The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-03-11
TOO MUCH EDUCATION.
a Short Discussion of Education In
Reference to Crime, Pauperism, &c.

Reference to Crime, Pauperism, &c.
Observer. writes to the Baltimore
Sun rs follows, As published in lis issue Of
March !
Under the heading of Preventive
Charity Charles u. EIine. superintcnd-
ent IF education Of Connecticut, tells in
the sun Of March , Of what he considers
some Of the advantage. Of compulsory ed
uya,iou The writer aud his theme will
Il; once bring to mind the fact that juyen-
ilc crime in Connecticut has Of E,tc - as
toui>hcl the citizens of that State that
rurfew law ha, been called for covering
nos q town here and there, bat the whole
state Wha, does 'hi, speak for compnl-
sory education? What does it speak for
the State that has IN .1jcial records posed
rs the very first State iu the Union Ia ed
uel,jou l. there any Indictment from
these results for Maryland TO follow Con
nec,icut example, Go,o Massachusetts
the ~cconI STATE in point Of educational
merit-manv of IT. tosu. have adopted the
rf,rfcw. State socialism Is taking rugt IN
other towns. the State hAs rcccn,ly been
rlass,,l a, the third iu the mon iu F.,u5
ID crime, and the lcop'c are asking through
tie prs. If the schaai> arc . failure
The ,rauIr and unemployed ID Connect
irut traverse the ,puntrs ! wanted q
farm hand. put an advertisement 'u the
san fsr one and had upwards # thirty
half starved educated clerk reply baJ nn'
one ,sri.able fayru hand The mD-g riii.
able yeung man the lot was fr,m Con
negatui Ia the ordinary sense vf the
warl. hi, education far exceeded mine
WIS bad b5- Stst, aot found employment
fer him lie vas honest sober and Tc
liable toak him on my farm. tsi;cnel
him up and gradually introduced hlm Co
work wIL -,mc r,lgh and llitvuie men
slte sere cxtgse,iu. s:umF- lie buslly
h..ss,a5c a REGULAR hand with the >tn'np
ass!.ers and finally LEFT mc o. take up h~i
and board with them. lle had reSa'ue'i
bstlgh sai ,irea-th and wa, s.a rv,uylicI
with b.. los al laliara day that hc said be-
aarli never again rl,k .taryaiIo iu atteEapi.
Ias a. -aiu hvclih1.i hy hi. wits Tbs
yaau. man was enc of maay that ! hayc
usrt ,4ish who have had gheir highr~, hopes
raised bs tae slu-a- at cduta,ion b. hnd
thega dashed q. sniihrn-cns up"R eDteru-
the threshold III hie This :, where ria
,-ali1ss i bryesiing a.. ustipu cf dt,cpHlcut,.
IN proIartiaa So population, crime. pau
4 eHa & FHs
states " the E4st, North and West,
wherc t-iara;;on IS compulsory than in
the State of the Sough, where g. Is uos~
Taking the goaniry al, whole iity years
s.a. bsfave education vas ,sl general there
verc iu jails and pcaitcu,iari,~ aaly ooc to
every , unD Inhabitants. uuw there = one
a. every 750 inhabitants What stronger
rr.sF /. nee,iel Co show lha, car IlblIe
school. -re no; doing that which ,hu>e ho
lise hy then elsira ior thsmt The rvdnei
crimes. ,., 10 SPEAK af which oHr iore-
father. knew comparatively nothing cut
a. figure whatever in iail and peniirnliary
calculations, vet. al in all th~y add i'm
inct.tiv ~ The misery and death brought
by shelf educated uanipula;ors upan the
human family. That education prevents
eri,ue none but che an,ilua,ei ans longer
assume SliAel hy ;1c.s 10 viii shortly
d impossible Tor ans ouo 70 seriously
l,sa.er contend that the public schools arc
making u> a naiiun 81 industrious happy
aud prosperous, citizens. Who contests
the l.,,ui In th, present save these who
directly " indirectly have axes ro grind as
Ibe putljc ,choA srinds,ouc
last yesr =. SOL. 455 person, received
nsble assistance ur relief In Ncw YORK
STATE Thi, does uo, include the gharit-
able work done by King Daughters Ep-
worth League. Christian EudeaSuTrTs,
Bands Of I,pc. aid s.eie;jes. helping
hsu,.,. the many benevolent branches Of
She Catholic Church uor private charity.
which would have made il 80 per cent
more Think OF between three aud four
million people receiving aid to live IN a
sinrIe STATE What due, that argue for
the school, where docs the iudcpcnd-
cnee the schools are supposed to have in
-uired caine ia Ia the same year in
NeW ! slS 80, I"h, Nhu was gwen "Ht "f
tile organized charities only while Slo%,
3S4554 STOOD invested in behalf Of the
poor Thu, it is that the schools are
breeding a. a nation Of dependents. sit
any wonder that socialism j, growing? ?
The fast Is. Mr. Hine Is "a mossb1cS Of
fits years ago. He spe,Ns what pnbiIe
school advocates then hoped for. The
system has been tried and ha> proved
wanting. aud the nation continues the
pursuit Of the dela>ive phantom at IT'S
peril. Even Horace Mann, the father
Of the public school system. has inter
dicted the compulsory feature which Mr.
Iiine would extend Let Marylanders
shun its delusious.