The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-22
School at Holly Springs.

To the Editor: For the past two
or three years the people Of Holly
Springs and surrounding community.
have been a~gitating the school ques-
ton to d greater or less degree. Some
h2Vo been really Interested along the
line of education. and have done a
great deal to maintain a good school
there, but the great drawback has
been on account of the lack of unity
and cooperation on the part of the
people as 4 whole. \ spirit of har-
mOnN and unity, and of common in
terCst. must prevail before an educa-
tionaI undertaking can be a success.
That the people of the Holly Springs
community are capable of maintaining
a successful school. there is no doubt,
but will they seize the day and rise 10
the Importance of the opportunity be-
fore hem That is the question now.
as it has been heretofore. Let us
hope that they will realize fully the
~ODngatIon due the children and
young people who are growing up 10
take their places in the world.
The time has come, and men are
realizing the fact more forcibIy every
day, when the ~uneducated man or
woman will stand no chance of hon
Orable success.
There is a duty every parent owes
TO the mind of the child, and that duty
is to see that the chiId'S mind is prop
erly trained. How can the mine be.
developed unless there is a place pro-
Vidcd and an opportunity afforded,
and teachers employed for such work?
Furthermore, how can these requisites
exist without the common interest and
support of the people who look for
ward to better educational, moral and
religious conditions in their home
community?
If folk desire more success and hap
piness, if they want to be free from
the error of learning SO many things
by bitter experience. if they would
rid the world of a great deal of its
folly and vice, the growing genera
ton, the n about to come into play,
must be trained and educated moro
thoroughly and to a higher standard
than the preceding generation knew.
70 think, and think rightly, is pow
er. A mere machine with no energy
applied amounts to nauSht. The
locomotive is useless without steam
and the fuel to produce il. The mind
is the handspring, the directing force
OF the body. and unless the direction
be correct the effect produced by the
energy expended will be deficient and
useless. Trained minds. then. those
That see to the bottom of questions
where they arise; those that can
grasp the situation as it presents it
self, solve the problems of living is
sues. and reach Il sane and definite
cOnCIuSiOn-thOSe are the minds for
which the world stands with out
stretched arms. IT stands our duty
to present to the youth of our and
a chance To enter fields of golden
knowledge and practical usefulness.
Men do not want unskilled labor for
thclr factories: farmers do not use
u~nbroken, unframed animals for
draught purposes; neither has the
business or the moral world any
place for the boy or girl, young men
or young women with IN undeVeloped.
u~neducatcd mind. Give the boys
and girls an opportunity to realize
the great possibilities that lie within
reach of their own intelIects.
n community of which | speak
mas the boys and girls. tho men and
women. the ability. the the
advantages, and the opportunity for
having a long term school With an
efficient teaching force. Such a
school would be beneficial not only 10
those in actual attendance, but also
to the entire community. Its clevating
and moral Influence could not be esti-
mated. Let the people come together
with unity of purpose and adopt a
plan by which a worthy cause may be
successfully pursued.
h day of the small country
academy has passed, Educational
work must be more than
formerly in order to attain it's highest
purpose. The graded system is a
success. and ought to be adopted as
rapidly as possible throughout the
country. In many districts local tax
alton has solved the problem Of sup
porting or maintaining these better
schools. May We not see a fourishing
school at Holly Springs. carried on by
the good will and generosity Of her
benevolent Citizenship2
CT. C. DAVIDSON.
! Appointment of Postmaster.