The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-19
FDUCATTON IN THE sOTTH.
A Message 10 the sons and Daughters q
the southern States.

ing OF the rising generation is a matter
OF great importance. Born and reared iu
the South, naturally my heart goes out
in interest and sympathy 90 our people.
and as | have travelled from one state
TO another and witnessed many Things
that both saddcn and gladden.. / feel like
saying words OF cleer ana "ncOurdgtmrnf
which are the result OF careful study and
observation. Ny love Tor mankind. how
ever. is not bounded by my own State.
the Southern States or the whole OF the
United States. IL IT. world wide. and yet
l feel a deep interest especially in the
welfare of our own people, who. tor mo-
years. have been struggling under 50 many
Disadvantages and difficulties. / believe
that In the Southern States We have tie
elements OF strength and power that Will
exert a wonderful and blessed influence
in the history Of she world throughout
all coming generations. / believe our
young men and women have in them the
latent energies. which, N fully develop
ed. trained and directed would make
them, under Gods blessing. the nObiest
race tina ever Inhabited the earth. ! be-
lieve tina the best things are before Us.
and with you ! wish to aim and struggle
for that Intellectual. spiTItudi ana physi-
cal development that VIII make MS tnc
highest types Of manhood and woman
hood.
In looking over the worlds history IN
the past IL is encouraging 10 note that,
for more than sixteen hundred years OF
the Christian era and nearly six tnOu-
sand years Of the worlds history. tine
greatest authors. artists. philosophers.
and. indeed. all the master minds sprang
from Southern Europe ana %countries
whose climatic conditions are exactly the
same as those Of the South. When We
contemplate the noble literary Work OF
Virgil. Cicero ana fliny. the philosophy
Of Socrates. Plato and Aristotle. the nis-
tory Of Herodotus. Thucydides and Keno
phOn. the poetry OF Homer and Sappno.
the drama OF SOphocles. the art OF Phid-
las. the oratory Of Demosinenes and me
statesmanghip OF ThemisfOcles and Peri
cles. how can we but feel that. under
fair conditions. eyer greater results may
be accomplished by the proper training
Of the rising generation why should
we not have our Dantes and Michael
Angelos2 Our people are Warm-hearted
and Imaginative. they are sympathetic
and are quick TO grasp ideas and 10 grow
intellectually and every other way.
one Of the most hopeful signs OF the
times is the careful and systematic study
Of the Bible i'm our schools and colleges.
This is the great textbook which should
be not simply read but studied i'm our
schools and homes from earliest child
hood 10 old age. Inc ever lncrcasir-
number Of gymnasiums. the systematic
and careful physical culture-wuich CONE
mences with the kindergarten and ends
will the highest university cOurse-fre
%cultivating and helping 10 bring out the
faculties Of mind. heart and body that
have not heretofore been factors ia our
educational work.
Education should be three-fOld-mind.
heart and body. Unfortunately. Tor many
generations. the intellect has been train
ed at the expense OF the heart ana body.
Young people are thus made one sided.
But with all three happily combined. they
grow into beautiful and well developed
.a-n nMI HAL.A nh HLA boo. U|H|
when parents. before committing tncir
children 10 the care of tcachors. inquire
particularly in regard 10 the
methods for Bible study and
plans f0r physical culture. The
teachers who 'gnOre these dcmands Will
be rapidly shelved. while those who are
constantly ana earnestly aiming for the |
three-fOld development OF education Wsll
advance 10 the front ranks. Many young
teachers are making splendid records.
but ] am glad 20 say that among many
OF my acquaintance some OF the most
progressive and successful teachers are
well past middle life. They grow from day
to day. are happy in their work. and are
70 inculcate ideas and dcvising
Of teaching that will Doe far
i'm their results.
In looking over the Work Of Southern
during the past three hundred
years there is much TO sheer ana cu-
I@AHnN we - - "a hN' NIFNNH 20 Nt"L
thai nine-tenths OF the p%octical quota
found on tablets IN the uatDnll
cemeteries arr written by a southern
poet Of Kentucky. sidney i0nIcr. or
Georgia. struggled for wears in our midst
inappreciated. and now ne is ranked by
intelligent and discriminating readers an
and abroad the greatest American
poet. The world has never produced "a
greater naturalist than Audubon. OF Lou
sia..a.
In the formation and establishment OF
great country OF ours the master
minds sprang from the South. The neO-
Die of the South are learning year by
ear 10 appreciate more and more the
.plendid work Of orr own writer's. \
ew years 2 / attended the great Worlds
Fair. az Chicago. ana examined with care
he paintings. |statuary AID interesting
works Of art on exhibition. and the
inest piece OF statuary IN AN Of The great
worlds exhibit was hy a Southern artist.
he greatest feats o. engineering and tine
..reatcst works in mechanical arts have
zen accomplished bv men born and rear
4 in the South. the largest reaper fac-
orv in the wOrld-hoth the machinery
nd the f~actOry-was the creation OF tie
rain and energies ~ a Virginia boy.
fr. Edward W. Box. the editor OF the
aides Home Journal. though p foreigner
- birth but thoroughly Americanizcd in
lis ideas. recently travelled extensively
n the South. and I take pleasure IN
IhliE HffthllU ilN NNANNNf w Aif IfNNiF
the South. lie. as well MS many other
linking men. realizes that the South IL
truest and most Americanized part of
america. He SAYS:
'Th most wholesome American ideas.
hose ideas upon which our government
ests. are nowhere so prevalent as they
re AZ present In the South. They do not
uestiOn Divine laws I'm the South. they
ccept and pe%rpetuate them. Intellectual
rogress there goes hand-in-hand with a
trict adherence 10 the accepted beliefs
Z religion. The southern mother does
of oxplaln tho Bible 20 her children in
he light Of s1-calcd modern teachings;
places Il I'm their hands as her
gave a. 90 her. And with the
fundamental principles or religion the
.outhern child is taught patriotism and
love OF country. hence. felHion ana pa
riotism stand side hy side IN the educa-
on Of "a Southern child.
THE Southern people believe In pro-
ress. but progress along healthy. ra-
lines. Theories which mentally
nset find no sympathy with them. They
re content 10 move slowly. but sanely
nd surely. And some day when the vast
.aiOrity Of MS who live IN other portions or
country get through with our camp
lg out civilization. when we drop our
manners. when We get old
nouph 10 understand that there is a
tronnhold Of conservatism. which stands
etween tyranny and anarchlsm. our eyes
nm turn toward the South. And we will
re- there a pooUle who are American boz
leas and In living, a people worshiptui.
rogressiVt. earnest, o~ufageo ana pa
-iotic-a people who have maze their
against defeat and preludlce-rhe
cart of America. But for the brave and
alf-sacridclng efforts OF our soldiers OF
,e South. America would never have been