Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-12-29

with animation. Science comes nafu
: rally. because the pupil needs it in his
; daily work in the shop or kitchen OF
| garden.
! The pupils will do practical workiin
, identifying the school grounds under
; the direction and with the assistance
. Of the teachers. They will macadam-
, ize the walks. plant shade trees (and
fruit trees on plot of ground for that
purpose). lay out. construct and plan,
flower beds, cultivate the flowers.
and train the ivy. wistaria and other
vines against the building They will
take care of growing plants in each
room. and will assist in beautifying
the rooms and building in every way
they can. They will make the curtains
for the windows, the mats and rugs
for the floor. and brackets and shelves
for the walls. This practical work OF
identifying the school will react upon
the pupils moral and esthetic nature
and will give a great uplift TO the
home life. The pupil will make a
great many things that are merely or
namental. such as Christmas gifts,
Christmas cards. Easter cards. valen-
things will react strongly and power
fully upon his mental, moral and es-
thetic. not to say religious nature
The farmer has had a contempISfor
the higher schools because they took
the boy entirely away from work. and
If they return him to his father after
three or four years he was found to be
less prepared for the work than when
he went away. and the farmer exclaim-
ed, as he noticed the difference between |
the college boy and the one who had |
gotten his education in the practical |
doing of things,
How much the fool that's been to
Rome
Exceeds the fool that's staid at home.r
The farmer teaches his son that he
who eats a potato that he has not
earned is either a thief or a pauper
and the farmer is right Then how
can he esteem the institution that
sends his boy back home after four
or five years. weaker physically than
his fellows that remained at home.
knowing less about work than when
he went away. and with a contempt
for labor and for those who labor?
Can any man with the feelings Of a
man be blamed for hating such an in
These young people who are :
graduated from the institutions of the :
go out to live by their l
wits. AS result there are about if =
teen million gamblers in our country {
who are living off the farmers hard q
and living more comfortably I
han he is. There is a host OF c
Iuacks who are poisoning and kill I
ng the people by the thousands. and T
IN army of pettifoggers who live by Il
making business" as they call it, Z
e., by getting people into trouble and y
hen making a pretense OF getting Il
hem out again in order to rob them. A
AL of these are products of the S
chools that indirectly teach that II Il
S a disgrace to work. 1t is on acr Q
cunt of these vampires that the farm
n has 10 work from tn5 triIs ~! n d
an see the shortest way into his pant I,
blooms in the morning till late at Il
light, live in home without comforts &
md without beauty, and eat corn o
The school that appeals to the farm. q
r is the working school, and the ed b
Icated man whom he admires is one n
fho can do more work and better z
york. The schools that have sepa- Il
ated education and practical life are Ia
for the vicious belief that A
ducation is one thing and life Sc
Their. Herbert Spencer very truly ID
aid that IF education be a prepare u
ion for life then should every child u
rom the beginning have daily expert u
nee of that fact" al
The student by five hours of intel -
gently directed labor day can earn :,
mple board, lodging and clothing. Not -
My will five hours labor supply the ~
upil's physical needs while in school, :.
will better develop his physical ma ~
ire. and add strength and vigor TO ~
is mental. moral and spiritual deveI- ~
Dment ~
/ am not advocating any visionary IN
heme Schools founded on this prin- de
pie have been tried and have proved In
eir worth. country girl entered ca
e Georgia State Normal School, Pl
hich has recently been put upon such en-
working basis. She had no money tn
pay her way. She was taught how I'M
convert shucks. worth nothing a "a,
n. into hats. worth hundreds of dol Alb
RS. In this way she earned two IN
inbred dollars the first year and pur-
ed her studies with marked success. It's
1t is interesting to know how this hill
,rk is correlated with the other stud. as
so as TO strengthen them. While ov'
high school of this kind was recently ch,
Idying the legends OF King Arthur far
ey dressed number of dolls in Ar or
urian costumes which they made lit
smselves. The making of these cos
mes and the dressing OF these dolls of
We great interest to the history and arc
e literature of that period, and ma
satly stimulated the pupils mental san
.ivities. The dolls are valuable 10
itorical collection. and for that rea- cha
! and for the reason that they are not
Ide and. as consequence. well tur
Ide. they will bring good little edi
N TO the pupils that made them. VOL
Every pupil should be taught to la VIII
r with his hands He should feel wit
II it is a great privilege to work. tea,