San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-11-24
educational.

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'lren to School at Tender Age. /"
After giving the above subjec
careful consideration, 1 procede t
answer in the negative.
I firmly believe it is very inju
rious to send children from fou.
to seven years of age to our Pub
lie schools. 1t Injuries the chile
mentally, morally and physically
as Is shown by the following.
LIST mentally.-Let us follow the
little four year old child from its
first day at school. He is SO ten.
der, innocent, and possesses only
a small vocabulary of common
words, acquired from his sur
roundings. He commences his
study of print, script, ETC., and be-
fore the end of his first school
year, he is reading in the second
reader, studying the multiplied
ton table, not saying anything
about how far he has advanced in
the ''blue back speller."
As time rolls on he still contin-
ues the pride and JOY of both pa
rents and teachers, and as our stu
dious boy or girl reaches twelve
or fifteen years, he Is nearing the
turn of his childhood days. But
has happened? Does our
pupil still advance? Why not?
AS you say he has reached the
right age to study and make good
use of his time; mind developed
and all that. But nine out of ten
who take the course we have just
followed lose interest, seeming
neglect, indolent, etc.
1 believe it is the undeveloped
brain reaching the climax, dwarf
ed intellect and defective memory.
End physically.-Nerves effect
ed, round shoulders, sometimes
bones distorted by the uncomfor-
table school furniture, and in
many cases broken in health.
3rd morally. - Innocent and
young the child associates with
rude and mlschievous children
much older than himself. He &C.
quires their habits and uses their
language. Experience teaches us
that the first Impressions remain
steadfast and take root deeper in
ones mind, than those learned Ia
ter in life.
Is it not better to keep the child
at home until he fully compre-
bends the right from the wrong,
the good from the bad?
Is it not better for the parents?
For surely many heart aches have
been caused by these early i'm
pressions often difficult to over
come, and in some cases impossi-
BILE.
1t is generally admitted by psy-
and theologians that
she child becomes responsible at
,he age of seven years, knowing
.he difference between good and
Evil. Admitting this to be fact,
{ follows that child should not
% sent to our public schools un-
1.-The has arrived at the age of un-
Outstanding.
AS this is an important ques-
ion, we hope others will give
heir views through our Educa-
iional Column. LIZZIE BURNS.
We are not prepared to give the
solution of difficult and intricate
Hence, when one is
yiven in the Editorial Column, we
will publish the answer only.
The answers to the first problem
given last week are; Simple inter
'st $3.50, Compound interest 1888
Y, Annual interest S526.O9, True
discount $369.24, Bank discount
'4S1.O6.
Problem. A tin vessel having a
'ircular mouth 9 inches in diane
er, bottom a inches in diameter
md a depth of 10 inches, is I full
If water: what is tne diameter of
! ball which can be put in and
ust be covered by the water?
R. E. Thompson.
The answers to the (2) problem
given in last week are; S2552.013;
s2242.67S; $1,000. 226; slSO5.083.
N. B.