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-  _-_ cHARLoT'rErowN, CANADA, SATURDAY, ocfrosim 14, 191.. rrrsr or rn.-~ l..i..‘3.‘lii‘rt‘v‘.l£..’li’.l‘.il‘i.l”rs..X¢_l‘..
HON PAYSON -SMITH
OF A COMMUNITY TO ITS YOUTH AT TEACHERS’ COHVETION
The ` Following Address Was Given -The High Standard of Education Required For This Age -Medical. Inspection Strongly Urged `Fo_r_ Public Schools-An Instance Given of
Apparent Stupidity on the Part of the Child Traced to Poor Sight-Better Paid Teachers That They May Avail Themselves of Wider Sources of A -
information And Thus Raise the Standard of Education----Up-to~date Methods in the Schools, etc.
At one of the sessions of the An-
Lndics and G-cnt?d`men'
you and liiin for vivii-< me an oppor- nm not going to tell yon. And I HCll00ll'U0"l thllll they do in their tel' °l’l’°"l'“"ll'Y l°l` l'll°So ho 3 ll
iiniity to sec this Island, which I huve been soinewhut surprised and rc-.own honies. g
.felt I already knew, l(;ec;iuseh‘I hnvn iéretful todleurn ttlmt salaries in your ul‘iflW‘,tI realize that in saying these (:`;,al;h§3‘ lf`f’il'ilt:ie3° lt"l`li‘il` mlltll; ol mon*
mot. no many suns an tnug ers o l`0v1l\_ec o no conipure so very "HES 0 you, l ani saying likewise ” 0 lelll llollllof'
l’riiice Edward Island in our own vvell witli thcrsaluries that are paid lillilt We ought to speiid more money U
[girl inntl, I want, to hay ttnhtf I am inNotherI Provénézcs of the Dominion.  education, und I realize also that to nmm_lm ohh t. tl t I t k
gist to iuve an oppoi' uni y o com- _0W. _Wan o say 3 little abou; is is a very delicate topic to teucli 5'* lo" ll* l
ing iicrc and of listening 'to the re- i-his question of_tIie teacher's salary. Illlloll- l hhow W0 ollglllf hol- i0 B8-Y 'LSU t-
innrks of your Chairman, in which he We are exPectiIl§~Bnd we have aiin thc presence of i'ntepnyoi's that we ."‘l3“_l°" to acllllllt l’l`ol.ll`€5S- NOW.
iinn voiced st: pleiastantly hthe contin- agllh to egvpecht-a gread deal of nn,-_niust rgise more money for any nur- ;)':m‘?l"la3li;;lvh,0.Bc§vhe;i;i‘vei' we_havc to
neil rf-ciproca re s ions e ween the _ H0 ers. e ave a. right to exllect. Dose. ur people, I find, do not take 0° ` Ollsev l lo ll
Repiiblic and “Sick Dominion. l(Ap- Ln the fight placeh that they shallbei"'0l`Y killdil’ il; the Rllizgestioii that giecting .. Fvelythh _ t t
_ ' erson ' ~ 'more - ' . _` - 1 ' 1 R in our s
lllllilimtlicse i'clati[t'linsh`il/Ilan sill” grgillézgg the Yollth. lille' liar:/lcacd:cli‘i;HtUll:>tr:3 as l0l`nll(l)lll’eyDlll`lllliilill hc'lHlil1li(l1d  a
\'onf_iiiiie to lie pleasant; that these Peet, in the second Place. that they Wltll "ll l‘~°‘llllllhill'llfff "Ot ‘/oil’ l0IllZlM
I "Um/cution of the Teachers' AB VflouinT{mitBf£’Hict_?echnlklilac* itil, hind that hundreds of children in our ‘wi
un? tit ii of Prince Edward Ii nd the circiimstunees, Mint llvc'shHiil¢li (My "ml '" "ur “mt” ‘""l°l'l'”" l’“"l"l *his l“0fl\=y" Alter he had finished
l'l"”l"_ ’ ‘h _I tt t _ I sa ' heip i,cn,- nnnh nthelnn tronhlcni that ol lille ohhh'-l'y. “F0 goiilié out from speaking, a man came to him, and
ll“l‘l ll' (“ ali” 0 own Neem' yi Hon' we should tulk about this iiiuttcr, c°lllllll`lf'll>i0. Wl`ll'll0lJi- lionics, sur- “ll-ill? "D0 You mean what y u said?
I'ay.~:oii Smith, Superintendent of and not be reticcnt about it. rounded with beautiful lawns, into D0 5°" "wall lf” “HY the 'fll/lite Of
l’ulilic Schools in Augusta, Maine, _ The skeleton in our family closet school houses that ure furnished with Mussachusctls “lollll-l he lllSi~lii0ll lll
iii-Iivei'ctI un.address on "The Obliga- ls the skeleton of the tcacher'i-i sal- no idea whatever ns to the conifort slmlldlllll "ll i-his lllollel’ l-0 Wool- this
tions of a_Comninnity to_its Youtli_" l*-l`y-and I can assure you it is nlanil health of thc children; where no I’
The following is a verbatim report of nkeieton. iliaughter.) I am not gfyiiitteiitioii is paid to decoration or time ‘mill 0"” lllll’ olllf ol the Path Of
his address on t t occasioni- "lg t0_ tell you how the teachers' ssl- llolilll-illC*1ll0ll2 \'\'h0l`0 ih0 llllly- Bm and tllm mm towmd righteous'
_ ‘ p - i 1] tn,,cn.,grouii<ls are nothing more than bits "css and "ml ll llllellll Clllzohshllll"
l want to thunk my friend, Mr. erli' Salaries in other States of the'ol lllllleflll llllllilllh l1\ll<l» 'l`h¢Bll tilillilll Home” Ma“"_l'h°"l:ht lm' °llll'“l“"`
lzlcnniaii, and the 'I‘eac_hers' Associyp Union. The teachers’ salaries in lll`0 lloil l'iL§hi~ it in 0\|l‘ |1llHill0SB i0 ment; and 'mul' "Yes" ll ll- is lily
tion of this Island, for this opportu-_ Maine comllarc so unpiensnntly with ilrovidc for these cliildreiipropcr sur-I b
,niy to come licre. I have enjoyed ‘the salaries in other States of Un, roniidings, because cliildren spend _ _ _
the visit very much. 1 wnnt to thunk Ullloll thut_thu.t is the reason why I llllile of their waking hours iii the l"’ "mt "l‘ll"l‘llllll llllolllloll ol ll- hill-
ii
aries in Maine com are wc
iisiis or THE osiiaiirioiis  _ 
il have heuii justified in spending
iiildiiig, to save only one boy-to
oy.
And so, niy friends, it. comes down
_ _ _ v on
ls. Areu t we going to find some
iiiity that they ought to have?
The second obligation I am going
' ‘ h n
ulioii nil our communities-is the
atter wliicli comes before a "town
_ e,
li `know, is settled by the Town
ecting-the old New England town
to which they are entitled.
of those schools; that they must be,th1s Province, and who have taken
conducted undcr the trained siipcria- positions in other Perth of your Coun-
tendence of men who know their bus- l5l`Y» Bhd ill my Col-lhify BH Woll-
inesih and who know how to di,-ac; We realize we owe a great. debt to the
and carry out the work of education. Mliflllmo Pfovlhcoh lor the lllllelldlll
we realize that we mnnt nnvn a vast; citizenship that has come to us, par-
ly lahgen amonnt 0( nnnd work in nn, ticularly in New England. I want to
schools. We realize that for t.oo'rnany l"`l”g this l_l‘°“l¥lll" _llollle lo You to'
vents we have been sending to school “lgl‘t°'l°' ‘l "°°‘l” I” l’° l"`°“gl‘t can icii 1 have liked to hear ou
_ home to us. The Governor of New
Lust' that lfuisc  ch‘f_ldtr°n'e;_]ndth:; Hampshire was present on one occir
“"°g".° li "0 °” i teh -de _ _ _
whole bodies, and educate _them not ;n°"ac‘;demy°i§';‘h;';‘ ;‘£‘;‘tc°",}f}‘;;Bel?r,::f tifnl recitations. and .I have had a
only through the head, but through . _ '
we hand and uifoeh on we owsll- .'i1.".i“.’...‘.§f' i.I'°..».".T~,'I.°‘i'. `lL‘i`.i “`.?;`I‘.I'.`.i .Z2
And so I say that these modern meth-r Worn th," this un,,nemy had dOhe_ H<-'ll00l. will l ulways like to talk to
ods are coming, and it is our obliga- Hn Enid there was the Hum ML S0 t
NOD t0 be l'08llY l10 Beeept them; ho and So, who was ii congressman for
randy to accept them sind- california; .ind eherc was the Hon.
lyl; be ready to accept tllllm Mr. So and So who was a seiiatorib h _H
wiiiingiy. in order thst the chiidron or from ohio, and there was the Hcn.ik°Y W 0 W* Slow UP- and Wlw
this day and generation-whose dev Mr. Ho and so who had been made
and generation are, indeed. diilefllllt state senator from another state,
from ours~inay have the Opportunity and he went. into a long list of doc-I
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.pretty much the same--and I can
give you one of them now. The teach-
Ier would ask Mr. Bo and So to "say
,something to the boys and girls,"
and he would say something like
this:
_ “Boys and girls, I have had ll
splendid time this afternoon. Ihavs
enjoyed your exercises more than 1'
~ ‘ Y
sing: I have enjoyed your songs. I
have been delighted with your 'beau-
splcndid time listening to these
things. 1 always like to visit your
he boys and girls, because,"-and he
would always say this-“because I
realize that there may be sented in
one of these little seats some little
nows hut that he may be President
tors and ministers and profcssionrili
of the United States?" (Laughten)
1 do not think he ever held that
out to the girls. I think, however,
Another _obligation I think we are inch in norton and New vori. snail” ‘lld "ll "lem *hill ll they W°\1l<l
under is the obligation to care more other gmac citing He B,,i'¢|_ --we _
than we have been caring for the ought to he proud of this academy he '"5" may °l lil” lalld- Allllltlllllll
physical welfare of the young people. for doing this thing," and so indeed that ll We had the “loo Pomoll mako
I ani not going to say much about they ought. After lic finished, the? _
this point, although it is a eubleell governor said, "I have been veryIt°”de"°le9» he W°l-‘ll-l Pl'°l"llllY tell
be very nice little girls they might
a speech today, with the present
reliitioiis cannot he stopped. We have Shllllvhave the _technical professional llgo. Mill. after I had been Bilel1hlhk1mce"l"g‘ Every citizen has a right upon which I feel very deeply. I glad indeed to learn tonight of the me girls that tllel' mlglll- look lor'
hccn for too long a time adopting training that 'will give them skill in Illlolllg these lines, lic said: “I don’tIt° get ul’ and “Y whl"l'°"°l` hh lik” will tell you a little story- One lilly Work this academy has been doingi
ward to being President of the Uni-
Whr Bonn and nnngnters' and yon lnsty-nnting nhndwn we havea U htyimiwvc yon ,eahze how mum mono iiflon anything proposed If he likes into one of tim dang pimms for Ubin ,, ted States( (Applaiise.)
. _ ' . g ` yiit h f d - ` I went ' _ ' , lo California, for Washing-
have begun lately to adopt our gong to expect, in the next place that nf- olil‘ People are already spending forlhh c 'lays 5°' ll" ll llc ‘low hot of 9, school in in certain City. Where I-On. for New York -for Boston and-
I hope, however, that we are not
and daughters, 'so that there is going ter they have begun to teach tl1liY,tl1e support of public education, audi I 8 It' he 'lays 5°' We hall li ho“"h n reading lesson was in progress. As for phuadeiphiny i,n'¢_ 1_ want to ignowfllillllolé VCYY mlloll l~i0|1l§ tlllit lillv I-0
in nc n coninnned reciprocity in men will do all of those things which j I think you are iinrcnsonobie to nspmlletlng 9, little “llllle ago- Bhd Ht I came in I noticed R little girl 0vel‘ my friends what this academy basin” l’oYl'l and girl” howllllllys- I tllihli
umi ideas, if. not in potatoes. (Langlr shall keep them awake and niive nnd ilor any more." I said, "Yes, we nrc “"5 m°°t‘"l: th""`° “""l ll Proposal t0 on thc far side of the room who Wall been doing for this community. 1!
ter und applause.) It is true that alert and progressive, in order that
some of the wise statesman of this they may keep on feedin the intel
coiint.r_v and some of the less wise l
stntrsiiicii of our country had us \
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ectual lives of those boys nnd girls
vith whom they are brought in con-
niiirricd, but there is no truth in the tact. We have a right to expect this,
stor_\-_ Hhll yet, in our state, in many
Isnpposc if I were to go into any states of the Union, and in many
of the schools of ~tlie Dominion and parts of your country, I find that we
were to ask the boys and girls as- llre paying teachers'-or paying sper-
sciiihlorl there what the leading in- s
ilnsi.i'ins of this country are, I should t
have an immediate response. I sup- S
pose the boys and girls, having been e
ons to fill teachers’ p1gccg_5alm~ieg
hat are heggarly; salaries that are
o_ small that the teachers who re-
eive them can hardly live on them,
so well taught here, would refer to £0 Say nothing of nii-ilring any reser-
thc great fisheries of this Province; I vatioiis for their- old nge. And I say
siippusu they would mention the this is a condition which ought not
hasir iiiilustry of agriculture, which to exist. It is a fact that today a
is ilevelopiiig so rapidly throughout young woman, who is-perliaps-look-
liie coiiiitrv. and particularly'-1n"the°ld2` at the matter from n financial
Wi-strrii Pro\'iiices`. I presume they D
oint of view, can afford better to
iroiiiil make reference to tl1e_very go into almost any other occupation
raiiiil development of manufacturing, than that of teaching; She can af-
iis it is now going on here, and I f
prcsiinie every one of them would he s
nhlr to give n great many details re- t
yaiiliiiiz these creat industries. But I s
ord better to go into n hospital and
erve as 'ii nurse; she can afford bet-
er to go into a factory or shop;
he can nilord better to o into an
g
think that I shall have to sa that office as a stenographer. Why, Iwas
Y
lifter lniving named all of these in- 3
ilustrics, they will not have named b
liic riiief 'among them all, because a
the greatest industry of the Domin-
lmost going to say she could afford
etter to commit matrimuny, hut- I
m not so sure of that. (Laughter.)
Now, I am not making ii plea for
ion, ns ivell as the greatest of the higher salaries for teachers cliiefl
llviuililic, is this industry in whose li
intcici-its we have met here tonight- li
Y
eeause they need the money. I hc~
eve they need the money, but that
llic _arent industry of education. is not the reason why I am asking
llc-licre me, my friends, there is no for higher salaries for all of our
ntlier iiidiistry that is so fiindament- t
cachers. 1 ani asking for Iiighersal-
nl ns this business of education. All aries for our teachers, not on ac-
‘*illl'I'~\'. I may say, hecoinie secondary _count of the teachers at all but in
lo it, because upon this great iiidiis- o
'l'_v of--cdiication depends not only the s
rder that these boys and tlieselgirls
hall have their opportiinities. The
\veifurE'{of the individual, but, to~s. law of compensation works precisely
"HIV irrent extent, as your chairman t
he same in the teaching occupation
has well said, the prosperity and as in any other. It works precisely
\\'eii-ilriiig of the country itself. And the same in the teaching occupation
so  think it is entirely proper and u
iittini; that we should assemble here g
sit docs in the market.. When you
o out with two dollars or tlirce dol-
lroin finie to talk about some of the Iari-i to liiiyui curtain article, yoiicx-
lo iiilk about some ol' the problems p
ui this grcnt business ol education. t
ect to get ii tivo dollar article or it
hrcc tloiiiir urticIc_ When you go
I~liI|irntieii is very closely related to out iii the tcacliing ninrkct with four
lliosc other industries of'which I ri
lnivr spoken. I wonder if you can o
nnuguie such a thing as the closing Ii
oliars a week ‘or live dollars ii week
r eight dollars .ii wcck, you ought
pt to he disappointed if you get a
vsllending ii good deal of money, hi1t.l“_uld a “ew ”9h°_°l`ll°“s¢'_ll lllle mod' crying as if her heart would break. _
,I think we ought tn have iriurc-\ve,I°ll_l hCh00l_ building-to be in £1 Cer- and Iiasked What the trouble was. ing for the people it has been serv-iverl’ l“l’5° llllmhef ol Pfesidohhh-
iare spending more for other tbinlzs."`t3’" loflhlll-¥~ There_ was a great The teacher said she had not been ing." _And so, my friends, 1 ghinklwl-ly. we ure not going to need a.
,He said, “I was reading the United_deal “ld for and aglllnsl' ll- V-rheylgetting on very well in her reading; L
IBtatcs Year Bnoiv the other day. untlltalked ahmll the heavy tax rate andthat she had been scolding her. but I
I found time the people or this rc- my ”"ll“"l “l’°“l fl great mH'1Y°fh~ to no avnll. and she hiked me il l
lpublie are spending rvcry ycnr $400 .i°r_ things' “nd llllalll’ oh” Cll-lzeh would go and say something to her
`000,000 for public school education. flnmie' and proceeded l‘° lflve hlll oh` to encoura e or bel her. Of course, t
we are not, because I think we real-
wnnt to know what it has been do-Il” that We “le hot golllg f-0 hood 8
he question von and I vvnnt to ask very large number of governors; we
s, what are these schools doing to are hot Eolll€ to lleell 11 VBFY §l`°l\l1
innire enero boys and girls think mllllltuds Ol ntnlenmw; we are not
morn of f_|,¢i,- own homes? Wnnt are going to need hundreds and hundreds
hose schools doing en make timmvand thousands and thousands of ro-
g li _ P
And this is a vast sun, of m0ney_s0 ;Je<;h1iOiiHto the new schohl-house. He 1' w-ent up and talked to her and told honor their Ovvn homes? (nnplnnnn) fessional people, but we are going to
Vast that it cannot be comprehend- Bi' _’ _ lfll" M°‘l"r“l°l`»"’lh€ *holler* her I wanted her to go back home I nm going to speak very frankly toy"
n(i_ _ I nam, very hnmhly “Yes lt H-NUI “Hn Chfllflllah ol l-he meolilhg- and studyiher reading lesson, and all you-- as I do to my own peop1c_ D0 .Ii
ls true that our People did spend H Il." .Mlldemtor “ml l°llo“"°iilZ¢l1B. that sortvof thing. After a fevv days you know what you have _been doing? Ie
I .
s4oo,0o0_000 isnt _ve-.cr for education; , “"’_‘ '“ lI""" ‘il "° “ew ”°l‘°°l I WM in asain. and I asked the
I realm, than hut I realm, hkewise i§>use.hl don e believe we need no teacher how the girl was setting on. same thing we have been doing-:what I believe it. is our obll ation to
Shah’ by Very rigid econom bv ncvi sc ool house; in fact. Mr. Moder- and said I would like to hear the sending Your boys and girls awayil
*_ y' ~ utor and fellow citizens-" ‘
eed millions and millions and mil-
ons of every _day people, to do the
very day work of an every day
You have been doing just the veryhworldi And that, my friends, is
S
nsplre these schools of ours to be-
wa ching their pocket books verylw t ' ` _ and he class read. The class-wssncalled._,1\nd` frqmi§oiL._by'1»lling thein that theirithe kind of schools that will leald
ciosciy, they were nine, ir._i;hg,gnm.-_;,_,°" 0" t" ‘l°“l ‘“ll1 hm# and vn~'unn1iy this iicsie' girrs tui~if‘come.~
time. to squeezelout three times as I ous Mn" matters' 'lt °°llBl‘l°l`“hl¢ She D088!! C0 Nod. Htllmhloo °h lol"
oppo unities were away od some-iboys and girls to grow up into lives
where else; you have been tellingiof useful service, in any positions to
much for tobacco, and five times an lmgtll- _Flllhlli _he hilllellred to be- n few lines, and then sat down, ln them to grow up and go away, and which they may be called.
much for nicohoijc liquors: (.\n-_l’°m° ‘llllle Sentllhehthli teal* CMM tears I do not know what made me take their chance! Ah. my friends, I
The last Point I am oin to men-
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plause.) Now, the people in thislinto his la°e”*mll I lhlhk they C&me,t;hink so but as the little girl was think we should tell our boys and tion is an obligation, which, per-
.into his voicr~and I think th I
country may not smoke as much to-.h 1 ,_ ' BY Cameireading it occurred to me as being
baceo, and they may not drink ns .asa d' Mr' Moderator and F¢li0W- just possible that there might be
much alcoholic liquor, proportionate- 3? Ixus' my “ld gralldlalhof Weht UD some trouble with the child's eyes,
iy, as we do, but I fancy this pm, let? wg" Ulld 5°ll0°lllollS@» Hhfl my fath- and I asked the teacher to excuse her agricultural opportunities; that thcylabout mass education. We have had
Dhlvrtioenl can not he so very niiicn im sche(;'0l";~h;vr‘;° glmlllof £322 :Zio tio frgmhthg rginén Ifohh a tlitéleh Wlllhe, do not necessarily need to go to thefn. great deal to do with mass educa-
c ang in any part of our continent. ' _ 0 9 W ie S 6 - oh 00 of o . Y
And so 1 gnyt that we Should find  st°`(l`l(‘,’°lmlll(*1lll?€t;§le;l05 wéxs aMligtIe an gecnlish in tliccityhhnnd _i;i:'id,ey“I not necessarily need to go to thefp
some means ' "~ tl l ~ l _ _ ‘ _ __~_ - l ~ 0 01”- WIS you 0 fxillhlhe 15 El 5 ell
sums of money,UtoIgllbttuiiiutlils aillfiiqili aéoli -llllfl Fellow citizens, we got a very carefully-i&h¢I`€ may be some-
tages So fiiiltlainentnl to thc indivirin. lghol clucatm" ln tho-‘lf llHl'S llil in thing wrong with them.'|’ _He gil” illlg to accept it. And so 1 think it get ii large number of children to-
al and so iiecessi-iry to the perpctuity
girls that their opportunities areili
.mhin them within this spicndidlii
Province oil yours, with its greatlh
States; that they may find theiric
chance at home, if they are only wil-I t
of thc results of mn- nnmnhinnni ,,vS_|f'~°°‘l_ clloulfll lOl' lily futher and for sent her awe _ After the little girlland girls in rent deal about. the his '
wnh Illlc lS_ lllohil' good enough for ho s
Y
ot out of the room. I Bald '-0 U19
_ _ Y
1 think _it comes down to H qucB_ I-ilhll Kirin liowndays- ibniightcr.) He gcculist, "fs there _any trouble with
hionofweathcr wc really want thcmlishit down amid a great deal of up-_ the chi1¢1's eyes '_r~. He Said, ..1s
or not. You know that pwhicvl jllhe-,U there any trouble with the ehiId’s
say they want a great many things; _ _noihu gclltlqlllllll 1ll`0§~l@, and he eyes-I.am very much afraid that in
when they do not want them at all; Ibmdl I would mia to “Bk 3 question ll le" Ymrs elle will l’° wtauy
that there is a difference between ‘Or two (ll my mend' if he will Der- blind!" I
wanting ri. thing with your head and I',l,'§_t8l,'f°'H The 'llfsli Slleakef Bold.
I realized that this was an extreme
wanting it with your heart, and wei c ' dwell' Bald the former Ken- 0880. but lllSt f»l1il'll¢ Ol ill. l'fly_ll'ioli‘l9l
have noticed that those ncohle who tleman, do you remember about n that teacher had been scolding her.
really want things down in their Yew' H80 that you ordered a certain lllld I had hee" scoldmg her and har
hearts iisusil find it wa of ettin
piece of inipi'ovcd fai in miichincr illirehill hall hoo" Bllollllllg ll°l`» “lld
I! 4 ' ` [or
theni. l hniiy ir littln ciypcr-icgiic of :your place?" y n had/not so niuch as thoiightthat the
that kind iii it city wliurc I Iinppencdi "Wl‘ll. yrs, hut that ain’f. got noth- "hull was amlcmd with R divas” 0|
to be siiperiiitciidciit of schools some ill' to do with the new scliooihoiisc." Ill? "'l'“‘l that Wil” L” msuu' m tote!
time ago, which illiistmtes tliisI "I)o you rcincniber it camo that blindness! H°w."m'ny chudrm me
point. They were very imxioiis, iuitlierc was something almiit it you did mme in our public schools 'hum we
this city, to iiitrodiiee ii school iin-‘not understand, uiitl you telephoned "ro accustnmod to can stupid °~t dun
omveniciit which would licnciit _Z,5il0l ;(,.,mn "hunt ig’ and I nent yuh that 'll' IDBCKWMFU. Who 8F0 Htllpill of llllll
Chlllllhll. ,llohilhll Hllelli- ~ll.5lll.‘ hZii'fr.eriioon through the rur I fr d ll- I'
year. 'l`lie inntter was hroiiglif. npivn,-y ,, nnmnnli hcmnhg l;(m_;l;w°w I
nl all the i-icliooin of America. for a four dollar teacher or ri live dollar and lllllollllfloll V0l`Y_ illlll’_» 'The ll0V”‘HDll'I|,n; the n,n¢ny,,,~. t,',,,_,nnnni~
r backward because they are suffer-
ng from some physical defect?
In our State a few years ago is
deontic. I wonder if ou ca imagine teacher or nn eight dollar teacher. hers ol' the eity 0h<lUl'H€ll it. ‘l"‘lI -‘v» ._y, t .- " _ I. ‘ow wus passed which_pr0v'ides that
the people so far forgettlngntheir oh- And I want. to say to ynunwho are Wrote hdltfirials commending it-"l`ll°Iwif_liLt?hc nuew Qclhll>tolnhFll`iisoI'll'£’"A to do “very ymir all thlhaichlldrenxotintelxle
ligntions as 'to cease to support edu-‘ allowing your teachers to go out of Wolmen sl (flinbs témki the nti;+t_tcr \lil.} --_,n,,f_ whit ,I mhhlvh' Md Wann_j£1*:ll°u::l€‘tlhl;;";’hau°';`lB?°€eccfgiined
riitioii, end cl I Il th h I this leuutiful` Province; who have HU( llllllll 8 DDC Oll Hill' IWW; , _  '_ _
hw H Keincmuonls ngwhriilt woueldstiwoéihzlheen ailowmg umm and whome up qmmsl expwssmg the "plum" umhibhloiiéieltri the new ihcfhool house. My .nr defects in hearing. The first ex-
lchllli llllon these other industries? day allowiiilr them to go out into the W0l|l'l l>0 "Il 0XC0illl’\l2 lllllik 'l"lllll m' ymw UB" “Hier _"cv" mad"
amination that was conducted under
What ll if ld th h f th N thwest; I vvnnt von to "nk ynuv-_ boards of trade und commercial Ir0ll' use of u",‘I'. piece 0! 'mpmvcd ,Mm this act revealed the _'acl' that twclvc
liner (ilirlltlliillr won ere 0 or 5 aeliles this tuestion: Are not these U38 thou ill? it Wolllli he B Sfliflllllifl mf‘,‘;~I'l".'fry" ll" “alll” ‘ll the Chlldmn M Main”
i it f f c i _ i _ S_
l`lll\\' wnliI<Ic:cien‘lze h‘l'iTlnlhi?l?,ul§r:tTe boys and girls who a,re living here Iflllli to ltlve this 0DD0l"l2\1i1if-Y to tho ,, U' Q _
,nm hmnmerce' develop and nourish and who me to live hem; are they boys “mi gi,-in’ and commended the.: And your. giaiiillntlier noi. your
are afflicted with defective cycsight,
and four per cont. of the children of
_ . h defective
l"\fl<‘I"ti - dltl Y Wh t ld ot leserving of iust ns good instriic- lhvfehiell ellwndlturc. The ~Scliool.lHtller were never able to cnjoy Lnn the state are afflicted wit
heconie llgtthgge ingtliliimentslitfdguof l'.1ion(as the Iioys and girls who are Board recommended it, and it wentieoni/'eniencc of thc teIcphonc?. hearing, n.nd_ in_ other states 'with
ririiizatloii we see about us? Why, to be trained ont there in the Cana- to the City Council. who decided, "N0-I ninihliir Ipawéstsvt wanyfohggortrnlezgnlg-
my I-' d _ yt. di N th L? F r part, I bc- that they could not afford this ap- "Ant your igrnndfatiicr never got nil" l" ll rl’ "el" `
ni-_ ".°" " the" "’°“l‘l_l°" "°'Y l v “ll "l W” ° .my , , - in-christian or s1,5oo to icncnt tiiclirtccr r t ict si - h limi- 'hill H0 lt ls ”"l‘l°“l *lm* “°t
ilcinnnii 1 th i n lieve they arc. I believe ha every _ 2 _ 0 Hell 8 0 ¢l` H0118 the
lllllleii or in oil)rrs, ltgltlcptngerlixilspsylloh boy and every ltlfl 0V0l`YWh0l`o ls Ch' '_“'l’lllll'°"' llllll lt was "°l°°‘l' Tl-l°_ll~ ll'iFlll`_8l l`l`€o flolivofy'-l"
onl these defects, but various oth
y l _
ll Ullli: of tobacco, or n little calico. titled to the best teaching, and Ibc- GW Week” from that (lily. n Cll'CllHI "N0_ he used to harness old Dobbin cm' are conditions which vm must
l inin'in_. Iieve on are not doin rig t, and I Chino to lflll! City- I <l0 hot l'0lY\€lll"iip and drive his own mail dow to
uri- all clhshllyltlntlddwtlllgde wriastzhlzr bclievd’ that the peopiegof Mihine have llol' thot l_llel`¢ W0l`o_ H-"Y olllllollollli the village, and get the mail thntnhnd
i:I'r:it business of education that the not been doing flglll. Wlleh We Pillow 9fld°l`5l"5 lt' "or (llll the women ll accumulated for days." »
llfloille cannot neglect education with- our good teachers, as we have allow- fflllb make it ri topic at their meet-, owe" then, why in “_ in nu fair.
"lil, Iii some measure, causing n de- ed them, to go west. Simply because ings. The Commefolhl hodl” ‘lld n°l'Iness. that you are willing to adopt
lei-ioriition of these other industries we have been iinwiiliiig-unwilling, I SBI! V€l`Y mll¢h Khollt lt-l-hell? Wo" tnenn Hnnmvvnnentn in your Own
tlint support the pe0p1¢_ say-to rnisé the larger sums of mon- some posters stuck up, and afeuiad- work in your own employment Andi
Allll So l Want to tslk to you for ey that will keep and hold these good Voftiiomehlo prlnted' and that was then' dare to stand up here and say
H little while tonight about some 0( teachers with us, in order that our ull. But a very 00llS¢l`Vl}li\’¢ “lil” that what was good enough for ou I
ille oliiiltationg our communities are own boys and our own girls may mate was made that that circus took nd our mth” when O were go 8
under in this matter of education. have their chance. ,out of the city in an afternoon and|‘} gd n u h for nhl; ll hudren 3(7)'
imc “mt obligation that I Bm going And I think this nnanciulg obhiga- 5: igivemfmthnlzorgt thsgresgiiigol IlIl`1l1eIt‘lii§|i2‘eseent0d‘;v and generiltion?" |
ll nieu ‘ \ - ' ex-tends he ond the sac er's 0 e o a 'I Y .e w !! ' - _
tion* tion is the financial obliga ;:;;ry__it goes nicwme to the equip- to Spend $21000 mnaii afternoon and And I ani glad to say that better
We have all hoard of the "skeleton ment of the school. I believe we are eVening's entertainment, because. they council prevailed, and it wals finally
in the closet," and I presume we all willing to admit that children are ,wanted to go to the circus two thou- decided that the boys and g rls were
Iuiow what thc skeleton in thc fgmily educated in s multitude of ways. I sand dollar s worth. I do not want. not going in school in the old school
‘lhlllel is. 'rho skeleton in the family was cniinniz with n gentleman is thin vo; tn! g¢irhntheitl}nii3]esScl;;r;\l;hnlIIxhigse hctihsc nsfsciynsechiise hither or strand-
°"“°l» You know» is some dread room this morning. Wh0 ll Ill' 9'” _‘I “T W f 8 ' " B of ~ - Pl’ hll5'°» _
"iysterioiis ' -' hos drawin s upon tlllll hoard. M10 l? EWG this "B Ml llillBU`fll-io" ol th* Now, what I am saying has bearing
llll. that oli'l;'ngth;o2la‘i'li]I:::§sd“l>€r‘l;cl:e he said trnlyg ‘hat chndr°“ are °‘l“’ l°°t th” when We l“°l“’ “ll °“' upon other things besides schoolhous-
~ ' l ll .
hunilv are supposed to know about, _cated as much by the lihllllfll th" mllzdll l'° “lg” all' l’°3\f “Ind lzirlllt' E es. It has beaiing ulloll a llfeali mhhy the children 8 square deal wnnn wg,
take into account, and to which we
must pny more attention.
Now, I asked this doctor on this
occasion if the school did anything
to cause the condition of the cl1ilrl‘s
eyes. He said that probably the
school did not cause it, lint it did
not help it any. I think it is true
that a great many of our school
houses are so poorly lighted; we give
the children so much blaclcbosrd
work at a _great distance from them.
causing eye-strain; we are requh-ing
so much reading from pages that are
poorly printed-snd.we are not care-
fiil enough, sometimes, In the selec-
tion of our books, as far an the
printing ls concerned-the school
ooms are sometimes so inadequately
kind they ought to have, tlilt I
sometimes think we are not giving
int I t th I k non nn they are by tlio_ tra ning an ie, sc oo erin pmen d tl n 1 ovementn th t ,.8 Conn
the “ll)gilkhlllJ\:‘hch'kll:>v;l rgqnsrxegd *grill lhllllkhol-)hB¢u¢h°Y llohl- Allll lt ls' ln' ‘hey ought to have’ we can “nd “ lnxlzlcgpcgi ‘lis.mWe are realizllngathat we do nm' lmy more a?°ntth°“` tlhuahiii
more than the ymnuy gh," (Laugh deed, very, very true that all of us-- Way to do it- mush do cumin thmgn H we are to hh” hull Dflylllk 0 Cl' D Y
_ ~ ` ~ ._ H M d d- _ welfare.
:I3-lriirrnrliolv' dow" in Mama vw have B undhcihiiiliizlilecriprilhrrlllilrdilrlerssl nreszmff ehcmd';di§:¢ll.n  Snmilngti- Sl" 0"' l’°l’“ "ml gm” the °pl’°'°““` I think another ohiiiznllon W0 are
that ' in our “muy Cmnt' I know muc n tt sa that a community lute that had coat the State of Man- lll” "ll" th” °“¢l‘t t° l“‘v°' I “m all under is to inspire in these young
it s customary to talk about And I wan o_ y 4 h ~t 100 00 n 1 gh not going to discuss them in `detall, he nl cnnnn,nn¢_ To ynnpirngn mam
skeletons in the family closet only cannot expect its ciiiidren to heuenn zgiilrnzeofzfs MHS ‘_ .aah  .H ‘gi thins but we are naming for enmple'tb"_w;>mdeen" nut 0' an in tmmlelws
“`ll¢ll the members of the family are cated in the best possible wily S om 5. B I "_ sehoons “mot he an 'i t ' NM or
lflitether, cmgn them |v but cniidi-on arp siirroiinded at school "If the building of this institution‘0lll‘ Colm Y -I nm £0 ll! 0 Bly R \ ° lh 
since i i. v R .°° 'I' with conditions time nre not hcipiai nlrnii nike one hoy who has entered that they ouulit to be unless we hn_v_9g, shout that inter-nnd second, cons
ll ll°"l'l ll°l'° lo tl" iid tion which on have d ln the comma ities where they
Pr vi n T mm - ch dltl ns that are debaslng, upon the pathway of sin, and shall school eonso a . Y _ence _ n
hair; 3fscntynrggighatlggggsvfgzfgig rslvller tcllllln iiilllfting. Now. I do not turn him into the paths of righteous-lalresrly inaugurated in this Province. live. Your chairman has spoken to-
ton ith on butl ness and make of- him n useful cltI~ We realize that we must have is clos- night about the infill! \1\lmi>¢f0l meh
I lr h It may be W Y .
.lust 'tnhey;,I:r:ie'as‘kI;lztdMo:li';t “wig Hive? dtdolznogvwhow it is with ns. I know zen. then the Htste of Mslsoehllleliflhrer and more business like s\lIl¢\‘VlHl0ll ihnllfl W0m*l\ Who he" 80"' fill* ol
_ii _..._ ' W* " 1
- .Lil-',.i"'r'  r, < _ ~
for it living*I have had to work
hard for my daily bread. And I have _ _ nd _
made up my mind that I Wm give my child come out at the other end, ll
always lind to work." And Isaid to,
K ‘ia
tory of their owii hoiue comniunities,, i,
n order that they may be inspireilivvunin be nrmnged tn nnit the I-ave,-_
Will! H l`¢SD¢Cl» lol' lhelf home °om‘inge chiId;" those above the average
mllhltlesi Bull Ili 0l`<lel‘ fhllii thvyiwould get along all right, and those
may be led into an occupation whichinot num, nn to the average wnid
will hold thcni and keep them there.i
I think that is one of the obliga~.
tions we are under-the obligation to
tion, s greater belief, in their own
I think likewise we are under an
obligation to make these boys and
girls realize that the education they
are getting is not an education for
ornament but an education for serv-
ice. I was talking with a friend of
mine-a mechanic-in nccrtain city a
little while ago. and he told me he
was going to sand his boy to the
high school. He said, “I nm is poor
man. I do not earn .. very large sal-
ary; I have always had to work hard
boy an education, so that he will
not have' to work as hard as I have
him, "My dear sir, I think you are I
you will. But let inc tell you now
r
vent/listed, and everything not of 'the_
doing a good thing in giving your
boy an education-I certainly hope
that you are doing it from a very _
bad motive, because the object of an l
etlucation is not to frce anybody
from the necessity for work. The ob- l
jcct of an education of the right kind
is to enable one to find his work and
to do that Work in the V0l'Y lJ0Si_i
possible way." (Applause-i 'rhat.my
friends, ls the reason why we are ed- l
they may grow up, not to Iivcs of
ease, but in order that they may
grow up to lives of service- We want
to teach these boys and girls that
labor with the hand is just as hon-
orable as labor with the head. When
long! (Laughter and applause.)
You are probably aware of the
tha there was one position
great republic. lt has always been sy
saying of ours, you know. that snyi
American boy may aspire to the
highest position of the land-he may
be President of the United States.
We have always held out that plum
to our American boys. Why, I can
remember, whem I was n little boy
attending n public school. the speech-
es often made by visitors who came
to inspect the classes. I can remem-
» _ f
iicnting these boys and girls, that what is going on in WHY schoon
room of this city, in which there am
about three hundred teachers, at a
given time. I can toll you the work
that is being taken up; I cal almost
tell you theh qugigtgons ttihis teschnrs
we do that, then I believe that \ve_hl`lf_l}hll1hl! ll B C fell ll`"l'Y ln ll‘
shall not find so many dlscontentedlllle- Allil l lfllllllf ll” W°“l;f]’:'°“ lm;
clerks standing behind ribbon count- l~h0l' ihllh that. Mill hlllll- Gall in
ers at five dollars ii week, and we moot I-ell Yo" the “TY 'mr
shall have them more willing to do Whloh the Chllflfoh BPO ¥`°\7l¥lhS lo
when und, of wo,-kv even if they mn. these questions. I did not say it,
not wear stand up collars all day hilt I Whlltfll to GRY to him. "MY
dear slr. you ought to be _superin-
tendent cf a tack faetory,.beenuse
fact that in our country we that is where Yo" 5'" °!Dl0t.ad` to
need to train every i.oy""to thinu turn out things all the some shane.
,ber those speeches-they were all
ups, includes all the others-the ob-
gation to serve the Individual. We
ave been having a 'great deal to say
Usnadian Northwest' that the doition, and we have been trying to im- _
rovise methods of teaching along
hat line. Wewliavc gone about it in
his way: We have thought we could
r *ll Old School ll0USe. and what was them is careful examination, undl is our obligation to teach our boys Keener, form them into n sings and
rrange ii course of study for them.
aserl on “averagcs_” The course
et on somehow We have had a
. g _ -
,great deal to say about this “aver-
a .. . _
ge in formulating our courses of
l“°Pll'° ll’ the” ll°l'l" “ml gms, ll study; But is there anyone hero who
greater respect, n greater adniira- 0
ver saw an “overs e" child? If you
8
_ ever have, stand up and tell ns about
home communities. h
I
lin-tell us what he looks like; tell
us the color of his hair and the coi-
nr of his eyes, what kinds of games
he likes to play, and what kind of
work he lil»_-s to do-if he likes to
do any-let ns hear about him. For
my part, every child I have ever seen
las carried along with him his Own
i
i
ndividuality; he has furnished his
own educational method, And so. my
friends wc make ii grave niintuke If
.
we think we can construct an educa-
tional ninchinc, und put a child in at.
one end, turn s crank, and have the
rented. A inaehinc like that Will l10l»
ediieate, but it. will spoil some of the
people it tries to educate. and Wlli
ose the rest of them. And we are
Innt going to carry on our education-
al processes in any such wav. With
the individual so far out of sight.
I visiljed a school a little while sg"
certain cit where they had R.
n a Y » - A
great ileiil to say about their school
nachinery. l went into the office ol
the Superintendent and told Iiim l
would like to see something of the
schools. He said, “Before you B"
n I want ou to sec some of Olll'
Y
narvelloiis school machinery. By re-
erring to this chart I can tell you
he same size and some hindi" (All
e ht '
open to every boy of t.he_plause_\ That is not the way in
which we want to educate men and
women. We want each one of the
young men and women that go out
of our schools to be educated ne-
cordinz to his or her own needs and
requirements, and any educational
system that does not do that ls, to
n very large extent, n failure.
Just an incident to close, A lady
teacher called on me once, and uid
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