Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-16

the sweet girl graduate" has gone with the
gush OF the always pleasurable occasion,
leaving to those who saw her fitting figure
picture in which joyousness and brightness
we're the pronounced aud prominent quail
ties, with q dash OF sentiment aud sympathy
10 tone il as with tender regrets for the
separation that most Of Them hailed
with gladness as the portals Of an enticiug
world opened what seemed a long vista OF
happiness. Would that it could be so to
every one of them and to all that are to
come after. But many, We fear, are doomed
to disappointment. Tne wrecks OF as happy
commandments az those Memphis h g in
dulgsd 10 may be found 10 every city in the
country--wIeeks not because of inherent
weakness, nor wholly because of temptations
or opportunities, but because Of misapplied
powers, because II a system OF educs-
ton that feeds the false and trains
the minds subjected 10 it away from
the independence OF technical attainmen's
to mere gloss, to fuperfciality, siuntinZ the
reasoning faculties snd desdening the ssnsi-
bility to freedom of thought and action.
With a smattering Of music aud langu ages,
the ability to paint plaque, girls are pulled
into unquenchsbls conceiis and, untss
saved by a fund Of common sense,
are spoiled for all practical good
in any director. They sink TO the
common level of those Of their
sex when men delight in as chatterers and
take their place, if not rescued by husband
and children, among the drones VINO exist in
idleness and yield the world no recompeuse
for their living. There is far too much of
this sort Of education and less of the pracii-
cal, which would bit a woman as meu are
fitted to go forth equal TO any test
and IeVelipg in the prid, OF indie
pgndence that cones of En5w,ns how and
being willing 10 do fair dsy's work for a
fair days wages. If edncat,oa nsaus any
thing in ibis world whence riches often lake
wings, it means this-it zee ms The prepara-
ton and expansion of The nIiEd, he quicker
ing OF its pc Eers OF comprehension and grasp
and the strengthening of it 10 CombRi with
the false and contend for The true. l. n,esns
to bit the youth of both sexes for Ine pracI'-
cal duties OF life, 10 enable them 10 take the
places Of those who, moving solemnly from
the stage OF life, look back aud wihTegret
sigh for "Shat might have been" Life has
ofter beeu pictured as race in which the
strongest aud those With most staying powers
only win. Brains carefully and skillfuiy
trained will always furoish iSis stay
hus llv m
in the Franc, -Pfussiau war In that con-
test the schoolmsster's power was as potent
as that Of powder. Aud 20 it is in common
life. Tie best-irsioed and best brainsd law
yer wins, the thinking, well-sducated doctor,
the philosopb.c seien:is', the inventive and
trained mechanic, whose desires and hopes
are above the drudsery Of his berch, the
farmer, who backs his labor by edu-
cation and practical experience, and the
seaman, who p'oHs The OCEAN By the
light Of scenca-these are the men
who win and leave the world bet er than they
found it. Is with men so it is with women.
Even those OF the gentlsrs who have saoue
as queens of society, did so by The divine
right OF brains and trainiug, and IN any weary
years of it. There is no royal road 10 su-
premacy in any walk of life. 1t takes work
every day, ard earnest work directed by
skilled intelligence. The more prsc-
teal and soiH, the more thorough aud
earnest, ther.fiie, the training OF the
young, the more 1ikely we are
to have men ald won equsl TO the
task OF succeedi - to the dignity of labor in
all its braoche, from the weil-ofdered home
where intelligence guides the household
to the forum, where mastery in intellect
leaves its indelible impression. Life ia too
solemn 10 lie uihed with, too serious and toe
short to be dealt with jauntily by the idle
breath Of compliment filling immortal souls
with brief aud Irothy joy that on the NOR
row may be chsnged 10 bitterness snd
grief. GuAh ssd puff and not0risty are thu
scurses of the age. They raise hopes tina
are never satis6-d; they gid as with
iins=L flr their victims few Letting mo
men,s, and tend too often 10 kill the lat-n
spark that nigh, under more sensible treat.
ment, have gloEed into the living fl lms o.
genius. Sell concsit aud vanity should be
restrained, not pulled. Merit alone should
be praised, as, let Us believe, has been tbs
case at every commencement and examiua
ton ia Memphis this season of 1888.