The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-10

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boys who are educated. The
two have an uneven start and
the educated boy is the man who |
takes tho lead. This is SO in
farming as we'll as in the land,
in the ministry, o: in any other
profession or occupation. An
which trains the mind
to think and the whole man to
act better aud nobler is the only
there is. That is what
your boy wants; that is what he
gets. Your boy has more need
of an education than you had
when you were as old as he. The
world into which he must go is
a new world, very different from
the world through which you
have come. He needs other
teachers than yourself. He needs
the guidance and training of
those who have grown up just
ahead of him. He will get it
in the schools. But you say you
are too poor to educate your
children. Give them q start
with some inspiring teacher and
they will educate themselves
with the little help you CAN give
them and the power and deter
mination they shall have to
keep themselves.
But you say that there is a
mortgage ON the farm and you
cannot spare your boys now from
working with you. Then call
them to you and tell them your
financial condition, and promise
them that you will try to give
each of them an education if
they will join with you to work
off the debt. Give them to un-
derstand that after paying Off
the interest and part of the debt
each year the balance of the in
come Of the farm shall go to
giving them an education. Show
them that in. this age they need
an education if they would d.
we'll in life. [ can assure you f
you have treated your boys right
they will respond bravely to
help you and each other to an
educa tiOn.
s- It's better to help your sons te
an education than to try to leave
farms to them. Farms may lose
their value but an education will
increase in value every day OF
their life. Bad crops may in
volve their farms in debt an
the sheriff may take the lands
you left thon. But not SO of al
education. With an education
they can look tue world owe
and see what is best for then
to do; with only farm they ar,
doomed to stick to that aud ma
fail iu everything else.
1t costs about as much to kee]
your sons at home as it does t
send them to college. For $15
to 5000 "a year you can send then
to the best colleges In the State
At home they will want hors
and carriage; at college the
; will not. Yon have to boar
= them, lodge them, clothe the1
, wherever they are-at college G
> at home.
You should send your boys t
:. college to associate with and III
: derstand how to get along wit
other young men. At home the
have their own way to a consi(
= crate extent But in the outsid
. world into which they must 500
90 they will find that it is yer
different. There is no bette
IL preparation for. life than til
associat tions and the rivalries ,
college life, here each youn
> man learns to adapt himself
others to struggle hard to Vi
with competitors in the race an
. to win victories in the face
= superior strength and advantag
And as for the girls, they te
must be educated. For the il
: norant girl will never be MARI
l. L ed to the educated boy un1e
. :, that boy is fool enough to ina
:, - ry and raise a family Of Ounce
II As the mother is so is the HON
4 a She makes it the heaven of cart
~ filled with the sweetness ar
y light Of her educated heart al
- head OF she may make it a me-
~ % resting place aud feeding pla
~ for those whom God gives h
- to train for immortal life. Maj
10 a noble Eother III our count
~ homes has educated herse
81 when there were no schools f
20 her TO go to in her younger da'
but in this day Of schools the
~ is no excuse for leaving a sing
~ girl or boy grow up in tue dar
Il ness of ignorance that will II
~ like a ,hadow on their futr
"a homes.
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