Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-17
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practicable.

was pronounced chimerical and i'm
practicable.
County Superintendent E. B. Nc
keever read a paper on the subject
Education" Mr.. Mckeever com
menced by saying that what he hat
to say was principally to influenc,
fathers and mothers to provide a.
well as they can for the educationa
success Of their children. In educa
tiOnal matters the south was behint
the north. There is SO much to bt
said and SO mach has been said upon
this subject that it seems somewhat
difficult to say just the right thing
Religion. morality and knowledge
are the three great essentials neces-
sarv for the success of our schools.
He alluded to the government having
done its part by the appropriating OF
so many sections of land for school
purposes in order that our children
may receive a good common school
education. He contrasted the ad-
vantages the children of the present
day had over those even OF their par
ents when they were children, which
he some times thought was not fully
appreciated. Our martyred Lincoln
once said that virtue and intelli-
gence must be the two great coraer
stones of our great and grand repub-
lic." Education in its noblest sense
is the broadening out and the uplift-
of M nj md in, hA In ,f
ity and christianity. The first duty
was to teach child how to read; the
second duty, what to read. The
foundation of good citizenship is laid
in the home of the child previous to
coming to the public school, and he
emphasized the fact that a child's
education commences with the era
die and only ends with the grave.
Good books will do more for the sal
walton, of our boys and girls and will
pay a greater interest upon the in
vestment than anything else he could
think of. He would drive out i'm
pure literature by scattering and
publishing and sowing pure litera-
ture and by the establishing of more
school libraries.
DIR. Evans.
DR.. Evans, president of Hedding
college. Abingdon, ILL.,, who seems to
have happy temperament and to be
on good terms with himself, was then
introduced. Again he commenced
his humorous remarks by saying that
it appeared to be a 9-days' wonder
with some people as to what he was
doing here. Of which he might have
something to say at some future
time. However, it might interest
them to know that when he first set
tied in Illinois he only weighed
three-and-a-half pounds, while his
avordupois now was over 20O-there-
fore he had accumulated as much as
most people. He thought most peo-
pie of the present day were becoming
very much interested in educational
matters. He had only come across
one man who was thankful for his
ignorance. and he thought he had a
great deal to be thankful for. He
did not exactly agree with Mr.. Nc
keever that an education commenced
with the cradle, but commenced
years before the child was born. But
to become more serious he would saw
that he believed in an education that
embraced the moral, physical and
intellectual. He denounced the
habit of smoking and drinking and
showed the effects upon the unborn
child. The education of the child
really commences with the parents
and it is then carried out in the
home. The school is only supple
mentary. A child never forgets
what it learns at home. The moth
ers and fathers are molding the next
generation. The aesthetic culture of
the child begins at home. He want
ed to say amen to the superintendent
with regard to the establishing of
libraries; but it required great care
in the proper selection of books. No
man rises exactly the same man
after reading book. Parents should
likewise be very careful over their
children's associations and should
watch closely over them. A unani-
nous vote of thanks was given to the
doctor, to which he made a suitable
response.
The next farmers meeting will be
held in Port Byron and arrangements
have been made with DR.. Evans to
be present and address the gathering.
MULTUM IN PARyO.