Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-19
EDUCATION
Eleyates the Drudge and Raises nan
Nearer TO the Level OF His
Creator.
The Lecture by DR.. Mayo ON ssAmeriean
Brains In American Hands'' De-
HVered Last Night.

and captiysttd his listeners by his first well.
rounded period. The substance of
THE LECTURE
was az follows:
In former lecture it was shown that the
education OF the whole people of all classes
pays, because 1t develops their minds, man.
ners and morals, and more than all this. it
advances their material interests. There are
some, thoug h the class il email, who DENY
these propositions and doubt the efficacy of
universal education TO accomplish these
ends. None, however, deny that the govern.
ing class should be educated. Doubl comes
in when we come TO speak of universal edu-
cation. Some people think that the greatest
danger lies in educating the lower or work.
ing classes. Upon these we are told educa.
ton works ipjuriously and mischievously;
thai 1t makes them disconnected, lazy and in
disposed 10 manual labor. In connection
with this the gloomiest pictures are drawn,
and We are warned that great dangers loom
ahead. The education of people above their
class Is harped on, thangh net generally vet
10 a certain degree. There is, nevertheless,
popular Ieeiing In favor of practical or in
dustrial education, and the knowledge of
this fact induced the lecturer, he said, to
concentrate his remarks under the head Of
American Brains in American Hands,
Europe it is easy to understand what
is meant by educating people above
their sphere in life, because we know a man
born in 3 certain grade rarely raises himself
above ii; but in the United States a mans
sphere is what he makes for himself. The
sphere of the child, though, here as else
where, must depend upon lib at of its parents.
When We speak, therefore, of the evils of
educating the youth of the country above
their sphere, we mean it is highly desirable
| children should be content to do only those
things their fathers do, and nothing more.
The evil OF creating discomfort by rousiDg a
disposition in young people to get ahead of
| their fathers is pointed out. Applying this
to the building up of the industries Of this
country, we find that 800 years age we had
no industries-no republic. Now this is
destined 10 be the greatest nation on the
globe.
| How did il come about? The innate rest:
lessnes of man, his dislike to run in grooves,
| was the cause. About 200 years ago the Pa.
| rlians were prosecuted, at a time when the
| true measlDg OF religious liberation was un-
| known. They were profoundly discoplented
| with old idess, and they sought the New
| World. No one can doubt that they have
contributed largely to our present prosperity,
but if they had been cont.nted with their
fathers ways We would not have had their
aid. Another class, beaded by Sir Walter
Raleigh, Lord Baltimore and others, came
across the water and made new settlements
Their influence is felt to-day in the South;
| but except for their impotence of old ideas
| it would not have been.
Afterwsrd emigrants settled 1t the mouth
of The Mississippi river and we had new
element-the French. George Washington
spenks iu his journal OF colony of Ger.
mans whom he met, and pays the highest
| tribute to their industry and worth. That
COLONY has now swelled to millions, and nc
one will venture to dispute the enormous
power they have lent toward developing the
resources of this great nation. This, too
would have been lost TO US if they had re.
manned quietly at home, happy and content
under the shadow of their fathers Influence
| Then the Irish grew disconnected, aud We
now have nearly as many Irish in the United
States as in Ireland itself. Aside from the
aid they have lent. to our material
interests, they have done much to sweeten
by their wit and humor, the old puritanica
spirit.
Now comes curious circumstance. The
only people brought bither against theil
| will were the Africans and it seems thai II
| spite of this forced residence they have b
sorbed the ruling spirit restlessness, which
seems 10 imbue every one whose foot touches
the soil OF this great, progressive country
They came near doing the greatest of al
evils-eplitting the country in twain
There are two kinds Of discomfort. The frs
is the ignoble, which prompts man 10 wisE
to tear down all about him to benefit hi
own selfish ends; that of the man who, feel
ing his own weakness, is yet too lazy 10 Try
to rise by honest effort. But the 6iHd of dis
content that has made America lie of dit
ferent character. One of the noblest result
OF education is that ii ennobles this di.con
tent and directs it in proper channels. l
inspires men to do good and noble things
So the force of the talk about educating
people sbovc their sphere vanishee before
Investigation and argument. Uoiversal edu
cation simply elevatvs the blind restlessnesl
that would otherwise tear society to pieces
1t is argued that universal education viii
make men unwilling to perform msnua
labor, and that il it is carried on the rising
generation will destroy all their fathers ave
done. To answer this argument it might bs
we'll to begin at frat principles-at the mar
digging in the earth with his fuger-nails
Give him intelligence and he takes stick
then spade, then pillow; then he is twenty
times stronger than before, showing that a,
| his intelligence increa ses he will endeavor tc
save himself from drudgery, yet he still
4 works. He continues to improve, because he
has leisure. He cultivates taste, and aftel
the lapse of few hundred or thousand
years, the war-whoep of the savage develops
into voice in something like the great
Music Festival. This is the way education
regulates labor. The more a man is educated
the more he is disposed to put his brains il
his hands, and il is very doubtful if it il
more ennobling 10 work with hands tins
L kra 1f ha A. H.
that three-fourths of the people mus
drudge for their daily bread. God made
labor sacred, but did not ordain that
we should drudge. "Man shall moi
live by bread alone" was we'll said. Eiu.
cation is an angel sent into the world
to improve the condition OF the human race
| Our progress has been grand, but according
to the argument OF some this grand country
will soon be bowling wilderness Ii is i'm
possible TO dream of the grandeur OF future
achievements. Man, by invention, now has
almost The powers OF a god. The youth o.
the country are DO. retrogr,ding. More il
done this year than lsst. Crops are gresier
| Manufactures are extensive, and the world
| grows and sreathes and expands in spite o.
the fears OF the dying generation that al
wisdom and all gosd must die with them.
DIR. Aayo's Talk to the High schools.
| The following is synopsis of the tall
made BY DIR. Mayo to the High Schools OF
Wednesday, as reported by Frank Wilcox,
member Of the graduating class Frank hs
been rendered a scholarship at the Uni
versity OF Tennessee, which is a well meritet
honor.
| DR.. MAYO SAID:
A few months ago he visited boys school II
| Virginia; on the blackboard was this subject TO
| q composition: What do expect to do a
| eighteen years Of sge?" He read the compost
tons and was pleased TO find that most of then
| were to be farmers, Others mechanics, surveying
| this great country. building railroads: some doc
| tors, and one hoped 10 be minister. if he wa
| good enough ALI the eovs said they would lik
| to go around the world. When he came thi
morning, he thought that subject for compost
| ton might be applied. only he would have eacl
of US ask: What do expect TO do at thirty year
of ager"
First, begin to prepare for what you are going Il
do for you viii be compelled TO De what you pre-
pare to be. If you are an idler at fifteen. you ar
apt TO the same at thirty. Every day is q sort o
| posting book; or, like an architect putting up
1 building, what he makes IT, 1t is 30 everything
you say or do will come out and be pou at thirty
4 Boys, likely, propose 70 be merchants III yol
/ expect to be merchants, remem Der the hrst PLAN
| is, be 9 thoroughly honest, straight-minded man
| Every merchant that cheats his customers soone
| or later will be bankrupt. Old Jacob Astor lai
the foundation OF his vast fortune by honest deal