Show CITY TEACHERS IDEAS discuss schools and the nations welfare foundation OF citizenship papers called forth by supt bupt mills baughs suggestion sug beatton that the th spirit or of the times shows a lack of nes ee tor for the majesty of the law the teachers duty land privilege to inculcate principles that make for good citizenship preparation tor for exercise of the franchise upon calling aling the assembly ot of the city teachers to order yesterday superintendent millspaugh stated that at no time once the close 0 at the n evolution nry war was there kulii sin li a spirit against tile majesty ot or use uio law at a a at t tile the present time lime ire ile took uio the position that ono ol of the creat functions 0 or f education in I 1 to prepare the youth a ot t our land for the important duties ot of citizenship tn in har harmony morly with olith this sphere ot of education ho he illoyd invited a number ot of tho the teachers teach cra of the city to prepare papers p apers bearing mon dupoin citizenship mrs R IL cassady ol 01 the washington school was first announced and nd read a paper upon the states state W warrant or for educating its citizens mrs ca cassady caay ay said in part it has beer been said by one of ft the greatest educators the world has ever known that popular f freedom dom can be attained only through the education of fit its citizens dut but even tills freedom so dear to mankind that WO itself Is freely offered for its purchase thao than which there ca can a be no greater price yes even this freedom in order that it may bring brine happ happiness inesm and prosperity must be the outcome 0 of education in ili other oilier words its lie actions eions must be directed by welt well disciplined intelligent minds it if it proe not a curse leading on to lawlessness and crime rather than a blessing the wise man lg Is the state the state stale must follow not lead the character tile the Drog progress eess of 0 her citizens government Is 13 merely tile the formal expression pres slon of the peoples will hence it Is necessary that eliat that will should be intelligent benevolent this can be re etc cured through education and that alone the school owes to the state mate the systematic development of intelligent patriotism the school owes it to tile state stale to train the youths ot of our commonwealth to sound principles ot of right action the strength of a nation Is derived from use tho character not the wealth nor the number of its people education Is developing preserving not creating g and must aim primal lly at char character acte r character Is nature in her ter highest form and the development of character is the one thin thins above III all others that makes education valuable either to the person himself or to society at large the rhe state Is chiefly concerned with man as a social being society and tho the schools are mutually dependent tile one upon the other neither can exist independently of 0 the other neither can attain to its degree of perfection without the other in this our young republic the in min in education and religion have come and sat BEA down by each lowly hearthstone to teah her ter children the high duties and nast abt destinies of at freedoms sons sells AND truthfulness miss lake of tile the birmont school read a paper upon the subject 1 1 ohp the school its as a promoter of 0 1 honesty 1 and truthfulness miss lake said in hs part taken in Us its wl dL acceptation accept atlo it tile the sphere of the public schools was ia aa fOli follows alts 1 the school Is a training for future das dais 2 A ti allying for duties and pleasures that aro are to come 3 A training tor for honest truthful law abiding citizens who have not only moro knowledge to act upon but who have broader bron dor higher idsall to lead them since tills Is true it follows that tile the ideals in these lines must be rallied raised and every day the schoolroom affords many occasions bocc aslone both direct and indirect for growth or retrogression here as well ell as elsewhere the trouble arises from too general a idea of the matter children do not re alLfie that honor and honesty are bound together v ive e all concede that the lie hest training and the only training Is that which brings steady employment empl and industry in ili the school and trachea leaches through them self control honesty and truthfulness in their broadest sense teach by all the highest motives motive that can lie ile brought to bear upon the cases that dally daily occur that thoughtfulness of others and kindness of heart mill III not allow advantage taleen taken ot at others that small things cannot lie be appropriated or others time taken meantime lie bo sure that by allowing little things to be passed over with only it word or half promise we are losing loging junt juitt that for which we are working and allowing the thought of carelessness to be taken for that ot of self cort con arol let us be sure that the pupils appreciate preci pre clate ate with the other that duty to themselves and to others wit will I 1 not atlow allow now or in the future a a low ideal arid and ft ff they cannot appreciate the fact or at until they do tile hie higher Irlo motives tIves they doubt keep heep iI within tile thrills limits of file lie law lan an anil not lisis lake fl 11 cribbe for ll li beily bolly anil and let us hold bold to the point until tho the habit Is strong upon then them nod they go fillin the schools school a step a 9 head each day in both habit and ideal 11 REPARATION ron FOR CITIZENS 1111 nash thus treated treat Cil the theme tho the discipline that will prepare a 0 child for law abiding citizenship alio the subject said the speaker resolves into this question in the limited time which tho the chit child d Is entrusted entreated to the teachers core care with mth III all tho the outside luencen ot of environment heredity etc in ili which manner shall the child be disciplined that hat lie may become in fix the future sy a law abiding citizen A treat writer riter says dear bear constantly lit in mind tile the truth that the al m ot of your discipline should lie be to produce it u scle governing boang beil liz self lit government should first lat last and fore forc utmost ire be developed lit ID the child to lii ili fiore law abiding citizenship A feces sa tary r y preparation fur fr such li to ta early lemn prompt and billing obedience to rightful authority as to how to pecero such obedience may lie a disputed question among teachers anil and here comets in that boid given 0 1 IL a bembers tem bers own personal individuality 1 vi j d 12 at Y when the most erlat nature of the child lit la more largely developed than tho spiritual it la Is Home timea Is more powerful argument than llian all the moral suasion that can be brought brou elit to bear upon special training in p patriotism will III assist in disciplining tile child chiki for law abiding ile he relay may be inspired with love tor for hla his country at a very early age his its duty to home and state will trill naturally follow this not less important in the childs training la Is tho the nece Bilty ot of teaching him to li listen stets always to tile the highest loicen lit in ills alii own soul maid and obey them to do nils rightly the teacher must himself lie a listener for these thene angel voices they chov conle to racel human boul and happy are they who he follow yiem the development I 1 lent 1 ot of character Is thi the great 0 of r all trus true education and good character cbs acier must produce good citizenship j taik hiir SCHOOL VS CASTO ml cism corn cora df dark clark of ft the bryint school spoke upon spon the school versus catte Caste cat te 11 she bald in sub istance Ds democracy or ov 1 if 1 I ib I 1 he watchword of ft these th years and democracy demo clacY belins fill all the people and tin tile democracy of 0 dem should be the pul public tille ach Beho onla thua says bays one die I 1 ot of out our by thinkers it th athla Is be so then upon vs im as public school teachers rests a great responsibility la Is there a strong moral influence going g ing forth front from our schools that shall break break down the barriers of 0 caste ond and expel existing differences as regards station in life the salvation of our country Is in her schools they nic the strongholds strong holds ot of the nation anti ot of widely ty realizing thru our responsibility thebe questions themselves how can we vo best work to bring about a cult cuic for the evils eylla threatening us what if our one mission rod and how shall final it lc be the children of at today are the hie lano lawmakers mak cloy ot of to tomorrow 1 it ile lies with ua Is lo 10 so influence the minds t to to our ra care that thai they it will III instinctively to IP 0 I 1 the essence of the vital principle bille ti declares nil all citizens of t ahn country to to be free and equal the boy lit in homespun and the lite boy in broadcloth have nil ili equal chance in it this s Is grand country ol of ours oure the public schools more than any other in our land tend end to the lie differences existing between the aleli and the poor and the tr aaning tile ali children chil dien there thera cecelie does docs tit fit them better than they can list bf fitted in any other way isray foe or their life a as it zens tile the true teacher sees no difference in her children she recognizes no caste or rank inerio lir all ivins always and her 0 f purpose high ideals aal above ill her earrie it sympathy react upon the minds arn around i 1 nol her mu mos hinr tham feel that thel their r schoolroom lit in tl a community ot of corolon interests W wafie 11 ore all have haac Is a common commo I 1 I 1 purpose and where each child recognizes 1 zes the inter egils q ot of his neighbor as 03 veil niel as his own oa n caste cade lias has TIO no place in ili our american I 1 schoolroom the same bayne privilege 4 are open to the child ot of the day laborer and tho the son eon of 0 the millionaire arid and yet there are those who claim hint our nor educational to system tends t to a c create re site ell is satisfaction on the part of the poorer that hat they became bi come discontented with their lot and that thai instead ol of helping them it makes voting people unfit to capplo with the actual necessities M R ties of 1110 40 NA who must earn heir on 1 1 living thew n arne same critics asok jq Is it vise or best to educate our children beyond the po S lon which the III majority ot of them must always arcs occupy py tile the question seems seem an idle oil one L when we remember that lit in a country like ou ours rs the vote 0 oc f tile the poorest rolan man counts lor or RS its much its as that of 0 the wisest willest or richest one our political ivell being depends on what ahat we permit our neighbors to be A uld his ballot determines our political leal I 1 and even if this were ivere all we have no right to place any finite limitations limi I 1 tattone on the limitless powers ot of an infinite soul AS A PROMO TEIl or OP INDUSTRY the school as a promoter of industry and self was the topic assigned a to mrs mary diary wilson ot of the wasatch school who said substantially ly how to do away with pauperism Is 19 one ot of the great questions for municipal governments government to solve fool e france with her magnificent system a ot industrial schools Is leading the world in the solution ot of jt it she iriving determined to cause her poor to add to tile he wealth of 0 the state ins instead t cad of taking from it by making them skilled workmen thrift Is taught there by the introduction tro of 0 school savings banks it is our duty to schol our pupils out with industrious habits anti anil right ideas of work activity Is natural to the child and Is to be turned in the direction of work by bv that being beine made interesting lo 10 him the desire being led to influence the will interest may be aroused for the sake of 0 the thing itself for the results to be attained by it or by emulation hupila from the hie lowest grades up top should be required to do all the independent work they are capable capably of doing in A spirit of at pride may he aroused which will show the independent thinking out of a problem to be in the nature ot of a manly conquest llie power KO ion developed Is ot or more importance than the actual information inform aaion acquired the kind of work give given depends on what tho the teacher la Is willI willing FIX to 10 accept pur puella have to walk for promotion in fit after life and the samo should be required of them in school Ibe influence of the future american will depend not on what sort of a producer but on what sort of 0 a man lie becomes so character Is tho the true end ot of all education SCHOOLS S AND TUG THE FRANCHISE mr leeks of the grant school in discussing the school as a preparation for tho the elective Elec tIvo franchise said in part tile the highest function ot of education Is to aid in the true development of the individuality as a bis basis for the community to make ono one r salt if propulsive and scalf directing our schools are the safeguard ot of our republic tho the great pi eblem Is how to mould arid and amalgamate the various peoples coming hero here avith diverse manners customs and ideas idea so no that th they y may ay best servo serve the interests of our our nation ton at the ballot box compulsory education carried out to the letter of the law Is necessary tho the best talent should br bo encouraged fo 0 o remain in the profession politics thorild thoi ild have no place in tile the management ot of school affairs the teacher should have the means and opportunity for or the greatt greatest possible self improvement in her government she be able to impart to pupils self direction in actions ot of morality and obedience proper motives must be substituted fo for arthe the selfish sell bill ones which so often actuate in u ato pupils independence ot at thought investigation and expression must be the outcome or of our teaching A few facts well thought out and learned IL develop more strength of character than a hundred times as much gulped down by the pupil whose lose mind Is dimply passive ellsa flora C blackburn of 0 the sumner ner read an interesting paper on tho the individuals debt to society |