The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
PRIZES for NAP pRAWINt;

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the world. Last week, Miss Glady
Mates was the recipient of fly,
dollar check from the same com
pany for the best map sent Il
them. AS this paper has an
Immense circulation among tn,
school throughout the Unitet
States, New Iberia has cause t,
be proud of two prizes in tw,
weeks.
The following statistics concern
ing our public schools cannot fai
to be of interest to the people Of
New Iberia:
Pupils coming to school in con-
veyances, buggies, etc, As
| Number OF conveyances, bug
! Sles,etc', ....-....... .....32
Number pupils coming to
school on horseback .2i
Pupils coming on horseback
and III buggies. go
Pupils coming the longest dis
lance ......1l2 mi
| Pupils coming the shortest dis
lance. $50. 49,. ....-....lR
Average distance for the above
sixty nine pupils. ........32i &"
Combined distance for these
sixty.nine pupils. .259 "
Distance coming and returning 5lS "
Distance walked by pupils from
the country " .......7
Pupils living five miles or more
from town. ....... 80. 23 SO
If the above distance was cover.
ed by the pupil alone, he would
travel, during a nine months term
Of school, distance neatly equal
to circumnavigating the earth
four times; and in two and-one.
half years, of nine months each,
he could start out and reach the
moon
HIGH SCHOOL LECTURE AND CON
CERT COURSE.
The first of the series of lect-
ures and concerts, arranged for by
the New Iberia High School au
thorities, will be given at the OPP
era House on the evening of Feb
ruary 9th, when DIR. W. j. Clark
will give a demonstration in wire
less telegraphy and liquid air. Mr..
Wilcox has been assured that this
entertainment is of very high or
der and no one can afford to miss
this. Remember the date, Feb.
ruary 9th.
THE HOPE OF THE SOUTH.
1t is no use to hide the fact that
the hope Of the South lies in the
white boy who is determined to be
useful and is willing to work hard
that he may be, says the Tennes-
see Mountain Herald. There are
many who are studying Latin and
Greek and fittings to be lawyers.
doctors and ministers, but there
is no great demand for them.
There is a never ending demand
for young men who can do some
thing and superintend common
labor while this labor does what
clear brains plan and oversee. The
day has passed when a man with
a diploma from some small college
can win his way carte blanche. 1t
has been found that there is cul-
ture in gardening as well as in
Greek, in a lathe as well as in
in the handling OF al
pillow as we'll as IN the handling of
a pen
COMMON SENSE EDUCATIoN.
Too large a class of the young
people in America, of both sexes,
are seeking pursuits not requiring
manual labor, says William Math-
er. Their education as given at
present in the high schools and
colleges tends rather to unfit them
for the actual industries Of life,
in a country where the vast re-
of nature are waiting for
and trained hands 20 util-
ize them. The American boy with
his Unborn ambition and natural
ingenuity, would cease to regard
labor as drudgery, If his
hand and mind together were in
trained through the
school period.
THE CHILDREN CANNOT WAIT.
The children of to day will be
our men and women of tomorrow.
Their opportunity for gaining
knowledge is fast fleeting. Once
It is gone, it will be gone forever.
rhav can't wait What ua do