The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
Educational Column.
BY cEo. R. WILSON, co. SUI


DR.. Hills took his text yester-
lay from the sentiments expressed
by the speakers on Washington's
birthday. The training ola good
citizen was considered and the fail
ure Of the public schools to include
ethics as a part Of the rudiments OF
an education. Central Music hall
was filed, the mild weather bring
ing out the congregation in full
iorce. The preacher said:
"Mr. Brice thinks our nation is
now moving on toward great crisis.
tie finds elements Of danger in our
raw and unassimilated populations,
and in the fact that the instruments
|for moral culture seem wholly in
adequate to meet the nations needs.
|Of 25, 600, 900 children in our land
III 100000 are in the protestant
bible schools, and 4,OOO,OO und !
catholic influence, leaving 10000,
1000 practically without training in
ethics and morals.
The instruments for the moral
training Of cur nation are two-fold.
First are the common schools
liackscrews under the sills of the
nation by which all the people are
slowly being lifted. Our fathers
founded these schools, not alone il
1.-The interest OF wisdom and learning
|but Of ethics and morality. These
schools exercised triple function
they trained the child's reason tC
perceive the truth; his tastes tC
admire the beautiful; his mora
sense to Judge between acts righ
land acts wrong. Casting out theolo
|gy they enthroned ethics. The!
Taught the youth how to read ant
write and think and speak, and als'
how to carry himself in the home
1.-The store, the street and atthe polls
The common schools become tn
real promoters Of civilization. The,
teach patriotism. The destroy clan
nishness. They unity the races
The state rests upon tripod-a fire
school, free church and a fire
Istate. When one leg falls tn
whole structure will come crashin
: down.
"But since Webster's day ou
public schools have passed throug
la revolution Of which many citizen
|are ignorant. Ethics has been ca
|out OF the school-room. The teach
ling of morals and their relations I
good citizenship is either prevente
Tor forbidden. Recently a publ
school teacher to hold her plac
q apologized to the school director
|for reciting the Lords prayer an
1.-The ten commandments. The serie
|of school readers used in your da
with some twenty and more selet
tions from the bible, including tn
1|laws Of right and wrong, those pa
sages from Job which Carlyle loved
1.-The eighth, nineteenth and nin'
stieth psalms, the sermon on II
Mount, have all been CAREFUL
swept Of ethical principles. Seve
y al Of the great school publishin
firms, perhaps in the interest
larger sales, have weeded out ever
Thing that is tincturel with moral
or religion and have purgated Il
name Of God"
An investigation Of the questic
|of school lunches has been made
Boston recently, and arrangement
J have been made for the furnishir
of cheap lunches in the high schoo
at a cost Of 5 and 10 cents. A Dc
,icate point under consideration
= how to furnish lunches to tho
)" children who are unable to p'
for them. In serving lunches
the noon hour il is found that the
els q decided tendency TO eat I,
fast. One visitor kept tally on 7
: boys, and found a boy who brol
,e 1.-The record by getting away wi
n lxl - ~l..:ol,o, a piapa pf cul