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it? y y 00 < < oo o<> oo oo oo oo oo \r^F OO oo OO OO OO OO OO OO OO it Made OO Jo vo 00 oo < 0 00 00 < 0 < 0 < 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 /k/k Payab \r \r oo oo oo oo oo oo oo On Practice W. K. llreazcale lu Editor Laurens Advertiser: In an article which appeared in your paper of August 28th, President Kiggs of Clenison College discusses a phase of education that is very much to the front now-a-days. It is what is called "education tor practical life." It is not a Question peculiar to South Carolina, or to the Imited States as for that matter; but it is oue that is being discussed in nearly every part of the civilized world. How ever. rrom observations of the writer while he was in South Carolina this summer, it seems to be a rather acute l'orm in that State at present. Just what an education should be depends on the person answering the question. How much of the "cultural" and how much of the "practical" should enter into it, and where the practical should be introduced are questions that will never be settled. But there are a few broader principles that should be considered along with any individual's opinion in the mat ter. It is when we get away from these that we fall into serious falla cies. In the first place, the advocates of "education for practical life" assume that pretty nearly all of life is ma terial?that it consists of factories and yards of cloth, land and bales of cotton, iron in the ore and then in the finished product. The problem with them is to convert the raw material into the usable article. This consti tutes much in life, It is true, but it is not the chief thing, and should never be made the guiding principle in the lower school?the school be low college grade. Life includes much more than our materialists will admit. It has been two thousand years since the Great Teacher expounded the doctrine that life is immaterial. The elemental things are of the intellect and soul. How often we lose sight of that, es pecially during periods of prosperity, to find out later that in abandoning that doctrine we had turned and at tempted to embrace a shadow. The view we have of life matters immense ly; and it seems that there is setting in a reaction in the educational world against the vanities of materialism. The signs are few, but they are sig nificant. Harvard, the first of the great colleges to advocate vocational training, is swinging back the other way. Vocational training there has not actually made good. It has fallen short of what its advocates used to say it would do. Another hopeful sign of the times in that philosophy is turning to the immaterial side again. M. Bereson. who Is bavins so much influence on the thought of the world at present, is proclaiming anew that the primordial things in lite are im measurable, not measurable, things? qualities, not quantities. That means that man is not to be considered as a machine or a cash register. It is charged that the schools of a century ago educated the "student away from life." The allegation can not be substantiated. On the contrary, the school of that time, if it was worthy of the name, gave the student very profound views of life. Even in the study of Greek and Latin, which our friends 60 belabor, there was d study of life. The great thoughts and emotions set forth In the Clas sics are as vital today as they were centuries ago. Moreover, :ke ftudrat For tl COL by Internatior the BEST 1 i 21-2 2 3-4 2 3-4 1 Hoi le on or before main A. BBJ .1 nj ! U CrUUCctllUIJ Lauren* Advertiser. was exercised in those things that are i of prime importance?in industry, ac- '{ curacy, discrimination, appreciation of - the aesthetic, and many other quali- , ties of the like sort. The men those ( schools turned out and the service j they did are a refutation of the charge , that they did not educate for life. We { may condemn the old method, but the ( new materialistic idea, which we are c told should be at the bottom of educa tion, has been tried in some places t for a considerable time, yet it has t not proved its right to supplant the t old. The immense sums that have ? been spent on many forms of indus- t trial education, have not been from t a practical standpoint, productive of r too great returns. In fostering ideal- r ism, surely, they cannot be called a highly successful investment. Put- t ting it on the ground of the first, ?'e j must remind our friends, the advo- _ cates of early technical training, that j; Darwin and Pasteur, Lord Kelvin and Berthelot came out of claBsica] col- ( leges. We are willing for the new _ practical education to produce their * equal on its own ground; to say notb- j ing of broad sympathies and intellect ual resources these scientists bad on account of their early liberal educa- f tion. To teach ttw freer things is the great . task, the fundamental duty, the most delicate and far reaching business . connected with the educational sys- . tem. Nothing is so pressing and the 1 teacher should consider these alone as worthy of his supreme concern. P The material side of the world is go ing to go on all right, if the other | tnings are rigoi. xne great majority of boys will engage in occupations ? where, if intelligence and other desir able qualities are brought to the work, 9 the technical side can be mastered in r a remarkable 6hort time. The idea that long technical training is neces- c sary to do most of the things of life 3 with the greatest efficiency has been ? exploded. What was on my mind when I be gan to write this letter was to say j something about the effort that is being made to introduce agriculture into the country schools. Perhaps I have not wandered too far ahead in speaking in general terms, and now we Bhall come more directly to the 1 point. v t If to introduce agriculture into the f country school means that all boys 1 are to spend time in its study (?), the \ suggestion is most remarkable to 1 come from "practical men." Is tbo 1 boy going to remain on the farm be- J cause be was born there? Can be be ; made to stay by giving biro agricul ture In the schools? In an old coun try like France where a child is all but born into the occupation of the t parents and imbibes it with the moth- ? er's milk, such an education has no* prevented a large proportion of the boys from leaving the farm. Can we hope it will do so lu America, where lines between different occupations are not so tightly drawn as they are I in Europe? A writer in a recent num- 1 ber of a French magazine, in discus- I sing this fact, advocates teaching the > country youth scarcely anything but i what relates directly to farming, and ( expresses the opinion that such an j education will put an end to the i trouble. We want men on the farm, but when we try to accomplish the re sult by catching the youth of tender .???? .Wjtfr-?*+*>* ia v 1 T/i UMB ial Harvester VAGONS BO Regular Tw< : Regular Tw Wide Tire, 1 *se Wagons Rc e November ] t advantages 5VILLE, :ige in a trap we encounter a moral phase of the affair. Perhaps the mor al enters more largely into the ques tion than most of us are aware, for evidently a boy should have some thing to say about his life's vocation. Ordinarily the lad in the high school is not ready to elect his life's work. \'or is agriculture going to be taught efficiently by the high school teacher, rhe country boy, though he attends school, spends half his time in actual j contact with things on the farm, and j n a great many cases in company with a father who knows more about igriculture than the teacher can be ;xpected to know. Hie practical edu sation is beimg taken care of. The need of the country school is lot In tfcat direction. It is rather in he direction of thorough work in he so-called cultural subjects. Soper Icially, Europeans say, is our beset ing sin, and nowhere is this truer han in our schools. To add another lilk-and-water subject would be to nftke the situation worse. 1 What Is surprising to some or us in ? he ranks is that more of the lenders ' n educational thought do not em ihasize this side. The schools should i ie bent on securing teachers who I lave a good education, who know life * n its fullest measure, who can Inter- ' >ret it as found in history, literature, .rt, science, and who will give the etu- 1 lents training (we should not be < fraid of the word) which counts for 5 o much in later life, regardless of 1 he occupation to be followed. Much ' q pedagogy that, Just at present, is ' telng hawked about. Is the veriest ubbish. The get-rich-qu!ck idea has . nvaded the domain of education and S as miacnievouB mere us emewucie. Courses of study are going to hange from time to time but there 8 one thing that is certain among the incertaintles. A short cut to secure naterial things, instead of a longer .nd more difficult road that leads to a arger and more stable civilization bould have no charms for a noble >eople worthy of the highest destiny. To enter such a way deliberately is me of the first signs of decadence. We ire confident that the good sense and iterling Qualities of our people will letermine them to march in the way >f tru* progress. W. E. BREAZEALE. Rutgers College, N'ew Brunswick, X. J. Ezra Says It don't tafce more n a gui uv eiiun. o git folks Into a peck of trouble" i md a little neglect of constipation, bil ousness, indigestion or other liver i lefangement will do the same. If i tiling, take Dr. King'9 New Life Pills < 'or quick results. Easy, safe, sure, i tnd only 25 cents at P. B. Speed's and VIcMuray Drug Co's. Kiiiakets ilkc imkI Hp to #8.50 juUr it PollakoflPs. 2t . JTDTICE I am still in the Plumbing business n your city and I would he very grind ' o give you estimates on your Plumb- ' up work. My prices are right and wits all. Work guaranteed and work- ( nan like manner. Repair work attend- ( d to with promptness, Put your iliimbiug In good order, for the Win- ; er Is coming soon. Respect, yours, J. E. 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Just hiea'lie it; it kills Catarrh irerms md I?j?iii-lies Catarrh. A HYOMEI >utfH, which indudeR inhaler, co?t8 51.0 i. Separate bottles, if nfterwanls ieedcd, 5()c, at pharmacies every where. Money back from C. A Mil 'oid & Co., if dissatisfied. rhe State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON HI,EAS. ti. W. Harper, Plaintiff, against Phoe be McGowau, James McGowau, Sarah (.'handler, Andrew McGow an, Mose McGowan, Arthur Mc Ouwa' , Maty Hall, Harrison Mc Gowau. Austin McGowau, Ophe lia Jtohiimon, and the chihll'eu of Tommy McGowan, deceased, name.I J. B. McGowan Sarah Me Ctowan and "Monk" McGowan, Defendants. Summons. 1\) the Defe' dantH above named : You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in thin lotion, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of th* Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to s< rve i copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscriber at his ? ffiue it Abbeville Court Hou>e, within twenty days after the service hereof, pxclmive of the day of such service; unit it you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint. Dated this 16tli day of September, A. D. 1912. J. Frank CliukecaleH, Plaintiffs' Attorney. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. T? the non-resident defendants. Tames MeOowan, Andrew MeOowan tmd Ophelia Robinson: Take notice, that a copy of the Sum mons and Complaint in tlie above en titled action is Hl< d in the oftiee of ihe Ub rk of Court of Common Picas for Abliev lie County. South Caroli.-.n, ivher it mav bo inspected by you. J. Frank Ciink.<cales, Plaintiff*' Attorney. Sept. 2f>, 1912. Gt vnStudA we Offer fo WAG L guaranteed b llowing unhea '011.S . . . $ ;ons . . . $ agons . . $ 36 and 21-4 $ Wagons have ther wagons : c H CAROL > S3 j Mr?. J. N. Hill, Homer, Ga., has used Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound for years, and says she always recommends it to her friends. "It never fails to cure our coughs and colds and prevents croup. We have five children and always give them Foley's Honey and Taj- Compound for : a cold, and they are all soon well. We would not be without it in our , house." McMurray Drug Company. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Probate Court. ! In the matter of the Estate of W. W. Gi bert, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to A. H. Gibert, J. S. Stark, Admrs. j Aboeville-Greenwood MUTUAL \rn\m ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, 12,100,000 February 1st, 1912. I \VK1Tf- T<> CALL on the nedonlgjiec ! ~T or 11. Director of your Townihly fr>r any ln'form?tler yon may Jailr* ?bnut . mtr plan of Iu?nr*ne?. ! * ? ln?ur? ynor prop*r'.y a^*lu?i 6titro< . tlon by ! m, vonmii n urns, do so Htu-apsr th3i> or>v in*rrap.;< i?,inv *n fil?t?noo Dwellings covered with tnelHl ro<>/8 are lusnred Ior26 per cent. cheaper , ih-tu othrr property. K<!in?roboi wt art> prepared to prove to yot U'it'. r.urn Ih -.he safrst and cheapest plat. o> ( inrurtncc fcnown, ' t ii t?t itr* nj J. /S. r,j,n r\ wj, V7CU. I Abbeville, S. G. 1 J. rBASSE LYON, Pres. Abbeville, 8. C. ?O S. li. Majors -...Groen wood 1.1'. Mabry Cofcoabnry W. H Aektr.. Donalils T. H. K. I-- fme V.'est W W. Ij. Kelltr 1/ouk Cane I. A. Keller .Hniilbvl!I?* l>. WardlHW C'odar Sprlnv W. W . KriidUy Abbivll'e Dr. J. A. AuilerHOn Autrevllle S. H. Hole* Lowndesvllle A.O. Grunt Magnolia i "A. B. Kennedy Calhoun Mills II. L. Kasor. Walnnt Grove W. A. Nicfcles Hod^ee M. G. Bow I or (Joronaoa D. R. HatUwanger ....... Ninety-Six A. 1>. TlmnicimaD KinardB Irii B.Taylor Fellowship Joseph I.aho Phoenix J. W. Smith Verdery J. U. (,'lillen Bradley J. W. I,yon Troy A. W. Voon^blood Yelilffli 0. E. Uotn CalHoon <). K. l>orn KlrkHcyd S. H Stevens Brnokit ni?ti*v-lle h C Feb. I 12 James Frank Glinkscales, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Abbeville, s. c. Office?First, floor City Hall. ale! r Sale . ONS j them and i ird of prices: 52.80 55.00 57.00 37.50 extra size b< made. ar C ^iisr^ i SCHOOL Tablets IE General Sch< Speed's D: Insure Y< and 1 This is the season c too much green food an< stock. The premium is used for farming purpos< gy animals. We insure WRITE OR Abbeville Insun J. E. 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ID, Secretary. >w How This le to Be? fixed, below which no e sold thw price were cupped and i, at least 25 per cent better than 1 the result was called nTea at name. ti every assurance that it is, in noderate price and you can get it mly one dealer in this town; via. ^ ier & bro. 4