The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
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Moreover. when we ask In what. direction
/ our educational scheme liz weak, the guess
ton does not, in the large. seem especially
difficult. In the first place, substitute
for the religious half OF the old education
that has been dropped must be found and
placed alongside of the secular half that
has been retained. | need not dwell on this
point long. Religious instruction had an
object in view. whose accomplishment was
and always must be OF the highest practt-
cal importance. The aim OF all education
is go to train the young as best to assist
them to lead sensible human lives and
this. | suppose. means lives IN which they
do what is worth doing and do II somewhat
skilfully and effectively.
| lie has reasonable interests, and knows
how to protect them. Now. modern educa-
ton Ia not the least successful in teach
| ing the young how TO protect their inter-
ests but II makes scarcely an attempt to
teach them, as religion used to. whas in
terests are worth protecting. as Commis-
sionor Harris has well pointed out. In a
| very general way the interest Of tfe Young
| is aroused. through constant practice. ia
punctuaity. In regularity, in silence and
In industry. aud these are important In
| terests. But surely man equipped with
| no others can not make a very impressive
| showing. Unless reinforcements are re-
I ceived rom other quarters he life must De
disiresslngly Thin. I DO not however. pro-
pose to discuss this question The facts
are sufficiently eloquent. I merely Wish
10 add fny.voice With whatever smali 10
uuence % may carry. TO ewell the chorus
Of powerful and authoritative voices urg-
ing the same advice Besides largely as
the usefulness Of sducaiinn would BE- In
creased n e. systematically aud scisutifir-
ally trained Zee the young sound Judgment
a relative values nevertheless | am we'll
-r A. frt. ..-1 a.
feeper- This IS AT least trlie of the pre-
vcnt.oa .. cfims- However valuable an
Individual may feel a given rosul, To- be-.
he ALI rot dHtari ike rs qcc1 rnlishnlont.
lf - is nHlN by mems of increasingly in
so1c eTertion that he can succ 81. There
nhs oe zen ea1 so value keeping out of
prison Thar for the accomplishment NJ tina,
end .o eNfr'ion can he too irisomc aud
t3stasfeful tut the same. ( fear. can not
ts said ~ ail mon sIthcr now or an any
tine io t1e visible Culture indeed. q car.
afn sure, ~ shown very conrlnsiyely that
surprisingly large majority cf the de-
laqlHuF ara .n prison. not BECAUSE they
would ro' much rather Do out but because
they Know nnre hut extremely difIcult
means - staying ogt. And that brings me
- ny sIooud point
our schooling nll4si l,-s made democratic
The pvir'Tlo No have gone on is that
ercrv American citizen is at least as good
SIS foreign aristccras. ami that the edu-
cation that was given them is not too
good f0r him Rl, II the question must b,
considered from that noint If yia,. yynic,,
90 r.,,.,.. ,.,... ....,,.,
Ne''' '' 81 "'"lN na
"'''' 4'sHih'H iA the American citizen
10 lns's. on having au education cut to bis
own rather than To an nIirn MEASURE !,
wound 30. moro. .l,..r,s.., ,,..
that Tho III, tt. tn. ava "'-' W "'9"t'o
nc, Il, u,H '",N't lo"' ana th't ne
80 "NeiS WI" lfah' deserves at least 80
inc s.ric,,.t,. ,,,.1. ~ 'V0ns'''S ~ us bo'
~, F''f"'e H lo'' respect Tor
A.. ,,,', - '"' "h' most certainly
li,,. is ~ "p'nH vac var Inherent
ia ~. ''' enN''s' X father consists
as,. , '"h 'N'' u"suly enc own liie, how
c,,, .,, "'''.i, a. "'' ana IN awaiting o ev-
II ,',., ,,',.,, ,l''"'Ve ior ihe living OF
noi !, H., iU' leAN'h9 ms core
tiop Tto,. ,,,,', u'oIo P''' Aca pues-
dpcs ON. ,,r,oo w p 4' W. N'nN population
t,,t,,,, ~, ~ SUI ''u'il'oA hef In some
,,,,n ,VP"' as we may hupe all citizens
.,'s.1 W 'hH N!9u'e ana influential
re- "u. now innuS now belong TO
.iu,, No., - :" '''' 'he s'lt-suppoft-
a,no',", '"" women IN the VA ell States
,lo.s's s1 49,, ''''N"' Ll'"lns Tor tho
-, ~, ''''"'p among these. I ma in
nrof. s.o,., iUHuuIuh the learned
soma tn nnn y"V.U,p' bankers aud orokorl,
tho rota1 l.'. 49, ,oo "ao''sAIe ana haIt
NV ,, ''' 'nau fuupU0i manuta tur-
,IW I'm, " "tt'u over 100000, in all not quite n
600 6u1 , a'," h'ii Besides there are 81
co,i, lin assuming ina the country
~ i,oVu'""p gentlemen tarlutrs,
,,',r,,.. ''H"i' Us mat oLt of 5000 00l