Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-30

short anywhere else than In the acade-
my Cheating oneself there u Ike
fastening to the enormous calculations
of the largest counting room with a
counterfeit multiplication table or rule
of three. For, he adds, "As well might
one fresoo barn a. Ia have the college
without th, academy"
For now u Il Ia b. especially remem-
bcrci that We have 10 do only with the
irus academy.
"A there are all sorts of schools, there
are, ~ course. academies and academies.
Hut like going "a the sacred temple for
base traffic, would BE- allowing, la old
Hebron, a thought of anything but the
irss academy. What Il u and it, yoca-
tlonf
Not ncc.ssarlly the place for MASTER
Ing lust so many books. bat commencing
the bc.t mastery of ones self, prlIing a
machine curriculum of so many pagrs
of classic. or problems ~ mathematics
or philosophy, not .o much a. the msiA-
~ II bringing ones concentrated power.
Ia aHy page or problem ~ dHy book, or,
az great tcasher sald, "NOt so much
'sAaf as 'A0W'.
IN word "a bring unframed faculties
Into the working facility for doing just
enough Ia the best way to prepare for
l-r.t working anywhere.
With only this single hint about What
some may regard the whole ~ u, the
Intellectual training. has not one well
.aid "thc purpose Of the true academy
4. not for mind alone bat character.
Not character alone, bat Christian char
acter."
This idea 80 peculiarly forced upon "a,
~ late, by the popular discussions about
allowing no religious Instructions In
public state Institutions. without en-
icring that discussion the only .ugges-
tlon concerning u here, shall nov come
from such highest statesman wisdom, a.
can d. suspected of no dcnomlnatlonal
OF scctarian bias.
30 entirely In the Interest ~ the nation
for which he gave hi. peerless lie, was
that mature conclusion Ia the memorable
farewell addrcs. ~ the father ~ our
country; that morality cannot b. main
lalnei without religion; that whatever
refined education may do Tor certain In.
dlyiduals, reason and experience forbid
expectation ~ national morality In cx.
cln.lon Of religion. principles that ylr-
tue and morality l. necessary spring
OF popular government.
Then, next to him, he Who drew the
Immortal declaration Of Independence,
for pcrp.tuatlng this declaration, az
carefully drew those bills for securing
the necessary appropriations for the
primary schools, and for hls hNorite
University of Virginia.
ia which university, II there was not,
At nrst arranged q distinct religious de-
parimeut. II was not, a. has bc"n sup
posed. because be was opposed "a li, a.
vas NJ. Glnul for hls college In
Ihilaielphla, but because the idea of
republican liberty vas 80 ONertoNeTing,
when Just breaking from corrupt and op-
prcs.iyc hicrarchics, that De preferred
rather Ia have left Ia the spacious
grounds, ample room for that voluntary
department, which. very soon, and ever
since has maintained high order of r.
ligious instruction, aud from which have
come abroad. some ~ the able.t lecture.
upon the evidence. of Christianity ever
publi.hcd.
And remarkable expression Of hi
latest Judgment was when on = visit to
hi. home. standing with him on the
portico. surveying the beautiful prospect
from Monticello, talking ~ the ri.lng,
threatening dangers Daniel Webster said
"Mr. jefferson, what l. the hopc oi thi.
country After very thoughtful
pause, he replied, III thl. country l.
.ayesi II l. to b. by training the young
for Jesus Christ. The Sunday school u
a. b. Que of the grand agencies In TIL.
solution"
To which words ot Jefferson, Webster
most significantly bowed hls assent :
Prom what higher source. of states
manshlp could come the assurance that
the true education for the rcpubllc !. not
for mind alone. hut cAdricisr, not char
actsr alone. but CArisiita cAdrudsrf
when the true academy combine.
thcs. essential elements, with IT. true
habits of study secures the established
habit. of Temperance, Integrity, we'll dl-
rccted purpose aud will, all In true Loyal
~ to government divine, doing just
enough here Ia have Il done wsll, -,
what an index 90 greatest life, Ia bc felt
everywhere. How sure a. b. sending
up be-, relnfOrcements to the college
and towaul all place. OF emlncnce and
highest honor.
There are those II course who can
enter college another way; supericially
going around this main gateway, steal
Ing la at side door, so likely Ia be- a
misfortune to the college aud a curse Ia
them selves. Too often has been seen
Que who should be- among most brilliant
ornament. there, dropping out oi college
class, In literary and Immoral disgrace,
entirely because Of some fatal academy
habit, or the lack of some good establish
Ell, academy habit. ~
The true academy 81 such internal life
and such Outgrowing influences the peren-
NAL ever sparkling classic spring, among
Hebron hills, l. how Justly the pride and
cherished honor of oxford County. No
longer the pleading mendlcant of the
struggling trio, but now with Higgins
In the vigorous quartette Tor the Tour
main corners of Colby University.
Another ~ the triumphant Illustration.
~ how faithfulnes. In the day of small
things, does .o much more than Il knows,
az nearly a century ago when Dca. Wm.
B,rrows was pleading with tears, for
thl. little eve lamb, and with Father
Tripp, with all possible parental nursing
for fifty years, barely kept II from star
walton. they saw nothing Of the fold Of
to-day, larger than can ever again BE-
gathered In these ancestral grounds
The alumni now In so many communl-
ties, states, Institutions, places OF re-
.pon.iblllty.
Those founder. often .lghlng With the
thought of leaving the little eve lamb to
die, knew not that they were the proyi.
DENTAL fathers of board of trustees, Ia
be continued ill, for it, present pre.l-
dent, Il has the very embodiment of the
founders spirit and determination of our
educational trcasurcr-, ficle Pnacsps ;
to whose executive wisdom, inccs-
sant endeayor aud watchful over
sight the eonsummation Of to-day i 80
largely due.
land, by a fash of lightning. the perfect
daguerrcotype of a beautiful tree wa. I'M
printed upon the body Of man who, In
hls cottage door. stood looking at IL.
The possibility Of that, must refer to
your professor Of natural science. hut
be- may az confidently expect Ia find,
that, not a single fash Of lightning, bat
the intensive purpose of these years, has
as plainly fixed the complete picture oi
Hebron Academy on Judge Bonney''
heart.
Far distant however be the day when
a post mortem examination shall make
that secret picture yisible'
Those anxious ancestors saw not the
preceptors, including my honorel
friends, extending the line till the very