The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-08-07
A Word to the People of Giles,
and of the REGIONS Beyond.

We are in your midst for the purpose
of establishing school for the educa-
ton of your daughters. Perhaps we
should hold our peace and let the future
speak for us, but, as we are strangers,
and unknown to those whose support
we solicit, we may be suffered word
of salutation to goa, our strange friends.
We come among you, we think, to do
good-to bless and to be blessed, by you
in turn. We bring with us our inter-
ests, our energies, our capabilities of
head and heart, whatever they may
be, and we lay them all on the altar for
your moral, intellectual and material
prospe: ity. "YOur people shall be our
people, and your God our GOd.'
And now, to those whom it may con-
Germ, allow us TO say, that teachers, un-
aided, can neither establish nor main
tain prosperous iHstitu ions of learning.
They must have not only the material
aid, but the moral support of patrons
and friends. 1t is not enough that the
parent meet the accruing schOOl-bllls of
his daughter. Though this is of prime
necessity, his duties, we submit, DO not
end here. If he would sec a permanent,
success ul, first-class school rise up, dis
pensing to the fair daughters of the
land the blessings of a sound education,
he must hold up the hand of the teach
er, giving the school his hearty cooper
alton by word and deed If found wOr-
thy. Schools, as to their merit, are not
to be estimated by lengthy catalogues,
nor extensive courses of study. The
sum total of education is not merely to
kRot0 what is written in books, how many
soever they he This is intelligence,
but not education. The knowledge thus
possessed is but the means to an end
the implement so to speak, whose proper
handling is meant to secure the Skillful
exercise of the powers of mind. He
then is the true educator, who educeS
and trains to healthy self-actiOn all
the moral and intellectual powers of his
pupil, not neglecting due attention to
physical development.
There lie embodied in the complex con-
stitution of youth, the elements of ma
ture moral and mental manhood, and he
who helps these forward to their intend
ed development does infinitely more
for the rising generation than all the
examining systems of our superficial
age.
In order to. satisfactory results in
school. there are these capital requisites
the competent, faithful teacher, the
punctual diligent pupil, and the co-Ope-
rating parent ut home. These requi-
sites cOinciding, we guarantee satistac-
ton to our patrons, and healthful, SOL
id progress to our pupils.
Proposing to devote ourselves with
energy and fidelity to the duties of our
calling, we invite the intelligent scruti-
ny of a discriminating pubic, as 10 the
manner of performance.
p. S.-After the foregoing was in type
the Trustees of "Martin Female Col
lege'' i'm full meeting assembled, deter
mined to inaugurate this Institution,
and did further elect the undersigned
President of the same; so that our card
in last issue OF the ''Citizen" headed
"Pulaski High School, is, in the pres
ent issue, superseded by the more at
traetiye caption to the good people of
Giles, of Martin Female College,"
So let the maiden Institution be chris
tened! Let her take position in the
front rank of the fair sisterhoOd of fe-
male Institutions, and may the next
twelve months witness the erection of u
building which shall stand in the gem
erations to come, grand monumental
pile, to the memory of him whom Pu-
laski loves TO honor.
W. h. JONES, Principal.
Pulaski, Tenn, July 1873.