Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-03-12

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friendly hand-shake, the kind word
and the cordial welcome extended ts
ns this evening cannot be mistaken
We accept it with sense of gratitud,
but we have soon to repay. Gu
hearts are gladdened by your heart,
welcome and our very souls respon
with thanks.
| The quartette, wt will be summe
by and by," was then sung by Mrs
s. G. Flint, J. G. Fullerton, and M. +
Rapp and Messrs s. O. Flint, an,
F. NJ. Rapp.
State supt. E. B. McElroy, Ph. D.
then addressed the audience on ssEd
ucatien.--iis Rotations ana Results
We present below synopsis Of the ad
dress.
| Civil society exists for the produc
tion, preservation and distribution O
material resources. Property is ths
great instrumentality invented by thu
human mind to elevate itself above i'm
mediate brute instinct and necessity
Property thus becomes necessary
condition for subsequent intellectual
growth. Education has a direct and
definite relation to civil society in this
IS first and elementary aspect, of pro
vidlng for the creationand presentation
of property. It increases in direc,
manner the productivity of thecommu
nifty. Statistics show that all the
various trades and occupations of men
III the United States are directly and
benefcially affected by education. II
is the verdict of the civilized world
announced in the most unmistakabls
terms that the country must see to it
that general and special education
must be fostered if it would thrive in
the accumulation of wealth. Each
civil community demands popular ed.
ucatlon in another aspect-that of the
preserver OF the property through the
preservation of the social organism.
This demand bases itself on the
necessity of fmorality in the community.
The very existence of society looks to
the maintenance of the preservation
of morality by means of the proper
education of the young. Industry,
punctuality, regularity, respect for the
rights of others, and obedience to es-
tablished authority-these are the
cardinal virtues of the school-room
and the foundation of lis order. Dis.
cipline ought to be made emphatic in
our school work for the reason that in
our society and government we aim
to place as few safeguards as possible
around the individual from without.
and therefore our system of education
must make the character strong and
self determined from within. Again
intelligence is the first element of pros
perity: it builds our railroads, factories
and erects the wires of the telegraph
and telephone; it enables the farmer
to double his crops; it invents labor
saving machinery; it yields us that sat
isfaction which prosperity may
heighten but which adversely can never
take away. It enables us to under.
stand and interpret the purposes and
designs of God and approximate more
nearly to his character. Again, that
course of instruction is best that gives
the broadest foundation of fact; that
arranges the facts in such order that
laws and principles are easily seen and
apprehended; that leads the mind t.
independent thought and investigation
that from the basis of the actual
raises it to the plane of the ideal; anc
that, beginning with accumulatins
knowledge shall end with the acquired
power of thinking thinking to def
mite results-in short, genuine menta
development.
| Education has other important OBJ
Jects. Certain kinds of intelligenc,
are needed and imperatively demanded
to minister our phsYical wants, to pro.
long our existence, to fit us for oui
duties as citizens, and to enable us te
discharge our obligations to society
generally. We must know how to OBJ
tain food and clothing; we must under
stand physical laws and the Limitations
of our physical possibilities; we mus
be able to distinguish between that
which is benefcisl and that which Il
hurtful to US; we must learn to know
and appreciate the good, the beautiful
and the true in all relations of life
and we ought to be SO intelligent ir
reference to conduct in life that our es
cry act viii oonduce to human hap
piness. This is practical intelligence
and it embracesall branches which treat
of the materials and forces most famil
lar to our senses. Without this intel
ligence, combined with resolute pur
pose, the richest powers of mind ar,
useless.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Education Is the chief defense Of nations.-IBuRKI
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