Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
A. 4 M. College Bulletin
2. WHAT THRIFT IS.

YES, thrift Is productive Industry
earning something. creating things.
Man is normally a creator made in
the image OF God Children are only
men and womel II smaller growth,
and they desire to make things
create something, earn livelihood.
II we become a thrifty people ike
those of Europe, or even our neigh
bors of the northwest, we must re-
cognlze this fundamental principle in
one education, and allow the young
tiers to do things. Our so-called ed
ucation has been too bookish, too
learned. If child was willing
to sit still and learn lesson" we
called him good, and keep him at it;
if he was not willing to SIT still and
gaze into the pages OF a book, we usu-
ally called him bad BOY and sent
him to some penal colony falsely call
ed boys school and confined him
within walls for a large part of the
of the time. and march him around
through some military stunt for a
part of the time, and deceived our
selves into the belief that we we're
'discipling HIM" for llfe's work.
This kind of education can produce
neither thrift nor democracy. These
virtues grow in more natural at
mosphere. If you wish to see them
both in their highest state OF devel-
opment in this country, you must
go to the northwest country
of broad plans and high mountains,
that land of activity and evolved
energy and education is a matter
of evolution. not involun tion-ex-
preston, not suppression.
Mississippi is today the state of
least personal wealth, while Iowa is
the state of greatest personal
wealth. Why this difference -one
at the foot of the ladder. the other
at the top? 1t is largely a matter
of education. Iowa has for long
time taken ADVANCE of her fields, her
gardens, her shops, and her facto-
ries, in the process OF education,
while Mississippi has not. We have
attempted to do By confinement and
suppression what God has decreed
should be done by natural expires
sion of lie of liberty. If we ever
become thrifty people we, too,
must turn our children into our
fields, our gardens, our backyards,
our vacant lots--lnto our shops, our
fonndries, our factories, and allow
them, under. guidance, to make
things and to grow things. The
heart of the children is constantly
saying, II love to see things grow, ]
love to cause things to grow; l love
to see things made, | love to make
things " But too many teachers
and parents are saying, John,
don't. Sit still and study. Activi-
ty is THE law of life. Your child loves
action. Teach the child to do by
allowing him to do.
To start in the direction of becom-
ing thrifty, we must encourage to
grow something to sell and to sell
| ito make something IN the shop
10 sell and to sell 1t. We must
learn lesson from the shops of Con-
necticut, which until very recently
was the wealthiest state per capita
in the the United States. and from
the fields Of Iowa which is now the
wealthiest state per capita in the
| United States, and we must ingraft
| this lesson onto orr own wealth of
youth and soil and PRODUCE some
thing. at profit, which our neigh
bors want.
Cotton, which has so long ben king OF
poverty, is not so attractive. that we
may not see something else. The
blessed little bug has opened our
eyes in other directions, and the
glimmer OF the whiteness of the
'heecy staple no logger blinds us.
The greatest amount in any "a con-
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