Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-02
SCHOOLS AND ATTII,lITICS.

The program for the Oconce Coun-
ty School Fair and Field Day has
been arranged for 1916. This inter
csting meeting will be held in Wal
halla again this year-Friday, March
at the Walhalla High School build
ing; there will be school exhibits,
and these will be on display at the
large concrete building belonging to
w. NJ. Brown, on Main street; and
then there will be numerous athletic
events, and these will take place iE
and along the ample breadth and
length OF Walhallas s main thorough
fare. The county oratorical contest
will take place at the auditorium at
s o'clock y. m.
We often hear the complaint made
that such occasions as these dctract
from the school work; that they so
all the pupils minds with cxtTneous
matters that little is accomplished
from books and retaining what Is
learned. And we have never been
able to agree with this view Of the
matter. and we have no sympathy
with it.
The older ones Of us can look back
upon school days almost barren OF
care for the physical welfare Of the
boys and girls OF days even now not
far gone, and we may we'll envy the
boys and girls OF to-day, who, for
tunatcly for them, We think, are
learning under a new and better sys-
tem-a system which, while it gives
ample consideration to the mental
work, does not overlook the physical
side Of life: Il system that seeks to
bring forth wcll-rounded men and
women for the future from the boys
and girls OF to-day by training mind.
heart and body simultaneously, so
that the "finiShcd product" may be
broad ip mind. trllc OF heart, sympa-
thctic. loyal, with bodies trained for
endurance, built up by systematic
and hcalthful exercises. 1t is a hap
py change from old methods, and
well may we OF Older years be glad
that the pendulum has swung from
the old-timc school drudgery system
that called for constant grinding
from s in the morning to / in the
afternoon, with little recreation and
no system Of athletic training.
And we need not fear for the
youth OF to-day that they will be
neglected on the mental side. We
need not shy at athletics because OF
the fear of running to extremes.
Just as the pendulum has happily
swung from the old-time methods 10
the new. just so, when the happy
medium has been roachcd-whcn the
ideal has been attained--then we
will witness one Of two things
either the pendulum Of our educa-
tiOnal machinery will stand at the
point indicative OF perfection, or the
WI N'h5o pc'o!tiHS laullS. Tic pcHtlu-
lum will swing back, correcting the
error automatically.
The literary contests, the field day
sports. the competition in the vari-
Gus lines OF effort that come under
the head OF school eNhibits--all have
bad their part in the great advance
ment along educational lines in our
county, and they will continue to
exercise great influence for good in
the fnturc.
Let the schools or the cOunty-the
pupils. the teachers, the trustees, and
no less the patrons~-look we'll to in
dividual effort. 1t is material to the
success OF the whole Let us see
that Oconees Field Day and school
Fair in 1916 shall be one Of the best
held in South Carolina. TO do this
there must be hearty cooperation on
all sides.
Let us work heartily for the simul-
tannous education OF the mind, heart
and body. 1t is the ideal in educa-
ton. We cannot neglect one with
out dctrimcnt to the other.