Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-11-08

i3t Al OtAla ttlnfo tti6 tHCnuUo W .iOE
N tune, honOrs or preferment in IN
south were law and politics. Al
, most the only ways open to enter
: prise outside 0fplahting were law
!. Politics, Iasdiciae. the pulpit and
I nerchandise. rTf
,, 1t might have been expected that
the tremendous southern energy de
velopel in and by war and its mil.
itary and civil necessities, would
turn men to new Channels. Energy
in the field, production of munitions
) and materials Of war, and supply
ing OF all the daily needs Of PEI
pie compelled BY isolation to sell
support showed the people of the
south what they could do.
The lesson wss not lost. II did
bear immediate frait as the tremen-
dOus progress Of the south shows.
1 But the rush ieto what are called
the learned professions was at the
close Of. and for a few years after,
the war greater than ever. 1t Is
still super-abundant. Overcrowded
ranks and hard necessity have
brought about a reaction, but we
are yet at ths very beginning Of our
/ grand future a social sentiment,
an unfortunate discrimination,
yet lingering tendency to regard
mechanical and other industrial
pursuits, PLANTING excepted, some
how upon a lower plane than some
| other occupations stands in our
way, right athwart the path OF adj
vance as the most obdurate bar to
true progress. ease.fif agfnlIa
Our very educational system Is
yet organized upon the old basis
and ruled still by the old sentiment,
although we may note marked i'm |
provement in that respect.
The crying need of the south |
now is repeal OF that silent, perva-
ding and yet too largely controlling
social law In this we NAV, il we |
will, surpass our northern brethren;
for, despite their boasts and In spite i
of the many admirable and strong |
points in their system, they are not
only not free from this distinction,
but, In the sharp contrast between
shoddyism and its new-rIch aristoc-
racy and Industry they are likely
to be longer in reaching a genuine
honest equality among occupations
than the south. The south may /
build on A t0lerably clear tounda-
tion, made clear by war aud subse-l
quent haidships and necessity. The
tendency has already set In which
Is to remove absurd distinctions
and repeal silly. social law, in the |
south. The north has to tear down
much OF its carefully built indus
trial system before it attains true
honest equality. Its danger now is
shoddyaristocracy and a sort OF in
dustrIaI slavery. That we have not
built; let us avoid it. .hsIi
4 First bf all things the south must
repeal the social law which honOrs
one holest occupation above an
other. The overcrowding in the So
called learned professions is begin
ming this work by forcing gallant,
bold, adventurous and noble spirits
into other ranks--spirits that will 4
not brook it 10 be called or thought
inferior. ~ !
l3 1t must be instilIed into the youth !
that the golden rewards of life la
the new south--wortby child OF the |
old south, and nota mongrel or or
other hneage-are in the indust rial II
or mechanical pursuits, in all that |
pertains to the physical and mate {
rial growth OF the country. - nI {
Our Schools and colleges, from
the primary TO the university, must. {
be imbued with this sentiment. I.
Parents should teach and children
must learu that hone.t aud virtuouS
in the various Industrial I,
walks are wealth and social honor
fOf the future for those who tread I
every round 10 reach che highest 90
which they are capables learning all 1
from the ground up. Let boy for I
instance learn cotton manufacturin q
from the bottom up. II he has ca-i !
pacity he will surely go on ~ 10 '
the top step jatclast from one posi- Of q
to another, finally tobe-
come proprietor. So IN railway II
in railr0ading, aud ID a q
thousand existing growing, or hoe \
after growing, occupations. ais 4
We, need industrial, or technital \
We need that it shall 10 5
longer be said OF two or three 0ccI- 4
patioss,s these are learned pr0fes- n
sions but come to be knowns thlt la
there is a science at the base Of es- 4
cry occupation that all may b. s
profession" and all "learned pro I
Fessions," when we substituted
science. Judgment and intellect fol !
mere handiwork, guided by inv /
stinct sharpened by that habit /
which we call experience. n
In this connection wo print from q
he Baltimore Sun brief account
)f a manual training school in Bal Ia
inore, merely ,relnarking that the II
subject of technical education Is yet M
N its infancy tile world over, that
he term embraces many different
kinds OF schools and systems. all "a
ending to common end and that I
We are not tied to the Baltimore j
llan and Of fnore immediate iln-
)ortance still, that ttechnieai schools /
n the south will follow and not /
)recede, although they will react ,
ipon, the growth OF Wholesome
on the subject Of the digs I
lity of labor, and Knowledge that
he highest rewards are hereafter Ia
o be found in the industrial ,pur-
ults, and in all those which are
connected with the future physical
md material development ofthe /
outh as part OF the American re !
public. IC
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