Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-05-28
EnuCATION I'M NEWsPAPERs.

We clip the following from the
Leinster (Ireland) Independent:
The majority of persons who sub
scribe TO a newspaper regard 1t In too
barrow 6 point of view. They regard
1t as asgossipping visitor, which al
fords amusement or instruction to
themselves. This it is, of course. But
it may fulfill a most important office
in q household. 1t may become 2
powerful auxiliary in the intellectual
Improvement of the young. The one
who reads aloud a good newspaper
for the elder members Of the family
cannot fail to be advanced and eleva-
ted by his occupation, Such an exer-
else Will gradually wean him from
the puerilties, fOllies and toys Of
childhood. twill fill his mind with
varied. curious, useful and solld
knowledge. 1t will educate him un-
consciously. 1t will, to use a vulgar
phrase, make a man of him. Thls
might be demonstrated by the exam
pie of America. One of the reasons
why young Americans are so intelli-
gent, so enterprising, so wide-
awake" is that in their boyhood their
mental aIiment consisted in a great
degree of newspapers.
School boys in America not only
read, they sometimes write newspa-
pers: In consequence of this, the
Young, keen-eyed American Is not
only abreast of contemporary events,
but he projects his mind into the fu-
ture. He makes 1.-THE time to come"
his own. All that wonderful.variety
of curious invention which character
ICES America may be attributed In
some degree to the precocity produced
by newspaper reading. It has often
been remarked that il England rules
the sea, if France or Prussia rule the
land, the future is the dominion OF
America.
The newspaper leads the young
men, as it were, to the bright horizon
of human knowledge, where, ike
the Arcadians pursuing the sun, they
stand aloft and contemplate the gold
en- effulgence, when, lost to other
ewes. il illuminates the enchanted re-
giops of the untrodden future. They
do not think of what their country
has been, but what it will be. They
anticipate the time when America
will be as populous as China, as null
tary as Prussia, as maritime as Eng
land, as powerful as Pagan Rome In
the plentitude of its imperial domi-
nation. They not only do this, but
thew endeavor to make their own
country what they imagine.
The youth. of America are, gener-
ally speaking, able to discuss. the i'm
portant questions which agitate the
minds of the greatest statesmen. In
reading the eulogy Of eminent men,
which so often occur In the newspa.
pers. a spark is sometimes struck, a
| flame kindled, love of fame engen-
dered. which animates them through
life to struggle for a prominent posi-
ton in society. There is no descrip-
| ton of literature which eXcites so
much attention in the old land con-
sequently makes so great an impress
sion on the young) as a good news
paper. The pinions of the intellect,
set strong in the perusal, and become
capable of wide range Of profitable
excursion in the world Of inquiry.
To read a modern newspaper requires
a great amount of information. With
out Knowledge of geography, for in
stance, a newspaper is untelliglole.
No boy who understands neWspa'
per can grow up dolt, a NOPE, 8
child-man. He must Re capable OF
conversation on the greatest subjects
of popular discussion. In short, the
father who refuses, or fails, for the
sake Of patty expenditure, to intro.
duce a newspaper into his household
deprives his children of an intellectu'
al Inheritance. He inflicts an IRE
parable injury on his offspring.