The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-27
OUR SCHOOLS.
youthful, Training.

the Monroe Eaquirer-R Register
says: ssThe welfare ofonrcoun-
try depends largely on the in
tellectual and moral training of
our youth. II the general GUS
tom what it should be? Do we
not find the children absent
from home frequently when
neither fathernor mother knows
where they are? Do we not
see parents frequently send the
children away and have no re-
gard for their company, but
seem only to rejoice becaus they
are away from home and ali is
quiet? This is a sad state Of af-
fairs. The children can but
trample your toes, now, Dutyo
neglect to train them as you
should and soon, yea, too soon,
they will trample upon your
hearts, and bring your gray
hairs in sorrow to the grave.
Well has it been said "the teach
er rules the world, he rules the
children and the children rule
their parents"
Since the teacher occupies
such a conspicuous part in the
Shaping of the minds and char
acters of the children, and that
on which future generations de-
pend, ought we not, therefore,
be careful in the choice of teach
ers? If we educate a child un-
der a fool have we not two fools
instead of one?
Truly the teacher is the nu-
cleus about which we cling,
and upon which we rely. If we
breathe pure and wholesome
air our teachers must breathe
pure and wholesome air, for we
live as our teacher lived, and it
is handed down from genera
tion to generation. We get the
very walk Of our teacher. If
he be immoral then our chill
dren are poisoned and the
bright intellects which might
have been so useful, have be-
come a dispoiler and their use
fulness is turned into a curse.
Again, children are permitted
to read trashy literature and
are led from all that is useful
and good and are nothing better,
but rather worse.
o, that our children might
listen to the warnings Of age
and De wisel If | could would
speak to all of the young peo-
| pie Of America at once My
voice should be heard from
Maine to the Rocky mountains,
and from ocean to ocean. /
would place the great cause of
their country before them, and
call up every noble feeling in
their bosom. / would put the
question to their hearts, can you
content yourselves to follow at
a distance the expressions of
slavish ignorance and sink into
its polluting mire of debase-
ment, superstition, and crime?
Can we expect anything noble
when parents neglect their chill
dren and fail TO give them that
goodly heritage which will befit
them for the emergencies of
life and make them public bene-
factors, worthy of any trust
that may bestowed upon them.
o, my dear lads, you are just
entering the stage of manhood,
| full of life and heart cheering
hope; perhaps you see your pa
rents poor and decrepit, draw
ing near TO their graves, their
resting place; perhaps they
have lived an honest life, and
abhorred everything that had
the shadow Of evil in it. What
shall you do TO reverence Their
ashes whose heads have whit.
lened by the frost Of many win.
tiers? Arouse the children tC
noble sentiments and to co.labol
with their parents, for any peo.
lple to be pious persons be unit.
led, wise, and good. This de
Ipends on the schools; the most
certain means Of rendering q
people free and happy is to es'
tablish a perfect method oi
Education, II is impossible for 0
nation TO be truly prosperous
without good schools
Young men, are you poor and
without the means OF launching
Ion the pillows Of life in d glide,
barkg Are your parents pooi
land unable to give you an edu,
lcation or an outfit? BE not dis.
couraged on account Of these
things. Remember that nearly
all Of our distinguished men wer,
linen Of moderate means, who
took earnestly hold of life ant
Improved every opportunity
while others with equal capa
lefty and intellect were wasting
their time and acquiring baC
haoits and became worthless
citizens.
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