Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-08-05
" AGCOMAC. e H. VA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 5, 1898

ing to Deaf upon their children GLASS OF
influences which win as certainly ruin
them as knife and torch destroyed Jeph-
thahs daughter. While speak, the
whole nation without emotion and With
out shame looks upon the stupendous
sacrifice
In the fret place, remark that much
OF the system Of education in our day is
o system Of sacrifice When children
spend SIX OF seven hours day In school,
and then must spend two on three hours
in preparation for school the next day,
will you ten me how much time they
will have for sunshine and fresh air and
the obtaining Of that e1uberance which
Is necessary Tor the duties of coming lifel
No one can feel more thankful than
do for tho Advancement OF common
school education. The printing Of books
appropriate for schools, the multiplied.
hon Of philosophical apparatus, the es
tablishment Of normal schools. which
provide for our children teachers Of lar
gest caNber, are themes on which every
philanthropist ought TO be congratu-
lated But thls herdng Of great mulh.
tudes OF children IN III ventilated school
rooms and poorly equipped halls Of In
struchon Is making many OF the places
of knowledge m this country huge holo-
causts
Politics IN many Of the cities gets into
educational affairs. and while the two
political parties are scrabbhng for tht
Donors Jephthah's daughter perishes
It Is 30 much 30 that there are many
schools IN the country today which OFT
preparing tens Of thousands Of invalid
men and women for the future, 80 that
IN many places by the time the chld's
education Is finished the child Is finished
In many places, IN many cities Of the
country, there are large appropriations
TO. everything else end cheerful appro
priahons, but as soon as the appropria+
ton is 10 be 1nede for the educational OF
moral interest OF the city we are struck
through with an economy that Is well
nigh the death Of us.
SPARE fKB DELICATE BRAIs.
In connection with thie mention what
might cab the examining system OF the
common schools and many Of the acade-
children OF delicate BRAIN com
PEELED to tasks that might appall ma
ture intellect, children going down tc
school with strap OF books hall as high
as themselves The fact Is, In some OF
the cities parents 90 not allow theil
children to graduate for the simple req
son. they say, Eve canno$ afford 10 al.
low our cdaldrenb health 30 DO destroyed
ihorder that they may gather the hooo9s
or an institution"
Tens OF thousands Of children educated
Into hnbecflity, 80 connected with many
such literary establishments there ought
to be- asylums for the wrecked. It Is
push and crowd and cram and stuff
and lam until the childts intellect Is be
wildered, and the memory ia wrecked
and the health is gone There are chill
dren turned out from the schools who
once were full OF rompng and laughter
and had cheeks crimson with health WIZ
are now turned .outinthe afternoon pal'
faced, irrTltated, asthmsttc, old before
their time. IT. one Cd the saddeata sights
on earth, an old mannish boy or an ok
woznanish girll
Girls 10 years OF ago studying algebra
Boys 10 years OF age racking their brains
over trigonometry. Children unacquaint
ed with their mother tongue crying ove'
their Latin, French and German lessons
AFT the vipactty Of their nature bcater
out Of them by tho heavy beetle Of q
Greek le1eonl And you doctor then
for this, and you give them a little med
icine for that. and you wonder wbat L
the matter with them I will tell yoc
what LIS the matter with them, they are
finishing their education
In my parish IN Philadelphia child
was so pushed OF school that she ives
thrown into 8 fever. and IN her dying
delirium, ali night long, sho was trying
10 recite the multiplication table. IN
my boyhood | remember that tn onI
class at school there was one had who
knew more than all OF us put together.
If we were fest In our arithmetic. ht
e1tricated us. When we stood up foz
the spelling class be was almost always
the head Of. the class. Visitors came &c
bis fathers house, and be was almost
always brought To as prodigy. At Is
years Of age be was an IDIOT He lived
10 years an idiot and died On idiot, not
knowing bis right hand from his left, 0,
day from night The perents and the
teachers mede him an IDIOT
THR RioHTs OF CHILDHOOD
You may fatter your pride BY forcing
your children 30 know moro thon any
other children, but you are making o
sacrifice of that child II by the additions
10 It's intelligence you are making sub
traction from It's future The enid With
20 away from such maHreatmens with
no exuberanoe TO Aght the battle Of HE.
Such children may get along rers well
while you take care G them, bot when
You are old OF dead. alas, for them If,
through the wrong system Of education
which you adopted, they have no swarth-
mess OF force OF character to take
care OF themselves. Be careful bow you
make the child's heed ache or It's heart
futteE.
thear @ greas dea, about black meas
rights EsDd Chinsmen's rights and IN:
dianS rights end women's rights Would
God that somebody would rse 30 plead
for chfldwns right Tbe Carthaanianf
used to sacrifice their children By put
ting them into the srms OF 40 Idol which
=Shrqfs. forth h hard The child ives put
into the arms OF che Idol, and no @ones
touched tbe arms than It dropped into
the Ara. Bot Il ras ths,asaot tbs moth.
,ers % Keep tho ctnldrep smiling and
laughing until The moment t!s.s died.
There may be,a fasrfnaesoo aaxi hilari-
ty sbout the styles OF education Of which
am speakina, but it is only laughter at