Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-03

left out of the account, IL ie eVioent ina'
much has been gained, even did we not see
It In the i'm approved manners and appearance
~ The formerly unedncsted part OF the con-
mnnitv. That THE benefit to individuals IS
q benz lit to tho com munity in general VIII
he seen il va remember that the
community is an aggregation OF IN
dividua!s AID that what affects lhe
atom must, nee; ssariy, affect the mass,
also. For example, if boy who "ithouC
education would have been rude and III
hammered, Incomes by it polite and pleasant
his neiphbors ara even more the gamers tnsn
he: if the puuctualty he has learned bears
its legitimate fruit in the doing of his WorR
promptly, it will not only accommodate MS
customers, or employers, but it WILL Dripg
him more work, If he works for himself, or
hioher wages and more certain employment
if he works for Others, and be Will thus suu
10 the zeal of the community; should hS
become wealthy, bis refinement OF taste'
acquired at school, will cause him to make
such houses "a be shall build, more 0sauli-
full. and thus aid TO the beauty OF his ne!Sh-
bornood, and. consequently, to the value OF
it's property. If you go to village Where
the people have built elegant house,, you
will find that the lois sell higher than they
would were they log cabins. or plain, oid
fashioned house,; in city, property IN the
fashionable quarter is higher, 0ecause Inc
residences ar more elegant there, ana you
vii! sometimes fad things 30 liked that only
houses Of q certain kind can be Dnllt.
Here In AexaEdria lots In a certain
neigh rhood rose more than 5O per cent.
because some elegant houses had been ouii.
there. end on Columbus street. near Christ
~, Fam ~ a
changed anG with il the value Of the land.
| Tsis Increases The revenue from .8xes and
20 helps tho whole community. Lock 81
the coiored peDpie When they came here
thew huiit hu,s wherever they could gel
grcuud and paid ground rents those BUS
are disappearing nnd neat houses are taking
III air D aces f iucatiou has refined their
children aud they want-and are able-to
build according to their taste. The reeul.
ia higher taxauie values and, consequently,
Less ia Z eat . every body ifthe expendituredce:
not become greater. so far, education has
clearly bcnf fitted the community. There
ia. however. ons light In which the question
must be viewed which we have not consid
cred. Has education made the people better
or more industrious? That question we cen
not answer. yet it is a most important Que
Tnat edurst;on renders work of any sor
easier s clear, tu5 does it not also give 9
distsse for what is called hard work. We
fear it does. We fad many white boys too
full of their imaginary superiority of know
edge to engage in some OF the most usefu
and necess ary svocations, and especially
among The colcred people do We find an idef
that labor is rot for educated people. 1t il
g well.known fact that housekeepers need
ing servants ali declare that educated color
ed girls end boys are above their work. END
tha. if hey want work well done. they must
| fall back upon the uneducated negroes
trained in slavery. That ought not to bt
30. Educaion should make quicker, mort
punctuaJ, moro polite and more obedien
servants, ia we'll as people of other calipgs
and If II does not, it fails, at least partially
| Has education improved morality? The pc.
lice records do not show it. Here is another
failure. Lat US ponder these things and see
| whether education cannot be made to do all
| it claims to do.