The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-26

Aior which Superintendent Butcher intro.
duced Hon. j. " Hnrns, eS'StateSupcripten.
dent OF Ohio, whose lecture on hThc'B0y that
is and the Man that Ought to be-" was the
main feature Of the evening Ell tertainment.
lie commenced his talk with u tigurative
consideration OF boys us clay In the hands OF
the potter, Or marble In the sculptor's hands
There are three things OF prime Importance
to tue potter: his clay, the materials OF
which his wares are 10 be produced, the pro.
cess Of formation and the shape and quality
Of tho completed ware. Soitiswith children.
The ltachef. Is called upon 10 consider three
principal things: the nature Of the raw ma.
terial, the process OF making him into some.
thing useful, and finally, what shall he be
when the teacher Is done with him.
Mr.. Burns grst considered tho word "Boy"
in grammatical way. boy Is noun, and
II boy could not find other boys. Ills re-
marks on this subject were ali In the same
witty vein, and kent the audience smiling
continually while not laughing.
Thus the word boy Is said 10 be monosyl-
lablC tho hoy himself Is polaslyabic-vcry.
The word boy Is q primary word; the boy Is q
derirutiyc. The word boy is found in the orig
inal; Emerson saysa boy Is "aQnQtatian from
all his anccstors.' The boys Big sister about
$ o'clock in the evening finds him in the OBJ
jective case, and thinks he should be sent to
bed. Going on with the word hoy, the
speaker spoke OF the relations 1t might sus-
tain and the ways II could be governed, re-
marking that the boy himself was generally
sustained by his relations. and seldom gov.
erncd at all.
The baya were also classified according to
their dispositions, cheerful or morose, indus
trious or lazy; and again "thcrc are wished
boys and unwashcd boys" lie said the first
boy who came into the world killed the sec.
ond Que, and his parents did not have the
pleasure OF blaming his badness on "those
horrid Smith boys aqross the street.
But while the whole lecture sparkled with
wit which enlivcned the more solid portions,
yet these solid portions were in wholesome
ratio, und were appreciated by those present
who had experience with the speakers sub
jcct. The boy was followed up through his
play days, his school days; his trials and re-
sponsibilities coming with timeI his Joys and
manhood and looked back over the varied
experiences that had served to fit him for his
new station in lifo. -ry
"Thc Iuan that ought TO be-" was next de-
scribed. lie should live for himself, for his
country and for his Cod The boy should
come into his manhood in the possession OF
u hearty body, under the control OF the
mind within; character is compound Of
body and mind. The man that ought to be
will be greater as nan Than as an artist, as
a lawyer, MS IN artisan or as professor. lie
will be industrious, truthful, honest. peace.
able, temperate, considerable OF the feelings OF
others, charitable in judgment, benevolent,
and he Will revere God and oil good things.
The lecturer was listened to with evident
remarks, of which we give merely hint and
u faulty hint, were closed. he received
round Of enthusiastic applause,