The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-09-21

phasises the necessity to husband our
energies and develop our talents with
an eye single for the end in view.
There is a city of 4, 800 inhabitants not
far from a hundred miles from Red
stone; its principal is imported from
the east, and receives salary of $500
per annum. Graduates of the "High
SCHOOL, have a smattering of all olo-
gies, but cannot give an intelligent an
swer with regard to London, Paris or
even New York; they cannot solve a
simple sum in commercial figures, or
write hand that would recommend
them to any merchant for his counting
room. And this is by no means an
exceptional case. The prevailing fash
ion is to stuff one course of study un-
der the pretense of enriching it. The
great majority of our principals go
farther than the great Dogberry, and
| by their actions proclaim that to spell
and figure, as well as to read and write
come by nature. Now, it should be
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of subjects which pupils skim over, but
those they master that will contribute
to true mental Development, Our pres
ent skimming over a multitude of sub
jects instead of educating children is
affecting them with a sort of mental
dyspepsia as well as cultivating men
tai habit of superfciality which proves
the greatest foe to real, earnest, patient
study in mature life. If the curriculum
were pruned so as to give time to teach
the fund amental branches thoroughly
there would be stronger found alton,
and more symmetrical superstructure
in the educ ational development of chill
dren; and that education is alone sue
cessful when it imparts thirst for
knowledge which accompanies the real
student through life. But we believe
that our accomplished and experienced
Principal is exceptional, and knows
these truths much better than we have
expressed them; that she does not for
get that there is for some of her pupils
the academy, the college, the universi-
ty to follow; that she should leave some
of the work for them; and finally, that
for the rest of her pupils they will
leave her school direct to assume their
life work.
THE TIMES man is indebted to Sup't
Cornell for the opportunity of getting
short interview with the President of
the road on the occasion of recent
visit here. The object? To obtain
that gentleman's views on subjects of
peculiar interest-the fishing grounds
and game preserves of the Crystal Riv-
er country. He thinks he was quite
successful. The chief executive of sew
eral organizations, one of which, the
C. F. & l. CO., is among the most i'm
Colorado's greatest, is quite young
man-soyo young in appearance and com
plexion as to deceive the uninitiated,
who would never dream that he has
reached his exalted position by climb
ing step by step every rung of the lad
der. With thatquick decision so strik-
ing characteristic of the successful
man of fairs, he doesn't do thing
by halves, even if it be so unimportant
as the according of an interview to a
man in overalls and jumper. Mr.. Os-
good at once gave his views freely and
frankly, in terse and no uncertain Ian
guage: "The companies interested
here had spared neither expense, time
nor influence in their efforts to have
the fishing grounds thoroughly stocked
with fry last spring; they wanted the
fish given a chance to grow and propa-
gate. There were hundreds of men en-
ployed on improvements here, whose
residence was but temporary; these
men, if fishing privileges were limit
less, would unwittingly be instrumental
in the utter determination of the fish
before any opportunity was given them
to grow and increase. The majority
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improvements now in progress were
completed, and in the meantime the
trout if left alone would have a chance
to thrive. There would be better op-
portunities for the true lover of sport
next year, which would still further
improve as the years went on" Mr..
| OSrOO1 desired to testify his hearty
appreciation of the ready acquiesence
of nine-tenths of the employees to the
notice which the companies had posted,
and which was in the nature of a re-
quest, not command. "But it was
exasperating to note how few follow
ed the bent of their inclinations as
though to DO otherwise was to surren-
der some sacred right, instead of being