The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-30
MORE EDUCATION
''NEEDED TO MAKE
finer CITIZENS
Lack Of Education Means
Less Progress in Worlds
Development.
EoLUTIoN AT HAND
loters Must Guard Against
the Substitution of
- Ignorance.

\ BENNINGTON. Oct. 5O.-"aome
people put too much value on prop
erty and too little on personal
piety. Others put too much valu9
dth,sing every minute Of their time
/ naccumulating wealth, and toe
little value on attaining and pro
Serving their health" said the Rev.
"a. v, Koontz in mastery sermon
IN the First Presbyterian Church
tterday morning.
Emmanuel Kant has we'll SAID
mat man becomes man only
lthrough the process Of educGtion,'
he continued, "As man Is found In
llN2G 1ungles OF Africa and South
Anerica where civilization has not
penetrated, II Is sometimes difficult
TO see much difference between hi,n
and the beasts Of the forest. He is
in state of ignorance. But while
this'is true let ns not he nnmindful
Il the fact that many so.called cdu.
Heated and civilized mon are little
ietter than beasts. In general *
torrance means darkness anu bond
age to superstition and The lack OF
progress and development"
81 Value of Education.
Speaking of his son father
may say: lie has nothing to start
the world with save good educa
tton. That is enough" declared
the Reverend Mr.. Iioontz "if the
word may be accepted IL it's full.
Lcst sense. Nothing save q good
8educatlon; save intelligence and
the spirit Of learning, which is
greater than any learning can owe,
iSe: nothing save desire TO know
ITO inquire. to Investigate. to ac-
almulate wisdom. That hoy will
ysdp; let him 90. The world will
3fnow the step Of its conQueror."
u why do YOU say NOTHING savc''
Slmnly because yovT sordid mind
tyfill fix EFsclf SppOh. tho, paltrIcSt
[Nfea In HF wprlds ,Slhai % a 5oy
taI not 4moneS hsl has. nothing.
lFS9n heshas money he may yet he
IA Taurer."
W s"If you gave yonr hoy al tho
Asstars Of heaven ne would soon &c.
lShrough with them and he = pauDcr.
But give him mind that knows
how to usc It's own faculties. an
education that is really broad. VI.
tai, generous. sympathetic. and he
will come back after his harves;.
ing rich with riches no ono can
Ral."
I.'Theye i movement on foot
flSH for tlit promotion Of whu. is
)icalled American Educational
SSYeek. az tho governor Of the
STATE has vel, said. The public
school Is the most Illuminating ex.
ample Of democracy in this -epub.
lslic.' Tho war revealed the fact
that large percentage of our cit.
zens arc seriously deficient In cdu.
eatlonal equipment: Statistics show
that in orr stata there are 69.415
illiterates ten years OF age and
over. This is serious condition
! TO exist in this land or these Il.
iiterates 1853 are native.born. and
A,54S are native born"
"These people are classed ms H.
ltterates because We have shirkCd
or neglected orr duty. 1t Is to our
as well as their interest that this
condltion should not he permitted
Asto longer exist. II hchoOves every
loyal. red-blooded American to
stand for that which is hest in ou,
public school system"
ANY man or group of men whn
would substitute ignorance for edu
cation cannot he said 10 he true
American. Bolshcvism IN Russia
prefers darkness to light because
Is deeds arc evil. Chaos and con.
usion are the results.
ut Is for us as loyal. American
4 Christian people. so to sneak al the
POLLS that only those who stand for
the highest and best education shall
fill the places Of responsibility and
trust. II we fail thus to speak,
nothing short OF a calamity wifi
hefall our community, state, and
nation. BY cooperation and con.
centrated effort the blot on tn,
luster OF our citizenship can be
,Epeedlly removed
#l Ii u We NOWlu hLiO" TIE value Nj
Medication, let us contrast tho mon
and nations which are lacking In II
with those which have It. See
South American countries which
We are told have eighty.flve pc,
cent Of illiteracy,; and then note
their stage OF 'development as com.
pared with those. which are the
leaders Of the world"
How pltifuI It Is to see the pock.
cts filled with money and the blank
and vacant expression on the face.
Here is something that money can.
not buy"
Christian Education.
we shall miss the whole nu,.
enose Of divine revelation il we sun.
pose evil Is local, or that It Is con.
fined to the ignortaut and, the poor,
Evil Is universal: It r. in the
thrones Of the nations MS well as in
tie novels and huts Of poverty
Education. when not sanc,ified, il
Isimply an instrument OF evil. Great
soclal station, when Il is divorced
from the action OF a healthy con.
tsdiencc,, only give a man courage
for infinite social mischief.
Moral security is not In circum.
Aaees, but in character Until the