The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-06-08
Edueation a. Related to PrOsperity.

out and development of all the human
faculties and the preparation of the
man or woman for the duties and re-
sponsibilities of life. Civic prosperity
means prosperity Of, or pertaining TO,
the states; but since the state is made
up Of citizens, the term really means
the prosperity of the citizens, as parts
Of the states
What relation does intellectual, in
dustrial and moral education bear to
prosperity of the citizens and Of the
whole state orEcommonwealth The
first thing that intellectual education
does for man is to wake him up.
After spending number Of years, in
or out of school, in developing the
mind, man suddenly discovers that
God has made him for purpose, and
that deep down within his being are
powers which, wnen developed, will
aid him in accomplishing the end for
which he has been created AS this
truth forces itself ugon him, he de-
cides to become an important factor
in the worlds progress. This is the
first step toward prosperity, for If you
would have a man seek earnestly after
prosperity you must first convince him
that he needs IL, and that it is a good
thing to have Then the intellectual
awakens in man an intense desire TO
be prosperous.
Intellectual education makes a man
intellectual III a man is intelligent
he can and will see what things are
aids to prosperity. Cotton has long
been king in the South, but within
the past few years intelligent farmers
have seen that the supply of this staple
is far In excess of the demand hence
there could be but little profit in its
cultivation; and 50 they have turned
their attention TO truck farming and
stock raising. But the ignorant farmer
who cannot even tell how or why a
grain of corn sprouts when planted, Is
unable to see the relation of supply to
demand, and he will never get out of
the rut of poverty because he will con-
tinue to plant cotton until he dies,
and his children after him will con-
tinue to plant cotton, unless they are
more intelligent than their father
Intellectual education makes a man
patriotic. For example, When an in-
teligent American citizen reads the
history of this Republic and thinks Of
the blood that has been shed, the lives
that have been laid down to secure
and perpetuate freedom to the most
humble citizen, a feeling Of love and
pride for his country wells up within
his bosom. II man loves his country
and town he Will strive TO build IL up
and protect it; and If a man build up
and protect his country and town, Of
necessity he must first build up and
protect himself and his home.
Intellectual education teaches how
to economic, and economy is the road
to wealth. Intellectual education
multiplies mans wants In the lgno-
rant state he is content TO know Moth
thing, do nothing and have nothing.
But the man whose every faculty has
been developed longs 70 know all things
OF God and the universe; longs to own
something; is restless when idle; longs
to act well his part in nall the affairs OF
life. As a result of these longings we
owe the progress, prosperity y and grand
ure of the centuries.
1t is a significant fact that those
who have solved and are yet solving
great problems in the scientific, me-
chanical and social world have not
been, nor or they yet, ignorant men,
but men whose minds have been so
disciplined by intellectual education
as to prepare them for those tasks.
The magnetic telegraph, steam engine,
Atlantic cable, the telephone, pho
nograph, and the X-rays could rot
have been possible had not
such master minds as Morris,
Stevenson, Whitney, Field, Bell, Edi-
son and Others attempted the tasks
No ignorant man could have solved, or
ever will solve, such problems.
The state must have citizens to
manage its affairs. If they are intel
ligent the interests Of the individual
citizen and Of the state are not likely
to suffer. AS administrators of the
public affairs; as guardlans Of the pub
lie honor; as preserYers of the public
peace, these men must be intelligent,
or else The old ship Of state Il likely to
be driven upon the rscks. Intellectual
education win preserve the race Of
man. As we become better acquainted
with the laws of health we become
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