Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 29, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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BR EM! A 5! DAILY BANNEfi.
JOMN tl. KANKIAi
Klitot. Publiaher *n«i Proprietor
TTJESDAY M0S1OTG. JACTABY 29, 1301.
NEED OF PRACTICAL EDUCATORS.
Are we pursuing a system of
education adapted to the demands
of the age in which we live? Are
we teaching those things in our
schools which properly and ade-
quately prepare the great bulk of
the growing generation for the
battle of life before if? These are
questions which the Arkansas
Gazette thinks should concern
every father and mother in the
land and which should enlist the
interest and attention of those
engaged in educational affairs
and the enacting of laws for the
good of the country.
This is a practical age, and
growing more so a3 we move
along with the times. Experts in
every line of industry are grow-
ing more and more in demand.
A thorough knowledge of one
particular thin? or occupation
commands a price at all times and
is worth far more than a smatter-
ing knowledge on many. It mat-
ters not what the trade or profes-
sion, the best in the line is al-
ways in demand.
Nine-tenths, if not more, of the
young men growing up will by
force of circumstances have to be
"bread-winners" a"nd it would be
better for the country if the other
tenth were in the same condition.
Every individual is possessed of
some one talent more thoroughly
developed than any other and if
that trend is followed in training
and practice, the individual is
upon the best plane of life nature
has provided.
Some individuals are by nature
adapted to one thing and some to
another, and the same course of
study and training to all alike is
a "misfit" of educational methods
and appliances.
' A common brick and a piece of
Drenden china are both made of
clay, but it is no use to try to
make china out of the same clay
as the brick.
The boy endowed with mechan
ical or agricultural talents is a
misfit in a profession or school of
art.
A girl with a talent for the
culinary art—household work-ris
a misfit in the musical and dra
matical professions. "
It is a waste of time and money
to try to drill and stuff an educa
tion into a boy or girl on lines
for whioh they have neither taste
nor tflent, and it is of little use to
clog their, minds and waste their
mental energies on lines of edu
cation for which they have no
adaptation or probable use in fu
ture.
The demand, and it is a ration
al one, is for practical knowledge.
A boy or girl goes through the
schools and colleges by routine,
and gets a diploma, and when
they have it that is about all.
They are flitted for nothing in
particular, and must begin to
learn "something to do" for a
living. The time consumed in
going through the useless portion
of school routine would have
placed a trade in their grasp
and whether ever needed or not
in the race of life would have
been of value.
A writer in an exchange says:
One of the foremost theachers
the country, the head of a
Are often engaged in doing the work of
a home under the most trying condi-
tions Nature cries out against the
stooping and lifting, the running up and
down stairs at times
when labor should
be as light as possi-
ble. It is owing to
overstrain ^r self-
neglect uncJtr these
conditions that the
foundation is laid
for serious woman-
ly disease. Irregu-
larity is the first
step to im
womanly
s Favorite
Prescription. It
will heal inflamma-
tion and ulceration
and cure female
weakness. It
makes weak wom-
en strong and sick
women irell.
■it gtwi ■«
x r "to thank Dr. Pietce Cor the
EceKrfMe of hi. P.vor*
tion' and 'GoMea Medical Dtuxnvy:
aaScredfort
«and afalTwUhout
Now I hare taken two bottles of
tof -Golden
>>«*oriic PrrscriptioS '• and <mt Of Gol
covers, a
2i one-cent stai
ft-.— Medical
free on re-
to pay
H Y.
in
great preparatory Bchool, once
said to me: "True education is
to find the quality and bent of
each pupil's mind and give it only
such food as will develop them."
I glanced at the pile of textbooks
—huge accumulations of bare
questions and answers—lying on
his desk. "What can I do?" he
said, with a despairing shrug.
"My boys must 'pass' in all of
theee books to enter college, and
in college the aim still is to 'pass,'
not to grow."
This tells the whole story,
"they must pass," and when they
have passed must turn around to
find out where they are at. •
It is gratifyiny to note, how
ever, that the public thought is
turning to this "misfit educa-
tion," £^nd discussing seriously a
change in methods. Many states
are agitating the matter of ren
dering the public schools of more
practical value, teaching those
things which fit a boy for the
farm and workshop and girls for
the household and motherhood
Brooklyn, N. Y., has taken hole
of the proposition seriously anc
selected a committee of practice
men to recommend a method for
educating the girls on practical
lines. That committee reports a
recommendation for the estab-
lishment of a public school or
schools In which the girls shall
be taifght at public expense the
ordinary English branches, the
use of all machines possible,
sewing and special machines
used in light manufacturing, in-
stallation of telephones and elec-
tric lights and the use of common
domestic tools, the chemistry of
cooking and cleaning, knowledge
of food, home sanitation, use of
gas stoves, making fires, sewing,
mending and also developing
conscience in housekeeping and
business generally.
A feature of the plan is the lo-
cation of the school in some sec*
tion of the oity where ample
grounds can be had for garden-
ing purposes, for the study of
horticulture and to a limited ex-
tent of animal life, as in the rais-
ing of chiokens and other useful
animals, including how to mill*
cows.
This will be the most compre-
hensive school of domestic econ-
my and industrial features ever
proposed by-an American muni-
cipality. A two or three years'
course in suggested, with diplo-
mas for graduates.'
This is getting down to good
horse sense and will succeed.
Every girl born in the land ex-
pects at some time to be the mis-
tress of a home and perhaps a
mother. Why should she not
while in girlhood receive that in-
struction which she will so sadly
miss when she assumes the duties
of domestic life.
Nine-tenths of the boys will
have to work, when men, for a
living. Why not furnish them
that knowledge which will best
suit their trend of mind, and
which will place in their hands
the ability to earn a livelihood
without dependence upon paren-
tal patrimony, or through pre-
oarious or criminal methods?
Our public schools are the great-
est blessings of the nation, but
there is wide room for improve-
t on practical lines. The time
is coming and is not far distant
when a revolution will take place
in our methods of treating and
educating our youths.
4.
Make Your
Wants
Known
Through the
Classified
Columns of
The Banner.
The Rate is
Only .
One-half Cent
a Word.
IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE TO RUNT
the cheapest and best way to find a de-
sirable tenant is through the classified
column of The Banner. An advertise-
ment in this column on'y costs one-half
cent a word each insertion, and results
are almost certain. »
HAVE YOU LAND FOR SALE?
An'advertisement in The Banner's clas-
sified column will find a buyer i' there
is one to te found, and the cost is only
a trifle—-one-half cent a word earh in-
sertion
DO YOU WANT BOARDERS?
Piace your announcement n the classi-
fied column of The Banner and watch
the resaltf.
DO YOU WANT A CLERK?
a cook, a gardener, a dairy hand, or if
you want to engage labor for any kind
of work, use our classified column. One-
half cent a word each insertion pays the
bill.
Something for Breakfast
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Cream of Wheat....
Ralston's Breakfast....
Food
Malt Breakfast Food
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SCOTG®
AND
OTHKK
. GOOD
THINGS
JUST ARRIVED AT
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I, NOWAKOWSKY'S
TELEPHONE
Clothing
g^THE PUREST AND BEST.
D. R. 8CHQLZ, Agent Brenham. Teia*
Hobson's Choice
You never have to tak$ at this store.
Our superb stock cif fine
CLOTHING
Offers to every taste and fancy what
pleases it. We have reduced our prices
on oar fine stock of elegant tailored and
perfect fitting clothing for men, youths
and boys, ana you will do well to secure
a suit at snch bargain prices.
The lowest prices on over Goats ever
offered.
SCHMID BROTHERS.
akd
WAV DOWN.
Nice Jackets. Capes and
Collarettes.
:
ALEX SIMOJNT.
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Lubin's, Duval's, L&utier's, Crown Perfumery* Co., Imperial,
LazelVs, Easterman's, Freeman's, Miller's, Colgate's.
PIBFUME AT01IZEBS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE.
A full line of Imported and Domestic Toilet and Medicinal
Soaps at •
R. E, LUHN'S Drue Store.
THEOAK
WILSON & BARKER. Props.
Butter. CreamiHfl
PROM REGISTERED JERSEY COWS.
Telephone Us Your Orders
OI K DAIRY IS HKALTHFULLY LOCATED. (INK MII.E NORTH OF (JIT*
xnd
■s
Aquinaldo, it is said, has ac-
quired a naw scrap book in which
"to paste his obituary notices dur-
ing the coming year. i
BtJTCl
Live-Stock
THE under-
signed
ha* open-
ed a fruit and
confectionery
stand next door i<> G. Hermann's furniture
store, where he keeps in stock firsah Fruits,
Nuts, Soda Water, Tobacco and Cigars.
Home-made Candy fresh every day, guaran-
teed pure and wholesome Patronage solicit-
ed and satisfaction guaranteed.
JIM OONNELL,
Proprietor
Carlisle & Co.,
flen'l Insuranoe Agents,
BrenhaM, Texas
Mm: Over Srttwi Jewelry State.
GO TO THE
Manufacturing
r<*
G. S
DEALER IN
BTO. BTO
BEST SELECTED STOCK IN TOWN.
Goods Sold on Easy Payments When
Desired.
An Inspection will Convince of the Correctness of our
f Claims.
i Respectfully,
G. HERMANN.
JOSEPH
-DEALER IS -
SOUTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE
A full supply of all the ]
Fine Perfumeries in end)
and accurately compoun
TOILET ARTIClESY eTC
brcnhah, texas.
A full supply of all the Popular Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles and
Fine Perfumeries in endless variety. Physicians' Prescriptions carefully
" ' * I * day or ni*ht. * "
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Wm
SIS
SUPERIOR PASSENGER SERVICE *»'
Santa Fe and L and 6. N., via Milano.
Through Chair Cars and Pullman Sleepers Every Day in the year
FBOM MILANO FOR
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO,
FOISTS 1* SOUTHWEST TEXAS, A«D )
Jy,; P MEXICO.' ■ -yf
The Host Direct Route and Quickest Time for
ST. LOUIS a™ MEMPHIS
Through Cars and Sleepers Daily Leaving Milano- The
Route via Shrereport and Q. & C. to a~"
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Rankin, John G. Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 29, 1901, newspaper, January 29, 1901; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth485492/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.