The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-16

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reni 'mse ls extending the hand n mercy.
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ftash The hesiei aummil ~ must on.
defvo even nlefe ilun dld the seitief. u
America, ~ captain Smith IN iamlns
hes savaees. fef the Indians naturally
made theif way Into the imcsle-a ior,sts.
bot cuf people al In MI the varb 81
d~evrnefsey, clad from head 10 loot In
shame, poverty and Itiieraey u the
lowest degrees, trusting youf scientific
strength 10 be#f an equal siar u ihs
burden. Then We must %eiucHts. Eln.
cation has existed NJ an art since NJ,
very infancy of society, showing tina,
without this We eannvt demand rreJeci
~ an equally created people should
Think Of the little fellows, WHOSE chamc,
tors you are 10 mould. A certain writel
has called their minds "blank paper
ready Tor any impression whether good
or bad--it being left entirely to the flrsl
conner whether saint or devil he written
there. Take these things Into u thorough
investigation aud the impression N,
writer would have upon your minds vii
manifest itself In three short sentences
What TO teach7 How To teach III and
who b teachf There yon find that n,
J impaired character, no ill.naturcd OF
il~literate person Is suitable for this posi-
ton. Though l confess, that like IN.
sandy plains Of Arabia, the minds O
some are 70 barren that they are mott to b,
improved or cultivated ; yet this Is mcl,
the cae. We should increase our cxer
tons In the future and thorough,
prepare ourselves for the manifold dutiei
Of life and the responsibilities that avail
us as teachers. Not for the sole purpos,
Of school-teaching, but the light Of tn,
great body Of our people depends In
great measure upon the efforts you pa
forth, the thoughts you imbibc and tn
examples you lay. Here between Thea
walls, from the lips Of him who Ia
laboed by honorable means, regardless
Of race, condition, party spirit, or IN
"tale-teller's," rumor, We receive th
weapons with which We are to 20 fort
and usc In the defense Of virtue, INTEL
gencc, prosperity and the gracious cau.
Of that blessed | Am" When the II
stitute for the advancement and improv'
ment Of the colored teachers Of Panol
county was first organized by Capt. J. !
Rainwater, ! don't think l should e.
were ] to my at that time there wero n,
a half a dozen Of it, attendance VIII
understood the four fundamental prime
pies Of arithmetic or who could parse
simple sentence Of grammar. Whit
glorious change at this time! While "
!, have done nothing worthy Of note, b
name will live amid the various chang,
Of time upon the school records Of th
:, State AZ lender 10 the poor. a help 10 N
wise and n true lover Of wisdom. Sir, "
tender n most earnest, sincere an
heartfelt thanks for the good you In,
rcndercd us. believe ] speak thes
words, not Of myself but this who
: class that now face you with smiles. W
feel greatly indebted, but thou knowe
our condition even better than We. "
may be described In the words Of Lon
q Byron, who says:
pI ''Oir chsif would sssrcsiy h. excused,
Esrn ~ . hand 81 Rs~ t-sipnsfs,
I'll Al iaefry Iow cant IN refused,
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