| Show PRESIDENT SWAIN WAIN S CALLED HOME HIS r I ADDRESS IS READ New N N. N E A Head Pleads for Hearty Support Best Thought and Energy of Teachers IL JOSEPH president fleet D DR of ot the N. N E. E A. A was called home hono yesterday by a telegram bringing word o of serious Illness in his family He left for a few tew minutes mInute after h he had prepared a brief brier address acceptIng accepting accept accept- In ing the office to which he had been elected This address I ho he was to have given at tho tim closing session of the convention con con- last lat night nIgh t but it ft was read b by President E. E T. T Fairchild whoso whose term of ot office expired with tho adjournment of the session slon It was as follows I r r was ws once present at ot tho Installation Installation Installation tion of Mr Reid as ne speaker of the tho I House of ot Representatives The Tho House and and galleries were ero packed with a a. distinguished distinguished dis dis- bod body of ot representative men and women omen A As he camo carno up the aisle I and took tool his 1115 place at the tho speakers speaker's desk duk there thero was prolonged applause as asI his desert i I As As 8 well as I remember this bill bill- 8 scene seene ne I also r remember equally well this sentence In his speech J I The The Tho honor is for a moment the care and responsibility for many Wear weary j J das da's and nights j This Is the feeling of ot nn any worthy i iman man when he enters on a high public duty I am highly sensible of ot the great eat honor you bestow on me In electing me meto meto meto to the presidency of tho the National Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation association I am sin more sensible of or the responsibility which you OU havo have placed upon me For this confidence you ou have hare shown me nie you have havo my cordial cordial cordial cor- cor dial thanks to help carry this responsibility responsibility I ask your our hearty bearty support best thought and energy No 10 extended remarks are necessary at Rt this time I wish ish to express briefly the spirit In which I shall or endeavor to perform my task The thing for which I pra pray is vision for without t vision the people perish There Thero Is a a. vision of the past a R vision ision of ot tho the present and vision of the future The vision of ot tho the past is a vision of history one who places his first emphasis em eni- on this vision Islon is a conservative conser R a conservative o has hs his place and an Important Important important Im Im- im- im palce in calling attention to the lessons of ot the past but if It he docs does not go farther tarther he falls faUs short o of the thebe be best beet t. t The vision of the present I is the vi vision vision vl- vl sion llo of ot science with the telescope Inthe Inthe in inthe the he heavens wens above and the microscope in the tho earth below the scientist sees the universe as it Is That one who I sees this vision only and ond neglects the vision Islon of ot the past also fills flUs an Important Important important tant pI place nee yes a er very Important place yet falls short of ot the best The prophet Is tho the man who out of tho vision o of the tho past and the vision Iston of the present can see see- seethe the islon vision of ot the future and nd point out the path pathway aY along alons- which our feet must be guided This association has a noble past It Is doing a marvelous elous work vork in the present and I invite all teachers north south east ent and ancl west to stud study these I two visions and out of them build the vision islon of ot the future In the Interests of the children the children the he hope of ot America Ono One God God one country and nd a united association asso asso- clation for tho the promotion of ot the th-e best Again fo for the honor of the mo mo- ment I thank you sou ou with a sense of the tho responsibility which comes with t this duty I seek your our consecration to and ana loving service In the glorious future which should be more glorious than our present dreams |
