Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-02-17

preservation OF the body, Nv giving us
the means OF acquiring the necessities of
lie, and these branches too are studied
especially for the intrinsic value. Some
knowledge of arithmetic is necessary to
everyone, be he Il carpenter, mason,
farmer, or even day-laborer. So is a
knowledge of writing, spelling, reading
and The various branches witt. which
everyone IS supposed to lie familiar. In
this same category would naturally
come also a knowledge of the principles
of government, OF social relations, of re-
ligious and moral obligations and the
like, too many and too extensive to ad-
init gilmore than passing notice. 1t
goes without saying that all of these are
necessary parts Of true education.
The part which SO called theoretical
knowledge occupies i'll a true education
is next in order, and deserves special en-
phasis. being as it is training OF the
mind. OF course the requirement of all
these kinds of knowledge mentioned
trains the mind, or NJ least the memory,
/ but the question which naturally arises
is, how far docs it pay to cultivate
branches of learning especially for the
mental discipline they furnish, the higher
mathematics, the dead languages and
the like.
We are confronted at the outset with
the old argument: geometry is OF 10 use
to stone mason; natural science is OF
no practical value to the farmer; but /
believe that man who understands the
rcctanglc can build a better cellar wall
than one who does not that farmer
who runs his farm according TO tie rec
ogr.zcd scientific laws of vegetable and
animal life, can raise better potatoes aud
more i'll the hill than the man who runs
his farm Ivy TIE moon. All the courses of
study i'll our agricultural colleges and
polytechnic schools 20 to show that wiS-
or men than we are rccogn.z NJ the fact
that something besides the original three
: Rs is necessary to enable the human
mind to cope with the great questions o
. 10th century thought 1t is a mistake
to think that all time is lost which is
. not spent on practical subjects. Schoo
d is but the preparatory grade, which mt
, us tor the academy OF lie, and the best
} education we can hope to attain !,
{ youth is but spring board from whicl
$ to leap into Tie tidc of activity. The oh
4 iert Of our schools is to train the mind
4 to teach the young how to learn, and nj
r. our school training serves but rs tn,
. ballast Which enables our barks to out
I ride more easily the storms OF he.
Il The real object is-tu learn how t
{ l.vo--not in the simple sense OF TO lie @
Il not to I've" but how TO Hyc-:n the widcs
l. meaning OF that term. How to trca
5 the body; how to treat the mind HOY
t to manage our Affairs; how to be a goo
citizen how to live completely. Thcs
{ are ;hc things nccdfu for us to Learn
n and these are the things true educatio
:; has to teach.
5. | have mentioned the lines of stud
&c which to my mind are especially cond'
= Give TO this end. Some may think thJ
J. my ideal includes too much, but "
)t know that new ideas are multiplying
n the world in a gcomctrcal progression
h What was good enough for our father
c is no: good enough for us. and what
good enough for us will not bc goo
in enough for our children. 1t is a matte
t for thought for every parent. 4 gcner
N ton hence your children must be the ma
in tiers of liberal education, or they will
1t beaten in the race of life. For we mu
~ not suppose that we are at the end
ir the great series of events, or that wit
IN our history will terminate the dcstinl
e, of mankind. Tomorrow will be wis
at than today; there is an impulse in ma
e urging him on to destiny that ever {
=, lulSS lsilll Win oAiN "OAitlNi anu itNS'
MS nation. The earthly horizon of that d,
DC tiny. ever rctreating, invites him to fl
he and complete dominion of the worl
re which is not vet under the control
III moral and intellectual forces. Our life,
best, is short:
~ little burst OF song and story,
OF love, ana dreams of sometime glory
Lite's begun.
A little praise. n little blame,
little, fcctiug breath OF fame,
\ little sitting in the sun,
of And lie is done"
nd This will tell the story of most Of
or But some one of the children entrust
NO to us will be great and famous. One
bc them will be another Webster, or Graz
= or Edison. 1t may be your boy. Gi
Isl. him then comprehensive education,
sh. a wise son makcth glad father, VIII
ever station he is appointed to fill i'll Ii
to and though you cannot bequeath to h
nc gold, or land or station, you can tIt h
, ;e to become an ornament to society, a
we a blessing to himself and others. {
nc for whom when lie finishes his work
,qh earth, may be written n greater cpita
IN than Alexander or Napoleon can boa
tcb that the world is better for his hay
Gor lived i'll it.
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