The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-10

. tcf HoW UNSATISFACTORY nave Dceil lllc
results of his schooling, wisdom and
prudence bid us look resolutely to-
ward the future. And this brings us
to consider another aspect of my OBJ
ject
Another Duty Of the South.
Not only is it the duty Of the
state to maintain schools for the
children, and to require them to at
tend the schools but it has yet an
other duty: It is the imperative duty
of the state to provide the right kind
Of schools, and the right kind Of edu-
cation for the people. am fully per-
suaded that much Of the problem Of
school attendance has its roots deep
down in that other great problem
the kind Of education our people need
and demand. 1t would perhaps be
& wide of the truth to say that our at
7 tendance would become ideal if our
schools were ideal; yet it is perfect
ly reasonable to say that our attend
ance would be better were our schools
more efficient. Certainly we could
ignore consistently enforce attend
6pnce. The schools of the people,
especially above the primary grades,
need reconstruction, readiustmcnt
and rearticuation. This may sound
just a bit radical, but I insist that
some of the defects are radical. Pos
sibly the greatest defect in our schools
is their failure to incuIcate a taste
Z and appreciation for work. Educa-
Y tion should fit men for the best SER
Ayice to the society in which they live.
Service implies work. 1t can not be
enied that the schools Of the people
: re so organized and articulated as
IN ALLEVIATE the pupils from all kinds
] : manual labor. The feeling is deep
y rounded in our pupils that educa-
Mn is to free them from labor, in
pad Of making their labor more eff
Nfnt. They are going to school to
learn how to escape work and some
Of the results are only too obvious
The Office Of the village hotel, the
village grocery store, the unpoliced
railway station and the public park
arc daily crowded with idlers and
loafers. notwithstanding the fact that
the whole country is echoing with the
cry for laborers. These idlcrs arc by
no means all illiterates; many Of
them have a fairly good elementary
education, so far as books are con-
Acerned, but they have not been train
I'd to work and they are avoiding
work. The presence of these idlers
Dis constant reminder Of the misdir-
ection in our educational ideals. The
&idle poor are a menace to peace; the
|Ndle rich are even more dangerous.
R A New Foundation Stone.
When our schools shall have put
our people in the way to greater
! prosperity, by cultivating in them a
relish for honest toll, and by giving
, them more specific and comprchen-
lasive framing for the common voca-
ti"ns Of life, we shall have given a
n&w foundation stone to our nation
al }structme. 7 have already said that
intelligence lies at the very founda-
8 &tion Of peoples greatness. Labor
Fwthout intelligence marks the civi-
Alization Of the mcducatcd: intclli-
Ygence without labor marks the civili-
Zation of the miseducated. Intclli-
gent industry is the symbol of a
great and prosperous civilization
Brain-guided hands and muscle-aid-
cd brains have measured every mile
Of the worlds progress.
a hundred placards calling for
carpenters and bricklayers may beck
OH hungry master to gcometcry to
earn his breakfast, but he need not
apply unless he can use a square or
a trowel and is willing to do so. The
adept in calculus who can not saw
straight line may at times find HIM
|self as helpless as an overturned ter
rapin. There is as great need in tho
world for the girl who can sew a
fWraight scam, or cook wholesome
Mnner, as for the one who can draw
n Sibson heads or paint Madonnas. It
NS a great thing to be able to read the
eAayens as a book, but unless the as
lpnR Rlomer knows what 10 per cent on
{plY Eomissory note means life to him
naN be less full and less sweet. TO
read h the literatures Of the ancient
beo| ples and to understand their
Rmd sdes of thought and to appreciate
kNi&Jr system Of philosophy are price
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