Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-04
Character Building the Object and
Aim II School Work.


Ladies and Gentlomen:-
Of all the subjects that have ever
engaged the attention of humanity,
and OF all the subjects upon which man
has ever written or spoken, the one
assigned us for consideration this
evening shines out with greater prom
inence. with greater brilliancy than
81 others. You may go to the great
ct and grandest jewclry establishment
10 al this broad land OF ours and So
lsct therefrom the brightest and most
brilliant jewels, but the truth emu
bodied in our subject will outshine
them all. It is a subject that would
nave printed upon the first page OF
every educational Journal. it is a sub
ject that lwould have studied with moro
than ordinary interest by every indi-
vidual who is interested in the one
grand aad important cause of educa-
ton, anil especially ii it a subject that
! would have indelibly sta anped upon
tho mind and heart Of every one who
aspires to engage in that greatest,
grandest. and noblest of all profession.
teaching. BY the character of an
individual is meant his peculiar quail
fties, reputation. or in other words
what he really is in life. Tho char
acter referred to in our subject is those
principles which make an individual
truthful, honest, active, useful and
noble, and that this should be the aim
and end of all school work, no right
thinking individual will dare deny
In all the English language there is
not single word that ontains more
beauties. grandours, and broader
and deeper meaning than the word
character. All the great, grand. and
brilliant orators that have moved nat
tions by tho power and influence Of
earnest thought and well directed
speech have fail d TO penetrate tue in
most depths and bring out all the
beauties and grandeurs that cluster
around the word character. or all
the grand traits possessed by an indi-
vidual, none are TO b. enved more
than that of good character Such
a principle will aid an individual in
winning the respect and confidence OF
all good people and enable him to
stand in the front ranks of usefulness
and good society. Then we would
emphasize the statement that cbarac-
ter building Is the aim and end oi all
school work The design of all true
education is and ever has been a prop
er development of all the faculties that
make an individual useful and honor
able, and that instruction, that train
ing, that fails to do this fails to accom-
plish the greatest, the grandest and
the truest aim of all school work
Every lover OF education and every
lover of freedom should hail with de-
light the day when every school in all
this broad land OF ours shall have for
its object the development OF all those
principles which go to make up a COM
plete and perfect character.
Character building should be the
aim and end OF all school work, be-
cause character is the foundation upon
which every individuals success is
based. In all the civilized nations Of
t world character is honored and
reverenced by all people. The young
man with good character is always
in demand. The farmer wants him,
the merchant wants him, the manu-
featuring establishment wants him,
school directors want him, society
wants him, and all professions need
and want him. But how different with
the young man with bad character.
To such an individual no honorable
positions a G open. He is Stunned by
all good people. How important then
that every teacher should erect a
standard OF noble character in his
school and cndeavor to elevate his pu-
pills to that standard. Again charac-
Ter builu NJ should be the aim and
end OF all school work because all true
society is founded upon character.
Your character is made the test by
which your fitness to enter society is
ascertaincd. Go to any strange com
munity and your character is investi-
gated before YOU are permitted tho
privilege Of moving in the highest
,ircles Of society in that community.
10 to any community blessed with
good schools, good churches, and good
society, and cultivate the acquaintance
of the people comprising that COM
lnunity and you will find that they are
ACCUSTOMED people, people of good
character.
Again character building should be
the aim and end OF all school work