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Show B THE 111(111 SCHOOL. H TI10 (incfltlon of tlio introduction H of high schools in n numbor of tlio H lurger Hottlomonts of tlio stuto ia H (iiigaglng tlio attontion of tlio pooplo H to a considerable ox tout tbeso duys. H Tlio tinio floonis to liavo couio when H nn (Hluciitlon Riich as is alfordod by H tlio ordinury dtstrlot school will not H Hudloo for tlio coming iuoii and H women df our stnto, na tlio cdiiont- H ionnl standard of olllolonoy ifl eon- H tlnunlly boing o.xtondod. An 1m m portnnt consideration in connection 1 witb this general niovo for filghor 1 education ia, or should bo, tlio IiubI H noss in lifo that tbo pupils will linvo m to follow for n living aftor tboir B noliool lifo comos to an end. In B this country tlio principal business H of tbo pooplo lias boon the cultlvntion M of tlio soil uud such othor branohos M of Industry us uro directly associated M tlioiowith. and it is generally con- M codod that to tlio agriculturist all M cIubgos of pooplo nro prlnmrliy in- M dobtod for tboir prosperity. M Hut as communities get older, or B Tathor as tbo country becomos, longer M Bottlod. and oonsoquoutly nioro thloky m populated, it is found necessary to m resort to other methods of gnluing a M living than tbo prlmovul ouos that M nro incident to all now countries. M Trades and munufactoiiros of various M kinds spring up wboro tho popul- M utlon is suilloioutly donso to warrant M and support tbom, and tbo result Is M that but comparatively fow of tbo M populace nro ongngod lintbo.cultlv- H utlon of tho soil, aud in tho most B of casoa tboso who do outllvrtto it H do not own It. Bs, In all avocation tho boHtaunlUod H worker stands tbo boat ishow to m auccood. othor tilings boing 'onual, M and it sooms a nilstako to ;allow tho M youth to pnss from ton to .ilftoen ' yoars of tholr school lives AvJthout M any doflnito plan of action othor 'than B that altonlcd by tho common ahool B curriculum, supplemented and added B to by tbo gouoral provlslous of tho M rogular oourso in the bigb ecboo.l B At n comparutlvoly curly period H of tho ahiid's lifo thoro should bo B preparation mado for epoolalizatiou M along tho linos wbiab, judging by B its oiiviroumdnts, desootit aud in H uliuntion. tbo child is likely to fol- H low. Wbon a boy reaohos tho ago of B llftoou years, puronts should huro somo B idea of tho sort of avooatiou ho Is adaptod to, and if such uvoaatlon M is withiu tholr ronob, stops should bo m taken to have tho boy trniuod nlou M tho linos that will bo suited to qualify B him for tho work ho wilT liavo to m Of coursoj raistakos would somo- H tlmos bo mado in connection with H this prococduro, as woll as in all m others nothing that finite, minds H can formualto ho will bo porfoot but H thoro is muro ronson to boliovo that H if a boy poBsessos 1111 iuoliuatiou for H moohnulcs, and is trained along H thoso lines, will becomo n proflaloiit H workmuu than if bo woro roquirod H to tnko a numbor of studios that H woud bo noedssnry if bo was dcs H tinod for n podngoguo or u lawyor, H but which havo 110 boariug or ro- H lovanoy to tbo busiuoss which ho is H dostiuod to follow. H Undor tho prosont Bystom of intol- H lootunl training thoro is u grout H liublllty that tho professions will H soon bocomo overcrowded, in our Hl stuto and tho farms uud workshops H will bo inoaaurnbly doscrtod. Most H of our young peoplo uro possoseod H of tho idea that tho principal end of H u higher oduoation is to onublo thorn H to mako inoro monoy with lees labor, H than thoy oould do without It. Aud H tho respect that nil clussos should H liavo for physical labor is not boing H cultivated to tho oxtout tbut it H ought to bo, and that tho wolfaro of H tho stato mid nation demands. H With tho pronulgation of tbo diviuo H odiot, "In tb awout of thy fnco shall H thou cut brrid, till thou return to Hj tho grouud" tho dignity and honor H of tbo lnw of physical labor was H ostablishod,i and fron that timo to H tho Jiresout it lias boon found that it BHBB ' o'oulirnnfV)o"'dJBpcii6cd wlHi. It would, 'hidoed, bo an uiifortuu-nto uiifortuu-nto day thut would boo tho national , sentiment avorfio to mntiual labor; jtheroforoall high fobools, at least, 'should bo conducted upon such Hues Job would thoroughly indoctrinnto thoso who aro taught thcroln with tho lovo of work mid should contain such conveniences ns would mako it praoticablo to furnish caoh studont with tho moans of doing, part of tbo timo,, at loost, good, bard work along practical lines, and it should bo mado a mark of distinction and honor to oxcol in this, just ns it is nt tbo prosont to oxcol in tlio rnco or tho ball gumo. When tho bct-plowodplntof bct-plowodplntof land, tho host irrlguted Hold and tho best-mndo bookcuso or ohnlr, dono within n speoHlod timo, boonics tbo fashion in tho pruoticul dopartmont of tbo lilgbor schools, wo shall bo in n fuir wuy to turn out of thoso institutions a class of oit-izons oit-izons that will bo likely to build up tho country and ndvnnco It along tho linos of practical improvomont. |