The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-27
DR.. MAYO'S LECTURE
at tho Second Presbyterian Church
Lust Evening.
HOW DOES EDUCATION PAY p
itc Asks, and Answers his Query IN a
Very Entertaining Discourse, which
Is Enjoyed by n largo Audience.
Education Is Worth oil It Costs aud
M0rc-Mothora Must DO Educated.

A"Jo,ou ny u lIutRO AuuichCc'
Education Is Worth all It Costs aud
Morc-alo.hurs Must DO Educated,
At tho Second Presbyterian church
last evening DR.. Mayo delivered u pop.
ular lecture, his topic boing, GLOW
Does Education PAy~ Tho church
was pretty we'll flied, about all tho city
teachers being among tho auditors, and
no ono went away without having been
both protltCd and pleased. DGfoIc tho
lecture Mr.. G. Zulaut sang q bass solo.
which was also much enjoyed.
In all American cities, DR.. Mayo said,
education Is ono OF tho greatest limos of
art Now York this year will spend
s2O,OoO,00 whilo tho whole country
will spend $l5O.OO0,0OO on schools. How
does universal education pay2 Tho
London 1iu,aJ lately said that tho Unit
cd States Is tho richest country in tho
world. Within the last fifty years tho
systcm Of universal education has been
built up. The common public school is
tho ccntro OF the whole system. 1t Is
unscctarian, und still moral and relig.
iouS. In addition there Is d great as
semblage OF schools. including private
schools, colleges, universities, schools Of
technology aud tho like.
No II can gct too much education,
but millions may aud do grow up in
Ignorance.
Tho highest object OF life is to make
good American citizens.
Education bears the came situation
to lie as tho hall does to the house.
Az the king bolt is to the vehicle, 80
is tho school to society. l speak OF n
good school. Tho old.faslioned poor
school, compared with such schools as |
visited to-day. is like tho old Immigrant
wagon to tho iino %vestibulod train. The
teacher gives character 10 the school.
Tho schools arc sometimes a kind OF
charitable institution to supply au i'm
pecunious man or woman with tho
necessities OF life.
Education pays by training tho mind,
building character. making good citi.
zens Of the great American republic.
The school is the great moral educa-
tor OF the country, and it Is practically
q religious force in the land.
To say that our schools are Goddess is
to draw up a bill OF indictment against
tho whole people.
The child needs q good home, n GOOD
church. and n good common school.
This school is for the state to train its
future citizens.
The school represents n miniature
republic. In the school room many OF
tho pupils arc in o higher plane than at
homo. In tho school they are taught
p~unatuality, concentration Of mind aud
honesty. In tho school yard evil
things, such as the bottle and the pis.
tol, arc not found. Children nre taught
p%oIitcness, also civic virtues, such as re-
spect Tor authority, respect for each 9TH
er's rights. Each one stands on his
own merits.
The teacher should be moral, or the
school will rctrogade. Children arc not
driven to virtue, but are led to it. In
Europc society is organized from the
top downward, while in tho United
States 1t IS built from the bottom up-
ward. The unrest of the people Of
Europe frequently disturbs the whole
nation like an earthquake. Eighty per
cent OF tho people in this country worth
100000 came up from the poorer
classes, while only fifteen per cent of
those who have money left them hold
to it.
There is ono state in this union
where the majority OF tho people can
not read, and in many OF them q large
per cent of them can not read. A
house built on q wet place will be un-
heaIthiul; 40 society with nm ignorant
and wicked sub-stratum will DO vicious.
As tho houses in Chicago were raised
up and made suitable for residences, 80
must society be raised up by education.
When Washington was president We
had but 100000 people; now VIC have
6j,000,0 00. Wo are the richest people
in the world.
1t Is because so much brain is put into
the business OF the country. Tho labor
saving machinery has done more to
elevate tho people than any other thing,
One spinning machine is equal to LOO
old.fashioned spinning wheels, yet this
machine is operated by a boy. Skilled
labor is the only labor that will bo
profitable in this country. Universal
education buildsup tho American home.
Only the educated American woman
can build up q home. Whom she makes
bread she is always stirring in judg-
mens. No people is SO favored as We,
but VIC waste moro than any other peo.
pie. The arrangement OF tho stomach
caused by wrong preparations OF food is
the cause oil moro trouble than the
drink habit.
In addition tc cooking right, the edu.
Gated American woman will rightly
steer tho boy, just when he is neither
q boy nor n The only n that can
do anything with him ia the educated
American woman, the mother, the sis
ter or teacher.
Education teaches people to live 10.
gether in peace and harmony. Thiu
thought led to an eloquent and pleasing
conclusion.