Show i ws GO R OR ORO O ON O interesting Address on Patriotism And Politics in the Public Schools AN INVESTMENT Docs floes Sot ot Demand a n Honey Moncy Return Bettini But Hut it Expects Students to Strong Men cn and Women a I large largo and well attended There was W lS of tho city ami anti county teach meetIng Tit nt Watt Hall lIall last Ian night to listen I Ito erl en I addresses of 00 Wells and the tho theRy the to Elmer I J Goshen on ReV Ry topicS odes Both serO In a 11 happy vein wIn and Lib acquitted themselves to tho the Inter tit et t lid anil edIfication Idl catlon of the tho pedagogues i w ils lIs address was on Patriotism ud and UV Politics n nand In the Public Schools uA and was couched In Iii tho the following lan Ian lanTo funge 10 To bo requested quested to address a con of oC t school superintendents Is an au honor which I c esteem m ns as of the highest Is 18 fruitful crier ct et one olle which to mo Inc of 01 Inks and bc beset besel l with re Pons wily We of today lo tay may talk lightly or Cr of the things of yesterday today Nay or even tomorrow as OS wo we may or In InO ue Vand end sense them Hut lut 1 I reCognIze friends the men and women cu O my human cal col ib hG to An extent beyond Million are the mind of tho the of oC the future Those Mm yOU sou ou are now flOW engaged In Instruct ii Ing will bo be the actual operators of to with lIfes ever eer press jre K problems with Its ever eer Ing changing Kir wo we shall to hm been fathered home or havo have sunk Into Inlo and decline MOST OST IMPORTANT Of all al the periods of the human life liCe between the cradle antI the grave crave the tho most Important Is II entrusted entrust oct to 10 your our and Hardly Ilardi less than the parent himself may toU otI be in determining for tor tho the weal or we of DC the race and antI the common the course of ot that mysterious creation called the human soul foul I 1 be tie belIele Ii hive e that by instinct and training anti u rInce you ou realize this enormous and are arc ar striving man maul manfully manfully fully to discharge UH Its mighty lions Ions hence in coming CoinIng to try to talk l to Is you jou ou further upon the subject I 1 am riven ilven over oler to trepidation anti anxiety bile still lUll tl enjoying that pleasure which flow from communion with Intel genre In and aM an that satisfaction which is the portion of oC every everyone one who seeks Reeks the thet encouragement t end and betterment of maui man Ui kind OP OF TUB TIlE STATE STATI No o Institution or department of the Itale furnishes greater grea tor reason for tur our rl e than our public chool system out oUI from the capital city In ln hamlet In tio tle remotest valley ll r this system extends Its lis bentli wit ret SIlOS arms The little aWe red 1 d school koine boule Is with u us no poetical or po Ideal lt is lit practical anti tangible le Every very child Is III l made mado wel wet wine tome to Us Its kindly shelter and In Inh h the poor equally with the tho rich nell the Immigrant with the native tho the lowly with the tha lofty lorty opportunities are arc furnished to all 1111 who enter and ind every Incentive to ambition Is offered to all alike MUST CST The stale desires that lt Its ilK sons souis and anti daughters shall possess Intelligence that education e shall bo be freely treely given glYen that Illiteracy shall shaH bo unknown It i not only on that the tile rudiments of education may be he pro provides vides also easy access ac eBS b tr t lt high and at lit last to Its universities I T lQ the earnest carnesl seker for knowledge u as the tho same name may be Imparted In any an grade jrade from tIle the to tho the the state has hils practically opened IVery try avenue No ono one Ii IK t debarred To each and nil all the friendly hand Is anti and an are Ire United to torome rome come In and freely to tho tile ex cx tInt tent of oC their aptitude and end capacity So o sooner looner dors the future man pass jaS lh the point of irresponsible Infancy than lh the outpost out of or education otters otter him Us greetIng lIn Depending U upon ulon on his own thero there are aro no IIO heights of which ho tm may amy mn not later no barriers rs ho may mn not scale caJe and In III nil 1111 this the state stats puts forth Its helping Influence As If od that It owes something to Its Hs hUdren it IL se by those means to the debt Hut In n a CL larger Knie It knows that It l owes something to and It Is this obligation which U it has the t 0 tight night to request Its children to 0 help it Il to toWe pay pa We Cannot require them wo se do 10 dolot lot fot ask uk them Ih 1111 to refund In dol dollars lars lara anti the sum which their duration may lOay have IlIe cost MOtleY Money In l SIh h a sense renso Is but dross UK ItS only nt nl t best besl lies lIos In Iti tho tim ex t to It II may amy bo be put When It m Jr la In sub pub a 11 u useful It l It II well IP sr P a tt t otherwIse It In is Profitably It brings a ft prop n tr return en ei th tM Investment Hut tho the of ot are not always Hil alJ In to i or Ot bank banle chocks Fen Even rv en entha la the tha ln tm nt lt Itself may sometimes I ear o I imo tava I n dissipated yet et til th r rt tui 11 ii may Inay be bl not I less leps KS sure surl Tho The Thoman Thenan wan nan W t O j tho tue water of a I olin Ula t ln tr I to n v nero acre of land J d s n a n dividend In water II i I I t I r i the original supply of oler lr l It 1 if Ir f dIsappear 11 sok t up UI by hy IM ills Ih ft i pi N v soil Mil nut hut lie ho receIves r ohel his l j rm Cnn he hie less lep Where before ns n h irr Hi is now nolY IH Is bounty beauty mid in UI tha M bi II i i f lowers lIow rs tho the ripenIng fruit UM the i t Rolden grain ho receives r 1 I lupi lne s on nil that his W A ANTs T Nn Nil N IONI R I a 1 vali the tho Investment In annie b or hr tI t MI PI in hi Ih matter of education Idu girl gin Who vho receives rel tho the bone bene benet beneI t Sn l u I I Ii II u not l lK K Ih cost of tuf hl his or hor lion The Hie it o doe Ht mIL nt to 10 19 V s iI In nullify Hut It feels that It has hall u a right to ask that the debt d ht be paid vallI In iii some other sad 11 1 In a moro acceptable way May 11 In full tull of oC the obligation we are arc willing to ac oc accept accept purer better braver citizenship We o will cancel the debt und and consider wo Ve have hae value If l as u II of ot nil all that thal huLa has been expended wo we shall shail have hn ft a nobler broader patriotism Of this sort of patriotism ti u true hume home anti and Il ft good gool school are arc the tho nurseries Tho The fireside Is the tho native land In embryo In the tho fatally family circle the tho child should be bo taught love loo of country and ami its flag obedience to Its Is laws 1111 respect for Its lis institutions Interest In Its 1111 history lint all nil parents are not nol thought thoughtful ful anti and consistent In Imparting these theRe lessons And thus It devolves de co coUpon upon tho the teacher not only cal to Implant but In moro more fortunate vases cases to supple supplement ment tho the Instruction referred to To neglect this duty Is little short of n a crime CANNOT C NOT I TIm TItI HOME Tho The state cannot enter tho the home and exact tho the penalty for the offense but It 11 demands lemando that there be Je no such omis ami omission sion 1021 In Itt the tho public imbUe schools It requires that In III Its educational Institutions In em emphasis be laid upon the matter of ot mor mon morals monnis als nis nl anti manners and public spirit It 11 Insists that Its It future be In Instructed Instructed In that responsibility which apPlies not nol only anI to Individual con concerns concern concerns cerns cern hut to the welfare of the tho body politic It wants them thorn taught might h ness as aM well ns liS the tIle bene bone benefit fit m and antI comfort of their fellowmen as ns aswell aswell well as their own personal advance advancement nd nce ment It realizes In a word that Its own perpetuity mimi happiness depend upon Its own people p ople and 1111 therefore do de desires sires that these thello be of the best Jest anti and highest typo type Only under such Kuch condi conditions conditions can our form torm of government en duro luro anti and remain glorious Tho TIm republIc Is III only the best form torm when It Is in pea peo peopled TIled pled by hy 1 tho the best citizens Figs rigi anti and grapes cannot be gathered from train thorns and 1101 nor can any nn fruit how over ever pleasing to the eye cc the tha test of close scrutiny and satisfy tile the taste unless absolutely sound and healthy nt at tho the core coro OF PATRIOTISM PA T This notion nollon of at teaching patriotism In iii the schools must of necessity Im Imply ply the Idea of ot that which we wt call poll tics IIII The Tho word ord may have an ominous I sound yet In the tho sense In which I wish It understood It need not cause rause We could coull nil alt rejoice I believe If every patriot were a n politician anti and every avery politic politician Inn a patriot Unfortunately th the situation at nt present pre ont does not nol afford this pleasure Our public men are too often addicted to ambition and tho the advancement of at personal ends and political adherents regardless of oC the welfare of the tho whole people There Is 14 rasPIng grasping for tor alice greed for tor train main at nt public expense o disregard of that which promotes th the general welfare A ItE FOIl FOH ALL EVILS But there thero Is no urn evIl oll for Cor which there thelo I Is III not nut a II remedy und he time first step In effecting tho the cure Is 18 to discover the lie case easo and the thu cause causo I need not dwell divell upon i the lie evils of f partisanship In It the th schools Df ot ill ut people tho the school teacher should I be bo the thc nut first to und and fill shun hun these rl As s between the Ito claims of contending cont factions during a n heated hea 1111 campaign ho Ito must In Iii nil all his t multi ind atlon steer skillfully like the tho mariner of oC old olti between Scylla und hut But Ignorance Is not blUs It Is II a IL public dUttO bo be wise Every er American Is li a Il politician to a Il certain extent The rhe masses maase of the citi citizens sells zens ore are the thu tankers makers of oC their own ties des destiny tiny tillY The Tho nations fortunes tho the admin administration of affairs thu tho prosperity of communities and persons all oil rest rc t with the tue people It If they shall be pro mated by u IL policy which an nn honest mutt man can call endorse and aunt by methods which he hn can approve there thero Is 18 safety ahead toe foi one amid all III If they are given Riven over to 10 venality greed and ana seeking It ItIs ItIs Is III Um for the danger signals to by bl thrown out itt for tor peril attends each sue suc succeeding stop ILKA ILIA FOR FOU PURK POLITICS The Tho plea lIen for pure politics Is IH ono one which the host men muon and women of the tue take up lip and carry forward National Ife I fe depend upon it With the foundation laid haitI In iii tho the hearts of oC time the children ns as they thoy are nrc and free from tho Limo prejudice anti and that later lator threaten them our destiny In Is securely fastened to that which will prove proc the tho shoot anchor of III the republic It times lItres of oC trouble and ad adversity orally shall shah come comae comeI I this great rent duty ditty uh to bo be one of tho the noblest and worthiest which can engage tho the attention of the thus teacher lIe He to lIve Ihu In Itt mi Oil atmosphere mi nil by the fierce winds of tue Cna strIfe Ills Hla surroundings nn are to promote calmness ill III ills study and the tho constant search for tOI tit tho ho th A auW nJ th this b bI best it Ills deals should be the tho pui purest st and antI the his IllY nail anil example hI beyond criticism If ii HUL clue In III his hll profession ho lu willI a 1 place in III the and nf nC fe of it hl his which ninny n It i parent K may hilly well v emy Ills 1118 words word hIs hili bearing his hili admonitions van inn io r ba be 11 effaced d train from th the tue mInds of oC boso vho wp vt lie hi has hall deserved l tu 11 In itt after years h lie arH rH to tob toU b U the of Hindu ami filth Th rhy y IU ILl they hey the remit his hIli sincerity nty tiny thy ate uro iii n ourn by Liv hit hi Q III nil v hl hit hIS Ift fuIt rM n Ie It Let him hits mik t toe to It U tl thin tA to tl f viol tier tU If It tidy III a bli it itI tAli I II lass UM In r l lor fur or t U 01 Ute 11 1111 1 sti l lWI U WI 1 tA a 14 Ip kill tt aN l 4 sure 1 II h hs 10 toI lair uli t 11 t P ii h hI s1 ih I t I II iii hi it II II i I 1 Ie u It lIu III U iii i I it I i I 1111 1 I 11 1 III IU 1 I 1 ie 1 tu it v 1 t I 1 It I I 1 I t i I I Ing log to supply our part of this equa equation tion Upon you ou rests nests the duty of per Nr performing forming the remainder for It Is as ns ascertain certain as no tho the shining of the tho sun Run that lint n I as the schools shell shall Impart healthful precept and example in I these the c tHree directions lons there thero will wi Ill be moral and amid political uplifting gIvIng promise of oC tho the ad advent advent adent vent ent of an area of at purity when love lovo of country and devotion to the public pUblow weal veal w 11 shall be b the predominant traits and when all al can cnn give gle cheerful rev reverence re cronce aunt and respect re to their representative enla tive thel In administering the lie laws ians TAKE LESSON II TO My I friends let m me entreat you 01 to 10 take this particular phase of duty most niost to heart You have op every day dl to convey los les foils OIS and make impressions which will willbe wi wIllbe be brilliant more potent than the tho most abet orators or can CM hope to Im Impart Impart Impart part In 11 later Inter years ell cats See Bee f e to it that lint the children under your our charge are arc so In Instructed that In Iti 11 gathering the honey of comfort anti and prosperity and bringing It Into the hue hive hlo of their own home they thoy also seek eek the establishment of oC a sphere of ot usefulness reputation and anti Influence for tho good HOo of society at large Ulc This Is IB my conception of good Hool politics pol cs and atil patriotism and Ind to this extent I en enJoin enJoin Join with wih all ni my heart henrt Its 18 teaching In nil al our schools mw ADDRESS The Hev He Mr rr Goshen spoke on tha thi growth of education among the tho ancient nations anti and showed that the most niost nd ad ruled the world In speaking of hn h of 01 a ii I teacher ho he said They i should li have hc a broad strong soul personality loul n a healthy mind minI anti nn an al Inspiring In 1 closing his address sS ho lie hp said Your our work In the school room might not seem flem very ory ver large largo but lt believe me It ItU I itIs Is U n a 1 very er Important calling for you ou arc aro dealing with n I mind anti a soul au And A 11 ml above all al things do not ol be a n traitor for tor forthe tho the greatest traitor Is n ti teacher In n ml I public school who has nothing to con contribute contribute tribute to tho the education of child more than solid facts IN I TIm TIll Tho meeting at lt tho the State University ay afternoon ramo Wil very Instructive tive We tc Admission to the High school and the requirements for Cor that Import Important ant step was vas M n II theme themo that was vas dis discussed cussed at length The discussion was WIS led by Supt Hupt Christensen el who held Unit the lie requirements In Itt II city and county schools should be mote more ore nearly uniform Ho lie le advocated d tho the examinatIons examination on flit the tho moro more essential ai studies while favoring the hue teaching of ot those not classed as an essential e County Count Supt followed with Ith a I short talk on preparing 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