The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-19
GAIL SC1U1z.
HE HANDLES EDUCATION AS A Ma
TIONAL PROBLEM AT MIL
LETI'S LAST NIGHT.
How to Acquire, How to Use,
and How TO Enjoy
knowledge.

Hon. Carl Schurz. tie eminent
lcctuTed TO fair audience
At the opera house lasa Lighr. He
vas introduce! by Atf, i L. WCold-
Iidge. ato, with JUDI Terrell and
MIR. E,,.t iiPs. nccu, ia! si.c ros-
T;um va. tn, disIii gu shed speaker.
He WI, 81 Ccd " iGh est',u.l I>tic ap-
piause, and spoke el0qnen;,g aEd eff
tective;y Ter something over hu huur.
His subject Was
a NATIONAL PROBLEM,
which he SnL ouEced 10 he education,
and seldom has it bSen the lot Of an
Austin audience to hear more en-
PERTAINING or Instructive address. His
elocution. though at times revealing
the sligutesf trace Of foreign accent,
was agreeable to the ear, ana in every
WAY betokened the manner and cul-
ture OF the practiced orator. There
was nothing startling or highly
wrought in the mode of delivery.
In this respect Mr.. SchurZ' forms
complete contrast to d very celebrated
lecturer that was lately in our midst
Rev. De Witt Talmage. TheIclosest
attention was given HIM throughout,
Tor each auditor knew that every sea-
tence that fell from the lips OF Schurz
was fraught with the significance Of
truth and good sense.
The speaker said he would not APP
peal to the passions but the under
In a free country a self
people mus. j. Wtls l.
formed, and a high order oil n2iuu ia i
nation is a preventive of crime. Edu-
cation is important, not only for the
facts impaired. but in its capacity for
teaching how to learn, how to use and
how to enjoy knowledge-the three
heads of his discourse.
OUR ANCESTORS
had only the three RS in their educa-
ton; not however, Rum, Ronanlsm
and Rebellion. Laughter !, We need
more than they, and their methods
are useless to us. Though we have to
learn more, the timein which TO learn
was not longer. Specific knowledge
is not the important point in chill
dren's education, but they must be
made to desire knowledge, SO that
they can keep on learning after they
leave the teacher and make them
selves really sclf-cducated."
The speaker deprecated the method
Of teaching simply by text books, or
the ground that it exercises the mem
orV at the expense of the understand
ing. Goethe illustrates this in
charming story, Our boys and girls
are required to know something use
fuI, and if they understand the idea
they will give il in their own words.
The cad of education is to make the
mind accurate, observing and recep
tive. Nor is this method of teaching
difficult. A thorough normal course
should be necessary, however. The
defect is that d large number of Per
sons teach only temporarily. The pro-
fession of teaching should be e.
cOuraged.
This applies to female education,
and in country where people govern
the education of the fe
male sex is even more important than
that of men. Allusi0n was made to
female suffrage. Education should
be SO arranged that women may be
enabled to make their way, and that
il necessary they may fill important
positions. But there should be neces-
sity for them to make their own way
in the world, and they should get mar
ried. Education should be directed so
as to make the boy ultimately good
husband and father, and the girl Il
good wife and mother. Wo-
mans sphere Of usefulness
is properly around the family
circle. The speaker said he preferred
the unsophisticated girls of sixteen or
eighteen TO some modern young ladies
Of the same age. Applause.] Young
married couples aud families should
not live in clearinghouse and hotels.
The family life can not be fully deYei-
oped under such circumstances. 4
great many young people resort to
0oarding-houses because the wife is
not "a good housekeeper. But Il happy
house can exist without Brussels car
pets and similar luxufies. In the hap
py household the nation is strength
ened. Applause.l
The speaker deprecated the idea that
a girl could be most attractive in tins
clothes and feathers, and this dress is
only for the approval of worth, ass
young men of whom Mr.. SchurZ spoke
sarca5ticalIy. The idea that young
men can not clothe their wives prop
erly deters many from marrying. Ia
a nation where marriages decrease in
proportion to the population and
births decrease also, there are signs Of
decay. Cornelia, the Roman matron,
was worthy model for women
her jewels were her children. IAp-
plause!
The education of women is impor-
tant in this view, that they are not
destined simply TO be exhibited. Wo-
man is, always has been and will be
the centre OF luxury, which furnishes
most around her, and is no less the
centre Of virtues which grow r,okest
around her. Applause. 4 y oman
can be the good or evil genius Of a2ci-
ETY.. The Romans compiimcstel a
woman highest by saying that she was
at home spinning. The speaker then
spoke of the domestic duties Of women,
as distinct from drudgery. 4 r-acti-
cal knowledge of household economy
is essential; food. air, exercise, etc.
should be studied in their bearings
upon children. The great uinrtali-
ty among children in cities
is due to an igno.
rance or this. Dyspepsia is our ma
tional bane. Hot soda biscuits and
pies served three times day ). ruin
any oFe's digestion. A trriI,:ug in
domestic duties would tea3h 81 men
how to prepare healthful ford. A
great many women in tho higher
classes Of America think it 0 grading
TO do anything but shop. The lunch
of keys which Bismarck'S wife wears
are of more value than their weight
in diamonds. Applause ~; edu.-
cate Mothers in the words OF Nine
PompoD, was the end OF education,
The mother has the confrnl Of chill
dren at the most susceptible age. The
speaker then dwelt at length upon
the influence of mothers, and has re-
marks were applauded.
1t is not necessary TO make woman
an imitation man or man by b-eVet,
so that they may hold office, but in
her true line of influence she is not
only equal TO man but Infinitely su-
perior. Education must teach us
HOW TO ENJOY,
was the speakers third point. HUI
man nature needs at times some
amusement. It is not practicable to
repress recreation, and this is the mis-
take made by temperance reform adj
vocates. People drink for pleasure.
and If this pleasure is removed, some
thing must be substituted. In some
European countries drinking IS more
common than in America, but in
ebriety s less general Whole fami-
lilies drink together, but drunkenness
is regarde as beastly. The truest
o0i0yrnpnf ic found in xha I,oo,,s;e,.1