Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-07-11
Education.

Education may be property de
fined rs the means by when the
mind Of man is enlightened, and the
dispositions OF the hear, are corrcc-
ted, formed and drawn out, from
the time Of early infancy to that
period when the youth is qualified
to take part in the active affairs OF
life. The word means to lead or
draw out, and of course includes all
lcgitimat" means that are or can he
brought into rcuuiSition To draw forth
and develop alt the Faculties of the
mind and heart. 1t is essential that
both the head and the heart should
be educated, il there is 10 he dcvrl-
opcl Il character harmonious and
symmetrical in all its parts. Char
trlEcvtual as well rs moral and rcii-
WiouS; il includes conscience, alirc-
tlonS anL will. The supreme inii-
yidual anl national good is ri,ar,c-
ter. Through the want OF proper
education, history teaches rs that
nations have become currJrt, drgcn-
crate, and finally extinct, while mud
titulcs rf individuals have come f"
IN untimrl y end. over the door OF
Il school house in Germany is this in
Scription: "Whcn wealth is lost, ,
nothing is lost. When health is
lost, something is lost When char
acirr is lost, al is lost
Bnt character, rs we have said, in
clu'rS elements that are intellectual
rs well rs moral and religious 1t
experience OF past awcS, ,ha, morality
and religion give WAY before the
idolatry Of the brain Hence the
basis Of stability OF both national
and individual chara'lrr is correct
education or knowledge, which is the
end OF education. How, them can II
character, full of beauty anl SYM
mctrical in all It's parts, be developed,
except by educating both the head
and the heart? Ii there he no vir-
the in knowledge, then all human
contrivancrS for the end Of rIura-
lion are worse than useless; anI our
schools, colleges, academies and uni,
vcrSi,icS should he locked up rs
mighty engines OF mischief, and iaI!
beneath the rapid tread Of modern
civilization.
That "knowIcdyr is power is an
old adagc, and education in its true
sense inculcatrs that knowledge,
which is Il power for good.
Around nearly every tircSidc in
Oconcc sits n hright-cycd little boy
or girl What is To be their future
DO not the doting parents desire TO
foster in them those virtues, which
in their proper development, ar,
sure to build up n noble character:
God has given them stamps OF his
divinity. Every human being is
born with eternal ties powers
resembling those OF his Creator. No
boy or girl is without stamps Of Ill
vinity. These faculties Of divinity
are their stamps that, Used, are the
passports TO amy success; and these
all possess. 1t matters no, whether
one be born in Il house with carved
doors or Il rude log hut, there is NJ"
lcfcasancc OF lhiS inheritance. I,u,
every one, muSt learn how to use.
and must be able 10 control, direct,
unite and utilize his faculties, to send
them out ON his missions ui mind or
matter, of soul or OF sense, before
from them. Until he can and does
this, even the divine faculties will be
Of little profit |" linn. And This is
the true end OF education. The
great aim OF education is to increase
mans facilities for helping himself.
And his education is the most com
plctr whose means oi helping him