The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-22
Night School.

IT'S education forms the mind;
just as the twig is bent,the trees
inclined. Good education is that
which gives the body to the soul,
for the perfection of which they
are capable. This perfection must
begin when the child is young, for
his personal impressions are so
great and vivid at that time that
to establish a level mind and broad
vision, his actions should be sub
mitted to the influence of a calm
and superior will The whole pro-
cess of child training may be
summed UP as the formation OF the
right habits of thinking and doing.
"a habit is the tendency and de-
sire to do that which we have fire.
luently done before" Obedience,
.ruthfulness and self-control are
habits which result from right thou
ghts. Whatever a man knows, or
feels, or is, comes out in his char
acter; character is built of habits.
For the purpose of child training,
then, educational centres have been
established to aid men to become
active members of humanity by the
means of instilling knowledge and
inspiring individual thought, and
have become undoubtedly the most
valuable establishments of civilized
countries. :.
The average child enters school
at about seven years of age, and
then continues in the path of know
ledge as long as resources and
inclination dictate. But the question
before our minds today is,how shall
we educate these thousands of
boys and girls all over our country,
who are obliged to work, and are
unable to attend day school? In our
own town we have children who
labor all day in factories and
stores, or are kept at home to as
sist in the work These boys and
girls, if they had educational adj
vantages, might develop into useful
citizens. of whom our town could
we'll be proud.
1t is sad to think how many
young lives are ruined by lack
of training and oversight. Consider
what chances for success the son
of a poor widowed mother who
works all day, and at night is too
tired to train him-has in this
big work-a-day world of ours gainst
the mans son who has been thoro-
ughly educated. We see, then, an
imperative need facing us. We must
establish some means for the edu-
cation of boys who have either was
ted their time or have not had the
opportunity of attending school
But how?
This question has been answered
and the experiment tried with ex-
cellent success in many large cities
all over our country. This is by
means of the foundation of free
night schools. These schools help
those who really want help, yet
are unable to attend day school.
They are also useful for youths who
XiSa to review in order to advance.
thesa -hoy& who arc forced to
come are benefited, in that 1t
keeps them out of trouble. Natural
ly, We would have to start this pro-
ject OF modest plan, but I am sure
such an establishment would so
delight the hearts of all enterpris-
ing and forward-looking citizens of
Cambridge, that before long we
would wonder how we were so blind
as to do without it thus far. We
are all anxious to see our city pro-
gressive. so I do hope you will all
think this matter over, and after
due consideration, i am sure all
will unite in saying, with me, that
a night school for boys would be one
of the most profitable establish
ments of our enterprising city, and
believe it is possible for every
parent, if he or she would give the
time and thought to the matter,to
be OF very material service in help
ing dc better for children.
Club Woman.