The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-30
Greek are taught to boys at school, not
hecause they are to talk Latin nr wr;to


Greek are taught TO bows Mt school. M.
because thew are to tank LATIN nv vito
Creek letters TO their friends nor vst
because they are intended for ono ~
the learned professors. but to discinl;ne
their minds. to exercise their inte}lects
in hardy and robust exercises. TO give
them retentiyeness of M and
promptness of recollection. accuracy If
thought. diligence. nerseverance the
Lore Of work. or at any rate the hnbit
of work. for the sake of connnerinp tho
difficulties of the work. for without this
there can be no success. A svsten ~
teaching, such rs is 80 prevalent in
America, which processes to rid learn
ing of all difficulties. does rid il of half
it's charms; labor ttpse colupsas. Is life
all play? all pamep Then why should
education be If we would, have hard
working men. we must have hard
working bows. The labor of learning
Latin and Greek. so far from heinz mn
objection to il. is one of its main rec.
cancellations. The classical lanunaoes
ought to be studied over. not becaSse
they are entertaining merely. or amns-
ing merely. but because thev nrsent
difficulties which must be overcome and
which there is n wav of overco,n;nr
The Latin grammar Is to be learnt bv
heart. NOT because il is "a amns;nr %
the ..Arabian NIGHTS" Init bccanse in
icarnino # tho hoy 10 connel}ed ~ VOL,
at sometbino which he would not work
at for mere nleas,,re in fact heconse II
ia lahor;ous and because NV aycrcisinr
# s]trengtbnns tho MIND
This s the STYLE of cduc,tion which
has been preva]ent in scotland for -
many generations. and where will Won
| find q better syste,n th,n that rs Tho
narisb schools of that conntrv Won
know a tree bv lis fruit. and travel the
world over vo, viii ind that tho ,raat
majority Of Srotchmnn arn vol e3nca.
ted men. in the true sense Of the word
They make the hest c]olonists of anv
nation and it 10 an u~n5onhted fact tbat
their business non are uncnIaled
for shrewdness. Yet Won will often
meet them man wbois unriyaled for driv-
mo n BARGAIN and. in outward annear-
amer. as ]nncoptb .s one of h;s Native
cattle. educated to the fins of his fin
GERS. as the SAVING il and ahlc 10 nnote
Tjrgil. Horace. or any Of the latin
poefs as oib]y NJ hc can o,,ote the null
Indication tablc. In india thew nra
n]i,rsuino tho same srsfem .s in tle;r
native land and in thu S,boolc surnort-
ed nv tbe Established Church Of Scot
land and the Free Church Won yy;ll find
better educated natives than Won will
find in the majority of schools in Amer
lea. And In reply to those who would
saw that This system of education GIN
terferes With business can only saw
that q S~cotchuan has MOT his onual in
business shrewdness when be meets an
educated Hindon or Parsce.
Ono other svstem that seen,s N bo
hecominp nonular in America and
which Is eonied from the polvtecbn;oue
Schools of Fr,nco md tho R~nalschn1sn
in Eermeny i tbe tn,ch;n Nv n,aans
of s.tb;nrs !, ~. phat l. lreo 80 ~
..oh;ect 7esson - Pao,,a who ha,;ano
in tbis svstem sronn that II i hettar W
teach , how ,be Sn;nts of , borsa for
instance INN 10 m.lo him ioarn tha
words lilo II IL NV h,n,hla on;n;nr
Il "a NOT a Good d,sci,,lina for a hov,s
mimi tn teach him the no;nts of = horse
Int & is a rood d~isc;n1ine for his Mind
ia learn thee dnclcns;pn of en,5,e II is
, far NOR. usafrl nxerrisa fnr q Nov
TO read and work ont the meanin@ If .
J,atin sentence aud tn form, snothe,
sentence from rules d,dpeea from that
;m;tat;no and tberefore nncos.arnF
closely olservine Inc ncc,,liar;tias -
construction md ,hrs hnildina M :.
nar;od If gooa sense and rna5 49,, >,
Inor--tbis E !, ar moro nsofnl aysrcis,
thar tallinT tbn colon of AL oni,naI =,
tho be;gl,t If fiat y nan,a ~ ~
Mineral or that nlant-mare usefn
than IN he distribntinr tbo weeds NJ III,
hacL y,rdinto cndoge,. md .xnaans -
TO be- discussino tertIarv sfra,, and nrin,
: S, =.