The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-09-14
SALTWATER, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER A. 1S93
Practical education

lectual training. Practical education
is moral discipline. Political economy,
civil government and mechanical arts
should be more universally taught.
The present system bequeathes to pos
terity disOrdered state of society. 1t
is for pOsterity to reOrganiZe this disor-
ganized mass into progressive factor.
Practical education alone will do this.
Teach the youth of this country the
meaning of liberty by making them ac-
quainted with the Constitution. Teach
them civil government that they may
learn to govern wisely. Teach them
political economy and there will be no
special sessions of Congress to repeal
dangerous laws. Teach them machan-
ical arts and labor will resume it's part
of dignity. We of the present cannot
in one generation build up our decayed
temple of liberty, but we can point the
way to poSterity
"'T is education forms the common mind
just as the twig is bent the tree S Inclined"
N c. G.
Education has the advantage over
wealth in being permanent; it out
weighs health in durability; and it ex-
ceeds social and political influence in
it's greater display of refinement. 1t
should be sought with earnest exertion,
and, once acquired, valued. Next to
life itself, it seems the greatest of all
blessings. 1t commands respect every
where; no one disdainS it. 1t is the
embodiment of wisdom. instruction,
teaching, and full harvest Of infor-
nation form but the childhood of an
education. Nurtured with care and
training, treasured with jealous vivaci-
ty and Importance, these finally blossom
forth into the full flower of wisdom,
emitting sweet OdOrs of enlightenment
and intellectual refinement. 1t is the
guide-pOst to wisdom; it possesses the
key to discretion in matters of right or
wrong; it opens untrOdden paths in the
beauties of nature; it reveals the all
wise and planning ways of Providence;
it chooses associates of the right metal
and intensifies friendship and love; it is
the religion of the soul. VIC.
Educate by all means. Educate the
heart, the mind and the body. Educate
the child, the youth and the adult. Ed
ucate each and every one of both sexes,
regardless of age, color or condition.
Educate the hand to supply the needs
of the body, the mind to restrict within
reasonable limits those bodily require
ments, and the will to enforce those re-
strictiOns. Educate the taste for good
and to abhOr evil; create and educate
a desire for freedom through law, and
justice tempered with mercy. Educate
the masses, for they are the strength of
the nation, if they are deficient the ma
tion will be found wanting Let the
nation support and educate those who
desire to advance themselves in any
way. 1t will be money invested that,
as an honorable citizen, the recipient
will someday repay The nation is pat
termed after the individual; and, as ed
ucation developes the individual, it
will enhance his own and the country's
value. Educate the body for health,
the brain for knowledge, but educate
no faster than can be digested.
LEONARDUS.
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Many think that all college graduates
are truly learned men, but in my opin-
ion it is a mistake. True, they may
have apparently mastered mathematics,
figured prominently in scientific studies
and received a plausible grade in Latin,
Greek and some of the modern Ian
guages. But if the halls of American
colleges could only tell their secrets
they would open our eyes to the fact
that difficult problems in mathematics
were not solved but copied from keys
prepared by older heads; that Latin
and Greek were studied with the text
book in one hand and an interlinear or
free translation in the other. In this
way many finish their college course
and embark on the voyage of life be-