Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-21
AND SPIRIT.
A Lecture on Scientific Tenn
Aerance instruction,
BY Mss Eli.sbe h Upham Yates Of
= Round Pond.
An Able and Interesting Talk by Talented
Lady. Last Evening.

No little interest centered i'm the ad-
dress last evening by Miss Elizabeth
upham Yates, who justly enjoys the
distinction of being one of the strong
est and most attractive public speakers
in the country. She has lectured with
marked success in a number of states
or the Union. Best of all she is a ma
I'VE Maine, although the old Bay
state may justly claim an interest in
her, inasmuch as she is a lineal de-
sceiFdant of Miles Standish and John
Alden. She is a graduate of the Bos-
ton School of Expression and pursued
a special course at Radcliffe College
For some time she was a pupil of Mrs.
Cowell LIE Moyne, tIhe famous reader
and Browning interpreter. Miss Yates
spent Byeral years in China as a mis-
sionaN,land has given charming and
graphic description o. oriental life in
her book, "Gt.mpses into Chinese
Homes
She is national lecturer of the
Womans Christian Temperance Union.
and of the National American Suffrage
Association. She is an untiring worker
and brings to the various subjects she
discusses contagious enthusiasm and
tae fruits of ripe scholarship.
In opening her address Miss Yates
referred briefly ITO the subject nf school
savings banks which. she said, had
been Al Important adjunct to the edu-
eationOssyst of several European
nations. France leads the world in it's
successful operation. In 23.375 schools,
47S,lI3 pupils have deposits aggregating
126S3,312 francs. The system was first
introduced into this country by a
Frenchmam. Mr.. Thirty. of Long Island
City. New York. In 1885 1T was adopted
in the schools under his supervision,
and from that beginning il is operating
in $50 schools in nine states, and There
has been $3.50. 319.5S deposited by the
pupils. The details of the system ar
simple and do not require more than Il
minutes a week of the TEACHERS time.
Al roll-call on Monday mornings, each
pupil, when he or she responds, goes 10
the desk and deposits whatever amount
each one has, from one cent upward.
This is credited on the school book, and
also on the deposit card which each
pupil holds for receipt. When child
has deposited one dollar ne receives a
hank book on his own account. Small
er amounts are deposited by the teach
ers. collectively.
This movement is commencing itself
With increasing favor among educators
and philapthropists The United States
commissioner of education, Hon. VIM.
Harris. mas recommended it in a recent
report. and our State superintendent Of
public eiduca ton, Hon. w. w. Stetson,
endorses it.
From the standpOints of finance and
ethics it is alike worthy of considera-
ton and SUPPORT. The lack of thrift
among the best Raid working men in
the world is a Conspicuous character
istic of our civilization, and such i'm
providence breeds social parasites
The misery CT the submerged tenth
is often due more to lack of habits Of
economy than to untoward circum-
stances.
The ethical side is also of grave mo-
cnent. The tap-root of many juvenile
vices is lnis-spent pennies. The cigar
cite habit and beer indulgence are
products of this evil. Injurious sweet
meats, chewing gum. impure litera-
ture. and other evils may be traced tc
the wasteful habits it is the object OF
this system to correct. Candy ano
Tobacco STORES are oLlel ioealSo No.
sclloolhouses on purpose to solicit tbs
patronage Of the scholars which Is D!
no means inconsiderable; and hhus en-
deavors along many lines are rendered
futile because the worthy measure o.
school savings banks mas not been IN
1lDduced.
AT the Paris Exposition, to be held a
the opening of the new century, larst
space VIII be devoted to the educatioh
al exhibits of every nation. 1t IS pro
posed to have the school savings DaHk'
IF the United States represented IN Z
statistical table. Let US see TO 1T ina
Maine has a creiiitabie place IN the as
play, and the children of our State aus
incentive t. industry and economy.
Miss Yates called upon Miss snow
who spoke bLahy and interestingly o
the operation Of Glis system in tA'
Bangor schools.
In discussing the subject of Sclehtli'
Temperance Instruction, MISS 1ate'
ooaned with an eloquent reference u
the work which is being acconlpHshe'
in our modern life by scientific III
tigation-and the opposition una
, had attended every step Of IT'S progress
Continuing she declared that ANNA al
the evoluliGnS of scientlhc FiouS u
there is no branch where greater opp
sition has been met and greater ao
vance made than in chemistry ant
physics. For many centuries the gre
majority Of scholars conslaeleu
futile no seek in nature reVeidu'oi'
its nsystelies and chemistry WaS 'o',
sfdered one of the seven oeNiii7
arts" 1t was Roger Bacon VINO turn
ing AWAY from scholastic methoa
the Middle Ages-discussion ana arg u
ment resting upon accepted autho'l''
and custom-entered the new heiu .
experimental science. He uia iot
cape the condemnation OF Wio9e
authority. but his works liveu ails
him. Champions of she same III III
arose from time to time in succeeu'n'
centuries''-only TO encounter III
turn bitter and strenuous opposi.io.
Furnaces and apparatus hecess-
for chemical processes We're NJ
dicted by royal decree both an fia'it
and England. BUT against these eu,.
brave thin gers persd Fered and usn nsns
in the chemical SCI ence OF tale M. -,
teanua century. froii -.