Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-13
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU
Under Direction of KATE MARKHAM POWER.

the case of Switzerland, the report
said
'It would be impossible to enumer-
ate the institutions in Switzerland de-
voted either directly or indirectly to
technical instruction. The canton OF
Zurich spends one-third OF its budget
on schools. and the other cantons more
or less in the same ratio; for it Is an
axiom with these people. that In order
to secure the permanent prosperity OF
the State, ii is indispensable to educate
the masses, and thus enable the artisan
to excel in his work" II was the
same OF Denmark. which did not ask
for protection, but for education. Den
mark was one of the countries which
| by intelligence had made agriculture
prosperous with free trade; and 20
| such extent that last year 1t sent
5000. 600 pounds sterling, or pounds
per head of it's population, including
women and children, OF products 20
England alone after supplying them
selves. In Wurtemburg there was not
pauper to be found; and that was o
country that was miserably poverty
stricken half a century ago. He could
! go through all the nations visited and
! show that education went hand 10
! hand with industry, and that without
education industry did not flourish.
| sTake care OF the teachers, Pay
them we'll Train them for their work
| The great need in the pulpit, in the
Sunday schools, in public schools, and
universities, everywhere, is better
/ teaching. Honor the profession trained
| for the work. dignifying 1t by your
conduct and your appreciation OF theit
services. Recognize teachers as among
the chief factors OF your civilization,
and do what you can to make the
schools equal to any in the whols
/, country.
IL spoke a while ago of the dignity
! Of the office OF the statesman and the
legislator. 1t Is the chief duty OF the
statesman to watch over the outward
| interests OF the people. and OF the
educator to quicken their souls. The
statesman must study and manage the
!, passions and prejudices OF the com
munity; the teacher must study the
essentials, the deepest principles OF hui
man nature The statesman WORKS
! with coarse instruments; the teacher
works on that delicate ethereal essence
! the immortal soul.
"The golden age is in the future, ana
we must grasp 1t by diligent effort and
! by wise conduct. The children and
patriots on whom we are to depend Tor
! future glory are committed to you.
! Arouse yourselves, for the broadest
! statesmanship. Jefferson said, II we
educate the children Alright, our de-
scendants will be wiser than we. and
many things impossible for us to 90
will be easy for them
Il am here today to plead for the
children, not for the grown-up men,
not for the banks nor railroads. nor
even for agriculture; but ] am here to
plead for the children. They are all
, over your State. They are to be the
4 guardians of your interests, the pro
tectors of your lives and homes, and
to them are to be committed all the
destinies of the future"
4
whose lips the Great Silence has long
7 since fallen, concluded this address
! with a fervent plea that our children
! the children In each Southern State
be given the same rights and priv.
! ileges as the children of New York. or
Massachusetts. or any country in this
wide. wide world And surely they de.
kt.t- fri VI
them to have!
The McComb City Fair will be held
r,ext week, and great preparations
Lave been made for the event, and
1t will no doubt be highly successful.
Good purses and premiums have been
I hung up for contestants and the piney
woods of that section will make
good showing in competition with any
section of the State. The promoters
are business men and will leave no
stone unturned to make the fair what
it should be. The Grenada Fair was
| held last week and was the best In
the long history of the organization.
starkville and Columbus have pre-
pared for better times this year than
ever, and, take 1t all in all, the fairs
of. Mississippi are generally success.
full and great helps in the continued
prosperity of the country.
| LAFAYETTE, the University county oil
Mississippi, is still talking about bet.
ter roads and trying to devolve plans
for their betterment. 1t is good
theme for discussion, and will like
/ ly show something in the way OF de
I velopments ere long. Better roads for
Mississippi should be the subject OF
thought and action by every COM
r1unity in the State, and with per-
sistent agitation some plan will be hill
upon after awhile
The staid old city Of Natchez. on
! the banks of the Father of Waters
claims to be doing something these
Gays and saying but little about 1t
Much activity is being displayed
down there, and We may expect a
good report from her during the com
ing year.
Wesson. the home of Mississippi
4 Mills, the largest cotton manufactur-
ing plant in the State, Is becoming in
terested in the trucking business also.
The mills employ large number OF
people and with. the trucking inter
ests fully developed that part OF
Copiah county would blossom as the
rose.
] It Is not pleasant to contemplate.
but nevertheless true, that too many
people favor nothing unless they are