Show SHALL SHAD WE EDUCATE J THE FARM BOY BOYThe The rhe Pacific Tree and Vine hl I no publishes hr th t following extracts from Crol rain an nn ni I ing JI S delivered It ered by W IP V C Sprague editor of or tine thu American Hoy lo Shall hul we e 0 educate the farm faim boy bo t l for far one 1110 do 10 not answer 11 no nu hut hen the t mention sets nets me ale 10 thinking and 1111 may 11 I hope It II nets jet etl 5 you the tie i Shall hall we WI Indeed educate the faun 1111 hay hoy lIo If H 1 inn far CO In II what direction by I what means for tor what POI For what shall we le educate the bite faun m boy bay II A hundred thousand farmer fit runt fa tl answer In iii II no too II uncertain voice For the thu th attu A million nil ii Ion men lell of thu Ii a work shops told and Ild the mails inn It S of or trade l echo the lilt answer Yes rl tar for the Ihl farm Dont i send them to us II Keep them dent thol In Ia 11 the he I fret free I air IIII of 01 Obit s m eon country till Hut what say F the Iho boys themselves A multitude answer ii For 01 anything hen but above all ni gist 1 us 11 nn an 11 education l while another giat multitude look up from flom their toll loll 10 with a ii I vague wondering gaze and tutu answer not mint at mil lt nib all The hl question for 10 what must Iw he I answered In ht II every home by h the boy IW and his ii ls parents alter after nicely weighing the tho and one line condition that surround the Ilse boy bay and lId carefully stud study ing the boy bay himself hll IH It I will 11 not nol do to In tosny tiny I This hll boy ho wits was born bor on u n I farm farmand farmand and therefore educate ate him hin for the Ihl farm keep klep him hll Ii on oI 01 the farm Common Commonsense sense would dictate lint wo 11 educate him hll for tor that which nod lad tended Intended I him hint wed and n It Is II tint not so Su In hard d to determine d dot this as men Itch suppose If It we 11 set sou about It I right Hut flu t If I everything In lit 11 and ii nil about it the 11 tiny hoy ho marks lurk him 1111 for lor the Iho farm 1011 what whal then lien Well 1 the tho of oC education for COI this buy boy Itself ion Into 1110 the questions How Hol Ito Where WhereTo To what extent I let It t us its II answer iho the how hint ho Shall we 1 send him hll to bit college If IC so FO what kind kin kindor of or n college and amid kind of nC a n course athirst Shall Hhall the tale course be br classical scientific philosophical Shall It Il Include belittle Greek reek French Jr Herman 1 n Il I tend and I ld meu tal Uhl tl philosophy political economy UN Its I i higher it mathematics Shall Hhall We le lay In the Ihl foundations deep In 11 the sub rub substrata 1111 strata of ot ethics history literature Try any ni one ant alI of If these and the Iw chances aie that the Iho boy 11 will 1 bo I lust lost to the th farm forever For Mor every rote one Oll boy bo who whit goes IS ISto to the th classical school for tor Co training and to la the returns voluntarily tl li 1000 till turn n their harks backs nn on 01 that symbol of oC ru rut life Send a 1 count lt ly I buy boy ho to tn col coI college loge lege leA nud expert expect him hll buck hitch lo to water stock and cut earn corn COr and you 01 lire HIV doomed donned I to 10 bitter disappointment ii Hut flu I may mi lila he Ile not pursue at lt college such Hurh studies an as ni norm form a n natural part of or the Iho equipment of qt nn Ili educated fanner so HO called such Ilch as mix nt chemistry its and 1111 ii botany beta ny tint and 1111 return thus thuM equipped to take litho up 11 the his life le work lorl on 01 the II farm arm He Ite 10 may and acid Ild he hI may 11 edit not lut The he chances are 11 he Iw will wil not nut College ollege life will 11 have hn done Us pit iK deadly work the thu buy boy bo will 11 hive have breathed In an nil heavily heally lud luden 1111 ladi en ell with and aid IntI the tho Ilp ii of t law In 1 medicine muted literature Iare or ur business hl will wi have bound boa ad him hll with wih wIt It links halts of 01 steel Observation leads me at atto meto 1 to tn say Any tint that the til farm aria boy hoy 10 who goes gos OH away nany I from homo home to tn Institutions lust of oC learning to 10 mingle with nIth lh boys bays 75 j per 1111 rent of ot whom come fn I from mn city 1 anti and coun country try tr Ir towns and alid are bound for lor city cl I lie ilk lit will 1 III never return save MI for 01 a periodical visits crisps I to the old oll folks f went per pel percent IK cent rent or of tho the of it Ir my m li R in lit college were 1111 boys from f om the Iho Ih farm larm mid not lint ono Oita of them returned to tn the Ih laen till tal roof root tree teO Prof Prot Vincent of 01 tie the t Chicago university InIel sity sit y say sum t that If It lie he I wanted u 1111 to make a o ly blacksmith of oC n boy hl ho he hl would send rood IIII horn font hor to tn collage but we the intent haven t y yet t theard th heard h nr trout from the till hay boj O Is la Il honorable but hit If I whoa when a II Isy lx 13 y hue has gone through college o and got gab tin insight In Into Inc the thu great at wen world Id itt If knowledge IUnI km o kedge lg he ht hits has 1 no ambition In 11 lines limits of o work higher II than hoot that of or then ht is 11 something wrong with wih the Ilse buy hoy 10 hat i at Then h a the query curry suggests till Itself 1 l Use the agricultural II college Here lel tl the tho objection holds halls to tn a hs extent 1111 but i lisp t hit I there IH Is I still A way 11 3 from thu Ihl sometimes monotonous round of r fn nl In it 11 nn un of at o ile freedom freedan re fram rant lm often orlI In n a I pop populous 01 moue ulous to I ape the II Illus thoughts thou and of o the Ih oty Ill about l him with nIth Ih a growing insight I tu lt t Into 1110 th tIN 1101 Holds of ot Knowledge opening III IIII ig be hI before tore lure his hi 1111 eyes P II by II contact Il lt with lh books aid ami 1111 men of 01 culture the tl urt II hn Iw 1111 then leis ter becomes be I 1 1 t I If II after 1111 till all tine the in Is II tho Iho place for CI iii him Slay May Ia there Ilene th n not mint be Its h he lit asks greater ie rO turns lures for tor to his effort tome u a 1 wider seals for II ii Irl his abilities in hi 11 other directions Hy 1 U hil this the III 11 ell with Its myriad attractions forces It 1 Its IA We into Info lilt his heart nud mirth mind and aul the old 1111 ambition II tildes fades Into nil 11 H c Impossible real leal it Ity y He Ill still tit II I loves the flit til farm arm but thou by b a It l it vice vitt IN fell r a lI tin Ih angels in 1 i has hns turned but bin hll gaze to 10 l other us I x 14 holds Kven ICen In Midi Nut ii he h thinks fuller rullel II schools as aR give 1 to the 11 employment of Ir fanning tit the th must most 0 thelo lien Iles Ill n I danger augur Ia n r to the till fury fin in boy buy who would strive to 10 remain li a I train fram boy 1 though h al an educated on one The with b IVY gr to I vu school must lt be bt LI to t keep tho life a of ot th Ih farm unit attractive to 10 tenth teach thu of oC labor hither with the Malls bund when alien hll by the understanding under Inked to II fn farming I as its 11 a u pursuit I 11 best h lt talent Int nl mid nud III g the th richest reward of study told and to engender tits l of ot emulation among nUI boy of the tho theIn farm In run class till 5 and olli to 10 ill I very every on 1 influence Unit that tends to magnify 1 AI I t cull of or city Ilfe HH sit the life pleasures I tf compared with those thon of the lilt til country lint Hut tho the how hO comes with tho the greatest to tho boy rho cannot go so EI to 9 f tho i I or al the Ihl II aid 1111 who ho jet wants to lu be he h an 1111 UI educated oil I i farm I Io o 05 Tills hll question must III I at itt II time Use lice II e like 1111 Him Hari quos I tills ghoul ghost before Hint iii boys uther too IlK If f hi he have hl all nud 1111 1111 hot it How Ilow shall hul we ere 1 educate fur Cur the II farm forth tin fa faim nn boy lo who ts ht cannot no to to tt II the t he l t rt cultural 1 I offer a it I few fl MII The Lie IlI could b h multiplied Fits 1111 by h early ulel larl giving Hi Ih the boy hoy position of or Independence by Uy t never 1 making u n I buy boy a n slave a n I hired hand bund more mere help by I giving him 1111 us its iK noon HOOI as 11 ho lit knows the Ilse difference between ht mini 1111 iii luc nod and 1111 trine thine something or ur his ids otena horse hOlle u II pig pl a it I eo co curt u n I col calf a n 1 few CI hOI Ii nn ni acre nf or that h hmay ha may pla a cee tte and Ond fed and enjoy eIJI and 11 work over oer and aid help hel Ii el I lo II jt increase that thul shill shall bo bl his tie own by h adding lo to lilt hit hl belongings as ni he lie rowe grown older letting mini him hl earn 1111 these additions If It you ou will tilt willand and Indeed this thle Is II the better 1101 wa wan hilt but ut all ni events lolling letting let him hll Know th te II meaning of ut mowing responsibility r roe ami it I I realize tho Iho value of IC money f tend mid 1111 work This begets th of or character of ot possession lo and amid 1111 purpose in 11 life Whal of oC It I In II addition he line has also after all nil the kernel of ot nn 11 It 1 sets eels him hll thinking planning niM working worl em coo er lu he Il lute Ims hiI i i itle t he h him d t to 11 himself it n a quarter of lt the tho old form tann a II 1 and IIII It lid by in independent I dependent study hi he li has 11 learned until ii it II be he may III tint cun cen leach tench ills his elders el Such a I boy hoy I soon be becomes h In comes ranee n a render of IC farm literature an 1111 multi I Ia a u student of faim am Iii matters He lie II ly J waits the coming of 01 tin the next I XI furor faim paper papa that he lie may In learn to lit tl correct some POlO mistakes or 01 rove an nn old meth method od CHI d Ho 10 Is II found trying new no it ti things and it al alii discussing ii g with lh you yon Ol or with lh his assort lusod n ot nice ates ays 11 and means ml N which were eer he hi a II amere mere hula 1110 dependent he hue hI would let le solve for rol him hll instead of 01 attempting the thu thesal solution sal of them thew thol himself hi Second be Iw his 1115 Too hiI companion 00 many tilt 1101 withhold withheld runt their Ii sons pou t plenum e mm tout fort raid mid help of comradeship What a at I mine 1111 of ot exper experience hence Is II hidden under the snowy of or tint old fanner Some 01 nine rne one has ban said that Mark Hopkins on nn one end of uC a n alog log hog and a I student u ul the th other would make aloha A it 1 university II What schools could Impart the learning 1111 rl III Unit t the lit old lard farm larder farmer er Ir hat has hewn nut of wood nud stone atone and ii 11 sod Sal lol And 11 yet Jet It the boy bo who hungers and aid thirsts IM for ICI tint Hint knowledge Is s but bUI ubay u I boy bay to 10 him a lazy biz icy boy lu too ton dud bull to In words surds on OIl Tim Timboy hc boy ho cannot go le to 10 college bis hil hi ic father cannot or will 1111 nut not south him hll cud and 11 yet 11 the old mini uain with II Ih n a 1 school in iii II his bis Iii it own n bend bead every 1111 hot ii nf of or practical ll funning II to 10 weather del 11 11 the dour to 10 the thu II lioi ho tin inn u Ih I it key kp keyNo he heNo No 0 M under the buy bu IH Is I Tho Iha wonder I lit t ho he a n I h Maybe In lie K IR I A tanner father tat het should lii mutt if IK hI n I of tt the fui 1011 from in tint ami tile liln hl ho y tilt uld 10 he Ills hil fellow fIlow student The fit ft tl titer tiler lrI should talk lolk to tu tilt the boy the why thys wll inn it Ill lse e him Tench him hll him drill Mm 1111 until when hI hII I hc he ii IK IH abb to In unit il I 1 hi Inc hI linn lets grail till toil fruit the t hOle school rut learn cd nil 1 Unit IIi ii t the lla 1 father lia ha has In II ht of tt n the fu 11 f ghe him ilia nn I at i This thin M be h U II you 01 are lo tn him on un tin the rUI Make the Ihl home il a I whole ho hl shin II burnt to It stay Kiny lle live Jive him Kira 1111 bunks book awl and paperS paper a n n loom bout 1101 or iii hilt hil emu 11 I and detect ilc h lit hI turn let lei him hll wise nine I e III n IIi In line III hill u of tC t his wink tork M Il lu he 1 may ally Tend had at nl lust 1181 In he h will 11 read fills yon on U tan 1111 1111 bril tin th t school into your 1111 awn Mortar 1111 Bunke anti and i paper ui i In ti tit t hr Mlle i of III arm a tn run oik an are Ir a nn UI t halll munch much of o U It I of Ir n II 1 high order Huy It I Ho lie 10 in III thin If It In ht II nn 11 any anything thing rhe farm boy hoy hI trio ulio Ic le II trough tip up under such I Il I 1111 11 tonii luil very vet Vel near 1111 being nn till hay boy Shall hlll Wt it than tin Ifs 1111 boy bay 11 n I th thiU thou u surd Hand I I ym s If H In he h IK IS I to he be lt lopi lopion 11 on Oi the tilt faun hUn t tl ti n a I K KII IMI aKl tug I i If IC mi 1 1 cnn ruo mid and tine Ih H at re 1 you OU can rau l h by v a u I III 11 In III In Is I 1111 Inuit Ills hil el enl unit i lint huh it hi the th hone Must 1111 of oC nil all 11 Ulu xII ii hll n hOl n HH lu that 11 teer 1 father I ot OlM Oi lii hi ills lioy lilt Iu K Kery 1 ery 11 Ii trot mav I nl h Ire Immortal lain on tie I mi iii lIth IV Hi Ill It If In ht he will wil hut but I to II JIU II vu In the li lif lives IM K of f ills liln hil i your our your 1111 ii Into his hl life ilia It und and surly Ire Irl I l him 1 the nf of your n sin ai the fo foin pathetic I wil tl rl in lIt II him of oC a I spirit of f II tin tie ho hI grown 1111 older will 11 mik bunko of Ir him hll Ii KM 11 ii n educated furin il 1 to la till Mil 11 the th lie Il elI pur In la II Ida him ami It nil that het I he dual xhi to 10 III 1111 youth cure |