The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-07

" e"uha the alarm. To the unietft.
a'en the question arises: IL not the
framing for citizenship the primary
ana ultimate object of education >
/ Fhe best citizen Is the intelligent,
moral man or woman with enough
fehs"n TO have a good working sn
luerstsnd:ng of the golden rule.
When our common schools and high
sr institutions OF learning shall have
handed out diplomas in citizenship
VIII they have made any improve
meni on the requisites of citizcnshin
nave just mentioned? What will
YOU teach them. high tariff, low tar
III, free trade. prohibition, anti-pro-
hibition. monarchy. democracy. So
cialism. indiyiduaiism. free silver.
gold standard, fiatmoney. state
rights, centralized government. the
ocracy. mobocracy. restricted immi-
grafton, open ports. free ballot. re-
stficted hallot--or just plain foolish
ness?
To understand the text books n
use In our schools on civil govern
ment requires pretty good knowl-
ledge of law. A great deal of il Is
OF more use to the practitioner at
The bar than to the student who is
preparing to know something of the
political divisions OF the state and the
duties of the officials.
Instead of adding more studies to
the already crowded curriculum Of
our common schools il appears TO
many to be the proper thing for the
legislature to select committee of
practical men of fair educational at
| ailments and business experience to
examine the books our children are
studying. The province of this COM
mittee to cut out all that is i'm
practical
When FestGs said with loud
voice. Paul, thou art beside thy
Iself; much learning doth make the
mad" he uttered a truth. possibly
not applicable 10 Paul, but 4 truth,
nevertheless when applied TO mel
who isolate themselves from the
practical affairs of life and make the
pursuit of book knowledge their
sole work. A technical knowledge
II the sciences is 4 good thing for
the man with power of discrimina-
ton sufficient to enable him to dis
ltinguish the difference between sci
ence ard theory. II is time for the
laty to begin to look into the books
our children are studying to see IL
simplicity and force may not be sub
stituted for a goodiy amount of use
less detail l believe there are many
teachers who will join me in what
! have said and If there is one who
reads this who can enlighten me on
the modus operandi of teaching
citizenship in school l would esteem
lit as a great favor for l am benight-
ed.
Monday W. NJ. Williams, one of
the incest farmers in Ellis county,
was in from Waxahachie 2. He
said the country would be in pretty
good shape, he thought, if there ale
mot too many deferred payments 70
be made on Fords.
J.. X. Blair. large pleasant AMI
good looking farmer on Waxahachie
route 2. was in town and said let
III come again Mrs. Dora Barlow
is scuffling with adverse circum-
stances and trying to finish paying
ont her house | hope and believe
she will win J. n. Seabolt has NOV
ed from his old home near Howard
and now lives on Venus route
lie was here last week looking all
right out in the road near South
Prong Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ. Me
Quincy invited me to seat in their
surrey and only put me down when
The sight of the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Z. Richards made me hun
cry. When left ] was not At all
hungry and was as happy as a bull
frog ian = shower of rain. After din
per Tyru Cheatham came IN his au-
,o and soon landed me az Nash. The
rim was broken down on account OF
"a blowout Of the cylincer of the enc
zine VII Toangate and enc OF the
lnyd hoys got hurt nut not seri-
ausiv T.. N. Marks who works an
,he Fin gave me Il check Tor The
rain Light rue year hope q
rde him ie,l as Eooc IS it did me
r.a thea toot me 20 Forresf0n
here ! MET and conquered " "
raranaan SIR aud Mrs Hamilton
sere u he.r store end marset
ta-r everything locked neat and ln-
Urr N Hamiltor removed neg
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