The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-28

1t was at the time when Roman char
,cter W ana Roman standards had begun
| W uelerlorate tnat there appeared In Naz-
ttfetn one who has been called the Great
| leacher, whose teachings overturned the
pagan world and have. continued imper-
| to influence society.
As christianity itself means regenera-
tlon and enlightenment, so it became the
means or preserving and spreading
abroad education. One of the first move
inents of christianity was monasticism
anu iinu during the middle ages, when the civ
iIlzed world was overrun by barbarians
and torn by great conflicts, the only
scholars were the monks.
me reformation awoke a general in
.ereSt IN education such as had never
been known before, an interest that has
grown as nations have grown, until it
mas been woven into the warp and woof
Great strides forward have been made
IN the past two centuries. The world
mas awakened to a realization of the i'm
pubic SchGoi has been established The
theory of modern education radically diff
lers from that of the past. The old sys-
TEN was mechanical while more and
more in modern times the idea has grown
that education should mean the deyelop-
ment of the individual This is the key
means development. 1t begins with the
public schools, the Importance of which
aS factor in the development of char
acter, the training of Intellect and the
production of an intelligent citizenship
is inestmable
The mind of the child in the public
mental training. which is based upon psy-
Geological principles, while his character
Is rounded and developed by association
to make "a world, and in the public
school, mingling with others while his
character is still pliable, the child gains
later life a knowledge of human nature
and the ability to adjust himself to his
environments
Every man has some talent. some work
Tor which he is especially adapted and
upon the aptitude with which he finds
his vocation and applies himself does his
success, ;s or failure, in life depend. The
desperately the duties of life a burden
because they are distastefull and others
whose lives are hopeless failures because
they haev never found their place in the
world. One of the saddest examples in
history is the life of the poet Burns
resist temptation, life was a bitter strug-
gle; "A genius, but fated to die without
realizing the gift that was his.
The value Of an education is that it
gives the solution of just this problem.
The training of school life throughout
childhood and youth quickens the per-
ceptio,ns N S and A is certain to develop soon
the student is best adapted. The pract-
cal value of an education is the fitting
est degree to Of vnf possbe wb the high
But there is still greater value in an
education. The highest purpose in mans
existence is not the boarding of money,
nor yet merely earning a living. Happi-
ness is the end and aim of all man $
striving, yet it is not measured by wealth,
or worldly goods Real contentment is
only. attained through service, and by liv-
ing in charity towards God, and obedience
to God. and the highest value of an edu-
lightens the view point and eliminates
prejudice. 1t tends to lift above the ruts
and sordidness of life into a higher plane
1t gives that appreciation of the wonders
of life, the beauty of the world in which
we live and the mercy of an al-wise
Creator tn that makes us cry out with the
else is truly living"
1t was delivered from memory,
gracefully, pleasingly and forcefully.
To Winfred Bair was assigned the
class history, and he handled the sub
ject neatly and humorously. He took
up the thread of his subject from the
early history of the public school in
Oroville, as in that school Miss Helen
Johnston, one of the members of the
graduating class, had first started to
obtain an education. The young his
torian traced out the formation of the
class, mentioning members who had
come and gone, continuing it's history
to the present hour, giving individual
sketches of the lives of the graduates
The class prophecy was handled by
Beverley Powell very cleverly, and
prognosticating the future of his class
mates he created much amusement for
the audience.
The following essay, "The Evolu-
ton of Agriculture" was delivered by
William H. Cole:
The term agriculture in its broadest
sense covers very large field, and is
very complex subject. Taken literally
land, developed by growth. Thus it can
be very easily seen that agriculture is
the broadest and the most far-reaching
industry in which man has ever engaged
Not only is it very broad and eXten-
sive occupation, but it is also by far
the most important, as regards the exist
lation is virtually clothed and fed by agri-
culture although sometimes indirectly.
Taken in this light, it would be inn
possible for me to trest upon all the phase
of agriculture to very great extent, so
will confine my remarks to the evolu-
ton of agriculture from its primitive
|
The first traces that can be found of
agriculture are in Egypt, dating back to
about 5000 years before Christ But even
those are not the first efforts at agricul-
ture, for at that time the Egyptians had
several different domestic animals, and
had sytsem of irrigation, which. al
though not as extensive and efficient as
our present system, was nevertheless very
satisfactory. The reason that no records
be found prior to 1900 Of b c. rs fes
of events and the every day life of the
people, but only of the more important
events that caused general interest. By
such records there are, we find that
the Egyptians about 5000 b. c.. We're en-
ioying a civilization which was fairly well
advanced and which later was completely
lost, This civilization was not in direct
accordance with modern views, still ii
had it's good points, for above all things
ment of the country The Egyptians used
the flood banks of the Nile whenever pos
sible. This was the richest kind of land
mum amount of labor. But farther back
from the river the land was not so fertile.
and here 1t was that their knoWledge OF
irrigation was well utilized. The first
| traces of horses in Egypt are about 1900
| Il. c. when they We're brought to that
| country by the Shepherd Kings of Asia.
But about the time that Egypt should
have begun to come into prominence as
an agricultural country she fell into the
hands of her conqueror and from that
| time on she has held place or by-gone
fame and glory.
| While our magnificent agricultural in
Istitutions have been sending out informa-
| ton concerning the manuring and en-
riching of the soil to increase its pro
| ductivity, did you ever stop to think
where the idea originated or what peo-
pie first tried out this system? Some of
YOU no doubt have. but the greater part
| of the people never knew that away back
| in the so-called dark ages before Christ
| the Greeks We're using and developing
the system OF feeding the ground. Still
| this is not to be wondered at for at one
| time the Greeks were the most enlight-
ened people on the earth. Again, where
| did We get the idea of crop rotation?
| Once more we are debtors to a country
| of by-gone glory and fame. Roman agri-
| culture. which was at one time the best
known in the world, gives us this prac-