The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17
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twig in the way il should not go. and
by so much as such things can do so.
they start the child in some such e.
rection that his taking up may be be-
fore the bar OF human justice 70 an
swer for crime against the state. CT
the bar of mental or physical weak
ness, whose sentence spells
Physical Disease or Mental unbal-
snee-or Both
(2) Il is here that society. a. a
whole. must step In 10 mother" the
child, and. as far as possible. over
come the unnatural or wrong environ
ment OF our unhome-like homes. Fur
thermore, society must speak for the
home, and cooperating with the
home. even when IL Is az its best.
must take the hand and heart Of ado
lescence, and leading forward. point
upward toward such ideals as pro-
woke in us the best endeavor. and a.
rect our steps 70 loftiest achievement.
This she does in some measure. and
to some extent. through her civic
body in state schools. With this re-
sponsibility attaching 20 her Il can
be easily seen that these educational
agencies should be made the very
best possible.
The child Is a trinity-b0dy. soul.
spirit. His mind IL q trinity-intel-
lect. will. emotions. Education IN iia
truest and best sense. means the
training OF the whole body. Yesg as
to its care. It's health. les sacredness.
Mind? Yes. az to its development.
training. equipment Spirit Yes.
Yes? Yes, the state. society. through
her civic school work IL bound %
impress those moral truths. w.hicn
demand purity and uprishtness.
while the plastic mind n most willing
TO accept them and most likely 90
hold them. The intellect Yes. that
the future man many be trained 20
think and know. WIN? Yes. that me
future man may BE- trained 90 direct
thought and knowledge accordlns 20
purpose EmOtionsg Yes. that the
intelligent. trained. balanced man.
may be impelled 90 action along such
lines as make for human beftormeat.
II Is a matter for coBgratulafion
Chat In our own county mueh IL being
done in the right direction. more than
one half Of our entire tax budget.
being levied for school purposes. and
yet. after all. the painful fact Is as
closed from the last annual report 81
our superintendent that we are spend.
ing only s777 per capita per year Cor
the training OF the coming manhood
and womanhOOd among a. n f. q
matter further Of lament however.
that while all the school buildings "a
the entire county. where e.27f child.
rem are receiving educational care il
valued at only s62.0oo00. sli1.oooo0
are invested In our temple OF Ian.
tice" and one county jail To have
further emphazied this comparison. 81
II a matter Of regret that We were
unable 10 secure the aggregate cosf 20
the public and the criminals them.
selves. In taxes. fines and forfelturea.
loss Of time. etc, but some h9urea
secured some years ago IN a similar
Investigation In another county ala.
closed the fearful fact that these
items aggregated. represented an
average cost per criminal before fha
higher courts OF s500i
Is Il nor plain therefore that Il -
cheaper 10 make men and women
than outlaws. and cheaper to take
care Of the finished product
May the Divine mind lead cur minda
to careful thought on these rrars
questions.