The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
Every Boy and Girl Packed
With Great Possibilities

cation is the unpackng and directing
of this power. ITO know consists
rather In opening out a way whereby
the imprisoned splendor may escape
Goethe was right when he said. Seek
within yourself and you will find all
things" The power Is within the
boy. not without: and II is the work
of the teacher to set this power to
work, and this cannot be done by com :
pulsion but only by appealing to
some native or acquired interest The
student must be taught to do some
thing himself; looking upon work not
as a drudgery, but delighting in ac-
tivity. Therefore. to educate does not
mean to NIL the mind with things that
are external. but to inspire, to set on
fire the potentialty that is waiting to
be set free In the child himself
Education Is the bringing the child
10 think. The man of the hour is the
thinking man. We build school houses.
We spend thousands OF our dollars. md
give years of our lives to get people
to think. People do not differ much
In the ability TO perceive. The diff
ference between the man who achieves
and the one who does not Is the use OF
the faculty that enables the one to use
these perceptions and vitalize them
into life Our boys should be taught
to think straight.
In the development of the student
the teacher must he both "childlike''
ana manlike He must know how
the student looks at things, and must
begin his work at the point of tho
child's interest and on the plain OF his
experience, The food for the boy must
ne adapted to his stage of growth The
same food dished out the same way AZ
| all stages of the development of tho
boy is not conducive to the hest de-
velopment The growing mind must
be fed with It's own appropriate food
ana the 1000 must be changed as the
process of growth continues
The mere Requirement; that the hoy
pe prepared TO give answers to rote
questions does not appeal to the hoy
IL does not really touch his life for
development. 1t appeals to no inter-
est 1t awakens no response, And
when we fail to do this we fail to edu-
cate. To train is not to inform. bur
to form.
In this development OF the inner life
ana power care must be taken to the
tuil and harmonious development of
the whole man. The mind of man is
composed OF three main clements
the intellect or knowing hculty. tho
VIII or doing faculty. the conscience or
guiding faculty. Sow culture means
the best development of all these fac
uities' the power to know. the mower
TO VIII. and the power To Judge the
righteousness of proposed kind OF
conauct' ana person is great or
small in proportion as these powers are
In equal poise. II the intellect is weak
ana the VIII and conscience strong wa
nave dangerous lunatic--always do
ING something. thinks he is doing the
right things hut does not know any
better. the strong intellect and com
sclence matched with a weak vii pro
ouces the man who is his own worst
enemy He knows what IL right. and
would do it, hut he Is slave 70 everv
passing passion fne strong intel
leot and VIII matched with a bad cen
science produces vilian-an Iago
Then any school worthy OF the narns
must develop all the functions OF tho
mind knowledge is power. but with
out VIII and conscience 1t Is the now
err that means destruction and death
knowledge matched with properly
developed will and conscience is the
power of tho locomotive. not departing
from its proper course the width of a
needle
Education. then. is the best prepare :
ton for life The person who is the
best prepared for life is the hest edu-
Gated person. 1t is an inspiration 20
noble life. the destroying Of selfish
ness and the living fer others
We should know, not for the know
mss sake. but TO become star 10
IConunued ON. Fourth. Pagel