Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-31
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! OF AuUNlf1EE III Ems NNAhNA1 uNlu+
causts.
Politics in many Of the cities gets into
educational Affairs. and while the two DO
liiical parties are scrhbblinG for the honors
Jephthah's dsuehter perishes. 1t Is 10
much 20 that there nre many schools In the
country today which are preparing tens OF
thousands OF invalid men and women for
the future, 80 that in many PLACES by the
time the child's education Is finished the
child IS iini.hedi In many places In many
ciiiel Of the country there arc large appro-
priHiions for everything else, and cheerful
| appropriations, but a, soon "a the appro-
priation is 70 be made for the educational
or the moral interest Of the city we are
struck through with an economy that is
well nigh the death Of us
! In connection With this / mention what
might call the examining system Of the
common schools and many Of the ncs.de
mics Children Of delicate brain compelled
70 tasks that might appall a mature intel
lect; children going down 70 school with a
! strap Of books half AZ high as themselves,
! The fact is, in some Of the cities parents do
not allow their children 70 graduate, for
/ the simple reason. they say, We cannot
| afford 20 allow Our childrens health to he
destroyed in order That they may gather
/ the honors Of m institntion.n
Tens Of thousands u children educated
into imbccility. 50 connected with many
/ such literary establishments there ought
/ to be asylums for thcwrecked. Il Is push
and crowd and cram aud stun and JON
] until the chiii's intellect is bewildered,
and the memory IS wrecked and the health
Is gone. There arr children turned out
/ from the schools who once were full OF
romping and laughter and hnd cheeks
| crimson with health who are now turned
| out In ths rftefuCon pale faced, irritatrd.
ssthmGiic, old before their time. 1t is one
\ o, the satdcsl sights on earth-an old man
nish boy or an old womanish girl.
LITTLE BEAr.s oyEnDoSE.
Girls 20 year Of age Gtudyiug algebra!
/ Boys Il yeRsz Of age rlcklHg their brain
( over tIiF0nuWctryl Children unacquninted
with their mother tongue crying over their
I Latin. French and German lessunsl All
I the yiyncity Of their uuturc beaten out Of
them by the heavy beetle Of Greek lex.
iconi And you doctor them for this and
you give them little medicine for that,
and you wonder what is tue matter with
them viii tell you what Is the matter
with them They are finishing their edu
caLion
In my parish IN Philadelphia a little
child was so pushed at school that she was
thrown into fever. aud IN her dying de
lirium all might long she was trying % ir.
cite the multiplication table. In my BOY.
hood remember that in our class az school
there was one lad who knew more than all
the rest OF US put together II we wen.
fast ia our arithmetic, he cXtrcated uA
When we stood up for the spelling class, he
was almost always the head of the class.
Visitors came to his fathers house, aud he
was almost always brought IN gs q prodigy.
At Is yours Of age be was an idiot lie
lived 10 years an idiot uud died an idiot.
not knowing his right hand from his left
or dag from night The parents and the
teachers made him an idiot
You may hat,er your pride By forcing
your children to know more than any other
children but you nre making q sacrifice Of
that child IL BY the additions to it's iutelli-
gencc you are making u subtraction from
It's future. The child will 20 away from
such mal,rentnent with no cyuberance to
fight the battle Of life, Such children may
get along very well while you take care OF
them, but when you are old or dead alns
for them u through the wrong system Of
education which you adopted they have nu
swsrtbiness or force Of character 10 take
care Of themselves. Be cnrclul how you
make the child's head ache or It's heart
fiutter. hear u great deal about blncl,
mems rights and Chngmcns rights and
Indians rights and womeu's rights Would
God that somebody would rise to plead ioi
childrci's rights
The CHrthagininus used to sacrifice Their
children by putting them into the arms Of
an idol which thrust forth It's hand III,
child was put into The arms OF the idol ant
no sooner touched the arms than it droppet
into the fire. But u was the art OF IA,
mothers to keep the children smiling aut
laughing until the moment they died
There mny be fascination and a hilaHtl
about the styles oil education (which an
speaking, but IL iB only laughter az tn
moment Of sacrifice. Would God Their
were only ono Jcphthah'S dnughterl
ENTEEAiRs ~ FAMILY GOVERNMENT.
Again, there are many parents who an
sacrificing their children with wrong sys
tems Of disciplne-too great rigor or to,
great lenioucy. There nre children in fam
ilirs who rule the household They com
To the authority, The high chair in whicl
the infant sta is the throne, and the rattl
Ia the sceptcr, and the other children max
up the parliament whore father and moth
or have no vote, such children come up q
be miscreants,
There is no chance In this world for
child that has never learned 70 mind. Sucl
people become the bothcration Of tn
church Of God aud the pest Of the world
Children that do not learn TO obey humal
authority are unwilling 20 learn to obey d
vine authority. Children will not respeu
parents whose authority they do not Il
spcct Who are these young men tina
swaggcr through the street, with thei
thumbs in their vest talking about tbpi