The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-15
Educate your Boys.

Editor BTO0khGCen LEDGER
Do you eve notice how observing
the little ones are, how they see every
thing around them and how well they
remember what they hear? Their minds
are like so # mellow ground in which
seeds are falling and where either seeds
or grain will surely grow. Sow wheat
in your field and reap out the weeds.
and by and by you will harvest a good
crop OF grain. But neglect your ground
and you will only reap coarse grass and
useless weeds, stronger and more rank
if the soil is rich and moist. So with
these boys of yours. Their minds will
absorb everything around them and
they will be constantly: learning somes
thing whether you teach them o not.
If they are unemployed at home, you
know how restless they are for change,
and how o o You find they are stand
ing around the depot or at the street
corners, and there they are learning
their lessons and not all of the most
profitable kind. These Summer days
are along and the active minds of these
boys are hungry for discussion. Is ii
not then your duty and maybe your
pleasure too. to study the taste and in
clinations of your children aud find out
J what they want and what they enjoy?
You Can give them some work that
they will like to do, and encourage
them by your W interest in their pro-
gress, giving a word of praise when
merlted. How often a mother says.
my boy has no taste for reading" Has
she ever done anything to awaken and
cultivate a taste for reading? / believe
there is no boy in the land who may
not be made to love to read Trow.
BRIDGES stories for boys. or Hesba
Stretton's /: sad pictures ofi life, those
these last usually are. Begin the book
yourself aud when your nearer il
thoroughly interested give it to him to
finish. helping him along occasionally
over the hard places. And ask ques-
tions about what he has read. Keen
books and papers about that be will
o pick up and read. Let him have
a paper Of his own, that he may look
for it's coming and be eager for the
next chapter of that good story. You
can get the best of reading now in n
cheap form. and five dollars worth will
give quite = good supply for six months.
Can you spend money better than to
furnish ideas and instruction for the
intelligent immortal minds of yonr own
children? Then You should talk with
them about the cnrrert topics of the
day. the conventions, or elections. the
electric lights or the phonogragh. or
the prospect for a new railroad. You
will find they appreciate more than
you wonld believe. All this is educa>
ton in n sense.
But these minds need tn study and
think; they need exercise as well as the
muscles. and this must be done under
the tuition of judicious teachers. If YOU
can choose your gardener, do Won not
select n who will use good Judgment
in planting seeds Of the right kind and
in the best way? So should you choose
teachers who will adopt their instrnc-
tion to the capacity of their pupils and
teach in ali interesting manner. A
teacher who loves his work will in.
fuse IA love of study into the minds OF
those he teaches. To awaken a real in,
%terest is of much Importance and ia
draw out the ideas aud opinions of the
pupils, and teach them to think and
reason. and remember is one of the
highest modes of education.
By aud by boys will be men and all
must be employed in some business.
SO their minds should now be directed
with reference to life and its duties. and
their tastes educated in some definite
line. Let them practice faithfully in
mental arithmetic. correct spelling and
especially aim at dne pepmanship. Lee
them be taught the best use OF Ian
guage and to avoid every word that il
nnrefined or harsh. Ait boys should in
time learn book keeping and with thii
foundation OF a good education. correc
habits and gentlemeniy manner oil car
make their way in the world and rise tx
positions of usefulness
FRIEND OF BRooKHAyRN Boys.