Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-26

'What do YOU wantp" queried the puz-
zled instructor. Chorus. Yer hairs
fallin' off. "-Er.
We regret to learn that Prof. Will
loughby of Boscobel is suffering from
serious nervous prostration, and will be
unable to teach again this year His
misfortune is another sad illustration of
the frequent effect OF continued teaching
upon the physical system.
If you want to understand any SUBJ
Ject whatever, read the best book upon
it you can hear of; not a review of the
book. If you don't like the first book
You try, seek for another; but do not
hope to understand the subject without
pains, by reviewers help. -Ruskin.
Give a man this taste for good books,
and the means of gratifying it, and you
can hardly fail Of making happy man.
You place him in contact with the best
society in every period of history-with
the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest.
the bravest and the purest characters
who have adorned humanity. You make
him denizen of all nations, a eontem-
porary of all ages.-Sir j. Herschel.
1--WE cannot afford education some
say. Very well-then you cannot af-
ford to live, for education is almost the
chief need of life. Without it. the rich
est is pauper; with it, the poorest is
prince. Were education regarded as it
should be, men would no more dream
of living without it than without food
and fire and clothing; for it they would,
if necessary, barter farms and mer-
chandise, ships and stores, and rightly
consider that they had gained by the
exchange. Wis. Journal of Education.
To PARENTS. Have you thought of
retaining, son or daughter from
school during the spring? Is it absol-
utely necessary? Would it not be econ
omy, as well as justice, to forego what
ever benefit might be derived from their
services at home? viii little pecuni-
airy advantage now compensate the
great loss in the end2 Remember tn at
their present occupations will determine
very largely, their future. A term lost
now will not only greatly retard them
in their studies, but it may also. as
they see themselves falling behind their
school mates, take away their interest
and ambition Gas it has SO often done
with others). and thus prove an unfor-
tunate turning point in life Are you
willing to run the risk? Can you afford
to detain your sons or daughters from
school privileges?
To STUDENTS is time TO consider
carefully whether You will attend school
next term. We know full well that it is
customary, and perhaps necessary, for
many students to engage in other en-
ployments during the spring; but it is to
be hoped that you will each first be sure
that 1t is necessary before deciding not
to attend. Consider what you will lose
by absence; that continued classes will
advance beyond your ability to join
them next year; that you must lose
much in your classification thereby:
that an opportunity to study some of
the most interesting branches of the
course will be afforded only during the
spring term; that you are well started,
your minds quickened aud disciplined,
SO that you can accomplish much more
mental work with the same effort than
during the other terms; that by the de-
crease in attendance the teachers can
give you more attention and afford you
better opportunities than heretofore;
that, in word, the spring term will be
of more value to you than the Others
have been. Are there obstacles in the
way? Will it require some sacrifice?
Remember that all who have attained
eminence In scholarship have sur
mounted difficulties and made personal
sacrifice. and that large proportion of
them have had no better opportunities
than you have. We have heard many
men declare that the greatest mistake
they ever made was when they quit
school or college. and we know that
many intended temporary Withdrawals
have proven permanent. BE careful 10
decide 50 that y0,s nsay not regret he de-
cssion in The future.