The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-05

prostitutes to basest uses a noble
vocation. That teacher who puts
mercenary value on his work, has no
conception OF the meaning Of life or
OF his relation to the children who are
committed to his trust, and can never
imbue them with lofty ideals, for he
| has never for himself seen the beck
oning vision.
Give him wealth. il wealth has been
the end OF his life and efort,what will
be it's effect upon his manhood:
What does history show? Let Rome
speak. The effect is first manifested
in the life OF the individual and then
of the state. Wealth gave Rome the
curse Of materialism, and at its
height she fell under the sturdy bar
barians OF the north, warning to the
world. Rome fell when 1900 Of her
citizens owned all her property;
Egypt fell when three per cent OF her
people controlled her wealth; Baby
lon fell when two per cent, and
Persia fell when one per cent of her
people owned all property.
I fear that the tendency Of this day
is to commercialize talent, to COM
mercialize education.
There are some problems that we
are facing that the highest type OF
education alone can solve; alone can
prepare men to stand up and oppose
wrong because it is wrong; that can
enable them to stand in their man
hood and say Il yield to this because
it is right"-hostile to the wrong
because it is wrong, loyal to the
right, because it is right, and saying
MY authority is the universal
conscience"
Another problem for which this is
the only solvent. The higher form of
education is the only instrumentality
that can safeguard and perpetuate the
peace and order OF society. AS
general principle it cannot be denied
that the most intelligent people are
the most orderly, the most lawabld-
ing. There is one thing that we see,
not in other lands, not in other times,
but in the present and in our own
loved state, the reckless and wanton
disregard OF civil rights and above all
of the sanctity of human life. Some
times I ask have we turned our backs
upon the immortal glory OF our past?
The true exponent Of higher educa-
ton, in the sense that have used that
phrase, has a cause to fight for-the
struggle to teach man that man is
his neighbor-that it is as brave and
more honorable to extend the hand of
reconciliation than to use the dagger
or bullet Let the pulpit continue to
cry aloud 1t has done much good
Let the press continue to sound the
alarm. 1t has done much good. But
let education go forward, making the
home home in which these princi-
pies are taught, from which the child
goes forth with the Bible in one hand
and the school book in the other.
There is one other problem that
this type of education alone can meet.
There is more and more Of a con-
gregating of our people in communi-
ties, and these must be cared for.
They are one with us, Our people. AS
good blood flows in their Veins as is
found at many of Our social functions.
Their fathers and ours have stood
side by side in every struggle, from
the days of the revolution until now,
battling for the right. 1t is ours to
see that our people in Cur industrial
communities are cared for along the
lines indicated and with us be deliv-
cred from the thralldom of material
ism and given the vision of lofty
ideal.
There is another problem that must
be settled by general education.
There has never been time when the
conflict did not come between ne
great corporate trusts and the people.