Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

tial year.
One of the most important ques-
tions that ever confronts the thought
full fathers and mothers is, What kind
of training shall l give my son or
my daughter in order to best prepare
him or her for life's work? This
question has been and still is the one
most difficult to answer, inasmuch as
the varying conditions in life, together
ways be considered as the chief ele-
ments. 1t seems not advisable to
give boy or girl training, prepar
ing for some particular line, for which
nature has given no particular talent
or desire in that direction. 1t also
seems inadvisable to cultivate and de-
velop the natural desires, gifts or ten
denotes along certain lines when it is
well known that the conditions, sur
rounding the business or profession,
are such as will not be conducive to
the greatest amount of happiness or
success to which one feels that his son
or daughter should be entitled, These
questions can not be definitely an
swered, not even by the best Of au-
well agreed upon by those who are in
the best position to know that these
questions are commonly given consid-
Grafton at time in the child's life
when it is practically impossible to
answer them in a judicious manner.
The ablest authorities along this line
will bear out this statement, that ev-
cry boy and girl should have the very
best home training during the early
years that is possible for him to re-
ceive; that he or she should have the
very best common school education
that it is possible for our well-graded
schools to give; that each should have
the very best possible training that
our up-to-date high schools can offer.
After all this has been accomplished
enc the youth has reached the age of
Is or possibly 20, then it will be time
to take up the matter Of further edu-
cation or special training. Whatever
else may be said it is fact that no
one is adequately prepared for any
special training until he has covered
the work included in our rp-to-date
high schools. The matter of a col
lege or university training must de-
pend largely upon the desire to fur
ther continue in school work together
With the means one has to accomplish
the desired end. There was time
when it was considered unnecessary
for the lawyer, the minister, the doc
tor ard other professional classes to
have special training, but those days
have long since passed by. No one
doabts the necessity for special train
ing along those lines. But the end is
not yet. Realizing that we are now
in . strenuous age of competition, that
the next generation will meet with
sharper competition than we have
met, it becomes absolutely necessary
for the thoughtful parent to give his
children better general education if
possible than he has had. 1t is true
that men and women have and are
still achieving more or less success in
this busy world who had not the ad-
vantages of the youth of today, but
it should be remembered that some
succeed in spite of these handicaps
and not because of them. 1t is well
to understand that each generation
must of necessity have harder bust
ness battles to fight because of the
ever increasing restrictions of society
and the more systematic ways of con-
Quoting successful business along
modern business lines. Well and wise
ly have we decided to meet these
greater demands by establishing the
most progressive school system of all
nations. At no time in our history
has the qualifications of our teachers
and educators been as high as they
are now. The next generation of
teachers will be required to have still
higher qualifications as will all bust
ness and professional men, no matter
whether they live in the cities, towns,
villages or the country. This is a
most wonderful age in which we live
and we may reasonably expect that
the next age will bring with it even
more wonderful achievements along
all business and professional lines.
Believing this, we must see to 1t that
our boys and girls get thorough
general education before they branch
off into special lines of study.
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