The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

4 by j. s. Ogilvic Publishing Company.
5Ss H'Et#BsgEB1gsBt8 IS as as as Is
OF the parents Lacking energy, they
take possession Of him by other means.
by sighs. applications or by base sedic-3
tons. II they cannot enchaln Him they
will take him with bird-lime, and thus
entrap him. : But he will live In them,
by them ana for them. Which is the only.
admissible thing to their minds.
This kind Of education Is not only
practiced In tho family. but also In tho
great social organisms whose principal
educational function consists IN laying
the hands on the new arrivals, SO to Afas-
ten Them the most irresistible fashion on
In the existing frames It IS tho 8reduc.
tion, tho trittlntion and absorption OF
tic Individual Sl,Sn social body, whether.
1t Is thcocratic, communicate, r8slmply
bureaucratic and given to ro,itlne.9 Seen
from the outside, such a system Of cduca--
5tloii would seem to be, above all. simple.
These proceedings are, IN fact, absolutely
so. And. II man were nobody, ~ no We're
but n sample OF the race, that would bel
tlh perfect education. s all Tie wild
beasts and all the fish and insects OF the
same classaild kind have tho same line
Identical, "a having the same tastes, the
same Language, the same beliefs. md the
same ste,idencies.1l But man Is not but a
sample OF tho. race and It Is because sot-
that 3thnt this kind OF ieducntlon,is far
from being simple In its. effects. Men
vary So much from ca CHI other that we
tkinventl irnumcrablc means to reduces
ITO cnilsc to sleep or gu Gil CHI Individual
thought, Is we have but partially succeed-t
arranged. y At every moment the Initiative
Internal force tilnds Its way out through
some fssures with moro or less violence,
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. commotions, and
grave disorders. 4 And there, where moth
ing results, where &tho force submitsato.
the outward authority, tho evil lies, at the
bottom U,idcrftli apparent order are
hiddent sullcnF revolts, furnishings X con-
,tracted in an abnormal existence apa thy
and death. Is III Y ST Il sssS II, f3ss5S,F aS
1t 4 Is "a la / system that produces such
fruit, and however simple itEappcars, rat
the foundation it engenders all the com.
plea tions. n 81 !. . u b ].
The other system is tho opposite ex--
IRENE. IT. consists in bringing tho chill
dren lip for themselves: The position is
reversed ; the parents are there Tor me
child. Scarcely Is he born, when he pe-t
grandparents and the robust one OF the
father Incline before that curly hcac. HIS
stammering is their joy; sign from
him suffices.a If he cries harder than
usual in his cradle at night, no fatigue
counts. the whole house is up The new
conner is not long in learning that ne
holds the full power. Before he walks ne
is dizzy with z AS he grows that grows
'witllahi,n and eflibellishes itself. Parents,
- toe r7Yn
everybody nrct at his orders. Hc accepts
tho homage, anu even the immolatlon, OF
his ncighbor: she treats as q recaicltrant
subject whoever does not stand aside as
he 81 ,rhsre is but him. 10 Is
unique; the perfGct the infanlble one They
discover too late that they have given
themselves "a master, and what g master!
forgetful ofHssacrifices, without respect,
even without pity, he takes no II more
account Of those to, whom no owes '. ~,
and I. goes through. life without law or
bride. al y; u I. ..1ls q ~
This education liasSits social FORM too,
1t thourlshes where tho past does 4 not
count, cwlicrc history begins but with the
living. where there Is neither tradit on.
nor discipline, nor respect; where those
who know the least talk the loudest;
where all those who represent PUBIC
order become uneasy before tho lrst com:
err whose; forco Consists In talking Sun
louder and respecting no .ono: Y assures
The reign Of eplemeral passions, tho tri-- /
umph OF the inferior arbiter. I compare
these two educatlons, where one is the
exaltation of tho center, and the other
the exaltation Of the Individual; the one
tic absolutism of tradition the other me
tyranny Of the new colncrs---and y tind
them as terrible, ono as the other. 5ut
the most awful Of all is the combination
OF tho two which produces half autom- 4
atoms half dcspots, balancing censelcssly
between the. lamb-like spirit and the
spirit Of revolt or domination.
q Children must not be brought up TOT
nor for their parents; for man
is no more destined toabe a. great person
than "a sample. We must bring them up
Tor life. Their education has for aim to
AID them to become active members OF
powerful brotherhoods tree
servantsEof tho city. 1t is to complicate
life, deform 1t. sowltt the germs OF az tho
disorders to put In acttceLnn education
which is inspired by any other prlhclpic.
When We wish to say in one word the
destiny Of the child. 1t Is the word future
that mounts TO our lips, The child IS the
future. That word says all. sufferings
past, present efforts, and hopes. NOW
tile Child is incapable OF understanding
the meaning OF this word at the time
when his education begins. For at that
moment he is delivered over to the ALI
OF Ills actual impressions.
who. then, will give him the hrstl
rays OF light, and set him on tho ROAD
which, l,o should follow? Tho parents, tho
teachers But II they will reflect Q little
they will feel that their work Interests
not only themselves and the cnllu, Dllt
they exercise powers and adn1lnlstrute I'M
personal Interest. The child must CON
stantly appear to them as a future citl-
zen Under the Influence 8of this preoc-
cupation they will have two cares which
Will complete each other; the care Tor
the initial individual power, which ger
inmates in their child, and should grow
and the social destination OF that power.
At no moment OF their action on him
should they forget that this little being.
confidcd to their care, should become