The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.


rsr IMPORTANCE 81 iDgezmor
TIE qusaii6h X aeatldn i
that .srioesly htast he Tstnbona
fathers and Mosl.sra lntIs fuss, III
isno asusiag ne In postAneaps
ping yoass people Tor tho anlpusht
bassIe II lilo. aua che mufhsr and
father that dnas ~, win Ilivs t. IsaSn.
ui.h n,auy : pnas q regrst. of their
unpardonnble mistaks.
y has come 70 pass tlat ! young
snaB or young u needs suHlsthsng
nose Than hanesty Of purpose 70 quail
liim Or her Tor a full and competent.
fulallmeBt II liFe's duties. A maj may
be ever 50 honest and get he . vprita-
HE chnckle-IIvasl; a may have
shs bVst sort Of u heart aud yep I've the
Silliest creaturs aud grernest thing on
this green earth. AuybOdy can be-,
aud every bady ought To be- honest,
without deserving any particular Gre
dit far bssng %. Every sne nova
days d e~xloCte,l tn be honest, aud If
be- 10 not, he eSn rest assured that he
will he thoroughly .punislled for his
dislloRssiy either by man or By his
conscience.
Honesty may be the best policy, bat
j. falls slgQrt unless accompanied by
other essentials. Of fitting q person
for modern Iifs. Fancy a man, whose
only CON mendatiOn Is his honesty,
applying for . position as electrician;
Or . woman, who has nothing to fall
back on but her good heart. seeking
the position Of typewriter in some
commercial llsouss. Fancy that man
or that woman seeking any paying
position in any city or any town in
any country Of the world without any
other recommendation than hon
esty.
TO cOpe with this world a .person
has not only 10 be honest but he has
TO possess some practical or tlN "retiCal
understanding OF the every day things
ofthis world. All the progress made
in farming has been made by Tho edo
Gated farmer; all the progress 10 aFt
has besn made by the educated artist;
all the ppOgress in every branch thas
been made by the educated mel and
women Of this world. The railroad,
the steamboat, the bicycle, the 'eDs-
graph, the telephone, the Improved
implements EOr tilling The soil, for con-
verting law material into useful Dlah-
ufacsurSd articles ID fact everything
that adds 70 the health. convenience,
usefulness, or hapPines~ Of civilized
human bsings has had lts origin 10 an
educated mind.
The object u . school education is
20 assist q young mind il graapiBg .
truth that il might fail 20 graap II lsft
alone; to giys It . thought that miglt
not present. itasiF = asgaae mind; -
ingsafs we'll established laws and
prineplea that the couAmop and nscss-
sary utieaofliismighsh
10 tho easiest ana best way. Educa-
ton stlli has ., more hidden yet higher
purpose 1t is Carrying tho individ
nal mind to the highest plane Of
universal Thought with ths end in
view Ot making All mankind think as
one great mind, thus drawing the
creation in closer ssmblance to the
creator, and shaping man more like
the AN Wise God in whose image he
was made.
a schOol education is but the con-
tinuAtiOn Of a policy that is taught 70
ali IN almost their earliest Infancy.
We teach the little infant 70 walk,
because We we'll know that mans
mOat essential msthod Of locOmOtlOn
is accomplished while dis body is in
an npright position, and We also know
chat the child win acquire this essen
lial more rapidly by being taught.