The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-04-24
EducatiOn.


the first importance, not with re-
gard to literature only but in every
thing. The educated mind is pre-
pared, as is no other mind, to think,
plan, systematize, and lay out all
sorts of work, whether mental or
physical Then when education
fills SO important position with
man, when to educate becomes IA
legitimate question.
Early education is the best for
many reasons. Early impressions
are the most lasting. Then SO soon
as the child can and does realize
the need of education it ought to
receive it, thus beginning to inn
prove upon what is already known.
Do not put child forward too
soon nor too persistently, but weigh
the child's capacities and desires,
and make up your mind and see
when you start it to school that you
are prepared to keep it in school.
Regular attendance for series of
ten months is worth more than ir-
regular attendance for 20 months
though during the 20 months the
child should be actually in school
Is months. Economically speaking,
in irregular attendance there is a
waste of time and money-time
which the child can never regain,
and which is of so much importance
to it. While we know that it is
not best to start child too early.
it is equally true that it is ruinous
to wait too long, should he or she
not become determined to remain
away from school, yet their habits
of life may become so strong, SO
firmly set that no amount of the
best education will change them.
AS soon as may be, create a desire
for knowledge, make it as much as
possible the one desire of the pupil
to advance, and then place the
means of advancement within reach,
but never allow attendance on
school to become irksome if it is
possible to prevent it. Let there be
a continued desire on the part OF
pupil to continue from a just appre-
citation of the necessities of the case.
The child should be taught early
that on it will devolve weighty re-
sponsibilities, then it will naturally
desire to be prepared when these
responsibilities come. Weighty and
lasting responsibilities must and
will fall on all living human beings
sooner or later. Little boys and
girls are men and women on a small
scale, and they soon will be suck in
the full acceptation of that term
Show them that such is the case
and that duty to self demand pre-.
paration for that time and they will
be no laggards in their attempt to
become educated. -......
1t does seem to many of US that
too little attention is paid by parents
to that class of our people known
as "school teachers" Large num-
bers of teachers, so called, are in
our various communities soliciting
patronage who have no idea OF
shouldering the responsibilities OF
the teacher proper. They have no
capacity nor experience in teaching
the young mind how to think, nor
to what purpose. Logical, effective
teaching is worth more in starting
the young than in after stages of
progress. The child does not un-
derstand logic in its proper sense;
but the sooner it can be made to
realize its force the sooner, it will
think, reason and act intelligently
in this matter. Then do not wait
too long to start children to school,
nor start them too early, but when
they are of sufficient age and devel-
opment start them and keep them
going. Let their habits of life be
formed rightly while they are being
formed, SO there will be no necessity
for change in manhood or woman
hood. Then in all the ayocations
of life we can confidently look to
them for the proper performance of
their part, whatever that part may
be.
The heads of the North are
beginning to talk loudly of the edu-
Gated Plow, which is to solve the
problem of State in all its intrica-
cies. Why not speak of an edu-
Gated spindle, or loom, or hammer,
or anything else whose business it
is to assist in the development of a
Nations resources? Simply this !:
The Plow is common to all climates
and countries. while, to. great ex-
tent, other departments of National
industries are confined to certain
localities, and to keep people from
embarkIng in manufactures they
will pirate about the Pko1v to keep
us at work producing the raw ma
terial while those localities will
manufacture for us, thus reaping
the lions share Of the profits. 1t IS
necessary TO meet education with
education, and educated capital with
educated labor. Then, farmers, edu
cate in all branches as much as you
can legitimately, beginning at the
most suspicious time and conttnu-
ing to completion as near as practi-
cable. 1t is our only hope. Let US
seize it and, labor with will in that
direction and success will ultimately
crown our efforts w. F. MOORE.
Safado, Texas, April 10. ?.
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