The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-11

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all. have been an educator i cool
many years Of my life, and Il there j.
any one thing more than another.
that il my hobby" it Is education.
embracing the four elements, indus
trial, moral, religious and political.
The education of children can hardly
begin too Don They should be-
taught obedience as soon ~ they
know enough to disobcy, and ss soon
IS : they commence tn talk. they
should bc laugh; To speak correct.
Many All educated man has had TO
regret in after life that he was not
taught in his childhood - habiiially
use correct language. In the heat of
debate or impromtu speech, the
indications of his mothers tongue
would unwittingly crop out. Yes: his
mothers tongue literally. for the
mother really forms the childs Ian
guage. Then how careful ought we
to be Of our " speech. for We teach
by example rs well as by prccept. |
have learned by experience that il is
until they are 6 or : years of age, and
when they IN 10 go they
should if possible go every day, 50 a
to form habits of regularity of atten-
dance. Their school life should be-
carefully looked after. No one i
fitted for a teacher who uses ingram
NAUTICAL language, provincialisms, or
slang. Next to the parent the child
looks To the teacher for an example.
and that teacher should be, not only
perfect in language aud department,
but if not n christian, should pursue
at least n strictly moral character.
The school board. and school superin-
tendents also should be of the pure,t
Of morals, for not only do the children
observe their ways. but the teachers
also, and they should be enthusiastic
in the course of education and have
the welfare of the teachers and pupils
at heart.
According to the new school
law, We women, can if We choose,
hold the balance of power over
schools now, and il is Our duty tn at
tend Ia it. / do not tell you that
attending school meeting is a pleasure
or anything desirable, judi ;ing from
the way the men generally turn out
to them. | have been told of q school
meeting n fen years ago in this town,
when there were only ) voters pres
cnt, and have lately heard OF such
a meeting consisting OF 5 voters in a
town Of two thousand inhabitants.
The business of education should not
lie conducted in any such slipshod
manner. The law has given Us the
privilege and it is our duty to II
children to take hold of it, we should
not notice the ridicrle Of men, but
should consider for ourselves. what
is our.du:y. Some others has said, 1T
is the mother Tho mods the lite of
the children, and indellibIy stamps
her memory upon every thing per-
tanning to them" What vast respon-
sibility then is Il woman's. How
careful should she be educated, and
her education should go on from day
to day rs long as she lives.
She should inform herself not only
! of past but present history. She
should know something of the gov
j eminent of the Nation and especially
. of her own state. Webster defines
politics as the Science of govern
ment," and it is n science that We
should study.
A celebrated man, in a speech at
the oma suffrage convention. SAYS.
II believe politics and religion arc
twin sisters they ought to go hand in
hand, the one to perfect our life here,
the other to prepare for the life II
come" But perhaps some of ron
will say. OF what use is this education
i'll politics? All knowledge is useful.
but We may be called to make use of
this particular branch in the future.
Gen. Estalroo& says, 1T is for mans
interest rs well as for woman's that
this government shall not be a gov
ernment ony longer. Do men object
to women voting because politics Is a
muddy pooly Then surely there is
something wrong with a male govern
ment which is 50 only because it is
not good enough for The women q
the land 10 partake in
II seems that sensible, practical,
Bishop Whipple that eminent divine
of the Episcopal Church, understands
what we want of politics, for be says.
1T Is woinan's peculiar provinces,
through the suffrage TO co-wOrk esh
good men in mitigating the great
evils under which society suffers so
much in purse, happiness and Me-"
But the need TO be educated
on this subject - well as the men.
When the hate President Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Prociama-
q great mary were against it, but he
said. "They viii be educated up to j.
before il takes affect People learned
fast in those day, 4 ~as issued in
september, and when IL t>u& eject
the following january, the people had
revived . liberal ~csiuesiion N regard
90 n, they foensd IL was inst ~hat they
wanted Finally. ts- eseTy danger
chat hesetx euar gevesrsp>nt ~esAncspcs
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