The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-09-03
GOING AWAY TO SCHOOL

Many young hruout Eastern Kentucky are
starting obstacles appearing
and there danger of encouragement In the
the nterpng who have the strength
great tho aoa good and take spite of obstacles that
hand will be chosen out Of the who will LED small dscom
fort keep them from great future good In which class
will you, your daughter, beS
The great difficulty that up boy girl the
minute is the dislike Of going from home 1t very hard
friend where you know you are loved and you know how to get
along Ii hard too into place to and do business
with and unknown problems face Many boy girl
kept by this education larger
happiness in life that from it and father and mother
i, vacant in The Io have lent tIs;r children as home ad h.
them from becoming the fine and they
Another serious question that of money costs to live
from home and money hard An education does
bring cash hand and when it will take good
deal work to make the that spent This too keeps
good many from getting the start life they should have
All these things show very plainly when the for
boy girl and the advantages that will be gained
far of and be only with the of faith will be several
days before any them begin weeks many
them show while the final and good years away If the
boy and his parents cannot look ahead that the argument
is all against going But fhey CAN look ahead what derencel
First TO friends Dozens of will be made for every
left behind In the school there will be hundreds Of the best
young folks from neghborhoo and each pick his friends
among them all There teachers each picked FROM
many Others ana all ready and glad to help all they ean-and they
help good deal The home friends will be lost and when
the student returns at the end Of the year he will have them all be
sides all the he has made And the home folks will think
Of him because he will be worth their respect and love-
for he will be worth more TO them
OF the student going away from home the first time will
be homeck for few days But Inconsistencies does kill
hundreds have and get every fall will not be as bad
he thinks for there will be great deal to do and and
sng things to and many pleasures enjoy and in
few days, almost before he knows IT, it will all be
Then to the expenseit small anyhow in school like
Bea and every has chance something There will be
friends to help and that will be much than it
But will cost something and that will have be set off against the
great advantages to be gained
But think what those advantages In the first place there
the education That big word and few Of know all that
stands for After good schooling boy will be able than
ali the brains he has and he will find make his living
and support his family when he has Aud then he will be
able enjoy e for he will know about and will
pleasure things that he passed by before and he will find
ofeoying himself But finally and best of ALL he will
better for it, and will he able do better for his
try and his God All this is just true of girl And all these
things would be worth while if they would simply put the boy girl
ahead of some else
But the time has when boy girl must have these things
unless he she is going fall behind The world getting
educated and what would have
years much Men all the world learning
do their work better and knowledge necessary
work with them of equality 1t useless
good the when know that he has brains
them better make and live better and does
his nghbos than but that will be the position all
uneducated people years Older did have the
and be blamed for their lacks but what for
boy who had his chance and scared out by lot OF bogs along
the wayY Men who know twenty the aborer
in all skilled lines OF trade will much
do and get that knowledge which will put him
ahead unless he begins young
II useless that this all very we'll for fellow that
going the world but that by staying home he along