Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-27

IL an true, Dut 1 ADVISE you 10 put ~
| on until you are so Meantime In
tnis western world. settled by people
OF a restless. wandering temperament.
we must always look for change and
be prepared for II. There are those
who will tell you that "a rolling stone
gathers no moss" you may reply
that II receives a polish.
The change that is before you
should be one of the pieasantest of
your lives You haven't finished your
education: you have only laid a firm
foundation for a higher education.
Some of you may say. But cannot
arord 10 go away to school" know
that, and no question has occupied
my mind so continually. To success
fully solve that problem would will
lingly give whnt remains to me of
| life
| First, however, wish to say to you
that If you are made OF the right stun.
YOU will get your education anyway.
Wnen was in the Durango High
school | used often to remark that
many of our brightest pupils came to
ns from the country. Since nave
been visiting the country schools see
more clearly why this is The teach
or with classes all the way from the
| first to the ninth grades can spend
hut little time with eacn pupil, and 1
thnd that 1t develops a habit OF inde-
pend5nce in the country boy or girl
often sadly lacking In the pupil who
is too persIstently helped by the
,eacner.
have in mind friend who Is one
of the most finely educated women |
know-she is lecturer for the
Methodist Home Missionary society.
She has been an inspiration in that
line Of work for years. She was
brought up on stony Pennsylvania
farm, where everyone in the family
must work. Often sac walked two
miles to the school to stay only the
last half hour Of the day After she
was married an article on astronomy
IN leading magazine fell into her
bands and she cried because she could
not understand It. Then the hrm re-
solve came tnat she would understand
II. She got her education alone and
nnaided. and today 1t Is a delight to
see how that selftraining has devel.
oped a power that stops at no DIM
Guilty and inspires all who come near
her.
But there are few who care to do
as did this neighbor OF mine, and so
tne problem remains.
AS study 1t a few points have coma
fo- classical education. but all
should be educated In some way.
President Elliott of Harvard says:
Il will never be satisfied until one
half the curriculum Mt Harvard is de-
voted to doing things instead OF mere
ly talking about them" Why
shouldn't our higher schools be so
cons'ituted that the pupil may be
able to earn living waiis getting an
education?
There is constant demand for
skilled hand work. while the market
is glntted with those who have a iittis
learning and would earn their living
thereby. Booker Washington has
said: The color line disappears when
a negro has something that other
people want" We must not get tho
idea that education enables one to
escape labor. 1T takes work to get
an education. work to maintain 1t and
work to accomplish much with It,"
Life is the school, not .scnool a prepar-
alton. for life.
Some maintain that we haven't
money to establish the manual train
ing schools AZ well as other schools.
In 1903 $400O00.0OO was appropriated
In this country for war and war appii-
ances. Just double the cost CT the en-
While such figures stare US In the
face don't say that our boys and girls
must leave school with the eighth
grade. II we had in Durango tine
ing. blacksmithing. dressmaking, car
penter work and otner useful trades
and crafts could be learned. you
would not see our boys and girls stop
their education with the eighth grade.
word To the teachers: Some one
has said the only way to keep your
education is to give 1t away" One
who mas done much to help those
who help themselves says that many
live to make themselves necessary to
others. the mother and the teacher
live to make themselves necessary
to the children" Those who accom-
plish this have done well. They ex-
pect no other reward. The children
in the school system realize the work
OF the scnool board Or think how
much they owe them.
Not so many years ago school was
nm education only for tho church. ro-