The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-16
BILL ARP on EDUCATION.
Advantages Given children In These
Days.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
; Edward Everett was a great ma
ana a college graduate, and he d,
hned a good education to be #
read the English language well
10 write with dispatch Il neat, leo
Ole hand, and TO be u master of tn
hrsl four rules Of arithmetic 50 n
TO dispose Of with accuracy ever,
question OF figures that comes III
IN practice. II, in addition, Vol
can write pure, grammatical Eng
lish, call 1t an excellent educa
tom
Who can do that? How man,
college graduates can do il? How
many lawyers or doctors or preach.
erS can read the English language
wellf When Bishop Beckwith OF
Dr. Arson reads a chapter in
The Bible, or a beautiful hymn II
carries weight and solemnity, and
The congregation feels its power
and pathos, but with the average
preachers ii is the same old monol.
onons lrawl or sing-song. They
read just like 1t was Il part of the
service that was not of much con-
sequence, but had to be performed.
What theological seminary gives
lessons in reading? What private
or public school pays any special
attention TO it? Select any school.
boy or girl between twelve and
sixteen and ask them to read a few
paragraphs from Webster, or Gold
smith. or Washington Irving, and
you will be disguised at their lack
81 articulation and tone and EN-.
1hasiS and feeling. Then try he
College graduates on Hoods "Sonc
If the Shirt" or Goldsmith's Her.
nil, or Sterne's Uncle Toby. Then
a preacher TO read you a chap
er where God answers job out of
he whllwlnd. 1t is a shame that
o few can read we'll or spell well
r write well, How many Young s
len write ga neat, legible hand
nth dispatch - Look al the LET $
RS that come home from the col. !
'ge girls, they are written in a a
'arse, uawomanly, affected hand, J
I'd you can't tell a difference be. :
'een an m or n or Il or a or i. In II
ct 1t is almost impossible for II
mmon man 10 read them at all. a
1T 1t IS the style. The practical u
lue OF good spelling, good ex. az
PSSlon and good writing is worth 10
IRE 10 a young man seeking bust al
SIS than he is aware of. His first te
ter 10 a business house is either |
redentlal or it is a backset that DC
ehts his prospects at the start al
e practical value of good read M
to a lawyer or a preacher is no
t immense. If they read we'll fol
Y VIII be sure to speak we'll. a
have heard lawyers read an. TIL;
10 the Judge or the iury. ge
they made no impression and un
a everybody. Most everybody fol
deficient in the articulation of MI
Us. The singers in our church spi
RS are so Indifferent 10 this, he
nobody can tell what hymn OF
=, are singing unless the words ant
before them. an'
e have been grading our pub. POI
choolS, and examining teachers oo'
selecting text books according va
e modern system. ! know very pos
that we old fogieS have cot t1 wrl
orm and fall into line, bui still ne
re not reconciled. The whole itu
llnery is too complicated and ms
'hdlng to suit our old fashioned sem
SIX wears for the grammar oh :
ana three more for the high "l II
u, and three or four more for Slef
sc. Twelve years of schooling iale
straight along, unmixed with DUO
or practical work in The cor. nav,
OF life, is enough to make a 9l
vagabond OF ANYBODY. uoeS
the system, but thanks 10 "a u
atural condition, our children gem
go through with il and don't sliSI
Not one parent in a hun oeeii
can afford it., and so the svs. rant
$ continually LruEoH ~ strOv
pe bow or yirI d. ",,u .ne theil
Than four years altogether, onGI
hat is taken in broken doses pun
lattering of language and ham,
$ and various ologies. "h"i'
osophies. Four years is
n for the average boy begins III
years and puts in his lime Mute
ntly. tits a sin to send n CIV have
I'D child TO school. Some or "
RS do it to get rid of them, or has "
K The duty of teaching them maxi
and read. They make The chuSe
their nursery. Four wears mem
,eral and abundant privilege. OF Ia
Tour years more than John sald,
n had, and two ear more sets
Clay. Then there are wone
and Cowper and Shakes -
and Patrick Henry who =
up IN The old field school all
lcation they got.
e cases and hundreds of 9th. +.
cited 10 show that there is
a the boy than in The num-.
years at school. II a sim i
MISUNDERSTANDING boy is not "
j then let him 60 to college -
university and then take in -
Ter Sit; % los E in.t . colleges { TlIrSi
youths. We must have The u
Id IhaV ehnnll hnm-n effentiva