The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
The Lesson OF Sieht-Seetn- Yam
keedom.

Per coHtr1 90 into town aud see
churches in bad rep ir aud ot inferior
construction and schoo, bulldogs -
primitive sort aud IN a half dnapiaates
condition aud It vii hc safe - conclude
that You are among people who have
no prs8c OF character, uo aTareclati i. ~
comfort. rcalu uesS and tie eternal titueys
oi thugs, and no pubic SPIRIT They
are conIcut to exist only and to die oI
dry rot.
" hen the Southern man 8f ol-ervatioi.
visits the North hu has a new revelation
to dawn upon him. He sees progress on
every side. With the sur aud hustle
and excltCa.-Lt If trade and the over
wecning lust tor lucre AID the rush fiji
fortune and place he finds noble bcne
tscuons, grand schemes of phiauth hropy,
high resolves, earIe-; wurhers i0r ,uiier-
ing humanity and uu>tntel .n.aLs tur
the advance ment Of civilization Ia
tinl much that is different from hi- soc
tIOn. III own ideas VIII bc disturb ed
! often and he Will meet with mep who
anta29a'za 80 SHARPLY all ,la Ire holds
to be true that he will fee tlat Ee Is of
another race and Is among aliens. almost
p'if - ilt iit4~ III t- ~ WI IT
! open as Saga.iouS and otser, ,u, trava
Ter should have then, lie vii -ne il hat
! iTed things to admir-, and taaaH fhtHas
to desire. He WI find hin,.aiF III mCal-
Dry going back 70 his uWu pcor'c. sill
poor, still struggling >ll III the rear IN
the great march ui human progress but
still pressing on, often weary and dis
heartened, and as bis heart yearu, torhi,
people in the dear old South aud goes
out III warm sympathy ard love for them
| he will say almost unconscious ly
Nv ould God that these signs of thrift
and intellectual progress could be ours
100; would that our bright. sunny land
so favored and blessed OF cod we're all
dotted with handsome scho9ihouses, and
the teachers were trained ami qualified
every W y, and their pay was liberal aud
stimulating, and the school terms were
ample.
Now all this has been suggested by
reading one paragraph in the last North
Cdroiina PrcsbytertoD Ii is in letter
concerning visit to New England lr
our friend Rev. W S Lacy, who is now
in our city attending the Synod Of North
| Carolina None oil our men il better
qualified to observe closely than he and
to draw there from the right lesson He
was in Boston and he wrot, thi,
| Il walked through classic groves.
made famous by the servants who there
taught and the distinguished pupils who
there studied. | saw IN what -tcen
these people he'd education and the
highest culture from the complete equip
ment, the numerous slightly aud ele CANT
! buildings, the beautiful grounds and the
ample endowment | thought of North
| Carolina. | had seen school houses IN
coming out to Cam bridge, schO0i houses
IN the city public school system, that
cost $3.50, 900 Aud here was a 'niver-
sity worth millions | did not covet =
and | can say 1t trui y-and | rej0iced
that there was such love of learning and
such opportunities of learning. But
did long for something of the same pint
and the same glory for North Carolina
All how natural such wish Those
| New England folks are peculiar, but
they know how to build and educate and
push and thrive. Think OF it, ye men
of small ideas a school house costing
three quarters of million of dollars
| Why, how much did all the school
! houses in North Carolina cost? We will
/ uOI hCul luIC du answer Dul pOllticldflS
and leaders OF thought might well ponder
Mr. Lacy's paragraph 1t Is iull Of sug-
gestiveness.
| We must have better schools in North
Carolina. Old fogy ism must be ignored
There must be more money, and better
| teachers aud more of them ana better
pay and longer terms and better sctoo1
Juidtngs and completeI apparatus.
| How is it with Wilmington? The lit
1 lie commercial eutrcpot oI North Caro-
ina is BOW filed with visiting gentlemen
aud educated gentlemen at that. What
will be the impression made upon them
is they stroll over it? When they see
the large and neat Iile>ton building they
ril be pleasantly Impressed. When
they learn that it wa. built and Is main
tanned by the noble charity Of Nas
,achusetts woman they will be still more
/ Impressed. - WI STIR.