The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-09-13

THE SCHOOL AND THE DIV,
TENTIARIES.
Texas Farm and Ranch.

A'~"H " uuu IAhnth.
Inc civilization Of the latter bar, !,
the nineteenth century has deyslas'
the most expert and fendish crlm'n''
the world has ever known. To re,,'a
this hidcous fact, we have onls
read the daily yMers. This Is ,''
pre-emincntly the age OF educa,,.s
There arc more cdlege-brcd men -.
women nov than ever before n n.y.
history Of the world. Christcna"
Teens with them, and the masses !
the people have more cultiya,od y
t~eIlcctually than was ever know.
any age. We also have moro c,,,
against the person and against ,"'
perty, much as we may regret H..
candor compels Us to ackuowlodo.
II has been held that schools and .,a
legcs were run in opposition ia ,sn'
t~entlarlcs and jails; but the far, ;.
mains that as institutions OF ~lcarni..
have multiplied crime has multinlies
IN a greater ratio. Is cducatinn
failure? Unquestionably as \ nroy..
ton OF crime il is. While It has d.
veIoped more truly great and vooa
men than the world has pvnr s,t n
has developed the criminal ~ins,in.,
also. Can 1t he that our system If edn
cation is all wong? That moi, univ +.
what II can be, but that IS precisely
what it is. W. have educated N.
head and not the heart and h,rd
Education Of the intellect alone win
always be a failure as TO making mn,
better.
Two years ago fifty tramps, or vav,.
bonds, were fed at "A table supplied Nv
charity, and in response to questions
1t was learned that of the numbo,
seven could translate Greek and
Latin; seventeen had taken colleges
courses, all could read and write, and
only three had learned trades. Now
what IS the significance of these fact,s
mat the ranks Of %vagabondism ara
recruited from among those who have
not learned the very things that must
DC done; those who have not lcarne
trades, and that colleges do not make
useful citizens out OF unpromisinp
material. 1t is evident, therefore, not
only that the moral nature must be
cultivated us well as the intellect,
out that II VIC would develop good
citizens from the raw material IN
hand we must educate the hands also,
There Is no better guarantee Of rood
citizenship than an industrial educa.
tlon. This is too plain to call for any
why's or wherefOres. We would not
waste time arguing with Il man who
IS fool enough to deny II. A number
OF our Agricultural and Mechanical
colleges are doing Il grand work on
this line, and it il a cause Of regret
that we cannot include all Of them in
the statement. sBut from the nature
OF the case these colleges cannot OIL
the Dill, though they have the right
Of goods. Industrial training
should be prominent in curriculum
of every school endowed wholly or in
part by the State. A literary uniyer.
slty may turn out some good lawyers
and d%Octors-Of which we have en-.
pugh alrcady-and Il great number OF
gamblers, saloon keepers, and all
round rascals, Of which we have a
great deal too many already: but asat
organized they fail, in pro.
portion to opportunity and effort,
the matter of making useful citiz.
ems.
When a young man is given a trade
u which lie can earn n decent sup.
port VIC have his bond for good be.
'avior as a member u society. Agri.
culture and the mechanical arts, and
branches that tend to develop a
life OF useful industry should be
in every public school, and the
practice as well as the theory made
compulsory. The State has a right
% protect itself, and there is no bet.
,cr way than this to do it.