The herald., 1895-02-07

know the hard fate of Abraham Lincoln
in mis- early days. He was crushed down
by the circumstances OF early lie, yet
he rose until his name is the dearest,
save one, to all Americans. Benjamin
franklin WAS a poor boy in hard circum-
stances. But these men had the pluck.
the perseverance,, the energy.
"The schooling of q boy determines
his after life. II is true. that for the
most part the men who have risen to the
high places, however. have had superior
advantages. The gate has to be opened
in early life or else these great men
would never have passed through into
the shining fislds oil fame and honor.
lyon want to build something more
than the foundation in a city like this.
The grammar schools ore not enough.
The time may come, think it 10 hast
ening on, when the girls as well ss the
boys shall have q voice in our govern.
ment. The grammar schools will lay the
foundation, but we haven't time for tie
whole structure in the grammar school.
We don't get the knowledge necessary
for great things in the common schools.
''In the common schools in my town
we didn't learn q great deal OF English
literature, we didn't get into the fields
OF ecience. nor the great field OF philos-
ophy.
What do the children OF the gram
mar school know Of the inner workings
of the great mind that God has given
them? The grammar school 10 place oil
discipline. 1t is partial. II the scholar
stops there he will mot have the en-
nobling and the enlarging thinga IN ed
ucGtion.
"Ths education OF the high school is
what fits us for the after lie in fuller
shape.
1.-The professional man attends the
colleges in these days, and the high
echool lie the stepping stons to the col
lege life.
For all this professions-sn nova
days there are dozen new professions,
and this profession is one of them-the
college life aud the high school are
necessary. There s go much competi"
ton in these days that the teacher es-
pecially must be lifted above the com,
mon level.
journalism lie one Of the most exact
ing OF professions. II seems to me that
the journalist must be possessed Of the
highest education. The journalists de-
light to thrust at one another, and the
writer must be almost perfect or go
down before the pen of his opponent.
ave want to know more OF the people
aud the history OF early days. We want
to analyzs the history that has been
written for the years OF the past. We
want to feel the knowledge Of the i'm
pulses of the Greeks and the Romans OF
old. The knowledge Of these, the jour-
nslist wants them all. Not oil Journal
lists will GO. them, bus the journalist
who gete the most will shine the best.
He of this modern profession must have
something beyond the education of the
grammar school. The engineer. the
electrician, the astronomer, cannot stop
with the grammar school. In these
modern times agriculture is one Of the
learned professions. There are great
many critical questions involved in the
profession OF agriculture.
There are a great many things outside
OF the professions that call for aome.
thing more than the education OF the
grammar school. The merchant who
deals with thu commerce of the world
needs great deal more than he can get
il the grammar school."