The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

1900 ~ III liz 4
lnarch, and the joint result would
De a Christian citizenship. The
Church Is the source from which saw
ing influence is to be communicated
10 a nations life. The Church must
furnish the Christian who as citi-
zen, viii exert this Christian influence
through the varied channels OF civic
who as statesmen Or iurist
Will administer the righteous hat eX-
altetlt q nation.
\ Needed Comrade.
The Church school then claims TO
De a needed comrade in the crusade
against I~Iilteracy. Its ciaim to exist
depends not SO much upon its like
ness, but rather its ~distinctness of
mission II method. Its stands speci-
hcally for the type of liberal culture.
include Christian truth, emphasizing
the ume-honored preceptorial method
III Individual teaching and training,
maintaining a kind but firm order OF
dlsclpllne, amid refined home-like at
OF academic freedom, where
the prime end is developing Christ
IAN character fer rue service. The
end thus sought is TO train tor MAX
Ing a life as well as q living: empha-
sizing what n is TO be rs we'll as
what Il IS to do.
Accordingly President Hyde has
APPLY said: Fer combining sound
scholarship with solid for
making men both intellectually and
spiritually free; for uniting the pur-
suit of truth with reverence for duty,
the small college has a mission which
no change of educational conditions
can a away, and a policy which no
sentiment OF vanity OF jealousy should
De permitted to turn aside
Character OF Teacher.
The character Of the teacher is
essential in this work OF education.
Books are said to teach, but person
atty educates. \ eacher must not
only teach truth, but must eNemplify
truth by being true himself. There Is
a vast difference betWeen a Christian
mathematics and an atheists. We
need the teacher who al Christianize
the pupils studies, and whose mora
personality enters rs an abiding in
spiration into the students life an(
conduct.
We believe then in an intelligen
piety which gives a 7 reason TO.
the hope that is in US. We spurn tn,
idea thar ignorance is essential t.
piety because we believe that there i
/, q close connection between the edu
cation of the heart and the mind
! that true culture of the mental Shout
| promote the moral. and the marc
the religious. We hold that sue
piety should anchor it's faith an
reason i'll the Bible. We advocate tn
type of culture that seeks to prouot
the largest life and freedom of bot
manhood and woInanhood. Wit
: such educational creed, we would a.
Sociate our educational. fratern:
: watch-word: We live to make OF
own institutions a power in the lane
+ while we live to love every oths
institution that eSalts the truth.
IS Recognize Won1an's Claims.
II In the history Of education it Is n
:, markahle how slow the world h
n been to recognize Woman'S dl
s claims for culture and service.
regard to wonlan's sphere T clail
e that since woman is as well endOWs
q for her mission as is man for his. me-
IL has no right to claim u~nQualifie
&c superiority over woman nor TO ptai
& any letters upon her faculties: b
'e she should have the right to IL
IS best culture and service OF which 81
le is capable.
20 I claim, however, that while DO
l. man and woman compose manhin
he yet each one IS the others cOunte
1t part and has to a great extent a di
v tinct sphere. Dr.. Lyman Abbott say
There is certainly a variation in Il
a social fife-work of the sexes in Il
healthiest and most normal Sphe1
Thus the man IS appointed to be Il
D. soldier and bread winner: the woms
De the home builder Divine provfden
4 has endowed woman with speci
Is qualities for the sacred relation
II, maternity. Such qualities accord
IN woman the prominent right to h
the royal throne Of the home. q
re citadel Of the nation, where knight
s. honor and Queenly virtue sit peac
fully enthroned. where maternal "
Of manhood is duly elevated TO sha
r with fraternal manhod in holdil
within gentle, yet firm grasp the r
'ly Of family government. the roy
in sceptre Of empire.
Sphere of Woman.
1t is then ~or1an'S sphere 10
the architect Of a nations destiny
laying its foundation and furnishi
a the plan OF its Sup~er-structuTe. III
n is SO distinctly fitted for the oar
wv and heavier counterpartS OF Efe-wol
til Since such is true in the nature
re things, any change here that isHol
of S.7Cb Distinctive right9 and duties