Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-11-11
Educational Column.
-Condncted by
\. LII lTg, Csulty Supt. II Sthools.
CONTRIBUTED BY PROF. J. E. MANNrx.

ulation which may lead to the un- !
raveling of the mysterious, scientific
research has had for it's object, from
time immemorial the lettering of
the physical, moral and intellectual
Of the human race, by learn
ing each individual of the mass to
appreciate his surrounding
and from this appreciation to amel-
so far as possible the condition
of his fellow man.
It has found no better stepping
to the success it seeks in this
direction, than the study Of man
himself, Of the beasts. birds, fish, rep
tiles, insects, flowers and rocks that
are around him. In those he may
find food for his spiritual nature;
speculations and deductions for his
reasoning powers; happiness for the
idle moments that he may be COM
PEELED to spend with nature and
with natures god" 1t is this pow
er to deduce, to speculate, to reason,
that makes the difference between
the Intellectual and the mediocre, be-
tween the scholar and the student,
between the library men of scholary
attainments and the polished men
and women of the world.
The farmer loves his beautiful
fields, because they are productive,
the geologist and chemist love them,
because they see the time Of their
fol nation, the constituents in them
that causes them to produce, and
they can revere with full apprecia-
ton, "The giyer Of all good" 1.-THE
Great Chemist" who saw fit in His
"Great Laboratory the lap OF time" to
make them SO.
The little girl loves flowers, be-
cause they are pretty, while the bot
anist loves them for their history.
for the little lives which he knows
their tiny buds conceal. Man loves
the beasts, birds, fish, insects and
reptiles because Of their worth to
him.
To a lover Of science, everything
from drop Of water to the great
globe itself, is full of interest. He
sees life in the dew-drop sparkling
in the bosom of the lily; feels it in
the rushing Of the great currents Of
air, that belt the earth. A creator
looks down upon him in the fash
ing Of the sunlight, talks to him in
the rolling of the thunder and CLEAN
OF the lightning. He see his own
immortality in the perpetual dance
of the stars realizes it from "the I'M
possibility Of the destruction of mat
ter" for to him, mind is a reality,
not a symbol, a thing just rs impos-
sible for him to destroy, as his body,
which can only turn to ashes. He
loves nature, cherishss her various
forms; everes her teachings.
She is a great book, the seals of
which are unlocked, with many of
her leaves open, and laws known to
him. He is wise because he hum
bles himself in her presence, while
bowling to her teachings. He is pa
tent, loving and tender because he
obeys, her precepts. He is happy,
because Of the lessons Of life that
she gives him and because Of the
bounty he receives through her.
She to him is a Earthly MOTHER
even as her founder is a Heavenly
onc.n
The field Of invention; the shop
Of the chemist; the labratory Of the
doctor; the tower Of the astronomer,
prove the good practical science has
done. The minds of a Whitney, a
Fulton,a Howe, a Morse, an Edison,
show the individual benefit derived
from it. A Jenner and a Harvey
live to laugh down the scorn, that
would have driven them to their
grave. and thousands now bless the
work they have accomplished. In
vestigation is the order OF the day.
Men are drifting into independent
channels Of thought, seeking to un-
ravel all mysteries that admit of
ven a theoretical explanation. The
opinion OF ancient wiseacres, that
the whole Geld of mathematics and
languages had to be comprised be
fore semitic research should begin,
has been exploded, and the simpler
forms of science are taught now
even in childhood, in connection
with language and reading. This
is as it should be, nay, as it will be
during all the time to come.
Invaluable work will be done in
this direction during youth. Chill
dren will be taught to love expert
mental work, which will naturally
DRIFT them into proper channels in
after days, and coming generations
will be wiser, happier and better
men, women and citizens III porpor-
ton to the amount of work thus
done. Parents, train your children
to Q the beauties around them,
make them cognizaut with the his