Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-07
cont Of the Harder, Out on the Sea-
Miss Nellie L. Anderson read the
following essay and Valedictory:

PuouC sCuOOls LHTee grades In Inc prl-
mary department aud four in each of
the other two. One yearis allowed
for each grade; hence, it takes stu
dent eleven years to, finish. III child
sSenters school at lineage OF six yeaEe,
he will be seventeen when he. grad9i
yates. To combiete his aduct ton
u four years must be allowed for COL
lege course, when he will have reached
the age OF twenty-one.
II Q person lives four score years,
he ia considered to have lived 10
ripe old age. When students edu-
cation is finished one fourth Of long
life has been spent. When he enters
the higher grades, il he is ambitious
to excel or tn stand at the hend of
his class, he must deny himself all
pursuits of pleasure; he must spend
his evenings in study. The sun may
be shining brightly, the birds may be
singing, the clouds may be- moving by
IN fantastic shapes, looking like fairy
castles or imaginary armies marshall
ing to battle; get he must turn his
eyes from, and shut bis ears 10 all
these enticinR sights and sc unds.
The question arises in ones mind
is ali education worth the eelf-deuiaI,
the time and the energy spent in OBJ
tanning it?
Let u5, consider the question. Edu-
cation retines Hnd polishes, takes off,
az it were, the rough edges. It broad
ems the intellect aud eniiches the
mird.
Without an education q man is like
an unpublished diamond. He is rough
aud uncouth in his language and man
ner. But once put under the refining
influence of n thorough education his
manner changes. He uees good IAN
guHgs and becomes polished gentle
man, fit to enter the most cultured
society; just rs the rough diamond
under the skill Of the jeweler is fitted
to shine in the wn of queen.
Education fits one to nirgle with
refined and intelligent people with IL
Seeling OF equality. An uneduc8ted
person when in cultured society must
feel his inferiority.
Education is Il source OF pleasure to
its possessor. Take reading for in
stance. What a delightful hour one
may spend with book OF travelsI
Following che authors description Of
beautiful scenery and interesting
places, one can almost imagine that
he 10 viewing them with his own eyes.
How much enjoyment one may ind 10
q book OF fiction, written by stand
ard author, or a beautiful poem.
How much profit as we'll 90 pleasure
one may derive from the Biographies
of great men and the histories of the
different nations. Study fts the
mind for this appreciation.
Education 10 necessary to success in
life. IL a boy or girl wishes 70 enter
= SNo'hSS0 "uOo bboy I0ucu aIau "
woman's estate, q thorough kno~l-
edge OF reading, writing. spelling.
arithmetic aud book keeping is inh is
pensable. It one wishesso be q poll
sician, Statesman, leader Of society, in
fact to ill any high position in life,
education is the key.
Perhaps IN no oue ID the lack Of
education so noticeable as in q public
speaker. No matter how we'll no nay
DO able to handle his subject. IL no lie
. poor grInIna rianor mispronoupces
his words, he will not be able to make
90 deep "a impression on his hearers
us The would il he used correct Ian
wuHge.
With few exceptions, the men who
have left the greatest and most last
ing names on the pages Of history
have been men at education. The
nations which have reached the high