Show GOV CUTLERS ADDRESS governor cutler opened his address with a to ane power of education to restrain children from start ing in improper paths he said in part 1 I know that like all other matters education Is regarded through tho spectacles of each ones opinions and prejudice and the needs of the community as ho sees them I 1 must acknowledge a certain degree of prejudice and rather strong opinions on the matter of education and I 1 wish today to express somo of my views what I 1 say may not be orthodox from tho standpoint of professional teachers but if it leads to discussion and ex change of views I 1 shall have accomplished my object to begin with I 1 think that education in order to be most effectual for good roust be both positive and negative the negative element in aduca alon consists in the wholesome restraint placed on children at present tho tendency is to go in the direction of the positive tho thou rather than the thou not and this Is as it should be yet the question may well arise if it is not a mistake to go too far toward the positive to the neglect of the self restraint everywhere recognized as wholesome and necessary there la no question that the chief end of education ia to instill an ambition for doing things and to devel op the ability to do them but illustrations trat ions ire frequent and striking whore the lack of restraint on children has led them to disregard the rights of others much is heard nowadays about tho nature of impression and expression and their relative value in education bould it not bo byell once in a wallo to speak of the and necessity of repression actions innocent in them solves aro by enactments made feces ary by our community life made misdemeanors of these the child is fro quietly ignorant ami impelled by tho intense aggressiveness of tho american character which Is not and should not IQ curtailed in our education but merely directed aright young people frequently overstep choso artin cial barriers and bacomo violators of law this fau is illustrated in the juvenile courts I 1 always regret the necessity of aboy or a girl being brought oven boford this court if on a trivial charge the child that appears before any public tribunal is never quite the bamo afterwards tho little lapse is likely to lead to greater ones and it s estimated that at least 50 yr cont of such cases ariso through i ignorance of enactments the I 1 remedy is apparently to mako tho children with these simple laws and ty tram them from the flirt in tho aho repression required i for observance I 1 am confident tuat the training hlll lead jao ahll dreu to oboy iho law intelligently n habit which wm extend in maturity to tho graver laws another benefit will arise from this training doubtless tho greatest men uce to ouy individual and national life today is iu the element of intense sol ashness properly used is one of tho most important of our personal traits abused ono ot the most destructive the only cure lies in self repression in order that thia may bo impressed upon the minds of the children from the first T suggest that the teachers spend a little time each day if considered advisable in calling attention to these simple laws and showing the public alio necessity or their observance copies of a pamphlet just issued by the juvenile court commission containing those enactments will be furnished you among the other subjects of vital importance that should jf possible be considered by this gathering is alio delicate one of immorality and its terrible results I 1 firmly believe that parents and teachers should find a way to make young people acquainted with the lasting and baleful effects that must and will follow improper conduct I 1 realize that the subject is a delicate one but its importance more than equals its delicacy anil it is imminent and urgent in some communities I 1 am informed the teachers are volunteering their services as probation under tho juvenile court system H seems to buo that no ono could do moio good lu a community by a activity of this and than the who is probably hotter acquainted with the |