The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-14
Ethical Culture In Tho Public
Schools.



A. The last NsiiJus. ". e. T. [. Con-
v"nion Mss Wliasrd- annual address
c9ati.ned tie follow ing recon incubation.
arg 'he wss made WIN Mrs farthart,
~ lows, committee n follow out sug-
ge-'i'n. therein Contained
TIE ns' movement for the study Of the
BIDle A. the hne.t u English Classics. in.
PRODUCING IL into colleges and seninaries
~ TIE highest grade. i full Of possible
re' Tor Christian progress and devil
"peuent. Tie marvel : that Christi
'r1pia's .h9u.d ever have Permitted he
healLeu classics to patrank the palm. If
af.l. tue vision u Isaiah, and the won
drff1l philosophy Of the four Gospel.
But something els needs to be lioue On
lie sane line aud m1.: De universal y.
Tore " can fairy call ourselves other
Than practically pagan republic This
l. IN teaching Of those principle, Of
etAic. that are found 10 the scriptures aud
questioned by no zane mind. whether
Je" or GENTLE, Catholic or Protestant.
No general movement toward making
our public school system an ethica, 50.
TEN has yet been inaGgurated. exc4p. ny
the ". e. T. l., aud this Kingdom Of
heaven has come to the children of the
Iaho, as is wont i, not by observation
nut so quietly that our people h.r4ly
know the good thing that has happened
70 them. There are probably millions Of
Christian people who are no. aware
that a thirty-tnree state. and territories
the whits-ribDon women have secured
laws making obligatory the instruction Of
al the Children in scientific TEMPERANCE
y N SPEC "a. reference to the .fg-ct of al
cho and narcotics upon the human system
and that part Of this legislation was Sc
cured from Congress. ami makes this
teaching obligatory at West Point. Ann.
apo!ls. and every where that the tinted
STATE, pays money for public instruction.
While NOT avoweGiy, this is practically
ethical training. proceeding upon the
principle that Gods laws written in our
members are u be sacredly obeyed. and
hat, In obedience to them, there i. great
reward. JUDGED, the broader hygiene.
which i but another name fo- tn. reug-
ION Of the body, has come into our public
schools by this chanuel, for it is explicit.
~ provided that TIT. scientific teInuer-
arce Instruction shall be given in counsc-
ton with the study Of physiology and hg-
giene, and the first book for the littie A
b { dariaus IL the lowest gra.e j. Gated
II he Childs Primer Of Health. Noy
here IL = oesi. 70 20 upon foundation
thoroughly well !.i1; aud the effort of
good women everywhere should be TO So
cure the Introduction of a textbook of
right liring-one that ould teach rea-
sons for the social code Of good manners.
every particular Of which is based on The
Golden Rule, and those refnemerts of be-
hsyIor WHICH involve the utmost kind
ness 20 the animal creation. inclui ling ,he
/ organization Of Bands Of Mercy In all
our puolic schools All this I. sure TO
come, AID that right speedily. As con-
OF rho syraE.ra,t IN.
women everywhere in the subject of
ecuca:'"u. ard their increasing power
slong the lines. The time will come
when, whateyer We do not teach we
.hsI teach ethic. a. the foundation Of
every form OF culture. and the faith that
makes faithful in every relation of life
VII! become thing of knowledge to the
child Of the then truly Christian repnb-
lie. For We can never teach these things
AMI leave out Christ as the central figure
and these things AMI His philosophy as
the centra! fact OF our system Of educa-
ton. A. the same time our teact ing
must be as far removed from ANYTHING
>ectarian, or involving the statement of a
reed as the North Star is from the
southern Cross. There will be no n ub-
.e in those days about opening school
with such extracts from the BiDle as
have been agreed upon by men and wo-
men OF all faiths. ard the repetition of
the Lord Prayer, with its universal be-
Rign!tles, will he matter Of course It
Is for the W. c. 7. [. TO work on quietly
to this end, without haste. without rest.
| wish We might. at this convention. ap-
point committee representing all relig-
iou> faiths, authorizing through il the
preparation of 3 series Of ethical text
books, teaching; /. The Religion of the
BoGy ,. Of the Brain: ). OF the Heart:
I. Religion of the State, by which mean
the principles of peace and patriotism.
| suggest that We counsel together as to
the members of such committees order
the books brought out by our own Pub
fishing Association, and introduce them
into such schools as We ean influence IL
the plan works well. it will prove its uti-
lty, and pave the way for more gener-
a. movement. These textbooks should
be taught in all grades. and should have
a. their bssis-thought and universal motto
Peace. Growth. Brotherhood.
The classification Mss willard has
since changed, for she would on no ac-
count hint any interference with the ben
efcent textbooks Endorsed by our Nation
al Department of Scientific Temperance
instruction. aud which cover Nos ! aud
. Religion of Body and Brain, But she
Npu4l dtti W butSc, hellG lDl OF the HADl
snd Heart and the State. These is
WORK that viii require year. for its con-
summation THE Union SIGNAL cannot
see why We might not ask Mrs. Hunt to
supplement her magnificent work for the
children by securing the textbooks and
laws that will round out the public school
raining of the children 10 a complete
ness such as only the nations Organ
ICED Motherhood could have the love
to conceive and patient persistence to
to actuslize.
Writing to ysrious leaders of thought
upon this subject, the following reply
has been received; from David Swing.
Great a. the temperance cause is in its
own name, it Is maie even greater by
that idea of public moral culture which
those associated in the work ara adding
to IT, VIA, the world needs most is that
moral seu>hiity that can see and love q
good life. Mere learning has never made
a good man good society. The great
est study i the -tuiy of the right andithe
right isa most divine sentiment.
From the Southern Journal: "Under
whskey liberty in Shelby county, TenneS-
see. one out of every Ssi citizens makes
the most of life in the state prison. In
der prohibition in Mon county, not a
single couvic: out Of 10. 260 peers out of
| prison bars"
Alexander McDougall, the yice-chair-
man of the Manchester Board of Guard
ians, estimate. that the suppression Of
| the drink traffic in the United Kingdom
would end the waste which now brings
> 10000 people to wretcheduess and pow
erty.
The Cleveland, Ohio, Catholic Universe
writes the following vivid paragraph;
We see no way for well-formed Catho.
lie conscience to keep a saloon. We
wish to God that every Catholic would
! quit the business Look around. Take
generation or two. Where does the mon
ey made in liquor 90? 1t is better TO
leave your children without 4 cent. For
there is blood on that saloon money-.he
hearts blood of insulted, undeseryedly
despised, neglected and heart broken
fathers, mothers wives and sisters. The
guardian angels of the poor detected or
phans have cursed that money. and the
bro kcn.down drunkard has breathei up
on it the hell fire OF his ewn despair
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