Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-08

uNpred bv Gov. Sc0ticld ON behalf af
the commonwealth. j, o. Emery su-
leriutendent OF public Instruction OF
lne state. Mayor w. G. Rauscheu0er-
Aer tor the civ; and "A. o, II. S.etert,
OF the public schools
OF Milwaukee. Responses were made
wv A, e. Winship. pr, sident of the
American institute of instruction 81
Hoston, J. /. HcIlowrN. sunerintenl-
cit vi the publ,c schools OF Fort
Smith. Ark. Aaron Cove. superin-
tcn,lent of the public schools of ben
yer, and Albert &. Lane, superinteud-
emf of the schools of Chicago presi-
DEM Charles Il skinner superintcu 4
emf of public instruction of the state
Of New York, Then delivered an add
dress ON The Rest EGucatiun for the
Masses,
MIR Skinner said in part. To-day
as n nation we svend s. 90 600 GOO ul,nn
our free common schools Today the
rrintinn presses furnish every wear ON
nm average two weekly newspapers
AND n minted book for each family in
nur land and a daily newsnaper for
every two families The free common
scbonls ore onnu TODAY oll oyer our
hrcad land colleges and universities
bipb schoo, and academies and schools
fo,, professional and technical training
offer their privileges to all who seek
them Two glorious centuries of edu-
Cational growth. unmatched in the
history of the world! What wondrouS
changes, What stupendous strides,
The United States today. the youngest
o. all, is the only great nation of the
world which eXpends more for educa-
ton than for war. France spends an
nually 81 per >,,pita on her army and
20 cents per capita on education; Eng
land, SO ~ for army and 81 cents for
education; Prussia, 81. "a for her army
and SO cents for education; Italy, $l,52
for her army and SO cents for educa-
ton; Austria, 81 SO for her army and
81 cents for education; Russia ~ Oh
W. Nv - ~ 80 40
wy N'i'.' -
~ s,, - =, g.,
''''', ~, W.
W." ,.,i, r,'' 1,.,t.sS $780, a,,,,,a,
=, ~ ,,I.. ,,.i,,,;,'.,
- ~
PHILOSOPHERS ana statesmen nave
ever recognized Tue 'rulh 'ha' "il'NeF~
Sal edNca'lol Is inc lbsls VI true III"
tlol;tl prosperity ana Iedl greatness
NO halloh VIII ever fttilZe lls l'lIl
possipliities "hiCh dpeS hol puiu upon.
the eaucalloh Oh the people upon Ihe
enlightenment OF the masses. Every
&C hSidef&tloh oi PnblIc Saie'S pp'N'S
to the wisdom Oh e'nahclpatlhS inc
pc re from the slavery oi ibhoraHc'.
N fepuDllC like ours cur pan Oh
'"lcatloh must not pc IKE that oi
't',ne' n'' ~, y ~ - ,"'' '', w.
''''''"' -" ~ NO. GIN '''u'' '''', " Wv
,o'''''io'' P''i',o' ", p''''" p''i''' 60
LIN 'ii' i'''N W e''''
Whether agreeable or not, we
must recognize the fact that II is the
children of the plain Loople, in city
and country, who are crowding our
school rooms today. and these will al
ways be il the majority. The children
Of the masses and not Of the classes
will rule us. If we do not properly
educate the masses, We will more and
more be dominated by a government of
the ignorant If we would be ruled
by Intelligence, wisdom, reason and
jus tice our first concern is to educate
If we would live under good laws we
must have good men to make our
laws. II we "ouiu nave socie'y pure
W. iiius' o'e'oo,i'e wy te'a"eney '""ar"
VICE ny 'iu upiiie'"e ii''iuei,'e u eu-
Ucatioh, WHAT .he n.eh anu women
y. 'ne iu'u'e WIN oe uepehus upon lne
fihl Vi 'ou'a''oi We give oui chiiureh
no"
Recognizing the iact that the great
il"JorI's iiiasSeS vi oui cie'Iehs
re eoucateu III 'ne common SCHOOLS
'hIs pest cuucatioh 'nust always iur-
hish thorousii preparation lor ihtei-
ilseht citiAehShlp anu Clearly outIlhe
the privileges anu ODliSdllJnS W0lCH IL