Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16
4 Word OH Education.

educ .tion from recent number of the
National Baptist. The article is from
the pen of a cultured, clear.headed
lady who has had ample opportunity
Of substantiatjng what she says, from
the fact of her being personally en-.
gagged in the training of children in
the higher, as well as the lower
branches of studies.
"a gentleman of high educational
and religious position recently said :
Woman should not have the same
course of study as man. because of her
physical weakness. Study tends to
produce nervous disorder in every one !;
and woman should not, therefor, be
taxed on account Of transmission
1t appears to me that God did not
intend that one part of the nature he
has given should be developed in such
manner as to sacrifice otheEs equally
essential to success and happine.-. To
me it is unaccouniablc that when the
end of education may be rs perfectly
attained, nay far more perfectly, by
what may be termed more practical
course, and should be so blind to their
own prejudices a. to fight against it,
II education produces nervousness.
then some physical law Of God is tran.
gressed. Have we any right to sin
against our body? Why not the laws
of the body be so fully studied, and
the curriculum so arranged that these
laws may be obcycd? Have wc not to
answer to God Tor breaking them
Surely, We need not teach our chill.
dred to sin habiiually. There should
be a chair OF medical science in our
colleges, and similar instructions should
be given to our girls. aud the course
should be so arranged that physical
laws shall not be broken, but observed
with religious conscientiou.uesa.
The education of the moral feelings
should 90 hand in hand with every
study, for there is n link binding all
knowledge to the knowledge OF God,
and the Christian teacher never sewers
that link. All man needs to know
may be best studied in such conuec.
tion. The Bible directs our atten-
ton both to the teachings of nature
and providence, or science and history,
which would exhaust large part of
what we labor for years to look into.
Education is the mind God has made.
seeking to know a. much as possible.
be it more or less of itself and Of his
other works and of his nature. Edu.
cation being the means of conveying
to our minds knowledge of God and
of his loving kindness to mankind
What will improve the taste for
every kind Of beauty? What will
serve to brighten aud enlarge the in
tellect equal to knowledge of God
and his works? Why, then. il most
Of the time in our schools occupied
with the study of Greek and Latin or
the study of mans works Have we
not living languages which contain all
that is needed to be studied without
the Objectionable features of the dead |?
or, if these are so pure, will not a good
translation do, and save our time for
those branches which will yield both
discipline and knowledge :?
Our educational system is not prac-
tical. While much is said about edu.
cation preparing our children for the
duties of life, In many instances it un-
fits them for life's duties. Life. it ap-
pears to me, is made up of business,
business in the house and business in
the mart. business in the study and
business in the pulpit and cottage. Is
the preparation as practical as il needs
TO be for the transaction of these vari-
Gus wOrksp Is there a chair for the
study of elocution, for the benefit of
ministerial students? ? Are they trained
and encouraged to make human ma.
ture, with which they have to do, a
practical study by mixing among busi-
ness men and learning their modes
and channels of thought and various
experiences, that their instructions and
encouraging words may not be lost
upon them =? The book human nature
isOne which should have attention and
study next to Gods own Word Piety
and talent being equal, that minister
will be far more successful and useful
in every Sense (pecuniary and religi-
ous) who has best executive business
knowledge.
Why do not social and political
sciences occupy large space in in.
struction. Girls now acquire a dis.
taste for home duties through study,
aud this will continue until they are
educated in the business of life taught
to put poetry aud love Into, and get
poetry and love out of, daily duties
taught the relations 10 each brother