The evening Republican., 1902-09-26
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could read turkey tracks any
how. 0w.'-Laughter). Well, / can.
can tell which way tito turkey ii
going by looking at his track, and
so can you if you have been on the
farm long enough. And when you
have written and read these marks
and characters a sufficient number
of times, and have become familiar
with them, you can master them.
THE Western world has educated
itself ahead of the easter n world;
the Occident is ahead of the Oriedt,
They have better trained minds and
better trained hands for the business
of life than we have, and it is all
sumed up in one word, 'Educationr
We have educational processes in
the public schools it is a Won
derful field that the public schools
fill. You, perhaps, have been in
their halls; have; others have. Eut
there may be some here who have
never attended a public school, but
| doubt it. If there are those who
have gotten all their education from
private schools, we include private
schools with public schools and say
that the public schools of the United
States. and the private schools. of
the United States surpass any such
schools that the sun shines on in the
whole world. l am making some
sweeping statements, but l am pre-
pared to back up what | assert. We
are not only educating our children
in these public schools, but we have
the Kindergarten; we begin with the
child almost as soon as it can speak,
and right along up through the
public school, we come to the
academy-and there are hundreds
and thousands of academic students
throughout our land. Blessed is the
young man OF young woman who
has the privilege and opportunity Of
taking a course in an academy, be-
yond the public school. If possible
it ought to be done. And beyond |
these we have the college. The col
leges of our land are wonderful in
stitutions. We have many of them
more Of them than any other co,ln-
try under the sun, and the old world
is astOnished at our educational CEN
ters and our appliances and what
we are doing for our young men
and young woman. But the courses
taught in these schools are not adopt .
ed education. The public school, and
the academy and the college, all
combined, seek to educate young
man and give him the foundation
and the mental equipment and de-
velopement. But they are not what
| denominate adapted education'
Here IS what l Gull "adaptel edu.
cation:' If 60 to the public school
and the academy and the cole &C,
do not know how to preach. Then
what am l to do to learn how to
preach: l want to be preacher: l
want to know how to preach, and if
L want to learn how to preach, it
makes no difference If have been
to all three of these schools-if |
have not been to any Of them-if ]
want to learn specifically how to
preach, must 60 to a school where
they teacn how to preach. We have
such schools in the theological semi
nares where the teachers have
adapted themselr to give the infor-
necessary for the ministry. Men 60
to their study and equip them selves
for preaching.
That is adapted education.
Take another instance. Here is
a young man who ihas been through
college, who has passed all the grades
of these schools | have named: but
he wants to be a physician, How is
he going TO be physician? Why