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Show BEVERICGE TALKS TO TEACHERS. At tho last meeting of tho Indiana State Teachers' Association, Albert J. Bovcrldge, Junior Senator from Indiana, In-diana, addressed tho assemblage. Wo know Senator Bovcrldge personally and arc well acquainted with his political poli-tical methods, and while not his admirer ad-mirer along the line Indicated, wo be-Hcvo be-Hcvo a portion of his address before tho Indiana Association Is well worth producing and wc hero present that part of It to you. "In my opinion you should teach two things most of all. Teacli hopefulness and high Ideals. The great tilings of tho world aro not yet done, although among young men thero Is often an undercurrent under-current of hopelessness and even anger that they should havo been born In a tlmo when thero seems so llttlo to do. I might mention so many great things that remain to bo done. Within With-in the next ten years there will bo written a book that will palo Black- stono into Insignificance. It will bo tho great work on institutional law. Wo aro but on tho borderland of science. Every subject opens wide vistas for tho achievement of thoso who havo tho energy and tho ambition am-bition and who havo been trained to use their powers effectively. "Teach high ideals, I say. Teach tho children what a magnificent thing it Is to bo an American citizen. Wc talk about our llttlo red schoolhouscs, but let mo tell you that tho spirit of the llttlo red schoolhouso really lives In Russia. In tho country of tho Czar tho children aro taught and como to bcllevo with a conviction that is religion that Russia Is to f ul-illl ul-illl a magnificent destiny. Ono of tho finest things to teach a child Is that tho greatest thing on earth to bo is an American citizen, a nobleman of tho Republic, a prince of liberty. Teach him tho truo meaning of that grand old motto, 'Noblesse Oblige.' "Instill Into the minds of tho children that Inspiring principle called hope. Tho principle that life is worth the living, if well lived, that individual success counts for nothing if It does not add to tho greatness of tho Nation and the good of humanity; that success is not worth tho whllo unless glorified by Ideals." |