Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
EDUCATION IS ENTRANCE
TO TREASURE OF WORLD
Famous Travclcr Tells School Boys
MIS-. aud Girls 1t Is not Work or
Punishment.
LIKE TRUNK OF woNDERs
Zcst OF Accomplishing and Mastering
Is Added to Fascination OF Learn
Ing of New and Wondrous Things
Each Day, She Says.
IN NELLIE, UI.Y.

q School girls! School boys. Greetings.
our happiest days arc hcre--your
schooldays.
Have you considered just what they
S mad presented you with great big
n trunk of treasures plucked from the
skies. tho earth and tho seas. You
: lift out tray after tray marvelline over
each new wonderful iewc: which is
yours 10 have. TO hold. TO use and TO
enjoy all your life
That is what education ~. !. Il TO-,
work or punishment Education makes
the world ours We arc no longer
limited to our own town where We re-
side. The entire globe is our home.
and birds and plants: all that lives and
has lived and died ages before writing
was invented become everyday ac-
The glories OF the heavens. tho mys-
teries of the earth: the wonders Of the
seas. enchant you far beyond the power
OF the greatest fairy tale
whnt II Means.
Added to tho fascination OF learning
of new and wonderous things - the
sest Of accomplishing and mastering
The power OF beinS able The AFFINITY
to dol
Memorizins: Is it not marvellous
achievement? Have You tested your
ability 10 mcmorize with your school,
mates? Can YOU memorizc quicker and
better? Can YOU explain no" you
memorizc: Did YOU ever ASK o'her
ElrtS ana pcSS no" llfN h' ~
Life is rrecio1is. Say tina: con-
stantly 70 yourself You are young
Life is before YOU. Eut you cannot
afford to throw away one minute. Don't
be waster. Like never returns. WHAT
is lost this hour Is forever lost kc-
Erets and wishes cannot bring back
one second You may regret something
nndone yesterday. something unlcarncd
Yesterday You may benefit by your
failure and learn it or do i; now. But
You have not broueh, back the lost
holr You have consumed moro time.
what you wasted can no more be
regained than n cup OF water spilled on
sandpile. Never cheat Foursetl ",
time. Treasure II. save it Use each
second of il Life rushcs on and on.
never pausinC an instant, and carries
YOU with il to the end.
DON'T permit The ignorant and prclu-
diced to tell YOU study viii injure your
health If Won accept ii as it is, a
hoon. a pleasure. fascinating, absorb,
ing, thrilling. entcrt@insnS, you It
thrive and become healtns 1pp nd n,,kc
Il unloved despised work. your Own
mental attitude will affect your hca'tn'
Thc mind is all powerful;
II Is All Up To fou:
you can do what you will, X you
Don't be timid. Don't be discouraEGIqf,
Timidness is crime against yoursrlt !;
~ ri,ins Don't mistake rudcncss and
holiness for the lack Of timidity. fe-
PLACE ,imidnesSS ,r WIN t Toar"e other chill
6ren in your class. don't let it en-,
S,rrass Won have known men and
women cursed with q lifetime of !gno-
rance through remarks by LOCUST
teachers who forgot size does no.
necessarily constitute age. one OF th'
greatest crimes is for teacher to On
deavor 10 improve a pupil ny com
pairing adversely with another
Never get discouraged. R"mcr,be
IL is yours to acccpt-the greatest O
all Cifts-cducation. Teachers arr
there TO direct and aid you. Require !
Of them Just as you would require
directions of a guide hired To lead yot
over the mountains.
And learning other things. learn Soot
manners. Cultivate refinement o
speech. bearing and thought. our Con
stitution says are born equal. Good
But to grow up equal depends solely
upon yourself. You are equal or 20,
are not Education and breeding is