Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-10-02
For the Herald.
School Life.

Our schools are nearly all in session.
And. of the many boys and girls who
are in their places, coming the lessons
assigned them, we wonder how many
of them comprehend the scope of their
privileges?
Life is all before them. The heart
is light and buoyant, and they stand,
as it were, at the foot of the hill, with
one vast expanse of landscape before
them. Yerdure and flowers meet the
eye; songs of birds gladden. the ear
the golden glory of the rising sun IL
Eliminates the scene. and the> breezes
of the morning watt to their senses
delightful odors.
Children have golden dreams of the
future; and, as one who has seen other
lands, and would tell his friends of the
wants of the journey, so I would tell
these school boys and girls something
that may he useful when they stand
far up the hill of science
Certain cares and esponsibilities as
they slip from the shoulders of YOU
parents must fall on yours. The time
is not far distant when our Legisla-
tive halls will be filled with the boys
of the present age, there to make
laws, rule and regulate the affairs OF
our country. Your parents will be
laid in the grave, and you will be lef
to sway the scepter over this gloriou.
land of liberty. Will you prepare
yourselves for these duties? Will yol
study to acq uire perfect knowledge
of everything that would contribute
to make your country fourishing? O.
will you neglect the preparation, and
thus forfeit your right to hold even q
respectable position in society?
Cultivate your thinking powers noaO
i Gather facts and make them your o l0n
for facts learned parrot like, without
the least reflection, are irrelevant in
critical stages of human existence, o.
anywhere else. You must form or ed
ucate yourselves to be thinking, prac
tical, business and respectable citizeEs
We have examples Oh men who havl
risen TO eminence and distinction. Cal
you not follow in their footsteps
Can you not enroll your names On tn
scroll of Fame? But. by the way
you must not expect the path to emf
nence smoothe and fiowery; there vii
be thorns interspersed, obstacles to b.
overcome, and many intricacIes whicl
may be difficult for your minds to un
ravel. But be not cast down, for it i
evidence of weak mind to becom
discouraged by difficulties which yo
must expect to meet in the incipien
stages of your duties through life. Al
ways bear in -mind-that there is a pleas
ure in knowledge more pure and ele
veting than can possibly be found i
any of the qualifications of sense
]. You meet in the school-room frol
day to day. Do you realize that it
only for short time? Do you, m
young friends, seek to utilize thes
moments ? Do you appreciate the
impo rtance? Do you understand tina
the manner in which you occupy theI
measures the difference between IL
r learned man, the scholar and the il
i norant boor? If you do, your tin
will not be wasted. Let me conjuI
you, as you value your best interest.
and as you would be the pride of yol
friends, an ornament to society and
blessing to the world IN which yo
f! live, to apply yourselves to the lessol
that demand your thought to day.
> you do you can hope to grasp ar
conquer the weightier problems th
will be yours to solve in the acti
duties of life as the years roll ava
W. T. H.
Bloomingburg, O., Sept. 20. 187