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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
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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
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: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.
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'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
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. 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- ;
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Respect, yours,
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What We Never Forget
according to science, are the things
associated with our early home life,
such as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that
mother or grandmother used to euro
our burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin
eruptions, cuts, sprains or bruises
Forty years of cures prove its meril.
Unrivaled for piles, corns or old sore?.
Only 25 cents at P. B. Speed's and Mc
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Don' wa.^tp lime wilh impossible
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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
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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.
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ASSOCIATION.
Property Insured, 12,100,000
February 1st, 1912.
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fr>r any ln'form?tler yon may Jailr* ?bnut
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, ih-tu othrr property.
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Abbeville, s. c.
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