Graham guardian., 1912-10-11
THE RELATION OF
THE HOME AND
-, SCHOOL

Tread by Prof. Bland Beauehamp before the
Graham County Teachers Institute at Stafford
September 2i-26. 1912. and called for by that body
for publicationl
There is, next to "MOther, - no
sweeter word in the English language
4han Home" We, as no other race
Ehave glorifed the concept and around
1t gather our most hallOwed thoughts
and our sweetest memories of child
hood. The priesthood of the home are
the father and mother. They govern
the offspring by laws of their own
framing and their own notions of
justice. -.
Love is its ruling motive; growth in
body and spirit it's result. This great
outpopulating Anglo-Saxon race has
outstripped the other races because
they have held to two things-the idea
of one God and the sanctity Of the home.
The idea of one God has kept them rel
atively pure by means of a pure wor-
ship. The sanctity of the home has
reared for it hardy army of sons, con-
iscieus of their physical strength and
Hearless of any and al enemies. 1t, as
no other people, has reared mother
hood and sisterhood of sweet-tempered
women, worthy to be loved, and for
whom father and son would willingly
die to preserve their lives and honor.
Every inmate of an Anglo-Saxon home
is dear to every other inmate. The
French live in the street, the Spanish
in the excitement of the bull fight, the
savage in the chase and in caves, with
dirty and grovelling surroundings. Their
vices are largely traceable to their
homelessness. -.
Our homes are the places in which
we rear the men and women of the
future.
There comes a time in the family his
tory that demands that the child shall
prepare for the larger duties of citizen
ship. He begins Of his own accord to
look beyond the yard fence upon the
outerworld. There is beyond the con-
fines of the home, call to him to come
abroad and gather the wealth and glor-
les of the world and make for himself a
home like the one in which he was
reared. He will go ere long. and no
him. The bird Of fight no more obeys
seeks his fortune away from home.
But how often in leaving the parental
t.. roof, the young "pitch their tents to-
ward Sodom." When the tent pitching
time comes, the young man is beyond
control and he acknowledges no will
Sbut his own. 49,
n Now. in order that he may start life
aright fUf ~hinsolf, and-keep himself
going in straight line of right, we
must form his character before he
leaves home and school. Into that
character solid and iron virtues must be
lodged, and they must be very part
of the web of his life. .-
God endowed the young with the
fudiments.o of character-greatness, and
the parent and teacher are but the
Greek or Roman servants leading boy
or puer to school, or the place where
proper conditions for character building
are to be found. s.......-- ...... !.
Did you ever see magnolia tree Of
the South? Was there ever anything
more beautiful or fragrant in nature?
is there anything more delightful than
the budding of human character. The
magnolia blossom is at first only bud
surrounded by hard, tough casing, in
tended for the protection of its incip-
lent life. The forces of life crowd into
that shell and press on its sides with a
potency that must be obeyed. Other
:. wise the flower will die. Would it not
be fatal mistake to tie down that
shell with wires and strings to prevent
the flower from coming forth? Its
baby life would die and we would never
know how beautiful 1t might have been.
have looked upon the great flower and
wondered at its beauty and richness.
1t loads the air with its aroma. Its
touch is as the softest velvet. Its
beauty in form and tint is ravishing to
the eye. You say that it is triumph
of nature in it's magnifcence and beauty.
The home Is the embryo state of the
human character flower. The school is
the state in which the bud of this flower
first breaks the shell and looks on the
world.
II would be just as great mistake