The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-12

Senator Morris introduced I bill in
the lat" Legislature asking for an ap-
preparation of $l3, 100, for the pur-
pose of educating nnp boy, at the \.
II NJ. College, and One girl at the
Columbus Institute He made ujIte
an earnest appca! for the "pOOr b0y'
and the "poOr eirl,n and claimed
that many al aspiring youth would
by this means be able to get higher
education, that otherwise would re-
cpiVe none at al, vat such as
might be obtained from The common
schools. We think the senator was
"hutting' 1T Il pretty good sized
but" II the aspiring youth will
attend the common schools four
mouths annually, and apply himself
during that tine, he can obtain
about as altludinous an education a-
any man in this country needs
Abraham Lincoln never went to
school four months in his life. Ac-
cording to his autobiography, in the
country where he grew up "there
We're some schools, 50 called, but no
qualification was ever required Of Il
teacher beyond 'readin' 'writin' and
'ripherin' to the rule of three.N Of
course when | came Of age ! did not
know much still, somehow, | conld
read, write. and cipher to the rule Of
three, bnt that WAS all ~ And he
never went to school any more after
tlIat time. Yet he received educa-
ti0n SutIitjent to start him on his up
ward career. After he became Pres
iuent Of the United States, no one
ever found faUIt with his lack of ed
uration. The truth is that " mai0ri-
iy Of the great men OF this country,
or rather OF the greatest men of this
country never received any but com
mon school tduUatiun, and ma Or
ity Of them bur very little OF that
The "commou scho0Isn of this State
furnish ample facilities for the gath
ring in Of knowledge, by the quart
" gallv:h If State rupt. Preston
gets another whack at the "nectsSa-
~ pecitication~ and qualifications
pf Il first grade teacher they will be
able to teach any Of the known or un-
known arts or sciences, inCiuding
"EOiNpuI.o No lack therefore, Of
IN opportunity to tax" Il very deep
drink at the Pierian Spring. The
tspiring youth may make regular
| nUg of himself, in this particular, II
his thirst fer knuwIedge is sufficient
| ~ great. He may sWlil it down in
great guiNs or SIP il by little ahd
little. But Knowledge il just Il lit
! de bit choUsN H. to hey HhldlMG place,
and if the aspiring yuNih would re.
ct!yt and rptain It, he must NaVt
brains. unfortunately, for a very
great number OF people, there are lie
| brains on the market, and neither
more can they be furnished by the
very highest of schools and cnlir4rs
| You cannot make n Hlik purse nHt o.
a s0WS ear, Dor cai You make g0ld
iollar out Of n pewter penny. I he AS
piring youth is dependent finally
more upon dame nature tor the prop
cr quantity and quality Of brains
than upon ally and all things else
II she has been lavish III her endOW'
mcnt Of the boy in This re1pect, ht
will push his way to the top, schoO
or no school ,as evidenced by the lives
and characters Of The very gre tatesI
men, the intellectual giants OF thI'
and former ages. Rut on the Other
hand, if the old lady is very nigga. a.
Iy in favOrs inteileCtnal, has u Yer!
short crop Of brains Ia stock, a. she
had when the late Legislature
got their share, then there ~ power
ful little hope for the boy, even though
there were an \. 4 VI. College and /
Nassar Co!Ieg" on every hilltop ii
the State of Mississippi.