for refinement, tidness. decorum
and study These, certainty, are very essential
| elements 10 good culture. They are worth
more IN your homes, and IA yonr villages, aud in
your communities than all your money can pnr-
chase. These pay. But YOU may have the good
elucaiion of a good school house, and yet there
Is much more that you need. A school house is
| a dumb teacher. II sa mighty agent for good
or evil, bat q u aamb. Y9tS chtsiren are al
alive. Their minds are keenly sensitive and del
icate, and they need live and good Teacher, one
who knows something Of the nature Of the hui
man soul aud for what end God created il, and
how il may meet that end nay il You rely alone,
upon good school house TO educate your child
ren, you will fall into bad bluuder and swamp,
the very eud for which you have erected it. You
need good and wise teacher, you need to send
your children with regularity and earnest prayer
TO the well taught school. You need to throw
around it tho smile Of your kindly regard, and Of
ten put into il the smile and wisdom Of your
presence, never forgetting that your Guild that
you love SO much is TO come out Of it, either bet
ter or worse, eUery single day But what of the
education in the school house what kind Of mon
aud women do you want your children 10 be
Ihavo said that an education Of some sort they
will have. They will develope, mature-ripen
into something. Their minds and hearts will
/ grow like their bodies. Everybody is educated
that lives in this world. The savage is educated.
| He makes fast runnor-a cruel wafrior-a good
hunter. His eye is keener. his ear more sensi-
tiye--his feet heeter, aud his VIII Jle system more
enduring more self possessed-more educated
for him than his civilized and well refined neigh
Dor.
Franklin tells story Of some Pennsylvania
chcftans who met a deputation Of the old set
tiers Of that State at Lane aster in ancient times.
When the business Of the council was settled
amicably the latter by way Of compliment OF con-
ciliAton offered 70 take some uf their sons and
educate tbem-t E. make scholars Of them,
meaning, perhaps, to put them In school. The
red mau listened Ia solemn silence, aud took the
matter into grave consideration usual aud re-
Piled, I'VE are much obliged TO you for your Of
fer to take some of our papOpses and educate
them. We presume you mean we'll by that that
sou mean to do them and us some good. We
think, however, that they had better stay with
us We Understand hunting and fishing aad
fghtiug better than you do. We can teach th5m
better Brothoas pe will keep them, and odu-
este them ourselves" The Indians IN one sense
were right, we're right al through, provided their
ia a u human Life was right The question re-
tarns, what is Tie eud and object Of school hons-
es, schools aud school teachers. What Ia one ul-
innate design and purpose q all this outlay q
money and labor A. have said, help makes
nseu ald women = cur children But you may
say, they wn become men and women without
tbs sacriaee and Effort True indeed they ain,
but mem true dad usef,sl and good nan aad no
men aud f7r this end, theif capacities u mind
aud body, q heart and soa must be cducsted-
uIfoldod arg sat and according to the higher laws
u God here, as well a. 10 ihe family and IN the
church
i The miad must 30 INSTRUCTED 10 Anl by the
htip Of books and study The rudimsnts q al
learning must BE- mastered. the irsi principles u
al Intellectual Development and ealturs. Hence
they must kuou the chAFsetons that represent
sounds aud thought Abe letters " our langaagc
their number their s9auds, their uses--ia cyl
ahlos aud Ia voris- bow sUrdz are formed and
spelled hoR sentences Ars Constructed, sad read
correctly, aud hos written They must haze
good understanding q The EArh upon which
thsJ live. ~ az its lave and productions u men
Eaa animals Gnl vegetables 10 climates and peo-
ples, iis divisions ~ land sad patsr, 10 rpfd
GsosrNpasy, with the seirnoss q Numbers and