Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-10
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL


education begins In sarlies. LIE
and only terminates when life end,
Bat IL 10 only Of the school.room ana a.
requirements We would at present ,n..r
The necessity Of education il uuivs,.,,,v
realized. the mode and practical applic..
ton not so clearly defined or nnds,.
stood. The embryo man or vom.n 4.
IS a diamond in the rough, requiring
much care and labor. yet capable by the
culture OF attrition. OF aitainino N.
iustrs OF sparkling jewel. Tho sphere
OF thought is the sphere OF true liberty
Education is process OF evolution. 1,
has for its object the development Of
thought and ths formation Of charao,s,
It's something more than a taxation Of
memory. mental process Of retention
and learning OF LESSONS by rote To bs
delivered as parrot delivers its "a,
speech. knowing nothing beyond. The
iatelleot-which is less q power than a,
instrument-is to be appealed to, and
reason and habit OF self-thinkinR placed
paramount to simple effort Of memory
The aim OF trne education should h. 40
teach the art Of thinking; more how 10
think than what to think. rather to de-.
velop the causal faculty so as to make
youth think for itself, rather than 10
overload and overtask the memory with
what Others have thought and said. Les,
dependence, more self reliance and or;o.
inality are requisite for those who will
soon take our place on the VOL a st.,s
and hght the battles Of lie. A child 4.
never really content to know that . thin,
Is 20 unless he or she knows phy IL ia
80; what makes II so. Learning set of
arbitrary grammatical rules will never
make pupil write or speak correctly.
unless accompanied by the knowledge
Why these rules were formed Knowing
certain arithmetioal or algebraio formu.
las will not make the young student a
fair aihematiciau unless the funda.
mental principles underlying these rules
are commented upon and understood.
It 10 BY reason of this that 20 msuy
half.fsdged and poorly informed young
people go out every year from
the public school poorly prepared
Tor the stormy voyage on which
they must soon embark. Education
10 simply development OF latent
faculties aud bringing OF them to boar
upon the subjects placed before them.
Mere ideas received by the intellect,
met no response from within. It is
like planting sturdy young tree. which
however. fair aud green it may be,
yet. If the roots be defective, will never
bear bud or blossom. OF course this is
purely secular view. but We write of
secular education. Whatever moral or
religious benefit can be effected by edu-
cation. must be effected by a system that
Is more emotional than percsptivs. II
in place of giving correct understanding
OF right and wrong. a consciousness Of it
is made plain. If virtue is made loved
and vice loathed, noble desires and
lofty aspirations aroused. and inferior
aud grosser ones rendered torpid, a state
Of mind is produced conducive to good
and beneficial to its possessor, but sue
cess in this educational department is de.
MED to any humauly devised agency
Human life and conduct depends greatly
upon what children are saughtito believe.
Human success and ability depends as
greatly upon what they know is so. and
knowing apply it. Tue criterion OF sue
cess is the amount of practical usefulness
learned; not the useless rubbish crammsd
into unwilling heads. IT'S the clear
Drained thinker that succeeds, not the
overloaded and over.dosed student.
Thousands go out OF our public schools
yearly with empty hands and oramned
heads. aud then begins that dreary pro-
cess. 80 familiar to many OF US, known
Is uniearning, 4" picking out the
grains Of wheat from the worthless chat,
and realizing the uselessness of musty
facts aud weary lessons, when a few
bright clear ideas of the day and time
are essentially requisite Tor present
needs. We all. young and OLD. have
des.inies in life to fuldll and nights to
surmouut. That those who in after
years will follow. should be fully pre-.
pared, is the wish Of all Of us who have
often turned in the ascent, aud looked
YEARLY back in regret at the non-pos.
session of that which We might have &C.
CURED in youths spring -time-