El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-13
WHAT EDUCATION Is FOR.
Prof. Baldwin, of Austin, Gives the
School Children Excellent Advice.

School Children Excellent Advice.
DR.. Baldwin, professor Emer, tus of
Pedagogy in the state unive rsi,y,
lectured before the High school a,d
public school teachers yesterday af-
ternoon in the Central school build
ing. TIL audience room was crowded.
The afternoon was opened with
several well rendered songs by the
school under Prof. MOOre's direction !;
and then the speaker was introduced
by Supt. Putnam. The professor
the school, and referred Interestingly 20
mis- half century's experience ia
teaching. Education, he said, is a
preparation for complete living, to
act we'll our part in life. Education
is the way to make US make the most
of ourselves. Ali education CON es
through self effort. Girls and boys
must work out their own salvation.
Education does not make you strong
for some ore else-but for yourself
alone. Will you be ninpy or d grand
merely wants to live and has no care
for ought else but himself. Mr..
Beecher said he always tried to do his
best, as the explanation of his success.
If you persistently do your best, you
will grow into q grand success. Men
who made life worth living always do
their best. The speaker had no use
for boys who grow up using tobacco.
Chew thought rather than the weed.
(Laughter.)
There are three things in making
grand men and women who will do
something; habitually do your best,
in the best way ana under the best
condltlors. To do this, you must have
healthy body, live right, brea he
pure air, have exercise, have good food,
have selfcontrol. An ex-secretary of
the navy is at SO healthy strong man,
free from pain. You must live &C.
cording to natures law: but such as
live merely to eat, drink, dance and
have a good time, have no business to
live at all. To make the most of your
Do your best. Do with all your might,
master what tasks you have before
you. 1t is not what your teacher
does, but what you do yourself. The
speaker gave Illustrations from clas-
sic sources along the live of
athletics. The Athenians had sound
minds in sound bodies and were the
worlds great thinkers. If you would
master great problems and under
stand art and science, you must do
your best and do it best way possible
The Mexican, the Indian DO the best
they can, but not in the best way pos
sible. The boy who stays home and
digs, and the boy who goes to college
the latter.
He then called attention to the
blackboard on which be b.. d grouped
lunches OF study as follows: 1-cOn-
duct; 2-lspguage and literature; g.
science; mathematics; 5-art; g.
school conduct; 7-practical ethics: s.
history: 9-civics; 1O-mind lessons;
Impractical religion. The speaker
had just come from California where
many young men were going to the
bad. They did not know how to be
really happy; they imagine they can be
happy and lawless. All happiness you
ness injury wrong doing, come through
violation of law. The speaker knew of
a man over 80 of age without an ache
or pain, because he had obeyed the
law OF nature. Cut loose from the
things that hurt, and do not help.
Good school conduct is great thing.
In California high school the speaker
found 40 girls and three boys. Here
the ratio was three to one. Boys,
don't be anxious to get out and sell
calico: let some one else do that. b
content to go on with your work here
Till you are strong and fitted for life.
The history of the world is that the
common school graduate is not match
for the high school graduate, and the
high school graduate no match for
college graduate. Make the most of
yourself. Christ lived perfect life
In everything he was manly, in every
thing was pure. The. first thing you
should do is to beco me manly, woman
ly. Read the-life of Jesus and set your
standards by him. l would have you
study the best history. study the lives
of the grand men of the world, 81 udy
in its various phases, study
practical relieio to become Ike Jesus,
to build a character Ike his.
Then we should have specialists in
conduct as well as in studies. We
should secure the best men in the one
lie pa rtmeut as well as the other. Ia
Frances degeneracy the savants made
a speciality of conduct culture and in
twenty years there has been marked
10 general public con-
duct.
In Chic ago q similar experiment has
been tried with rem arkahle success
under the management aud direction
of q lovely young woman named
Adams. How can each one keep him.