Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-02-24
DOES EDUCATION. DIMINISH
NN CRIME?


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If il be true that mere mechanical
education diminishes crime, why is
crime not decreasing in States and
communities where universal education
has prevailed for generations 2 To our
mind precise and well stocked mind,
without correct moral endowments, is
as barren of good results as the farm
which is annually cropped by the owner
without mixing any manure with the
soil. His plowing and sowing is well
executed. He has been properly edu-
Gated upon that point But the vital
part Of his education has been over
looked. He has, in great measure,
rendered his farm worthless and made
himself poor, because he knew nothing
about the virtue of manures. The
school he graduated at did not teach
that lesson, hence he knows nothing
about the efficacy Of that which would
restore his barren soil.
The mind is just like the soil 1t
must be m0nwed to yield q full crop
Of good fruits. The State can impart
mechanical lessons, read, write, etc,
but without the moral (manuro) lesson
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mechanical common school education,
in our Judgment, do not warrant the
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IS as dennlte junction Ol leglslatlon
as punishment OF offenders. This Isl
the position Of the advocates OF sys-
tenn OF compulsory education.
The opponents Of the system, or
rather OF the reason assigned for the
adoption Of forced plan OF education
in a free country, deny the postulate
that education necessarily decreases
crime, and support their side Of the
question with facts, figures and strong
arguments. Joseph X. Chandler, an
honored and esteemed citizen Of Phil
adelphia, who has served on Boards OF
Prison inspectors for years, aud has
devoted his life to that branch OF duty,
recently read paper before the Social
Science Association IN relation to the
efficacy Of education in the promotion
of morality and the prevention of
crime. lie narrated his experience as
student of prison discipline, and ex-
pressed his firm conviction, based upon
that experience, that while education
modifies the character of crime, it does
Little or nothing to preeyyeenta lt; He
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