The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-10-23
THE HOME AND TIE SCHOOL.


THE HOME AND TIE SCHOOL.
So far as all temporal happiness
is concerned, there is no word III
the English language so sweet, so
/ full of pathos and endearment, as
the word, home. 1t is the centre
and substance of Our we'll being,
and the embodiment; of all earthly
joys, hope and pleasure. love and
care; and every environment that
adds beauty and value to the spot
OF all indwelling peace and comfort
that we call home.
Many people, generally speaking
of home, speak of it as merely a
place of abode; as though it were a
place where we eek out an exist
ence,. with no other object in view,
than to live, assert Our rights and
independence of all other human
creatures, make money, get rich
and selfish, and finally when we
shuttle eff our mortal coil" and
are carried to yonder grave yard
we are there buried as though that
were the end Of all existence, so far
as we are concerned, except the
settling up, Of, perhaps an unjust
estate, over which there may be
much contention in litigation By
quarrelsouIe heirs. But this is a
low and degraded conception of
home. The true and ideal home,
in comparison, is beyond all length
and breadth, heighth and depth, Of
human comprehension, and as faith
omless by the finite mind as the in.
finity of the universe.
The home, like our being, is
trinity, of body, soul and spirit;
and the soul and spirit of the home
is characterized by the possessors,
or occupants of the home. The
home has an eternal destiny, and if
sanctifcd by holy and christian in
fiuences, though it be broken up
by the relentless hand, and eternal
DEGREES Of death, the home militant
is transferred to the home triumph
ant, beyond the confines of time.
Hence, for every immortal soul
that is born in the home, only in
creases parental responsibility in
the moral and intellectual training
for the good, not only tor the addi-
tional charge, but for the commu-
nifty at large and society as well.
And hence, the necessity of the
school. And what is the school?
1t is only an additional room to the
home, or community of homes
within prescribed limits of small
territory. The same moral and
christian influences should prevail
in the school as in the home. In
the school the parents delegate
their authority, care, oversight and
protection, as we'll as their moral
and intellectual training 10 a peda-
gogue, for certain length Of time,
preparatory to a more useful period
in the life of the recipients of such
training. Then it behooves every
parent, who has an interest in the
school home, to frequently step into
this room. and see for themselves,
il their children are receiving the
care, protection, moral and intel
lectual training, and necessary COR
.ection that they would receive
under their own guidance, and
personal supervision. Thus far
every parent should personally in
vestigate, and not rely upon reports,
either received from their children,
nor, from any other source. The
teachers reputation in the school
room is jus; as sacred as your own
reputation in Your own home; and
before relying upon any evil reports
make the personal investigation be-
fore giving cfederce to anything
that reflects upon the teacher.
/ The juvenile family in the school
room, is the most interesting spec
tacle under human contemplation,
for the reason OF the future posi-
bility of every neighborhood in the
entire state, or nation. For as is
the home, so is the school; and as
is the school, so is the state and
nation. The school is only the
miniature government OF our state
and nation. The loveliest scene
imaginable, or that eyes can look
upon, is the family table, spread
with the necessary provisions ol
life, and surrounded by a group oi
cheerful and happy children. The
school is no less glorious assem-
blage. And what may our nation
not expect from the young and ris,
ing generation among whom, are