The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-21
EDUCATION AND CIVILIZATION,

ThB ELOQUENT Address delivered ny hOh'
EJ0hn a. Campbell Before tho Literary So
ClGtIeS OF the FHIrmont State Normal
ESChOOi.
Following is a brief synopsis OF the
address delivered by Judge Campbell
before the Normal Literary Societies al
Fairmont;
He said that no estimate can be made
OF the teachers work withouta compro'
hension ofthe genius Of our institutions,
and the scope of our citizenship, The
fundamental idea OF all government
prior to the Christian era, was that the
subject belonged to the State. These
must be n permanent ruling class, who
hold the welath, theIprivilege, and pc.
litiCal power OF the government in their
hands, and compel obedience OF all
classes. This is the centre thought oil
all the Governments OF the world, except
tho feeble beginnings OF u few Repub'
lies OF the old world, and tho new Re-
public OF ours.
The Chancellor Of tho German En-,
pire, in u debate in the German Parlia'
ment, not long since, made the remark
able declaration that the chief mission oil
tho German Empire was TO advance tho
religion Of Jesus Christ, whilst religion
is 4 subject upon which our government
is positively forbidden to leGlslate ut all.
No question affecting personal Consci.
enCe, happiness or development can be
u subject Of legislation.
But this new and higher conception
Of tho individual worth Of citizens has
for its origin that tender care and plies.
tionate solicitudo felt for children. The
love OF children, overlapping the boun
dAries OF home rs it was in the patri-
archal uge, becomes now a public senti.
ment. The heart OF Christianity has
awakened q new civilization and q new
religion. "What shall VIC do with tho
childrcn'?" is u question every thought
full citizen aud ConseCrated teacher is
asking. AT last dawns the light OF q
now civilization that gives TO childhood
the stamp Of divinity. An Indian
mother loves her child, but the ideal
Christian woman loves the whole army
Of little children. The broad affection
OF Aer nature enCirCles the whole wave
OF child life. AS n has beautifully
said in our enlightened times, the child
pressed against II mothers cultivated
breast, becomes an emblem OF all the
dear ones that open their eyes upon q
mysterious world, and love, Instead OF
being divided between home and the
great outside, is doubled for the home
by this crCursng into the realm Of hui
manity. -,
Plato advocated a law which should
place all children under the care Of the
State, that home sentiments might be
crushed out, to make room for political
power aud feelings. Our new Civiliza'
ton has changed all this. 1t has given
Il significant and intrinsic worth Ia
children, and dotted the republic with
ideal homes. The classic men and he.
roes Of ancient times have passed away,
and men OF to-day are clothed with
greatness Of affections, us well rs great
ness OF mind. The decline OF the re-
public will commence when the young
life within our borders becomes de-
graded. In tho last days Of the Roman
Republic, her youth lad all turned tc
the pursuit OF pleasure. All night Ions
their low songs sounded in tho streets
and the eloduence OF Cicero, and The
pastorals Of Virgil had fallen In charm
below the dram shop, theatre aud the
dance. The years about 1850, thai
brought m educational awakening
and the introduction OF the public
school system into this country, were sig
nihCant and phenomenal. 1t was the
introduction OF the moral element int
our politics. The awakening Of the ma
tional conscience and the popularizatlor
OF education. Why Is y that so icv
teachers impress themselves upon thu
intellectual life OF the students will
whom they mingle2 II ] were 10 giyI
one reason / would say that this Is onl!
accomplished when there is ian unbrokel
and uninterrupted pursuit In ono loCalit!
and one place. In the quiet halls OF
Normal college such us this, away iron
the great Centers Of intellectual life thI
personality Of the professor may l,ecom
Tor all time u part Of the personality @
the pupil. He referred to the fact tina
for sixty years, In one Of tile most steril
and inhOSpitablc regions Of tho Germa.
province Of AlsaCe, John Frederick Obel
lin, m eminent scholar, gave the FL.
measure Of his lile, lis ripe broad scholar
ship, Cloguence Of speech, Ito administrl
tive ability The personal relation 9th
instructor to his pupil can meyer b
superseded by q mere corps OF Colleg
professors, far removed from person.
association with the student. He sal
the ideal teachers primary work wa
education, drawing out OF men no
money, but all tho better and highg
things Of lie. II was said Of the EN-
nent professor AgaEEis ho had no tim
TO make money. The very moment Il
brought down a principle to tho COR
%prchension Of tho ordinary sCiCntil
mind and gave II the conditions Of utiI
iSation, he left II and assembled 10 III
discovery Of new and other truths. TIL
men whb do the greatest work for th
ruCc are not tho men who receive th
highest reward. A cauUls Of Congress
men IL not q place for the discovery c
scientific truth, and the baCk.woodB Cor
prpssman would command as large
salary "a TINT Of Professor Henry, VIII
for n quarter Of n century stood as I'll
oracle Of scientific thought {
tho Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton, No system Of education that sui
lGCls men aud women to the same exaC'
Ing conventional Curriculen q systet
that permanently eudurCs, The systei
Of education affecting the women Of III
country, that ignores the ideal, III
poetic, tho artistic, tho Psthetlc, TIL
does not keep within jtS hotlgoh VI
, helpiulnCss, Tho Eeli.abnogatlOn, III
scl t.iofgBtiUlnCss Of earth, Is q Byslel
that will be iruilleBs Of enduring r
\ suits. Tho MICrCntiAl quality Of III
u English speaking people that for ~
years has marked their superiority
Tho Latin races Of Europe las been
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