Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-03

| W ~ VI "NoNo' iHcse arc not pictures
painted from diseased fancy but from
facts too palpable. Here we found class
III Mathematics that has never known an
equal since Athens resounded with the crv
| of " Eureka When this class was asked
how much twice thirteen was, the teacher
didn't have to wait long enough to repeat
the Declaration Of Independence for an
| answer We advise her 10 have them quit
studying Geometry, Diferental, and In.
tegral CaIcnles, and have them take up 20.
litical Economy, Tariff cite, for these are
the "gintlemin as paws the rint."
Parents and guardians, there is only one
! thing iind wanting among the students of
Mineral Points High Schools, That is a
class in Physiology Mr.. Gaylord intends
starting one, believe, the coming spring,
| II Providence permits SO this deficiency
will soon be remedied, Occsiaus was once
asked, what shall boys learn 2" He re.
| piled, that which they will practice when
| they become men, The same rule | sun.
pose viii apply to girls, after acquiring a
| pretty good knowledge of Reading, Writing.
| Spelling and Arithmetic, Students instead
| Of devoting all their time in Geographical
and Astronomical studies, should devote n
little time Studying themselves, truly hath
1t been sand, the proper study of man.
! kind is man"
Teachers allow me to say few words in
behalf of yon and your calling. In nm adj
venturous life, not vet half spent, have
| undertaken many works, but none that
would like better than common pedaroruc
ing regret that | had not followed the
calling "a calling that opens to the young
mind the recesses of ignorance. No mat.
ter where We go, whether at home or
IN the lands lying beyond the sun-lt shores
| and storm.vexed waves of the Atlantic, we
find them laboring conscientiously though
! perhaps obScurely, in their blessed voca.
ton. When one of them are called upon
to give up the feeble pulses of this transi.
| tory life for the ceascless throbbings of nm
eternal one, mankind feels that they have
! lost a friend, and not an enemy
Now word to the students, and then
Tor the closing Instructions. | am not
going to deliver valedictorv, therefore
| you need not cry. Forget not my dear
students, that yonr teachers vocation is
| one Of care, and often, of perplexiy,
| therefore do ali in your power to Tighten
| his labor and make IL chccrfpu ,n,hinr
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And si t ,ea",s 10 before u.s. we gather today
,e march on the world as hirh hearted n, ,bev
Io forget, be forgotten Ike thrn.
INK ns' Ma,er se hy my bro.rr rorf.ueh by lheeF
on, dry With the dryness of a.he.vrl he
The heart that remembere'h not"
Solomon SAYS, III that increaseth
| knowledge increaseth sorrow" Some of
| YOU may doubt this, yet, nevertheless /, is
J true. Let US apply it and see. Take for
instance a person that seems to be jnspir.
| ed with n rage for mental acquisitions is
ii not disheartening for him when he dis.
covers that compensation is rule of mn.
| turey Health, bodily activity. and mus.
cular strength are almost inevitably OK.
changed for learning, in Que vain endeay.
! ors TO acquire more than We now have
Take ardent students, they are never viz.
orous, or agile, they have lost their rnddy
checks and stalwart limbs in spending too
many hours pondering over duh, dog cared
books, dreary copies, and sordid States
Thus we see that learning is not Only pnr.
chased without great price, either by health,
strength, or the unshseked freedom of
childhood.
One prpat fanlt amono etudnpte Ia tho,