Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-12


feeding and clothing more families, be-
sides housing them and their cattle,
than The fruit treee. 1t IL almost legal
tender as cordwOod.
SOME TREES or OREGON.
How many Of you children know
what a confer Is? 1t is cone-bearing
tree. You all know what pine cone
Is, or fir cone. There are thirty
FIVE species Of conifers in Oregon
that are not known In the Eastern
states or on ony other continent. ore
gon is said to have the most remarkable
tree 10 the world. IL was discovered
lu 1923 by David Douglass, a Scotch
botanist, who named 1t Pseudotsuga
l,ouglassi. II is commonly called
Douglass nr, or spruce and Oregon pine,
and It covers q larger area than any
other tree on the continent. The wool
of this tree isin demand among bridge
builders and shipbullders all oyer the
whole world. It grows 30 tall that IT
makes the whole masts Of the largest
,hlps. Oregon has n tree that makes
the best shingles in the world-the
white cedar.
The speaker emphasized the study
of nature for children as the best
guarantee Of social purity for their
,fteT lives. The cbild's mind was not
blauk but spark of the diyine power
that created the universe. The effect
4 education was to unfold II and de-
.elop it into perfect harmony with uni
sersal law. If the mind Of the child
was filled with things essentially pure
aud good, with Ideals OF teauty from
oature and with noble ideals from
lives Of the heroes OF all ages, there
would be :llttle room in those younf
growing beings to pick up and asoiml-
late Vice, vulgarity profanity, depraYitJ
new 40 common. "Bhow me great
naturalist and will show you mau
of clean life, nobility of soul and purity
Of character. Show me a man o
woman with an innate or acquired
love for trees, flowers, animals and ma
lure In general, from the stars u
heaven to the creeping worm, aud
will show you nine times out Of ten,
good citizen and an almost perfect life
Children should not be raised withou
animals, not mere pets, but for com
panlonship and usefulness. Childre
should not be raised without sympa
thetic knowledge Of the growing an
living world of which they are part
The child should be taught to SOW
plant and reap. It's mind should b
nlled with the beauties and truths
Gods universe, and not be let grow u
In an artificial way, merely equippe
with a little book knowledge or smar
. sayings of the street, and In the en-
s..-ha- -s.-..' .. ssI.yVs. % oJ'an'uvangeus
"Our system OF education Is niue
TO blame for social impurity. A poorl
. paid teacher IL expected To cram th
minds Of 80 or 60 children with half
Z dozen studies from text books. Th
irst years are spent by the little one
! setting on hard seats six hours Of ia
day with their legs dangling aud f.,
unable a. touch tho hlor, Al rece'
they get straightened up and romp
few minutes, when they could just "a
4. we'll be educated while their bodies al
. In action, or at least resting naturally
E How few Of them escape with soun
body, to say nothing Of "A sound minC
Yet there Ia something imperishabl
divine aud indestruolible Ia childhood
or the race had long since perished.
"Do not blame tIe teachers II you
children are not what they should b'
The teachers deserve your sympathy
"How much nobler system of edu
cation would We not have could
teacher take u dozen 0r twenty chi
dren, study with them, read with then
work with them, take them out IN "a
fields aud learn the facts ~ plant life
animal life, the whole correlation d
nature, catch the sweet inspiration
OF 0od's wonderful work, theu yo
would lay the foundation Of a pure snl
wholesome after llfe Now the tsaehe
comes IA contact With only the intellse
of the child, aud that not fully, ~
result 10 An imperfect, uudslopsd bog
or gifl at hsst,
Love Of nature, love of All thing
created, oau alone heoAns tha munda
I al..a ~ au auauFlua aNt..fI.u A
mosl lhs last words utierea BY FrleheI
the ninelssnth oanlufy's greatest edu
oatlonAl refaFmsf, seel 4 loyri lssrs
men, oblldfen, 0od, vyeIythlugf A
"a American, ! would cay, tho boy .
J sir sho adopts ~ lifs motto, 4 10y
mature, ! lows humanity, | toys ou
haE, ! love hone, and l lpYo lind MI
ETUN tp a. nnhip man uf Nunlan,H