Show t t. t j I PRESIDENT TALKS TALliS i r J OF CF PUBLIC SCHOOL E Able Address Addless of fo Chief Executive tive Given Before Recent N. N I k E. E A. A Convention f F DO HOMELY HOMEl DUTIES FIRSTI FIRST f Should Build Basis for or Higher I Life Utah Life Utah Delegation Honi Honored Honored Hon Hon- i ored ored at Capital Much praise was arts won by the Utah 7 delegates to to t ti the tho i annual convention of or orRt Rt the tho National Educational association 1 at nt Washington recently and the three d representatives hn have returned still enN ent enthusiastic en en- N t thu over tho entertainment re received re- re y j r tho the co coy courtesies i accorded them then and tho general good done clone at the con That the fame tame of Utah and 1 her schools has traveled all over o the r United States is Js shown from the in interest In- In 1 n terest l tal taken en in the addre addresses es madec made c f h by Superintendent A. A C. C Nelson antI and 1 r. M. M Stewart and the selection of Superintendent Nelson el on as secretary of 1 the f s superintendents superintendents' branch o of the tho t X N. E K A A. John W W. Smith the third of oC the t Utah tah delegation brings bask basl glowing reports of or tho the convention Though there was of general Interest t said at the convention the I 0 three Utah delegates s are arc a unit In de- de Blaring that thai th the address s delivered by hy President evelt before nearly 1 i I Goo of or number was a masterpiece master master- piece which should be he read 1 by hy cent every en t superintendent principal teacher and S pupil in the countr country The Tho speech of l the President tells what he thinks a n nt r t s school should be to th the people r Ml 11 the llio the Tho address which bleb was one o of oC the features of the convention con is as ns follows follows follows' fol fol- lows lows' Of or Of all the bodies of citizens that thai 1 I have havo received here at the Whito t r Blouse masc Inn c. c there lc Is none which occupies t 1 tI amore more important relation than yours ti- ti I 1 1 nm am am temp tempted tl to tor say sap l none has come com p f I that has hns occupied as Important a relation rela rein J. J lion tion to to the nation nation because because you ou men 4 and women who deal with IUt education t who represent nt the great American policy of ed education for all children J provided by the public as the prime duty ut of the tho public bear a relation to the ilio family a relation to the future of our whole people such as no other 11 number of or individuals can cm bear I i I r own six of the children that you I II I t I I iI tr I nm am prepared j I to extend ann sympathy y p thy to erne tomo of you ou e I J Country Not in Danger er I Seriously friends it Is fa idle for 10 any my man mah to talk of or despairing of oC the tho future fu future fu- fu ture of oC this country or Ce feeling unduly alarmed about It It t if he will come In contact with OU h here you re and with tho the forces that you represent sent Fundamentally tally this country Is sound morally morall no 1 less lees IS than physically Fundamentally Fundamentally n- n taU tally in its family life lire and amI In the outside activities of Its us individuals the country countr Is better and anel not wor worse e. e than it formerly was This does docs not mean we wo are to tobe tobe tobo bo be be excused d if Ie we wo fall fail to war against rottenness s and corruption If IC we fall fail i to contend effectively el with the tho forces of evil and they waste their time who ask mo me to withhold m my hand han from front dealing therewith But it is worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while to smite the tho wrong for the reason rea rea- reason son that we wo are confident that the right will ultimately prevail all I I You who are training tho the next nett generation generation gen s-en- are training this count country as ItIs Its it itIs Is s to he be a decade or two to hence and while your own work oll in training the Intellect is great it is not a as great as your our work in training character More Ioro than anything else I want to see sec tho the public school turn out the thebo bo boy and girl who when man an and woman woman woman wo wo- man will ad add to the tho sum of good citizenship of or the nation Preach Practical Ideal deny I J would woul not have you OU preach an impossible ideal for if you preach an Ideal that Is impossible you ou tend to tomake tomake tomake make your our pupils believe that no Ideals arc are pos possible Ihle and therefore you ou lend tend to do o them that worst of wrongs to 0 to teach them to divorce preaching from practice divorce toI to th the ideal that the they in the abstract admire from tho the practical good after which the they strive I Teach Tench th the boy hoy and girl Irl that their business j is to earn carn thc their lr own livelihood liveli hood tea teach tench Jl the ho hey boy that he is to be bethe betho betho tho the maker home th the girl that she mu muse ultimately he be the that bat the work of or the father Is to b be betho bethe tho the winner bread r and that of or the mother the housekeeper that their work is Ig the tho most Important work by far fal in to all the land Janel that the work wore of the statesman the writer tho the captain of or industry and all the rest condl- condl Is ls first upon the work that finds Its Is expression in ht tho the tamil family that support supports supports sup sup- ports port the ramn family Virus s lt a t Layman It Jt is not my province pro nor nor would it I bo bl within m my capacity to sp speak al about your OUI pelao pedagogic lc problems You yourselves ourselves are arc far tm hotter bolter able to discuss dis uis- cuss them BUt as a la layman man let mesay mo me say ay one or two thin things about your our I work s J JOne One thing tiling that I I would like to have ha you ou teach Mch your our pupils Is that I IOne whether you ou call the money momy gained salar salary alary or wages s does not make any eal real difference and that if b by wol- wol ing ing- inghard ng hard with tour oUI hand hands you gel get gelmore gelmore more than if you ou work worl with your i I I h only Il it does not atone for it to I call th the tho smaller maller amount salary The term dignity of or labor implies that I manual labor i Is a. a as a- dignified as as mental f labor as of cour course o It H Is IRo t I 1 Indeed lie Hie highest kind of ot laboris labor I i Is that which makes demands up upon n I the qualities of both bolh head and hand of hea heart t. t brain and hod body Physical I prowS ph physical cal address arc are n nices- nices ces- ces th they y stand on a L I level l wilt In Intellect Intellect Intellect In- In and only below characters 1 i Letus Lot Let Lotus t tm us m sh show that we regard tho the position of the man who works orl s with hl his hands as being ordinarily and In g faith as Important and dignified L. L and o as worthy worth of consideration as aEl- as that of or buln business sq man or professional man Ito How v Teaching Should Go Wo We 0 nee need to have a certain readjustment readjustment read read- of or values alu 5 In this country countr which must primarily come conic through the tho efforts J of or Just ol men and women women wo wo- wo men hero and anel the men an and women like Jlko you throughout hout this landIn landIn land In rn the first place I trust trim that more and more our people will see to It Il that the schools tn train n toward and lotaway not lot away from the tho farm and the workshop work work- shop We e have ha spoken a great deal about ute the dignity of labor in this country but we have not acted up to our spoken words for in our education education education tion we have tended to 10 proceed upon the assumption that tho the man educated was to bo awa away from flom and not noi toward labor Sometimes the kindest and most well meaning moth mother I sometimes a kind ane and anti well meaning father also doas do doas doas as much damage to the children as the most mot thoughtless and selfish elfi h parent could by br bringing them up to feel teel that the be goal of oC their attainment should hould l be lie the tho absence of effort ort instead of or effort Olt well directed lion Don't on Envy Enn the Idler 1111 Iwo We have ha all o of us tS often orten heard good I but unwise women say J 1 have hn worked hard hon m my daughter shant shan't work the poor woman not realizing that great I though h the curse of mere of of overwork orl I Is that It is not real s so great groat as the curse curso of oC vapid idleness and antI It does docs not make malce an any difference whether the idleness is that of oC the hobo nt ot tine fine end 0 of the scale or trie the gilded youth at the other Do not waste tint time in et envying the Idler at either end of or the thc social scale En Envy Enis is not the proper attitude toward them The proper attitude toward them themis is a humored good but thoroughgoing disapproval al of the man mon or woman who I I is so RO blind not only to I ho the Interests I of society as a 0 whole but hut to 10 his or her Own real interests as to believe that anything permanent can bo tie gained g from fromIa froma Ia a life lire of oC selfish and vacuous idleness Poor Inor Investment In In vox men Such Idleness nEss Is the poorest Investment investment invest Invest- t- t ment In the long run that can bo be Imagined Im Jm- o ned and there is no sur surer r way to forfeit all nil chance of or real happiness than to set deliberately to work to treat pleasure surl fl ins n t the hI on only 1 aim after wh which ih to Rt strive rJ c So o tench teach the boy bov that h he I U is to bo he expected to earn oarn his ills own livelihood that it is a a. shame and scandal for Cor him hint not to be self self dependent not to be able to In hold loll hl his own o In the rOll rough h work tork of n actual l life liff Tench 1 th the girl that thaL no so far nr front from It Its b being ln her duty to try to avoid a all labor all effort that It should f re ftc ren e ea a n matter of ot pride to her hor to be he as nil good gooda a housewife 3 as her mother mothr was wn before her I TeR Teach Tench h th the boy bor And girl to to work worl teach them that lint their proper elut duty I Is In the hom homp their duty to ono another and toward their neighbors Then teach them more teach them to build upon this 1 as a n foundation the superstructure of ot the tho higher life liCe I want to see our education directed more and more moro toward training ho boys and girls back to the farm and the shop so that the they will be first first rate rale farmers first fire rate mr mechanics fit tit to work with the tho head and to work with the hands hand and realizing that work with the hands Is just as honorable as ns work with the headIn headIn headIn head In addition I want to see SeO a 0 training that will make every e hO boy hoy every girl leaving lea the public schools leaving lea tho the schools of the nation feel Impelled to carr carry himself or III herself r eH that the net nel result when his or her hr life liCe has hag been lived 11 shall be an addition to the sum total of decent ln 11 living and achievement for Cor the nation and have ha them understand under under- understand stand that they are never going to amount to much In the hl big things thing's If the they dont don't first t amount to something in inthe inthe inthe the little things s. s Other liik BUtEl to He lie t The effort should be bo mado made to teach every one that the first requisite of or good citizenship is doln doing the duties that are arc near at hand Put Cut of courso course this does loes not excuse e a man from doln doing the theother theother other duties luttes too It Is no excuse If a man neglects neglect his political duties to sa say that ho is a good father fathel still less Is Itan it itan itan an excuse If Ir ho he is guilty of corruption In politics or business to say th tit t his home life is all nB right lIe He ought to add nele to decency in home homo life liCe decency In politics decency in public life liCe The gre great t nations of oC medieval times who loft left such marvelous mtr works of oC architecture and art art behind them were able ahl to tin do so because the they educated alil alike c the brain and hands of or the crafts crafts- man We e too loo In OUt our turn lurn must show hw that wo we un understand the thc law which decrees that a n. people which loses loges physical ad address address address ad- ad dress invariably deteriorates so that our people shall understand that than the good carp carpenter the good oo blacksmith the good mechanic th the good farmer rea really 11 do fill 1111 the most important positions positions positions In our land lanel and that It is an nn evil ll thing for them and for tor the nation to have their sons ons and dau daughters forsake the work which if if well anti and efficiently performed means mans more than an any other work worl for Cor our people as al a whole So Ro m my plea pica Is not that the tho homely duties s are nil all sufficient but hut that t they hn are r rp a necessary al' al base hac upon It p n wh which Ich to build the superstructure of the higher high high- er life lire Our children should he be trained to do the homely duties dunes In Inthe the the first t place and C then lien In addition to have havo It II Itin itin in them so to carr carry themselves that collectively we tte nUl may well and fitly filly perform perform per per- form tho great reat and responsible tasks pf American citizenship |