, 1877-07-14
Master. Report OF Bishop scott
Asranlm;ar school.

Grammar School made June 18th 1877.
On the the subject o. marks, rewards
and priz,S,' the report says;
"Our system of marks, rewards and
prizes does most 0t our work. Tn TINS
subject let me say word. These things
are to us realities The h0nors must be
honestly won, and are honestly conferred
ln th : way they ARE OF value. Other
wise they would he utterly worthless.
Tint we could confer them by partiality
on unworthy pupils is pr'postcrou,
thought. Why We should pref kr II boy
excepting ter his own good qualities |
have never yet found cut, 1t is just us
dark to me why parents should covct tor
their sons the empty honor OF II school
prlle, whose emptiness, lack OF scholar
ship, rude manners or an immoral lilo
will proclaim to the world 1t might he
pnrdonuble in the boys to have small
iralouses and hear .burnings in their
,isoppo ntmrnt. And yet | have seen
these honors conferred year after year,
ana heard the hall ring with acclaim rs
the successful ones were called out
from among US When these jealouSies
and heart burnings find lodging in older
bieysts the pity is great indeed. When
we Overs.cp the limits OF our promises
aud give prize we never promised, and
80 honor boy beyond his reasonable
expectations, and our goodwill meets
only an ungNteIu, unjust and unSentle
return we are griGvcd indeed, and we
cannot but wonder at parental folly
bind to faults patent To- US and to the
world.n
We commend and most heartily en-.
dorsu the above, and recommend the pa
rents OF schuOl children in this county
to read and ponder well the same. The
petty jcaIouses of children among them
selves would be II thing almost unknown,
it not planted and tostercd by their pa
rents ut home.
We also commend the following on
the subject OF, Moral Training" to all
who desire to have their sons become
successful business men.
Let us return to the subject we dropped
Moral Training. | know there ars
men who think this DO part OF our busi-
ness More, there are men who express
a fear that toe much morality may unfit
u boy Tor the work Of life, may sand in
the way Of his worldly advancement.
If this be true, j beg OF you 10 -Nylint-
dephts of shame is business sunk 7 In
what branches of business is this true 2
Where does morality stand in mans
way' 1t stands in his way when but
for it he would go to his own destruc-
tion. 1t stands on the threshold OF
drunkenness and debauchery. 1t bars.
doors of brothels and forbids him to en-
ter. It fOrbids him 10 lie or cheat for
the sake Of gain. It is stop il lie
would swindle or steal. But to honest
industry, to the most intense energy, to
the exercise of the shrewdest Judgment
and highest caretulness, morality offers
no obstacle. Morality is no jot Of hind
rance to ambition Of the widest reach if
Only It be pure. Shame upon such a.
sentiment Woe to, she man who gives
it lodging in his heart May God de-
liver the boy, the very fountains of
whose life are poisoned by such pernir
cious principles!"
On the subject Of, "Training the
Mind" the report is equally as good.
1t is evident the Master has caught tho
correct idea. Mind as well as matter is
subieci to the law Of " Development"
Animal life was not created in state of
perfection. 1t is the result of ages of
slow growth. So, likewise mentality
and spirituality. We have always con-
tended for these principles and are
happy to find them endorsed and prao.i-
cally advocated and illustrated by such
high authority.
"ghe boy is the father of the man."
the oak IS in the acorn. But the acorn
needs many influences to develop its life.
Deus mast distl :" The drops that water
the Earth" as the old poet has it, must
fall. Fertile soils must minister of their
strength. The SUE, must beam in with
warmth and light. Thus the strength
OF the knottCd oak is built up from the
tender seed; so it is with the mind.
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