The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-27
DUTIES OF oFF,c,sRs.
By the Worthy Chaplain.


whole year, and il needs our candid
consideration. True patrons will lay
aside all prejudice and mere friend
ship, and seek to put the right person
in the right place. A mistake. such as
placing illiterate. plundering or in
active person in for master, would be
almost fatal to the grange. In most all
the secret orders this is the law gov
erning the selection of your officers:
LIST, intelligence; End, experience. The
stupid laundering master will destroy
all the vitality and life of any organic
alton, and you should not make mis-
take by selecting some one who has
never done anything or performed any
part in the work Of the order; and
.you guess he will make a good Of
ficer." You should know him by his
actual work, and most orders require
that person must pass the chairs re-
guIarly, that is, he must have held a
lower Office before he can hold higher,
and this is generally exactly right ex-
ception should only be made when the
person has failed TO perform the duty
of the lower Office, or when person
has superior qualifications for some
particular Office. But promiscuous
scramble for Office in the grange, or
voting for mere friendship, will nearly
ruin our oranges for nearly a whole
year. l hope the worthy lecturer will
read these articles to his grange for the
good of the order. He might very
profitably prepare for discussion at the
next meeting, the duties and qualifica-
tons of the officers of the subordinate
grange, and then the grange would
vote more inteIligently.
LECTURER.
This Office is an anomaly in any or
der, and few oranges, when organizing,
know how to choose good lecturer,
or the importance of having a live liter
ary character, who should always be
ready to entertain the grange by deli
vering a short address, reading some
useful information, or by opening a
practical discussion that would infusc
new life and beauty in the mental work
| of the order. IL is shame that farmers
have TO call on outsiders to do their
public speaking; that there is not
enough culture among the laboring
classes to produce leaders in every
ncighborhood who can defend, instruct
and advise, while "standing on their
feet" What a wise provision it is that
provides leader in discussion and
literary entertainment. In every neigh
borhood there's talent enough, but it is
almost buried for want of activity.
II needs careful study, much reading,
and little practice, and young man
with good common education can
make a creditable lecture before pub.
bic audience. 1t should be short al
first, but be sure you have something
to say, and then say it. Then your Ell
thusiam will kindle fire Of thought
and often many little speeches will fol
low. When we have picnic or an!
other demonstration, we can call ou'
our speaker and he will have something
interesting. 1t will then no longer b.
said that the great agricultural class o
people will have to get lawyer to de
liver their addresses at agriculture
fairs, or a professional politician t.
talk about the leading issues of tn
hour and tell them how to vote. Coo
speed the day when the agriculture
community shall not have to blush be
cause we have not men of cultur
everywhere who shall be able to ga,
something appropriate, interesting AM
instructive. To meet this end the ottic
of lecturer was created.
Elect live men whose hearts are il
, the work, who arc full Of "pithy, prac
teal, straightforward, straight-up-and
uOWu CoiuluOu sCueC tdihe, WIN az
ingenious enough to always keep til
grange moving forward, discussing a
. the questions that may arise in til
, legislature concerning the farmer, il
terests. Remember that &c cd hclt
them who help themselves, s." and in til
Z battle for reform we must be able I
: make our opponents, who are men use
to close logical reasoning, clear head
and sharp wits, who use their brair
and compel success, and we must scho'
l ourselves to meet them.
), Dudley Adams, our beloved maste
r tells us, eve need to meet together
f rub off some Of the rough corners, an
: polish down into symmetry, to e,
\ change views, and, above all, to lear
J. to think, to nourish the soul wit
c liberal and abundant mental food, an
n in order that we may profit by instru
S ton Let lecturers interchange chai
c and entertain neighboring oranges, al
4 the oranges should see to IL that Il
+ lecturers prepare essays and read oil
J, receive fair share Of attention. TIL.
i may we spend the long winter evenin.
y in enjoying and elevating oarselv'
l. and preparing for future usefulness.
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