The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-10

you tell mo how much time lhcy will
have for sunshine and fresh air and the
obtaining OF that cXuberance which ia
reccssary for the duties Of coming life?
No one can feel more thankful than
DO Tor the advancement of common
school education. The printing OF
books appropriate for schools, the mul-
tiplication of philosophical apparatus,
the establishment Of normal schools,
Witch provide for our children teach
ers Of largest caliber, are themes on
which every philanthropist ought LD hn
congratulate But this herding OF
great multitudeS of children in Ill ven,
tilated schoolroomS and poorly equip.
| Lea halls OF instruction Is making
many of the places of knuwlcdg" in
this country huge h0locaust5.
Politics in many of the cities gets in
to educational affairs, and while the.
two political parties are ScrahhIlng for
the honors .Jcphthahs daughter per
i9heS. It is so much SO that there are
many schools in the country to-day
which are preparing tens OF thousands
Of invalid men and women for the lu.
turr, 50 that in many places by thr
! time the Chlld'S education is finished
| the child is finished, In many places
| in many cities Of the country there are
large appropriations for everything
else, and cheerful appropriations, buL
us soon aS the appropriation Is TO be
made tor the educational or the moral
interest Of the city we are struck
through with an economy that is well
nigh the death of us.
I'm connection with this I m.rti,n
what might call the crtmmlng sys.
TEN of the common schnnIs and ,n3uv
of the academies ChIldrru nr drl,
cate brain com pnIJpd TO tasks thai
might appall 4 mature intollrrt. rhiI.
dren going down Lu school will ~, str,r
OF hooks half rs hjph as thrp..Ivn
The TACT ia. IN some of thr cities MR.
rntS do not. allow ti,pir chiLhr,,, e.,
graduate. for the simplr reason thnv
say, ave cannot afford to aIIow OR
children's health to Inc 1.strnvnI ~ nr
der that. they NAV rn,her the hnnnr, nt
AN institution
Tens of thOuS muS of children p,lu.
| Gated INTO InlDecility. so connected
with many such literary cAtahl!Sn.
mcnls there ought to be asyIumS for
the wrecked. " IL push, and cruWI
ana cram and SLutt and Jam untII liu.
chllh'S intcIlw:L is b"wilhcre,l. and ih"
memory Is wrecked, aud the hraltij -
gone There are children iurnrd u,t
| from the schools WnO once wrr" tr'lt ct
romplng and laughter and had rhr"K :
crimson with health who ar" nuW
turned out III the Afternoon pale i,lcr,l,
| lrrlLated, aSthmatlc, oli before ihrir
time. 1t is one of the = lddrSi Nlt,it )
| on earth TN old mdnniSh boy or I'm
old WomaniSh girl.
Girls I'D years Ni age studying alEr
bra! Boys T. years Of ~. Iackinu
their brain over trlgu!luul.Ir, Chl
dren unacqlalnttd with thrir mothrr
tongue crying over Lhelr Latin, Erruch
and Germans lessons! Allthp yivarlty
of their nature beaten out of th,m Nv
the heavy beetle OF IL Greek lrXicon
And you doctor them for tins, and yu,l
give them little medicine for thai
ami you wonder what Is the matter
with them. | Will tell yoll what Is t,.
matter with them. They are !inlShng
their education.
In my parish in phjla,lrIuhja , liItI.
child was so pushtu az school Ihat sin.
was thrown into a fever, and IN her d,
ing delirium all night long Ahr wastrv.
inx tn recite the multlplication tabir
In my boyhood | rrmrmhrr that in our
class at school there WAS one lad who
knew more than all the rest of us mi
together. If we were fast IN nur
arlItlnlttlc, he r\lrlclttI " hen
we stood mp for the smelling class. he
was almost ALWAYS the head of rIr
class Visitors came to hrs fathers
house, ana he was almost always
brought in rs Il prodigy. At lN years
of age he WIS IN idiot. II" hvrd 10
years an idiot and dIrd an idiot, not
knowing his right hand from h!" left
Or day from night. The parents aEh
the teachers made hIm IN IDIOT
on may ilittrr your pride hy tore
ing your children To know more than
any other children, but YOU are making
| Sacrillcc OF that child II by the a0di
LIONS to its lntelligence you are making
/ subtraction from its future. Thc
.hlld will go away from such max
treatment with no cXnberanc" ln fight
he battle of life. Such children may
get along very well while YOU taHr
ARE of them, but when you are old or
lead alas for them if through the
wrong system of education winch you
adopted they have no SwaithlnrsS or
force OF character to take care OF them
selves. BE careful how yon make the
chlldS head ache or IFS heart llnttcr. |
hear great deal about black mems