The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

satisfaction Of knowing to what goal his
efforts are directed, and knowing that
midnight oil is not wasted euerpy. Here
he also realizes for the first time that
every individual pupil is only one Of the
component parts Of the community, the
school, the neighborhood, the state, or
the nation, and that every good and no
BILE deed aids the state and reflects back
until he receives his portion, also that
be cannot violate the regulations Of any
Of the institutions, without the certainty
that be is iniurng himself, for whatever
benefits the whole benefits the parts, and
whatever Injuries al Of the state, Injuries
the individual parts.
This principle, think, is at the very
foundation Of governments and the one
on which the school system Of Indiana
is founded. Too often the pupil leaves
school before he has reached this con-
clusion, too often the teacher fails to en-
phasize this great truth, and the result
Is at the very bottom Of selfshness, dis
honesty, deception and all other evils
which are met in all communities, al
though teachers are not always TO blame
for the evils of the pupils.
knowledge gained at school is useful
only 80 far as it gives power TO organize
previously acquired facts and arrive at
new ones during life, and the facts to be
organized are a direct result Of the most
Weighty environments, or the environ
ments which appeal most powerfully to
the emotions or reasoning Of the learner.
These environments are many times be-
yond the control Of either teacher or
pupils.
The human race Is born into the world
with the instinct Of seli-preseryation in
the asoendency. Through ignorance
the great principle cited above, without
the power to reason TO the correct con-
oluaion, the youth viii follow that in
stinot Of soli.preservation 10 the extent
ia extreme cases that be Is true 10 no tie
further than It tends 20 aid him In his
own selfish desires, and one Of the most
trying moments Of our hvesis when we
are made aware how many Of our school
mates and friends viii not bear the test
that We know not whom 10 trust That
this Is the true condition Of society to-
day Is an indiapuiable fact, and q is also
a direct proof that efforts Go school Wo
have failed. Probably the cause Of this
failure is almost always found in the
school training
The student gains knowledge, an
knowledge b only an increase Of power
% be turned into any channel the viii
may dictate. Could this knowledge be
organised into q systematic education,
it would plainly prove TO the wrong
doer that ho Be iniudng himself with
Others, and We would have class Of
young men and women leave oursohoola
whose very nature Wouldbe that Of hoR.
OF, honesty and an other moral virtues
which constitute The traits 10 be- sought
10 making good oIh1ena Under our
present ayaiom in Indiana Che average
pupil should leave school with q we'll
rounded education enabling him 20
meet the requirements during lite, a
moral training 90 Thoroughly grounded
thai ha would dotoat dishonesty 40 Che I
pole. or in private dealing. and q sense
% dghi ana iualIoo chat would cause him
% aeai be islloW-man aa he would be-
tlea.ed. nd respect himself ~ be- would
haYo o.hcu poc' him,
notwithstanding lho many trials, iil-
ulo- and struggles throughout the oouue.
Uoal auee .ba. ouI ehoo. 100 Was Che
r.e.antas' pau Of oul I.Ve Ihil . 90
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