The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-10
SCHOOL MELANGE.

How shall our boys and girls be
made to feel the Importance of an edu-
cation, 1. e., that It viii help them all
through life, no difference what may be
their occupatlon2 This is a very
different question to answer but
I will say that the city Of
Wheeling pays several thousand
dollars per month to have II solv-
ed. This is the great work Of the teach
er-to cause the pupil to see and to rea-
lie the great Importance Of. school
training, Its bearing on the after life,
etc. The teacher must have the faculty
of SO directing the energies Of the child
that It may be caused to follow in the
ways that lead to useful life. The
great aim of an education, especially a
public school education, is overlooked
and even teachers oct as though they
we're employed to teach so much gram
mar in a certain time. or to drill 50
much arithmetic into the stupid brain.
Teacher. these are secondary to the
great work of character bulldlng-the
making of men and women. Let US so
Let us SO order our work. or rather let
our work SO order US, that when we
hand over the state to our boys anu girls
10 begi-, their work as citizens we can
noInt 10 them with pride, knowing that
thew will honor the schools from when
they came, honor themselves and the
state OF which they become q part.
we take of our hat, make our best
bow and cordially greet Mr.. and Mrs J.
R Trotter, our worthy state superin-
tendsne Of free schools and his
wife. knowing what strong addition
has been added to the head OF our
schools, may we not expect an added
interest to everything along the line
educationally, for they two are one7
Long lie, much JOY and all the good
things OF life all along hfe's pathway IS
me wish of "The Pedagogue;' and TO
him who was the best man on the aus
picious occasion he is constrained to
say Go thou and do likewise" Just as
soon as possible.
while we do not wish to be considered
as throwing cold water on the Amer
lean Boy movement. we would kindly
suggest 10 those having the AFFAIR in
charge that there would have been no
difficulty in getting the tickets on sale
had, the matter been properly presented.
BOYS. YOU ought to consult those in au-
thority flrst, and then proceed with the
work, The writer cannot see how the
right can be given the superintendent
10 violate one Of the rules OF the board.
We suggest THAI the tickets be given
10 individuals independent OF the
schools. Why not sell enough IN that
way TO I'LL the hall?
The letter Of DR.. E. NJ. Turner, pub
lished a week ago in the Wheeling Reg
lister, created quite sensation. Judging
from the extracts published, which were
taken from one OF DR.. ward's hooks,
II Is no wonder that good Christian
people were shocked. To say that no
s1ch doctrines were contained In his
iectures viii not 90, for all the while
he referred his hearers to the very DOCK
/ from which the extracts were taken.
| No man who holds such views ought
10 be allowed TO teach them 10 the young
men and women who are to be the tu-
| ture mOu,ders Of thought N our STATE
| DIR. Turner well says that " our UniVer-
| gity uphogds such doctrines In any man
| ner whatever the SCORER II is hurt the
better. II IL charged that our UNIVERSE
| Ties. AZ q rule, arr drifting away from
| Tho teochlngg OF the Christian religion
\ ns found In the Bible The writer has
been one who has tried to think TINS
| IL NOT true, but he mus, say that IL
begins TO look that way. II this be So,
| therc is surely great necessity for
more church schools. While we 90 not
| claim that Il university should Team
any form OF religion, yet we take tine
| ground that no state can nnord TO Keep
| in the faculty OF the University any
| man or any set OF men who are not firm
| believers in the teachings OF the Bible.
Can any community educase Itself?
This question mas been much discussed
and different answers have been given.
The answer We give to It 10 both yes
| and no. Il can 80 far VS. a knowledge
OF branches taught is concerned. but u
cannot give that broad culture so need
| I'd at the present day. ana we HllHhe
add 80 very badly needed! II COM
muni{y combines itself to Itself In bus
mess scnse therc viii be but liutle busl-
ness done. So VIII II be aducationaliy.
| 10 become broad-minded men and wO-
men we must go away from home now
and then, and see what the rest OF the
wOrl(s ~ dUing. II would be well aipo
10 have other people visit US. II Is Just
The game with teaching. II n&l our
| teachers are educated In our own
| scboolg the tendency Is 10 become mar
row In our views. and not cosmopolitan.
rs we ought to be- II all the teachers
1 Of n city are 90 be thusc who were pu-
pills OF tho schools. then far better that
they teach IN different wards than the
one N which they attended school. In
this article we VIII MOI attempt TO show
why this should be 10, but merely state
nj IL ~ !