Pocahontas star herald., 1925-12-03
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From The People
Dalton Writes On Schools And Educa-
tiOn

Dalton Writes On Schools And Eduea
tiOn
Editor Star Herald
Having been requested to express
our views along the line of public
schools and advantages of education
we desire to claim small space in the
dear "Old Reliable" this issue, if the
/ good editors will be so kind as to per
nit us to present our feeble efforts.
Daniel Webster once said that On
the proper diffusion of education
among the people rests the preserva-
tiOn and perpetuatiOn of our institu-
| tiOns." This statement was made many
years ago but nevertheless it holds
good today for never in the past was
an education more essential in order
to enable us to overcome the obstacles
that confront us daily as we journey
through life.
In view Of the above facts and as
one who has always been deeply inter
ested in our school system, both pres
| ent and also its future welfare, we can
not refrain from being bit amorous
and partial toward this one subject
which is surely one of the most vital
problems under consideration at the
present time.
Very few of us, we fear, really con-
slider the true value of our schools.
Think of our country without any
schools A noted statesman once said
while speaking of wars and measures
to promote lasting peace, that if every
fort. stronghold and arsenal in exist
ence today were converted into school
houses, the question of future peace
would be secure.
We write and sing of the happiness
and joy of our own dear "I1ome Sweet
Home" and our minds are filed with
joyful memories when we hear them
sing of>"The Little Brown Church In
the Vale But do we consider the
missing link essential to connect the
two institutions named above properly?
We are born into this world a neutral
being. Our whole future depends up
on the lessons and impressions that are
made upon our minds as we grow to
maturity. Where in this wide world
do we receive the same knowledge that
is intended to broaden and better our
nlearned and unspoiled mind than at
school? Outside our very early train
ing at home in Our infancy, where
could we have found the fountain head
of knowledge that teaches us good from
evil, gives us a better understanding
Of Our fellOwman our land, ourselves
and our Creator than when we were
diligently poring over our studies in
the little school room of our memory,
which, together with home and church,
stands forth as one of the three dear
est spots on earth to us?
knowledge is Power" Today n
mere handful of British subjects rule
the countless thousands of dark skin
ned. uneducated inhabitants of India.
If these people were educated this
could never be accomplished. This is
not only true in this instance but on
every side we see the learned hold
sway over the unlearned.
More than this. education enables us
in many ways to he better citizens,
parents and church members. The
Bureau of Education at Washington,
ID. c., gives us the information that
totally eneducated persons commit
from six to eight times as many crimes
as persons who can read and write.
As fathers and mothers we are far
better equipped to start our children
out on the proper course in life If we
possess at least reasonable supply
Of practical learning.
A leading evangelist tells us that one
Of the most serious obstacles in the
way of teaching the essential truths
Of the Bible is want of knowledge to
cOnstrue the meaning, and
proper division of the scriptures. He
attributes the cause of the hundreds
Of divisions of the churches in the