The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-02

IouNsoN CRY, Tenn july q, 'lsoo.

Of curiosity. wonder II won do not fee
like birds lust ont of a cage upfettered
and pnconBued. with Who'll, ornament,
of freedom to lv i'm and vyboIe forests
OF rest 10 dream in.
Through all the weary months YOU
have been teaching the Young idea how
TO shoot. and lam sure that when the
last lesson was recited and the last SEN
timental essay was read and the last
Grafton Illuminated the horizon on
commencement 3av 10 was moment of
uuutterabIe happiness 10 YOU; / am
sure that when the college doors closed
behind you and you started in search of
the aid familiar hauuts of summer 90
swing fu grapevine swings and lounge
ON lazy lawns you could scarcely re-
strain the impulse 90 swing YOUR hats
i'm the air and shout: "Ilurrah for Old
Vacation"
The summer outing is the bright
oasis iu the life of the professor IL
hath groves of recreation and gardens
of pleasure. it hath fountains of laugh
ter and brooks of song, 70 is breathing
spell for the tired spirit. it is a bed of .
roses for the weary brain. / alwa is .
feel like bowling with uncovered head .
in the presence of the school teacher.
The stonecutter chisels the rock from
the quarry; the teacher cuts and caryes
aud molds in the impouderabe ma
terial of mind and soul The architect
builds the chi,eled stone into massive
walls and erects mansions for the
physical man. but the teacher build,
temples of knowledge and palaces of
thought. None but the noble and the
pure in heart should be allowed 10
teach, because their works endure for
ever Mind touches mind either to
beautify or to pollute; character touches
character either TO adorn or 10 blacken;
soul touches soul either TO bless or 10
blur.
1t is not only the province of the
teacher to lead tho child in the paths
oa knowledge, but it is also in his power
TO inspire honesty and to impress the
principles of truth and virtue. com +
munity blessed with good teachers is
sure to be blessed with an enlightened y
and worthy citizenship
think there has been more progress ID
in education in the last half a century "
than in any other realm of endeayor. =
The standards are higher than the old J
standards and the methods are SUI
perior to the old methods. Our institu- ~
tions Of learning are working wonders u
They are the bIossoming of a higher d.
and better civilization, and on this al
rock rests the safety Of the republic. y"
No country in the world has so rapidly ~
advanced in the building of school ~
houses and in the increase of educa- al
tiOnal facilities as the South. We have y"
universities not more than IA third Of a pa
sentury old which are already the pride
Of our people and the glory Of our coun- oi
try. our colleges have increased in ye
number and influence; our public 90
schools are spreading everywhere, and To
It is now only in the most remote and lit
Doverty-strickeu sections where even
he poorest children have not the oD- tn
1ortunity to taste the sweets Of knowl- vo
,dge. tht
We are in the race for educational pa
supremacy. Our Northern brethren wa
rave had about a century the start of dir
IS, and they laugh in our faces and wi
ommeut on the Ignorance Of our peo- wa
lie. l have seen published in the sac
magazines of the North accounts of the
lays and novels portraving our murder for
{ the Kings English" ONLY little |
While ago / saw in one of their periodi- Ma
ais the pictures of the actors and ac- sta
resses who are amusing innocent audi at
noes with play Durportinr TO repre- inv
emit the illiteracv Of the South. II is the
he superIative of SANDER and the acme mo
{ asiuiuitv. l have lived in the South pof
wears. and l have never tioI
card the most ignorant person say full.
we-uns." We have our provincialisms; cal,
, has every section its peculiar lem
rovincialisms. have heard Bos- wit
,nians say: you hadn't ought to do the
q" This is no sweeter to the ear than
lie Southerner's expression. I've done i
)ne it, The Philadelphia SAYS wat" ~
n what This sounds as funny to IN
as when an illiterate man from rep
,uthern district planks down broad OF
vhich?" when he fails to catch a cues
IN Dropounded to him. Many people Der,
yht in the shadow Of Harvard college ROOF
Y to hum. which. being translated. thei
cans at home. l might name long nun
ring Of "sich, " but 'haint" got time. ehJl
repeat that the North has a hundred pan
ars the start Of us in this educational VIVA
&c; but | warn them to keep their
as an the tvira and than. ert,-e in tbe and