Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-19
The Educ .tion Of the Future.


TAa sdHeatisn CT the future, says NJ.
G.sat AI.sn, will set on; a5sva ali things
to educate. I: will Shen pa: 5sfsre iss<if
d. Hattely the simple qse.sioo, What -
sss3ia;siy ard 3enonsrssly the hss. u1zda
81 stneatlcg Esl a1d yemen fer rteis
serx Il sse world aad their place II the
universe:i TIE past r4rer dii tta:- II
ishsri'ed fren Greece and Rome And media
vi Earspe res6y-nsde sEs.syn, il w.
.ignet, haphszsFd, in tha dsys when mans
o'see in hstare vas frisin erp;ssea 10 svefF
wsT-~bsa bislcgy vas ros, vhes 2bysies
were urkas~a, whe1 al hofi,y ruled css-
% j. il pspa asi king All emperor
-sai I: sxsiiozei Tx. system whole,
rithoa; IL qGiry. OF ssv KIND IS 10 It's
u rit. or . sS.sitls substitutes. Tinker
tng il AlloTer. Fundamental rtcoas,uegion
il nevsr d.ssutd OF. And tae great error
IF tbil syztets--sur z sti- .gstsrs--i. Ii al
& tszchss ~orjs instead o. things; /. IS II
the vsry vers, ser 50 purely literary; to
resi Ecd 10 write and 70 speak with tongues
are IL so.s deAs. /. ss9}eci, altos ether
evsry sGe Of life s,eeos the purely verbal
+ e5ecstss Us (cr fsiis to edrca.s Is a.
lhouse n. ere business Of all Of ~ il sculf
HE would be to read or write books. TO
/
soicts in E.oeIish, Lgin, Ere oh or Germ IN.
Edac4asn Ia the fa.urs will e1 ,csty re-
verse IBIS surpfi.lsg process II VIII
s1iak N.tle of words. ami mu.h Of
taings; il uiH deal Lightly Ia books,
| and 81 b .titute fer them s. much as possible
dirscs conucs with real!tiss-.hs solid tfu be
| Of ra,u,e. ITO main objects it will have
| IN viev First. to train f1culties-e bsefva-
1 q, I'D NJ I'd
&, store on. brains with large accumulx-
| ton Of knowledge-fscts, laws, generalizI-
| tom. conclusions. Ard, fortunately for
man, the experience ard reasoning OF the
| xiiess shows general agreemeo. OF the
point thst both these ends can best be
| aitsirei by one and the same machinery.
The knowledge rhst is best worth having
IS kuovledgs, gives AZ the same time
| the training that is best worth having As
| tr,ining No mental 81 mnsstic is SO coed
| for the miad SIS the mental g{mnastic Of
| learning about realities. Grammar and
| Creek verbs DO nothing for developing our
habits Of logical thought or Of accurate OBJ
sarvsiiou when compared with a SOUND
schooling il the practical Truths o. the uni
verse. Man is living ofganism-ths: be-
fore al else. Therefore the first point OF
all in education is to develop his organism
on every si2e---lirbs and muscles, hear.
| and luuss. brain and nervou, system, so
cial and moral and religious faculties. Ex
ercise, sports, the use OF the hands,
he arms. the legs, tue body-:his
is tie fundamental Of s reasonable educs.
ton. Health first, knowledge afterward.
Mike Of your boys and girls to start with
sound. weil-ievelopsd, eqlsny poised
man or womsn-a competent citizen Then
not only will they be happier. healthier,
Landowner. but they will also be in every
true sense better educated. They will be
mentally stronger, sAner, pu,er, more
moral they will lock round upon the word
from higher and souude. standpoint; tn y
will becoms parents in turn Of better ard
more educatable children.