The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-02-07

This syue 81 edpcatian ks. produced
- l>odiae seholozs. <sstesmea,
ikc&optsrz. preachers, educators.
>ss,sf<. rcieatists and rulers. There
Is srsinins Of the hand 60 do a
<p>ssic work. which some men call
practical eiucation.~ when in fact.
~ s. srsining in trade" Its not
20 be despised. Bot i j. not 20 e.
ranked with broad aud liberal cau-
cseien tia, makes a man master Of
many lines, and qualities h;m Tor the
largest responsibilities. To 81 for a
trade = one thing: to educate for a
fall life Is vastly different thing
Scisnee i generally regarded a. the
practical line q study This Is be-
cause Of the fact that physics builds
electric plants. chemistry cures dis
eases. mineialogy finds gold. and
biology discovers microbes. Bot
these are not the only lines Of prsc-
teal living The man who writes
poem touches more springs Of real
life than the man who inyenis a tsie-
phone. The telephone il an iustfn-
mcnt Of science. very necessary IN
deed; the poem is the life-wora that
sNells the heart. fires the mind and
stars 20 great deeds. The flower has
rs practical a mission as the cabbage:
and the bird song Is as serious a force
rs The telegraph click So to call a
scientific education tic practical ciu-
cation Is 20 narrow life iour 20
bread and butter limits and % supply
iiie-necds out Of the shop. The
practical man is the man who eau
u-e a thing, and the most practical
man is the man who can use the most
things for the greatest ends. The
hammer is a great Instrument. so are
the saw. the chisel and screw driver.
6et the man who can use only these
things practices only a few things.
GIVE rs men who can use tho move
uent Of stars. the song of the poet.
ihe vision Of the prophet. the glow OF
the sun. yea, use evcrything-hc is
the practical man.
II education means ANYTHING. Do
means an honest search for truth and
"a severe opposition 20 error The
college student must be- inspired with
o. love of truth and feel abe freedom
which 10 furnishes The college, of
ihc south have not been as free as
iheir work requires The dominant
political party has ruled the State
colleges. either requiring them to
Hs fousc certain political doctrines. lr
luising them g. a silence concerning
incse doc;fincs The penalty log disc
Obedience is decapitation oi the disc
loyal profess as in the ease of ihe
Kansas university. COZ threat to
withhold appropriations The church
colleges have been ruled by public
sentiment. fearing 60 oppose what is
Popular. though d NAV bee false. Jest
patronage should bee Withdrawn
hoth processes are systems oi tvfan.
uy. destructive oi the growth of educ
cation. and can only produce timid
tyre oi thought aud character OnIs
Truth and Justice fix the limits o.
personal rights. and the sim nf alI
study is io hud the truth sni give %
utterance This b. iho atmusrhrr,
out of which came such men a.
Luther. Knox. Cromwell Wesley.
nud Newton. though they made o. goo
tlemselscs
The true college can not be loes.
u be- spirit While &c vslnes a.l
tAaf i- great in i,s ara state auU
holds in high esteem a loyalty to ihe
Commonwealth. yet the nation b.
larger than the state. and 10 B.. 81
national spirit for which the uu,
college stands The truc.s citizen
must be the man whose symuatlic-
sake boz national Interest,". tasks and
kiuships. Otherwise there can be- no
tuiQu oi States for this union
mus, depend upon the national spnii
n' thv citizen rather than upon sr-
iicIss of Constitution. Besides $40
business enterprises have become
fAefienai Instead of local. a- they $40
a .ev wear, since The capital thai
works a cotton factory, opcsatc- o.
railroad. or carries on tauk is gath
cred from every source. ADD lack cd
National interest and feeling iu the
citizens wiil impede industry aud im-
peril Investments. The heated talk
sgaiast foreign capitol has iis
-tfcagih IN a local aud selfish CITIZEN
slsip. Agains; shis type of citizen.
ship and 90 that tcuds Co abats
natiensi patriotism the true college
directs ,is influences
Christian education is more than
, moral training. because Christianity
e more than morality. IL Is an in-
culcstion % the fundamental doctrine.
ol Christ aud an interpie,ation oi
these doctrines with regard Co abe
problems Of life. IL T. not the pro,
iace of the church college 20 aeal