The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-08

heaYcnward. II e ought to be step
ping pretty II vel o., this earth, and
with d broad flat foot too Z trying; to
Sbe honest aud usefn and loving and
true, getting his. reward out OF this
Kind Of living, not putting his eye on
harps and roSebedS and idleneSs,
Don't misund derstand me-. believe
I'm religion, but this Is my relig
and mind you what Is too. Snamby--.
fpatnby and sentimental for boys is
ltOoimuch SO for girls too. have no
patience with the idea that a girl is
Ito be fed on honeysuckle tea and kept
In an 'aviary' till she Is married, heipg
then innocent which means ignorant
land totally unfit for the companions
ship ofa man with brains. IS So strike
Eout, your sentimental nonsense and
put something human into the hands
Iof your children. =
BY an oversight Mr.. MEG Ghee failed
to note that the list contained several
OF the Alcott books and this called
EfcrthifrOm him tie following In re-
Igard to these books which are so;gen-
orally put into every school library:
IsnCtice that you haven't Miss Al-i
fcOttss books. Il Isneyer read these book 8
land never expect to-neither am I
sorry Tor that great omission, for i
have aniidea that they are namby-
pamby. But have never before
heard of school library without
| them"
A BOOK FOR ALL AGES.
BY an oversight on the part of the
committee In printing the list Plu-
tarch's Lives" was left off, and this
called forth the suggestion from sew
leral that this should by all means be
in the list and also the following very
valuable suggestion from DR.. Bold
ridge in regard to the value thereof;
BY all means get 'Plutarch's Lives
This author helped to make Shakes
peare, Napoleon, Emerson, Franklin,
/ Alexander Hamilton, Nathaniel
Greene and manycothers. Mabie is
right in saying he furnishes pastr-
age for noble minds. Much can be
absorbedi from him."
Through a similar oversight Web
ster's. International Dictionary was
omitted from the list, and that
brought forth from all the suggestion
that no library was complete without
a standard dictionary.
j REDUCING TO A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
| The effort to get everything down
to a percentage basis does not always
take. MIR. McCants hit death blow
st this percentage craze: u teach
mathematics, but never think in per
cents. In fact, it doesn't so much
!, matter what per cent, Of fiction, as
what fiction, how good travels, whose
history, biography, ETC., and what Is
. contained in your miscellany. could
make up a library correct in percent
, ages and otherwise worthless"
, Prof. Wardlaw finds it easier to
place the relative values OF the differ
ent division-of reading that should be
in a library tdan to reduce the same
to percentage basis. He suggests
J the following: Il cannot give the
, per cent, but the following would be
tho order OF relative fullneSs; stories
, whether fictitious Or true), biography
history, travel, miscellaneous"
!, There is considerable difference
in the answers that were given ir
which the. PERCENTAGE basis was made
5 Prof. McLucas suggests: Finction, &C
: per cent; travel, history, biography
, and miscellany, 10 each. Supt
, Dreher: Fiction, 15; travel, 30; his.
tory, 30; biography, 20; miscellaneous
3. DR.. Wallace: Fiction, &c; travel
, 10, history, 10; biography, 10; mis-
cellaneous, emphasizing poetry, 30
, Prof. Cook; History, biography, travel
, 60. Mr.. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel
20; history, 20; biography, 80; miscel
!, laneous, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fic.
, ton, 30; travel, 20; history, 20; bio
graphy' 20; miscellaneous, 10. Mel.
ther DR.. McC,... nor DR.. Boldridge
found themselves able to reduce theil
= 7lfnSwers TIA percentage basis, but
each makes good sGggestion. DIR.
Mccain: The answer to, this Gues-
tion would depend very much upon
the age Of the children" DR.. Bold
ridge: Il should not like to be posi-
tive in my answer to that question.
Each scholar would be special study.
One would need more Of these divisi-
ons than would another. / believe in
a good portion of each, but all Should
lead up to the higher study Of history.
There is one question the answers
to which never fail to interest, and
that IS the one in regard tn those
books that have made lasting i'm
preston, On this point there is a
very considerable variation always not
only on account of the inacceSSibility
to certain books, but also on account
of varying tastes that are always to
be found in children. The answers to
the question as to the three books
that had made the most lasting i'm
preston were as follows:
DR.. Mccain: Bible, Pilgrims Pro
gress" and "Weem's Marion" Dir.
Wallace: Pilgrims Progress" tom
Browns School Days" Sanford and
Merton" Prof Morrison: "Pilgrim's
Progress" Tom Browns School
Days" Eutaw." Supt. Dreher: Bible,
Tom Browns School Days" Mother
Goose Melodies" Prof. Cook: Blue
back spelling book, Milton, Bible.
Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne Reid's IRAN
Away to Sea- Young Marooners,"
Swiss Family Robinson" Weem
Life OF Marion" Mr.. N[cCant'