The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-02-14
GATHERED THOUGHTS ON ED
UCATIONAL TOPICS.

Education is a better safeguard Of
liberty than u standing arnly.-Ed-
ward Everett.
Education is the only interest wor-
thy the deep, controlling anxiety of
the thoughtful man.-Wendell Phil
lips.
A good education is that which
gives to the body and to the soul ait
the beauty and all the perfection Of
which they are capable.-Plato.
Education is all that we do for our
selves, and all that Others do for us.
for the purpose of bringing us near
the perfection OF OUR uaUure.-fierDert
Spencer.
That which a gentleman ought to
desire for his son, besides the fortune
he leaves him, IS: ~ Virtue; ~ pru-
dencc; (3) good manners al instruc-
ton. d.
l call a complete and generous edu-
cation that which fits IA man to per-
form Justly, skillfully and magnani-
mously, all the offices, both private
and public, of peace and war.-Milton.
call education the virtue which is
| shown by children when the feelings
| OF 10y or of sorrow, of love or Of hate,
| which arise in their souls. are made
conformablc to Order.-Plato.
l consider a human soul without
education like marble in the quarry,
which shows none of it's inherent
beauties until the skill of the polishcr
fetchcs out the cOlOrS, makes the sur
face shine, and discovers every Orna-
mental cloud spot and vein that runs
through it.-Addison.
A great danger in our schools arises
from the defects of health. Only a
small percentage of school children
have no traces Of weakness in eyes.
ears or spine. Some scholars are
thought to be dull merely because
they are hard OF hearing or short
Sighted Stanley Hall.
A half hour each day steadily given
to the vanquishing of some real books
in history, science and literature Is
three hours a week, Is more than
twelve hours a month, is more than
twelve solid days of twenty-four hours
each year. What cannot the business
man accomplish by such seizures OF
the fragments of time? On, II young
people only knew the culture possible
for them by such means! And for
cvermOre it Is the ma who knows
who gets to be the mar who does, an(
to whom the chance for doing comes
Merely frittering newspapers ant
novel reading "a youthhood devOtet
only to that-how pitiably sad! N,
ship drifts into harbor. No young pei
: son drifts into an achieving manhoo,
or womanhOod.
, PARENTAL COOPERATION "A ia
THEIRS TRUE STORY.-''1 sent my so
Sam to a country school near on
s home. 1t was taught that term b
$ Frank Mem. For several day
$ the children reported that the teacht
;. had to whip Sam. At first l gave I'll
S matter little attention /; but 1t fnalI
nut me to thinking, and my decisiO
was that the teacher did not give hi
n enough, or it would not need so mus
!, repetition. Before school next NOR
!" ing | took Sammie to the orchard ar
~ gave him a thorough t%hrashing. Sin
: then he has never been thrashed
school, nor has a teacher ever n;
reason to complain of his conduct"
A few fathers In every town like q
aforementioned one would soon re
= der school punishment needless.
+. Why do so many parents and teac
Ii. ers fall to ''get along ?" Manifest
through a misunderstanding OF ca
nc other. The one considers the edut
tjon OF children a necessary vexatic
Is a secondary matter OF life, a thing
al be half done and finally laid asi
O o as possible I; the other In
". nlent of vexation thinks the
H. badly trained, the parents
Is. thetic and the whole thing
B. Both are wrong; both shy
On GENTLEMEN, as coadjY
er child's welfare, lay ASH
ances and work for thl
Ing soul.
High and pure a
% every child. VIII
20. mistake Is made
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