The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-14
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THE MAKING or MEN AND WOMEN.

The opening OF the public schools brings
up again the question OF school training,
and fathers aud mothers are renewing their
anxieties for the education and advance.
ment OF their children. without educa-
ton n man is rs one blind, cropping his
way aud fighting for place in life. TO
know how TO read is 10 be able TO increase
~ will the circle OF ones friends, To
know what 10 read is TO possess powers
OF discrimination that accompany one
into all the affairs and difficulties
OF life. There ia as wide gap
between the scli-conceit of the man
who can merely read, and the thoughtful.
ness and thoroughnes5 OF the man who
knows what TO read. as there Is between
twilight and the sunshine Of the brightest
MONDAY It takes % great deal OF training
TO build mp this discrimination, great
deal OF vcxation and disappointment,
great deal Of cutting into the very flesh be-.
fore the Ignorance Of self conceit Is ban
ished. Professional men understand ibis
Lest-thc physician whom experience has
beaten out OF his imaginary strength in
merely fundamental knowledge; the law.
yer who finds the Interpretation Of
fundamental principles changing al.
most every day; the theoogian who lis.
covers how wide Is the gap that separates
him from a Kenyon or Il Stanley, and the
engineer who wakes mp TO find that the best
men Of his class have to do with geology,
minem'ogy, chemistry, mechanics, with the
higher mathematics, and arc ~ far above
the mere surveyor whose mischief ho
amends NJ Pixies Pcako is above the plain
over which ii dominates. In everything
there Is moro thoroughness aud the enthu.
s.asm that leads Ia correct knowledge and
higher attainmcnts. In the schools Of tho
country the first beginnings Of education
are made aud the foundations laid lfthcy
arc not strong, II they are not en-.
during the child IL apt to become
mere reader without stimulus, without
energy aud without desire. Every parent
should sec 10 this. Every mother and
father should make IL. as II Is, n solemn
duty once a month TO examine their chill.
dcn and lind on, II they aru being made
moro smaitoreB or are receiving sound
training and solid schooling. 10 10 well
grounded IN arithmetic is % De- well
grounded ia the uncrring law Of quantity
whore truth is always found This should
b. the foundation, aud with u should -
grammar, spelling, the construction OF Ian
.uagc, composition and an unaffected
raining In the uscoi "a c voice in ordinary,
ot dramatic, reading, which should bc
ascryrl ior those who are To become law
cn', pulpit speakers or players. To
produce the bc'i results in our public
schools especially, teachers should DO So.
ectcd with conscientious care and no
nan OF woman should be employed Tor an
iour who is not able TO stand the ssycrcst
csis. To make mon and women Is the
INST important oi all the work that falls
20 human hands, snd tho.r IN whom IL /,
should possess moi only tho
highest educational gifts, bu, also the con.
.crrci gift u nature Of imparting ra.lly |
Hnl clearly 20 the pupils and making Tor |
them not task but daily pleasure the
upbuilding Of mental character and tho
suhicc,ion OF = -oul. Arc all our teachers
ol this calihor aud equal 10 this dutyg