The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
WE LEARN NY DOING.

How one by one your giants flee.
Don't say. ~ can't" before you try,
But try and see what you can do,
For IN you're helped by others, why
Tis Others do the work, not you.
See happy bird In yonder tree,
How soft and warm he builds his nest
He asks no help from you or me,
But tries to do his very best.
And II like birdie, little ones,
Your very hest you try to do,
You'll find how easy will become
The tasks that seem SO hard to you.
Alice Lutherington, In Kindergarten News.
Boys and girls, let your "unce" ask
you Il questions: II some one were to
tell you that by going to certain place
and doing certain thing and that by so
doing you would lose life or something
of value. would you be rash and fool
hardy enough to do 1t? No. Again
II something were pointed out TO you
and you had n plain view of it and were
told that to touch or meddle with
1t meant a great loss to you, would
you do IL? No. Well, this is just what
you bave been doing all winter and de-
liberately. with your eyes wide open.
You have had the rules and regulations.
rs well rs the final result Of what dill
gent application would bring you II you
would attend to your duties and, on the
other hand, you have been repeatedly
warned what to expect II certain re-
strictions were not carried OUT that the
result would be loss of hope for success
and certain death to- your educational
prospects for the term and chances Of
promotion lost. Yet you deliberately
and wilfully after repeated warnings.
utterly ignore all advice, counsel and
rebulse, and now you must suffer for II.
shame upon you, boys and girls, to thus
throw away your chances: and who can
you b'ame but yourselves? No one.
You are your own free moral agents,
and If you fail you can only attribute it
| 10 your heedlessless and lack OF interest
You in the grammar schools especially,
who instead Of being the leaders in idle
ness and mischief should set the pace
for the younger ones below you, will
have something to be sorry for as long
| no w" iiNCs hbu WuCu
thrownon the cold and unfeeling world
will you bitterly regret your lost oppor-
| tunities during your schooldays, but
then 1t will be too late for regrets; the
die will have been cast, for good or ill.,
and you will be the loser. Your sun
Gle" warned his pupils just what they
could expect II certain restrictions were
not carried out, and you all were old
enough to know right from wrong, yet
you deliberately ignored the warning
and when the time OF reckoning
came you chung your lip" to use
homely expression, knowing all the
time that the result would be just what
| ii turned out to be. What in the world
do you expect, to get something for
nothing, to ''gather grapes OF thorns,
or figs of thistles?" Do you want your
teacher to mark you high, a deliberate
lie, when you know In your own soul
that you have earned nothing except
the lowest marks? Do you want to de-
ceive yourselves, your parents and your
friends? Do not for one moment try to
practice deception. Be true, honest
and upright, and first of all, be true to
yourselves, and II you carry out this
plan you will never deceive or be false
to any one. You have but fOrty-two
days yet left to complete the course laid
out for you this term, and how many of
1n ifp Vn,r st.,nalas foo,
there will be some sad hearts when the
result OF the final examination is an.
nounced. Experience Is costly teach
er, nevertheless, good one, and
failure to reach the goal may have the
effect of divesting you of some of your
giddiness and awakening you up to a
sense OF your duty as the years creep on
apace, and teach you to work while IL is
called day, that your task may be
completed when the evening OF life
comes. All! boys and girls, you haven't
the least idea of what you have lost and
what you are losing. You seem to see
through glass darkly and have no idea
OF the dim vista OF the future as it
looms up far ahead OF you, like the
Niagara river. All looks placid and
serene and no thought of danger ever
crosses your mind; but beware! boys and
girls, the rapids are below you, and
when you reach them it means death
and destruction. Then stop and think,
and try and retrieve yourself before it
is too late. The time is short Will
you be ready for it.