Evening star., 1901-03-09

other occidental tongue in which so much
may be expressed in words OF one syllable
Half-educated people are apt 60 seek indi-
rect modes OF expression, of which a GER
tain eupheuism Is the result. Worse than
this do L account the more common con-
fusion OF who" and whom" which the
render impossible. For example. one would
say, Il saw a man whom would do this"
YET many say, Il saw man whom I
thought would do this" the grammatical
orense being as great in the second OF these
formulas as 1t would be in the first.
What They Lose.
People with still smaller appreciation Of
language are anxious TO sdorn the minds OF
thelr children with a smattering OF foreign
languages. And so these children are torn
from the bosom OF their mother country
and carried into strange lands. in order that
.hey may forget the grand inheritance OF
their native tongue, and become aliens to
Its true significance
Next, logic-not the technical dialectic OF
the scotch ana German schools but a dlsci.
phne which shall point out the true Sc
Quence of facts and ideas This ALWAYS with
reference TO real life, IN which the greatest
failures often come from an irrational mode
OF reasoning. L once knew a lad in whom
the promise OF intellectual attainment ap-
peared to be only moderate. / learned how.
ever, that in his class one day the question
had been asked: How shall we measure
,e ,he strength Of chaip7which has one weak
chain will only be strong as its one weak
INK This changed my opinion OF his
mental capacity, and my later view has
since been amply justified.
History, next, in order that the pupil NAV
learn TO reverence the past and be prepared
to receive and value its vast inheritance,
Training the Mind.
Then, bellies lettres-the poets, dramatists,
essayists, ancient, medieval and modern.
the grand hctions which embody the ideals
OF the noblest minds pictures which enrich
life and shame its mean and selfish side.
VI the three great disciplines, mathemat-
les, metaphysics and linguistics, the choice
should In some degree depend upon the mem
tai endowment of the student | should
supulate for as much knowledge of Greek
ana Latin as will explain the Indebtedness
9t lhe English language to those tongues.
roI SO mucn OF metaphysics that a palpable
lallacy shall not impose upon Che pupIl's
mind For so much of mathematics as will
explain the processes of astronomical SCI
ence-for as much more of any or ALI OF
these as the pupil may have the opportunity
and desire to attain.
L should always advise a well-directed
STUDY or the Bible. The part which this
book has borne in the social and religious
progress of the race renders IL an fndis-
pensable aid to the right understanding OF
rehglous history and doctrine. Few people
IteroI rG'.urS o,r YOU toaay accept the book as the
f slleral and sole word of God, but that It is
foremost among the works Of God the
western nations will not deny.
WOmen's Clubs
L cannot close this very imperfect sketch
without word in acknowledgements of the
educational power of the various assocIa-
ions of women throughout the country and
womens clubs. These afford opportunities
OF friendly intercourse, by which thought
Is stimulated and its horizon widely ex-
tended. In them the stronger members
naturally assist the weaker and the best at
tainments of each are made to rebound 10
the good of all. When we add to this the
constantly increasing cooperation of the
foremost individuals of both sexes in mat
ters or public interest we shall feel that TO
potn has been issued the edict Come up
hgher ana that II has not been issued in
vain. In what 1 have now tried to say I
am aware that many departments of cul-
ture, desirable in themselves, have been
omitted from mention. OF all the things
which IT is well to know, who could give
account in the space allotted to the present
paper? If / have succeeded in rightly indi-
eating the spirit in which the education of
our girls should be undertaken, and the OBJ
Jects which it should keep in view my la
Dor will not be wholly thrown away