Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-07-09

Her happiness 10 great when she secs
that modern scholars OF philosophy
still search the pages OF her three
worthy sons, Aristotle, Plato aud
Socrates. No one has sxcelled her
Phidias in sculpture. She knows
that tho fathers Of history, tragedy
aud literature are found among her
children.
Some people may ask what 10 the
nse OF spending time on tho higher
branches Of studyf BY tho study Of
higher mathematics men hare been
enabled to measure space to reach
out into ,ts grsat emptiness, and wrest
its secrets from its solemn silence; tho
complications OF it's whirling worlds
have been uurarelod by study; Ito
velocity OF the suns light has yielded
tn the same m.s,ic key and ;s record
ed now on the puges Of our text
books.
Geometry teaches tho mechanic to
apply with unerrinG skill tho princi-
pics OF mathematics, enables the en-.
gineer to estimate TO a certainty the
cost OF building railroads over our
mountains and span our rivers NTH
bridges. 1t develops the reasoning
faculties, strengthens tho mind and
enables the student to comprehend
problems that before ho received this
training were beyond his mental
Rrrsp. 1t 10 related that Lincoln did
rot succeed in his chosen study-law,
until no had completed a course 10
geometry. Tho rules OF mensuration
in arithmetic arc founded upon tho
unerring demonstrations Of geometry.
Without a knowledge ri these dem
o%nstrations a boy or girl Can not fully
understand and apply the principles
upon which these rules are based. A
knowledge Of geometry, then, is not
only valuable TO the civil engineer
md the machialst but also 10 the
pupils OF our public schools who wish
to acquire Ii thorough understanding
Of arithmetic.
Algebra teaches the pupil "a apply
tho principles Of arithmetic in the
solution Of problems containing I'M
known quantities. It brosdens his
mental vision. It disciplinss his
mind and Hts him for the study Of tho
higher branches OF mathematics.
Philosophy gives uu a knowledge Of
the phenomena OF nature as shown in
this falling apple .nd tho rising OF
iter to its Lowell. It make, clsar
the mysteries Of the bAron.tor. II
convinces the skoptie by a simple
prism Of glass that n ray OF white sun
light 10 made up OF seven priL.ary
colors. IL gives us q knowledge Of
the application OF steam IL machinery.
Without this knowledge, the ponder.
ous engines that Cross our mountains,
bringing the products OF other lands
TO our doors, would still be lying in
their natural state, beneath IL hills.
Without this knowledge Frnnklin's
kito would never havo brought the
ightuin Y from tho clouds and made
il submissive to man.. The hydraulic
miner msses use OF philosophic prin-
ciplsa when he washe. down tho
mountains and gathers tho grains OF
gold that lie imbedded in its rugged
sidss. The miners on our own Cam
stock could not live three thousand
feet under ground, IL tho mechanic
who built tho compressor that forces
mir through pipes, did not know that
air WAS comprossibls and that Shen
set free from its prison, II expanded,
bringing comfort 10 the worry deliver
for the gold and silver buried 60
deeply under the earth.
Chemistry tea shea tho fsrmor che
composition Of soils and how 70 80
lect tho bost fertilizers. II teaches
tho professional mnu to separate sub.
stances into their component ele.
ments and enables him to deteat the
presence OF poisonous 81 distances. A
practical knowledge Of this s~oisnoe
enables tho miner 10 toll gold and
silver ore from rock beuring tho base
metals.
llThs vslus OF an education can not
DO estimated in tho crrrorcy Of tho
realm. Itisa priceless heritage to
It's possossor. Ih r~sflning influence
changes man from a savage 10 a civil
lied bsing. II 10 n beacon light 10