The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-16

Mr.. Arthur M, Denny.
1t was Il carefully prepared ilV7'"n1
and marks another successful '1mo
stone in the advancement Oh F"''''
education.
Miss Humphreys was MOI Pie'9"'
cause of the death OF a IHPnU anu
County Superintendent Dunn pIeSeN's"
the diplomas. Mr.. Wright Ec"e,9''9 :
advise to the graduates was exceedingly
good. 1t was to find a place III inc
world, and then deYelope, un'oi" anu
make manifest the divine pa" 70 '0
worked out. Great successes h"u 0eei'
won by hard toll and study Giyem'eh.o
the world and great VIII pe yo"l ie""'''
VIM. Harlow Rogers, the Fa'ea'tto''
iap, received the highest ~aVelaReol"n any
who has been graduated from '"7
Penn's Grove school IN recent !s"iS'
He received 100 in four subJectS ouI
Of sixteen and a general average III
.95I. We publish below ms essay OH
THE BOY Is FATHER TO THE MAN.
The subject which l have chosen to
demonstrate to you this evening is a
clear, plain and indeed a truthful state
ment. and to prove this proposition we
must first reason like Il crab walks,
backwards and sideways. 1t does not
mean that bows are are fathers to their
fathers: nor that we were parents oour
parents: but when properly understood
means that boyhood precedes manhood;
that boyhood is father to manhood and
that every boy is father to his future
life and within his will hold his future
prosperity.
This is so because boyhood is a time
of PREPARATION for the career Of man
hood and will inevitably Influence the
more important period of life, And
then education received in boyhood is
to fit the boy to take his position in the
arena of life as the scholar or as the
mechanic; but if these early opportunl-
ties are neglected, we find a person who
is not taking his place in the world
and fitting it as he should. Then TO
further prove our proposition let some
facts with examples be submitted.
list. The workman must serve ap-
prentice to his trade when a boy aud
train his fingers, his eyes, his muscles
and his brain for his future means of
livelihood. Therefore, just as he Pre-
fits by his instruction, so lie will prove
a master hand or always an underling'
Along this line we see fine examples in
the school room. The boy whose work
is neat and well done will surely rise to
something in manhood, and the boy
whose work is second class will rise TO
a second rate position in the world, but
the boy whose work is exactly opposite
that which it should be will most sure
ly marry a woman who will have to
take in washings to support him and
| furnish him with clothes and tobacco.
Again, the business man must learn
| In boyhood some of the duties of his
| career; arithmetic and bookkeeping TO
| aid him in the office; grammar, whiting
and orthography to aid him III his var
ious correspondence and rapid mental
calculations to aid him in profitable
sales and purchases. Among those of
this vocation, n of the most notice
able is Andrew Carnegie, the iron king.
He began his career as an office boy.
3rd, The Captain of Il ship viii have
entered the ship as "A cabin boy or a
midshipman. Here, also, we see AID.
miral Faragut commencing his noble
career as a MILDLY. And then the mill.
tary officer, also will have studied his
tactics when a boy. Napoleon when
only ten years old entered a military
academy at Paris; and Hannibal, the
great general of Carthage, when but
years of age, joined his fathers army
to learn army discipline and The duties
of a soldier.
Last, but not least, the farmer bow
learns to plant, pillow and reap. Thus
we observe that the apprentice is faith.
er to the workman; the midshipman to
the admiral; the office boy to the mer.
chant and the farmer boy to the pros.
porous farmer. Hence, each pursuit
in life requires training beroret the mind
or body is fit for it, and the most suc.
cessful in life are those who in boybood
were instructed in the duties of then
after occupations.
Boyhood is the school for manhood
and just in proportions the habits tbe,
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