Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-08-30

Libbie Ball win teach live months 1t
Uzxle.
Lula Allison, no school.
CIV. Edwards will teach eight months
at Central.
4. A. Barneby, no school.
Nellie Hover win tsach nine months q
Thompson Station.
J. W. Stevens win teach ave months at
Dye school house.
Geo. r. Noors Win teach seven months
q Leng Branch. Nearee county.
I'm. Barnes WIN teach sssea months ~
III. Js.ss VIM teach ave months at
WaahlnGton-
MAssie Dye Will teach ,ax months At
Asberry. 4 Md litw
Emma Moore win teach six months at
Bear ough.
EdwinS. PAttsrson. 40 s,hoci.
h Nv. Edwards wan tsach six mouths at
Plsassat Green. ss.a al /
Following ID q haisf synopsls Of
the lecture delivered by Prof. J.
M. Greenwood ut Kabrich's last
night:
Among all nations of the world
the child has been the eliect and the
subject of all education, and the
question may well DO asked, "What
will the child he 2" When we
stand by a river and observe its
flow, we can be pretty sure of the
destiny of the drops of water.
When we observe the shooting of
comet in the heavens, our astron-
omers have been able to accurately
determine its path and describe its
curves. And although each child
has all the possibilities 81 will, free
moral agency connected with it,
and although we cannoti tell exact
ly the fate Of child, we may un-
der given conditions determine
pretty well its destiny. II / see
boy out on the streets using profane
language, / say that boy is not pro-
crossing, unless he be progressing
down hill like a cows tail. II don't
take an astronomer 10 calculate the
destiny of that boy; he is going to
the prison, the gallows, to the bad.
If on the other hand we see boy
that goes to school, learns his les
son, he is a good boy at home, no
is not around smoking and chew
ing, we may have a pretty good
idea what that child will be. The
great American question Of to-day
is: "What will my boy be ?" II
is not tariff question, high tariff
or low tariff, protective tariff or
non protective tariff but question
of what are our boys are going to
be? No wonder the song is sung,
"Where is my wandering boy
tonight ?" The great questionss TO
every mother are; "What shall my
child be2 How shall wa treat the
untruthful or stubborn child2 %
Some say break its will. You had
better break its back than break its
will. The right way is 10 train the
will, pluck out the bad habits and
plant good ones in their places.
The theory of substitution is the
key of all home education, put a
good habit in place of q bad one.
The great foundation il to gently
and kindly teach the children to
obey. At a reception of French
officers in General Wa,hington's
home, distinguished Frenchman
asked old Mrs. Washington "How
did you raise such a noble man ?"
l taught George to obey, said that
estimable lady, and that was the
secret of it all. A prominent edu-
Gator has said good test of action
is: "Would mother say this is
right2" Don't break the will but
train it. A man must have firm
will to have stability of character.
The man who has no will, who can
not rule his passion, but let's his
passion rule him, goes down and
down, how fast, how certain! A
celebrated French artist painted
beautiful child, light hair and
beautiful features and perfect form.
1t was model of beauty. Forty
years after he wanted to paint
demon he went to a prison and found
a subject whose form was wasted,
whose hair was disheveled, whose
face was blood-shot, whose eye
cleaned with hatred and scorn. It
was the same he had painted in
his youth. Circumstances, and the
condition of a broken viii had
made the change. Poor pitied
man or woman who cannot govern
passion but let passion govern
them, and bring them down be-
meath the brute. The boys and
girls may be learned in ell things
else but teach them stability Of
character. Give me perfect man.
hood and womanhood and I'll take
a lower rate of scholarships. Stone
wall Jackson, as a Christian gen.
tleman, had fitness OF charac-
ter, which is characteristic Of the
old school Presbyterian. Wher-
ever we see men that are stable
and firm we admire them. They
have been taught the very same
lesson that Mrs. Washington
taught George when boy. We
need more men and women that
can think for Themselves. Teach
the boys and girls to think; TO be
srlf-reliant, truthful, honest and
Isvmuathetic. teach them Ia appre-
ciate right and justice. and the
world will become more religious,
more moral and more enlightened.
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