The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-04-05
EDucATIoN TIE REMEDY.


When President Taylor, aecompan-
led by President WoOlery and Rev.
Harvuot, stepped upon the rostrum In
the assembly room Of the Normal Sat
urday evening. there were less than q
dozen empty seats in the large audito-
rum. After being called to order the
glse club, composedof Professors KEEL
~, Dudley, johnson and Phillips,
favored the audience with .tGive Me
My Own Native Isle," which was
heartily applauded.
After thednvocation by Rev. Haryuot,
President Taylor, in a few words,
spoke of the Appropriateness
OF the subject in hand and without
further delay introduced President
Woolery. He is a gentleman of fne
physique and we'll trained voice and
every word was uttered in very dis
tinct manner.
He began by relating laughabIe in
cidents in our young school days, such
as the tricks, fights and Iove-matches
and spoke of the latter as good field
for the novelist, as he was certain there
were true love matches even in the
schools. Passing on he reviewed the
different common school studies, Civ
ing some very pointed puns and ridiuc-
lous things in the way of studies. ''Our
social and political evils, - he said, s'are
inherited from our forefathers and
from other nations, and the nations
have been ruled too much by
hrllfa foroo - ne .y,ot-e - T1.J..5 ~ :
finest country in Europe, with its ex-
cellent productions of music and liter
allure; of Ireland, once so content and
prosperous with home rule, and of
Greece, from which everything good in
the past descended-aIl of these had
been conquered by brute force. As long
as Russia holds aloft the bear, Eng
land the lion and the United States the
eagle as banners, the world will be ruled
more or less by brute force. "Among
other.things, said.he, inherited by us,
is superstition. We plant our corn, can
our fruit, build our fences, clean our
houses, in the moon. These are harm
less in themselves, but they accompany
things that are detrimental to our bet
ter growth. We also inherit deceit.
We deceive without thinking it is de-
ceit. For instance, who can tell the
population of his own town. We say
it Is 5000, and when the United States
census comes out we find it is 4, 600.
Two thousand people are swept away
and the daily papers do not come out
in large black head lines telling Of the
calamity. Why, it is worse than the
smallpox. Or what editor can tell the
exact circulation of his paper. 1t is
like the colored society debating on
whether it was right to cheat lawyer.
After two hours discussion they came
to the conclusion that it was per fectly
right, but hard to do. We inherit
this from Europe, and Europe in
herited it from Asia. Nearly every
commodity has a show of deceit
Russia leather is made in Philadelphia
Damacus steel in Joliet, Illinois, anG
Pittsburg; German cologne in Buffalo
by the barrel; Oporto wine in Califor-
mia, imported French cashmere in Con
necticut, French silk in New Jersey
Milwaukee beer in Peoria, nl''
Other sins inherited is swearing
lewdness and brute force. In thii
connection he spoke of the low dram
and prize fighting, and said that there
were more boxing gloves sold in Pitts
burg than Bibles. He also spoke O
the mistreatment of the Chinese b.
the Nation, and said that God would
hold us responsible as a Nation foI
such treatment. The last, and prob
ably the greatest sin inherited, ii
standing with ones back toward the
future, disparaging the present and
talking about the good old times. Thu
speaker made very conclusive argu
ment on this last mentioned, speaking
of how difficult it was to INTRODUCES
new inventions and new ways. sWt
have now,'' he said, everything bet
ter, more elevated and honest press
more good books, etc., Concluding
he said: ''All crime, all guilt, all hin
derance is based on ignorance In
this connection he gave several anus
ing Incidents. one of which was in re-
gard to governor of Ohio who made
his proclamation at one time from the
sermon on the Mount. After its pub
LEGATION democratic paper came ou
accusing the governor of being
plaguerist, saying they had heard thai
language somewhere before. The re
publican contemporary, the governor
organ, retaliated by saying that tn,
former were very much mistaken
for the language was entirely original
There is too much money politics
bar room and scheming politics
Legislation is not the remedy. Law
secures but does not educate. By edu
Gallon 1 mean that that begins at the
mothers knee, the fathers example
that taught from the Sunday school
the pulpit and an honest press. Al
, education that develops a power t,
think, reason, feel, and choose. Al
: education of will and conscience. Gu
, school education develops intellect
Feeling lies above intellect and shout,
be first taught. Lay broad and deeI
and solid the foundation on which t.
build your education. Do not becom,
specialist too soon. Specialists ar
apt to become one eyed
The speaker held the. undivided at
teHtion of the audience through tn
, whole of his discourse and his earnest
ness carried the deep convictions of tn
speaker with them.
The Glee club favored the audiences
with another Selec ton and responde,
: to hearty encore, when the pro
, gramme was concluded Quite ;
number stopped to make the acduafnC
ance of Mr.. Woolery.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
April 2, 1888. 500 p. m.
Regular meeting of the council