The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-10

and the Virginia editor. brought Into one.
field OF view, as NE have tried to bring
them to-day, demonstrate that In the
large sense the problem OF the laWiess
schildis not q problem OF race OF OF seq
don. but q problem Of I'm yeSsal 8tirnFos-
ta.nee and manifestation. What both OF
these men say has been sadd before IN
both limited and general 'plicatlon ny
many ether speakers and writer's. The
pert and disrespectful child OF the Gay,
with his tend encics to sover-abundant anu
patience OF restraint and his incllnationy
/. TO practical thoughtlessness 31or DINERS
rights, has been the subject OF much sor-z
Erowful or indignant discussion. Almost
everybody agrees, to some extent, that
there is great evil In this condtti on..
But most people pass it by with indlt-
ference or abandon it with despair what
I to do or knowing what to do, how to
do it, are problems altogether too DIM
cult.
Both the authorities from which we
+ have quoted agree, however, that IN the
E education which is furnished by the
(! schools there must be an element wh1ch
tshill seek the correction Of the evil, OF
the schools do not justify their exist
ence... Mr.. Chaplin discusses the topic al
length, but the Virginia editor comes
to exactly the same conclusion When ne
says that liberal appropriations snouio
be made by the white tax payers OF the
State for that purpose, and that su .s. III
structors should be provided as VIII pay
special attention to the manners a!o
morals Of the negro ch1ldren-s 1hal -
the marrow of the question. mat -
the education which the negro needs,
and It is the education that God Al
mighty expects us to give him. rae
tically, they both say that the mono
ought to furnish this instruction, but
unfortunately, in too many instances,
the home does not Hence the COM
munity, in self-defense music assume TINS
task through the agency OF the pubic
schools. There are some oraWbacks 70
this proposition that will readily occur
to any thinking mind One Is that the
idea that the schools are responsible WIZ
lead to still further weakening OF the
sense of parentaI Obligation. and another,
that as community sentiment is only the
aggregation of individual sentiment. the
standard of school discipline cannot 1air-
ly be expected to rise far above .nat OF
family discipline, as family discipline av-
erases. Still those who do not recognize
this need of the times, In whatever posi-
ton they may be placed, are pound TO
press the consideration Of this matter ON
every occasion that offers.
"A bill was recently introduced in Con-.
gress which proposes to enable men 60
draw pensions from the Government VINO
were practical deserters. The bill itseir
iustifes the inference that there is a
class of veterans in the, country Who' IN
order to escape the priyat!ons OF South
ern prison life, took the oath OF ailes-
lance to The Confederacy and entered the
g., n
who may be able to satisfy the proper
authorities that they perjured themselves
when they took that oath, that In reality
they never withdrew their allegiance
from the Union, never drew oisioya !!
breath, nor fired a gun In de1ense u
the South are to be entitled to pensions
Seeing that they were into the trouuie
enough to be actually caught, they are
doubtless as deserving as great many
Who have. been drawing pensions all
along and, seeing that they Were uii-
scr1,n;,lo,1s enough to swear lie once
IN order TO get out of a tight place, theS
will doubtless be able to furnish all 'he
proofs required. We heard of man tfy-
ing to draw pension from TINS STATE
within the last year or two VINO hau q
similar r record behind him. daVlns peei,
a Southern soldier at one time, 10 nuun
his way into the Union army NV nt,
similar circumstances. In view or tae
ease with which Fed era4l u ;
allv become available, he was probably
Drawing a pension from the general
government at the very time ne was
seeking a pension from Virginia-Dan-
Vile Register.
" ID. Howells: Nothing but the trresl9-
+ih,e charm Of the American girl eouso'
should think keep the young men VINO
read "a Japanese Nightingale from go
ing out and marrying Japanese s'r's'