Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-29
MAINE PEDAGOGUES.
Their Annual Meeting Being
Held at Wa.srilIe.
A Large Number Of Our Teachers
Welcomed to the City.
LAT Evenings Prssszmms--ASlsess snd "a
pefs-areas ln.sssat shswa.

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rraaso91eai socsaty commenced BY meeting
in ths Institute baiIsling in this city Thurs
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Nae's' ne ai'u'ei W inc aa'en'ase' WHICH
,he wy mas ior suen "eeuhs,
oetns ue sea- u eh appo,n'eu, ,
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s'se Siy na", ie~s "uo nS I'M,
~ cnAi'ifeh " eu"0ase' ie eai'eu W MINI
s..- sie "oiA Niii'n "'pi oeeu ap'".u ~
1on socie'f III 'ie past anu ehsersu ~, oh uie
NotA ol the present siee.hs' ihe Pfo-
srrss IN the arts ana in'enuons as ven -
euu'a'ionai sys'em' we're no'ea' sna .ns
sehooi sys'ehs OF - years sso oonnPaiea
"i.n tno'e OF 'ooay,
Inc reaoins py Miss h~'ie ware Laash-
1on was omi.teo' as was '"p"''i'ie ior
this isoy 10 De present
non. ames T. baxter mayor oi roillAha'
followed WIN paper for'iahds E1psii-
ment IN MANUAL framing mayor DA'e'
said
IN sPssAing 70 YOU uoni1u. nPon 'ne w. w..
lec' oi "aiusi iis'"hns' o. ~ Nv ~ =.
Ger introduction to my subject than Ina'
well known spno.ish Oh Lo'a pacoh,
healon Is ''ie eui''faion "a a 'us. So a." ~
[ ismste famhhtnty oetwIxl tue ihinu anu
o'ioRs' Fe' 'i'huugn 1nss 80
words have viDra'ea upon 'le eais Vi gen
cfa,iohs ior tpree esn.ui'e.' - o",!
I eehlig thsi 'hey nav a'.fa1' "nf , ~
eraDie attehlon' "hst "an,e .p .n.
education OF tne ~hoie man 'i1 PIP. M
raining OF every ia1u'y "inSu
gwen nm Inns mas eertalusy ~. ~"
done IN 'he past athoush ouf puIA. h a,
TEN OF euueaiioh Is ,he "N'
| oeen rsai'Eeu upon me giooe' NJ,
II we 20 oacs 10 Tue .iii7
iveh We 'hall nha con'ilion " a""a s ~ ~
( at all favorable 10 'he euuoa1,on u sas
masses. fFery"nefs III n"sianr J
and crime pteVai'ea; men Nuo
tNe distinction OF oeioneins W ',.at ~
class the gentry; were ioIceu 70 ;.a .aAe ~ ~,
nigb"Ry Iot n'e'i"oou'
virgin sou IN Nhicn |" i"os va. pup.
school, and froFinehce, III 'ne iu'ne
time pr9Vie saeh soi' ior ~ ".N ny Ny
fmsn 10 careluiiy pl""' a'u nai ~. sa,a,.
uuPre Judlcsd mind can fess,n ''Ie ,ou'. 80 81
of New III gland as o'he. 'Aah i'eA "a
uiaI kaole "lsdon sha virtue
Since the ahardohmehe oi s.ilP'u'e - sa,
ing. the teaching IN the pno'ie '.oo' n''
been purely intellectual ,aSt. aas s" 80
TEN tends TO promote seinsHp
we'll be disapproyed. FOSTERS eAo,ust'e
ness, PRIDE OF opthion, NJ o. .'ai
ceneomitants OF seih-uness' auo wy ~
not wonder that SO many VINO hAVe lecei'e,
such an education, rnsh on III ri. .a~ vs.,
| "ishout e'ei - - hobind
how If fares with those oehihd' A. !,
Thoughtful men haSe ione zen l".
ficiency in purely inte iiec.uai .sJI,
snd IL has been argued WIN eohsi'4ei az
force, that mere iuts liee'uai uainins oAs.'
renders the student unhs 10 engage ~ p,a,
ticsl affairs. and snbject nun 70 'ne nu.' :.
iation of being outstr.pped NJ tne ou'ses i. -
his career by these whom ne ieearas ~ ~.
intellectual interiors IN ,s,. ms par;sw i,
the following from the oaturuay IN
of interest. The article Is heaus",
Curse of Education. Men u r
Ability who can Procure no oai'aoio i'n,
ployment" Ever since the enofn,ous en-
largement numerically OF the Eneh'u IN, ~
yersities there can De h.'ie uoH" ~
that the value OF gssfe. na
gone down commercially. inc ne ieAn.
professions are overcfo"a aeu' .s 80,
of this unhappy crowdiug OF 'ne na
ket with brain laborers Is nor iaf " 49, ~,
None of these people can uis 81
fathers did. They csnnos mase Snop ~.
or busmen or crossing sweePets' ~" "i"A =.
of them can only teach OF START. d,
,e,llv impossible to deny that certain ue
gree of intellectual educauon uhh,' ""'
10 work with his hands and earn ni' 'isa'
a. lsborer.
perhaps no man Of past gehe,a',.n W,
| ter realized this than froeoei' ANU "i.noos
bs was regarded as q dreamer, anu was ~ .,
iculed by those who had come W tes'." ~
school as mental treadmii' ye. nc p
vered and the kindergarten. WHICH Is Nv
40 fayorabiv regarded oy the oee.
| ,or. i. the one result; the otnef Is .ie ~.
,er, of manual training, of which the XII
aerysrten was the forerunner'
: ~, let us consider what manual trainin
:. ..Nntbiuc says a recent writer SUN
,lates and quickens the inteiiec. nuie a..
the use of mechanical tools. Az 'ie s..
threshold of practical mecna na ~. .,uder
for wisdom is engendersd' ana '.e -,
!. ;,resistably impelled to inNesasa'e "
,,vsteries of philosophy. mus ,ne ua'".s \.
, of the eve and the hand reacts upon ~, :.
h,.;r stimulating it into excursions IN
!: the realm of seientnc aiseo form,
nf facts to be applied in prscticA iot"s s,a
~ bench and the anvil. IL mas eee
~hrrdantly proven by experience ns. 90
,.hn have devoted one-half their ume 70 u
. rsa af tools in the manual department hs'
s;n,s;rsd u their position eredifsoiy wy
&c hoys who have devoted theif en'a
p time to lie .tady of books No human ialsns. :
~ has the right to waste time IN laienes
TIE men hose heads aud hands naVs Nv.
80, trained to auv useful employment !.
!" - anas Who are likely to be open 10 =
.i s'is ~ ;oausnce.. As the intellect 10 exc
,i. r.eS and trained by the use Of tools, ,.o 20
the moral nature. for the ere.'ise aa,h. ,aIuy Z,