The morning call., 1891-03-02
LEXINGTON.
A Place of Recreation for Young
Folks-The Teachers.

Editor Morning Cell: Tie Iryineton w.
G. T. u. an organization in when Dun-s
Der of our earnest citizens are interested,
has in view project which ought 70 aid
materially in solving The problem, prxziBg
| alike in the country as among city circles.
what can we do Tor our heys?r This Il
nothing more nor less than the erection Of
building for the establis hulent Of 6 lecture
hall. and reading and recreation room Tor
our young people A desirable ard Wei To-
Gated lot has been offered the society by L.
E. osgood. ana tue ladies will procesa 5000
to raise the amount neees7eIj 80 put ii2
I sJtUcttsEs 1tz z-s,lTl4 ~ wOgthy Of tt'e.pea-
! ton lie s.ufk ard the society. L is be-
Heyed $500 win meet the expense u the
| project. IN amount which should BE- promptly
i- lcoming.
/ Au enterprise Of this sort should exist 10
| each small town In the land. In nearly
| every village in the land Is - be iOBnd Oh =
! quiet street small building, Hsualiy paintea
| white, standing in modest retirement, its
front doors tightly elased. Us SIX aiehed
| windows, three on either side, demurcly
| curtained, that no weekday gaS nay pro
1 fame its empty interior; rs sau spirr
/ solemnly pointing heayenWdrd, rs If IN
| mnte protest against she well knoW1 ten
deney of humanity 60 incline rs footsteps
/ the other way. oIbeTe IS usually moss on
| its roof, and grass growing IN the walk that
| leads TO the entrance.
| This is the Village church.. aud NC .peYer
| pass such an iastituauu without Sigh ot
! regret for what it might be and IS not. Ia
/ the city, where guilds, Gibbs fratemitie5
| the y M. C. a. and Ike. institutions
| flourish, nc particular harm IS done IT. toe
| churches do remain Institutions devoted 80
ole DAY cat Of the seven. IT j. diheTgnt
| Though IN the country community. fhr
| clnref here Is. or ought to be- the eentet OF
| the social life of a-place " 10 Is n0t tAeu
| there Is apt to DO a paucltY gi social re-
| sources, and the morai Ione as well Oh tue
community suffers.
| The country church ought t6 re open
| every day of the week. instead Of ON Sunr.
| days only. The timber and i89JreNpsr -.
Ia rearing tue tai siae4' e2 ~ ,'.,
30 rlaH. Az4lGeo tae auditorium. Mherr tle
young people Of the congrssatig,fand Iown
| might be free to come for reaGing. for social
! converse, for recrgatou---ig fact, tAat ROOM
/ should be the headquarters * every GOOD
| and heaitliul move 10 town. lt Is needless
to say there should be q resident pastor IA
| the church. Tire ulan vino comes ,F Tie
| town Oh Sunday TO preach hs sermon snd
/ 90 away the next day could dc mort good hn
4 the town where he spends MS wees GAY s.
1 The pastor e The country chdTch should %
| the leaGsf 81 the young people; IA Ae IS %
/ win TIE people Ae must i've among thch,
else his labor is twG-tEirds "a vain. IN
4 word, the popular idea; so fass taking haid
of CITY peODie, of q sO-caile0 ''cuUfen % IT'S
| people," is far mere necessary as a con-
! seryator of Christian morals and education
in country towns thaD in the cl.y'eYen.
! Then the W. c. q. u, the 7 H. @. A., the
| whole list of excellent auxiliary Institutions,
in fact, that arc now doing me work tile
| church ought to be doing, might concentrate
| their forces ana do Ue.s good VITA mueh
| less expenditure OF slime and energy.
4 question thai has caused ao,liste discus
sion among our people lately IS the pro
| posed law penSioning schOOl-ieaehers. The
country taxpayer is proVerOlaily slow ~
catch an idea, you know, ana II is somewhat
hard for him TO understand why one class
more than another shoald receive such favor
at the hands of the people. Ehe state pro-
vIdes schools at which would-be, teacher
may receive the training necessary 20 their
profession Tree of charge. IL pays lhe t5aeii-
ers fair salaries, and IS &C considerable. tN-
pense, from year to year, 20 mairEnin the
schools. Why, then, Should the teachers bs
pensioned any more, tor iiIssaacei than iha
hundreds Of ministers, equally teachers
: of tie people, who spend tlieir lives
e laboriOus.g Ia hG,ning others; WHY,
even, do they deserve pensions, Utzs
than the mercantile CLERKS, OF the me
elisnics, who have acquired the brend-win-
ming art at their own eXucnse. and were
hard at it all their lives? TX there ara any
pensions going begging Hay seed thinks he
weuid ike few Certainly there .shoaid
be lair play. Let US adjust this matter by
voting t0 pension ryhqdy, then no enc
viii feel sighted, and We viii be oil paRp-
ers alike. on the State charitable list.
| Sgilgfoa, zen. y. 1891 C. @.