The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-03

seems to prevail that the schools are
not phiianthropic institutions, Tut rath-
ef necessary business investm ants, is
having a good effect l am pleased to
know that the children in our schools
are so fortunate as to have escaped
the frauds perpetrated by a certain
class OF professors who herald the
coming of the millennium in the an
nounced discovery of the royal road.
1 am informed that the boys and girls
are taught in these schools to work for
what they get; that the patent medi-
cine idea OF curing every disease with
one remedy is not approved; that the
only way to get to the top is to climb
Just as all of us old fellows had to
years ago. am glad to learn that the
children of this city are taught to read,
write, spell and cipher This IS bls1-
ness. These rudiments well taught and
backed up with law and order are
what we are after. We want the child
rem taught to work for themselves.
We send them to school to learn to be-
have as Well as to learn to read ana
write. There may be a way of avoid
ing work, but / never found It,. l
don't believe in it anyway. The not
house flower is not half as hardy as me
struggling plant on the prairie. Rlght
here want to say a word to the teach
ers, and in doing SO they must not
be disappointed if what | say is not
shower. of bouquets. The trustees
have already by their vote expressed
their confidence in the fidelity, ability
and success of the teachers of this city.
We have approved of your efforts and
accepted the results of your work IN
the schools the past year. We did this
in the belief that you are progressive;
that you are improving yourselves in
professional way: that you are not
satisfied with present attachments;
that you realize that the teacher of the
future must be specialist. The schools
of this city must become more efficient
as they grow larger There is not even
now room for a single teacher who IS
not willing to assist in every way to
make the schools just as good os ed
ucation, skill and high purposes can
make them.
The time has come in the history of
this city when every teacher must
stand upon his merits The public
schools are not eleemosynary institu-
tons They belong neither to politics
nor to the churches. The teachers of
these schools We're elected as experts
in imparting knowledge, and we ex-
pect results accordingly. The trustees
are satisfied with the past. but will not
by any means be satisfied with the
same results in the future The leach
ers who remain in the schools of this
city must look to their self-improve-
ment. If you are progressive and
awake to the responsibilities and i'm
portance of your positions we want
you; if you are self-satisfied and eX-
pect to get along without working to
instruct and improve yourself, for one
I am ready to allow You to gracefully
retire. I speak for the trustees when
I say we are going to put just as much
common sense in this public trust as
we try to get into our business
affairs. We want value received
from those in our employ When
we employ man we want his
time and his best efforts. If we give
an employe work to do and pay him
therefor, we want him to put his brains
into his duties and attend to his bust
ness. This same rule holds good with
persons in the employ of the public.
No teacher should accept position
without the determination to give full
value received. The trustees of this
district have a great responsibility
resting upon them: There are many
questions of public and private inter-
est presented to: them from time to
| time. Teachers, you have been elected
by this board and Should at all times
stand ready and willing to assist its
members, by observing strictly the
rules and regulations governing the
schools. BY doing this you will mate
| rally tighten it's many responsible
tiles a-a
You have been elected for certain
| duties and in due time the superintend-
| ent will again assign you to them. You
are to teach the schools; they are not
| for you but you are for them. We ex-
| pect all of your time, ready compliance
with authority and your very best OF
| efforts. In speaking thus plainly I am
| following out one of the rules of my
business life. that is to say in plain
| terms what I think. This is purely
business affair, and I know you will
not mistake me and treat it as such.
And now word to the members OF
this class, presented by the superin-
| tendent for the honors of graduation
from the city High school. Young
ladies and gentlemen, I wish to con-
graduate you. This is an event OF
great moment in your lives You are
about to leave the public schools, some
to go into higher schools, while others
will enter the different callings, trades
and occupations. During your schoo
life you have been at home and di-
| rected by it's influences. You have beer
school girls and boys. To-day yor
change the trend of your ambition.
believe the years of training in these
schools have been of great value u
you At any rate you are now in pos.
session of the rudiments with which
to build a career / cant tell you wha
to do nor how to do it in order to sue
coed. Everything almost rests witt
you. But if my advice is worth con
sidering and l speak from experience
I would not wait for opportunities, bu
go to them. I would consider any hon
orable occupation desirable and not be
meath me. ] would do my best q
whatever I attempted to do and
would be proud to work for living i
need be-
In presenting these diplomas, I wisl
to express the wish that you will homo
the school as it's graduates by beini
good citizens and that you will thu
prove to the world that your education
is worth what it cost your parents an
the city of Butte.
The diplomas were then presented b,
the president, who shook each recip
tents hand and spoke word of en-
coura cement to the young, but exceed
ingly proud, graduates.
After this ceremony, which was at
tended by applause accorded the youn
graduates by their many friends, a.
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