Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-07-17
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cliffe "the Morning Star of the Re.
formation" and Luther, the brilli.
ance of its MONDAY sun, dssipated
the gloom of superstition which had
checked the best endeavors of the era,
the stage OF independent thought was
reached again and the school became
a spiritual necessity.
With us the common school had its
inception when freedom in her
westward flight first reached our
eastern shores.
The pilgrim fathers strong in the
faith of their democratic natures
ca rly heed it TO be the duty of the
state to train its children. To them
the cherished influence Of the free
school afforded a blessing alone sur
passed by the sacred form Of their
daily worship. And there in the
depths of the virgin forest amidst the
haunts of the wild beast and relent-
less savage, they implanted the germ
of American independence, the prim-
tive school of the wilderness.
In those pioneer schools the patriot
fathers imbibed that sturdy sense of
Justice which scorned submission to a
tyrant foe.
In those cradles of early liberty
they acquired that fearless self reli-
ance which sustained them in the
hour of their cOuntry's need.
The earnest founders of the Re-
public holding an intelligent COM
monalty vital to the preservation of
self government, recognized the pa
tient virtues of the public schools,
and accorded it a rightful place in the
body polite. A position which it
has retained throughout the passing
years as the dominating force in
American policy.
Since then the history of the COM
mon school has been the history of
the country. As the nation has
grown, the school has expanned. AS
the people have advanced, the school
has led the way melting them toward
greater human progress.
An institution which has cJme
down to us through years of deep
priyation, the school has won the af-
fections of the great-has claimed for
its own the reverence of the masses.
Throughout the crucial test of
years, IN time of peace, in time of
peril, it has never lost its ranking
prestige among the most important
CT public affairs.
AN object of solicitude, nurtured in |
adversely, the welfare of the commor
school has been carefully fostered in |
the most critical hours Of the nations |
life.
Throughout the ordeals of foreign ]
way, in the throes of insurrection.
Even in the darkest days of that
great fratricidal strife when the sue,
cesses of a misguided cause threat
ened the dismemberment of the
union, the Importance of the public
school was not forgotten, and con-
gress trusting to the vindication of
the right made provision for the fu-
ture.
Much as the common school has
done for the American life and asso-
citation in the past, with better con-
ceptlon of its relation to the individ-
ual, we expect of the school of the fu-
ture, still higher, even more ideal, re
suits.
Face to face with the school of the
future stand the social and economic
problems of the day, and with wider
and more perfect, organization, we
hope for a successful solution.
With better methods and stronger
facilities it is hoped to throw around
the youth of our land such environ ;
ments as will enable the school to ex-
ercise as its most distinctive function
the building of character.
1t contemplates supplying such
as will evolve true and
moral stan1ard-as will bring forth
superior type of man.
The arbitor of our country's future,
its province is wide, it involves the
destiny of America.
And worthy for its righteous labors,
let us trust success may crown its
every effort until from north to south,
from east to west, the re-echoed wish
Of every heart shall be one country,
one people, one flag-until that flag !
whose stars have led the grand, tri- =
umphant, march of civilization shall Z
float oyer a people raised to the fullest !
of their possibilities, for !
then, and then alone will the ultimate /
purpose of the public shcool have been s
attained. /
From a Washington Man