The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-03-13
EDUCATIONAL HINTS.
BY A TEACHER.


AS an educator Of youth l wish to
say word to those who will heed. |
Educ;sti" promotes intelligence, re-
finement. and good citizenship, AS we'll
rs good morals 1t gives development
to broad, intellectual ideas, and op-
poses the vices which destroy 50 many
Of the human race.
without education what would man.
kind be? What would human society
be without poets, orators, historians.
statesmen, discoveries and inventors?
Civilization, government. law, all are
the product of Education. Ignorance
means anarchy, vice, rudeness, crime
and degradation.
What am about to say is suggested
by my own experience, and not from
published statistics. Important az edu-
cation is it is progressing slowly. And
why? Because, in many cases, the
young are not kept in school.
What are the excuses2 Some are al
lowed to attend school for only few
weeks or months and then when the
weather is cold and the interruptions
in attendance frequent from extreme
cold, deep SHOWS. Then, the father
says: "Boys, you may go to school for
II while, if you WISH" but then often
finds farm work for them to keep them
employed. Then James. Tor whatever
his name y will take u stroll to school
to see what is going on. In those few
days Jamsie is up to his eyes in fun,
regardless Of where he is. lie may re-
ceive deserved and necessary punish
ment, or he may have an ear frozen,
and he then informs bis father that he
will not 90 to school any more. The
boy is too young to appreciate the i'm
portance of education, and in mistak-
EN- f"ndness the father allows the boy
to have his own way.
In some cases the father says: my
boy can find his way through the
world without much education, as I
have done. See what wealth l have
acquired. Why am far ahead Of Mr..
A., and he has what they call good
education. while am without it. I
have plenty of money and u good and
good locking wife," Perhaps lie says q,
much to James hims, If.
81, when the spring sunshine warns
the earth James thinks the Spring
weather to nice to go to school where
he must sit 80 still, and he concludes,
II will stay at home and have some
fun; Pa won't care; he says farmer
don't need much learning: that is of
no use to him or any one else, except
he be President, or some other great
man; and I am sure shall never be
President.
Meantime, how is it with Susanna
and her Ma? At the age Of fifteen or
sixteen She thinks it about time to
leave off school and indulge in ambi-
tions and privileges of young woman
hood. II will stay at home where there
are no hard lessons to learn. l can
always be we'll dressed and adorned to
receive company"
This, friendly reader. is too real TO be
called fanciful:. In too many cases it
occurs actually in western homes.
Susanna got these notions from her
mother. She allowed the daughter to
grow up with these notions domino.
ting in her mind. Compliments OF
personal beauty make Tie girl vain,
and the Importance of accomplish
ments for the mini are lost sight of.
Incompetent and poorly paid teach.
ing is drawback to education. Many
who pass examinations have no heart
in their wo:k. They are discouraged
by backward pupils and poor pay. They
teach langnidly and act as if they had
come to btli:ve good teaching didn't
pay. The backward school needs the
presence Of \ teacher able to arouse
new energy and love for learning in
the minds of his pupils.
Bnt for fear Of taking up too much
space and too much time of the reader
I shall defer to another instalment
some further thoughts on this subject.
Brewster, Mimi. TEACHER.