Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-07

selection by the Ahnahi Quartet. followed
by a reading by Miss f1nrcnc" T.. Cobb
of Gardiner. Both numbers were 50 pleas
ing that they were cncored.
The speaker of The evening WAS DIR. w.
II. Jordan. director Of the New York AS-
ricultural Experiment station 1t Gcn"v'.
y. V DIR. Jordan spoke on 'Thc Mex:
Step il Providing Education for the
/ Farmer" \ brief abstract follows:
This i a convention of dairymen. IN
primary object Of Your meeting together
is for the discussion of those facts ami
conditions which :sTe important {" your
special line ~ business Eui this is alsn
an asscmbIaGc OF husbands and fathers
, and citizens. who have. or should have.
great concern abuut the intellectual ani
social status of our rural people. Nuu
will do well If N"h go back l" your homes
with clearer views Of agricultural prdT-
ticc. hut yUu will do better if YOU carry
with You at the same time a hroadcucti
understanding ANA IN inspired purpose
concerning the manward side of the
farm.
IN may be accepted ~ a truism that
W. mtiSt sirSf produce = better man ~
order 20 produce q better farmer, and
that Il Our fields ana diaries are to SHOW
evidences az more intelligent methods We
must begin hv cuitiNHtinG their owners
Man is the first object Of considerable"
and The farm is t" serve him ana NOT ne
the farm. II is for such reasons as thcSe
that NJ arc intensely interested in the
problem Of education.
II shall present two propositions. tn"
first. certainly not lrw. is that pIhllc ct
UcatIrn SNuuid take account not only of
what - man is but Of what man is To
do. IN" schupth"USr should hr {" me
farmer not only refinement hut uiii-
itE. II should furnish fundamental nn"wi-
edge "f q special Kind. The Experiment.
station ;tud tho ,arIticrs' institute bureau
ar, brucic"nt Institutions. hat they are
nt limited value to Those members of our
rural communities VIII" have SO little
know l.d.f. of tirSt principles rs To be I'M
ahlr ID rc;,d ana listen with an Intelligent
ari.r"ti;ttiuu 81 tie facts rs presented III
bulletins anal from the platforms.
IN Hen Wr com" t. CpnSInrr thc special
means for agricultural "dNcatt"n. Eour
miuGs will d"uhtt"sS ut once urn e. th''
agricultural department ~ YOUR stat
college. on naturally lNpull'. iiaNc W.
not provided this collcg" as 4 piac" v here
the future farmers of Maine may y" xiv ~
II" special training which III" times dc
better than that Ills institution shan ht
crnwdrd with th"S" who seek T." study
science in its relation +" agriculture
''rrrsid"It Harris ~ruld hc ~ his wits
rud. however. If All tho young men IN
Maine VIII" are ready 10 begin work On
thr farm. should Z" up "a him next fali.
and ask for instr fCiinu. His class rnolne.
lis teachers and his resources would be
utterly INADEQUATE Their" are about "l."Ai
farms IN Your state. In order 1" llar" q
rnlicg" graduate on each OH u Would IT,.
necessary for YoIr state college 70 send
oft lWM for tn" next 80 NC3iS-a fcSul |
too Improbable To be seriously mentioned.
We are tod than tncrr are no text books
for use I'M teaching rural science ana thai
these are essential. When The CONNER
cial opportunity for such books arrives
they win be forthcoming.
II greatly fear that the antiScptlc
mnr.ti energy al the country may some
time bc fully needed for the puriicati"l
of it's own rotten places. If SlCh IS mol
he ease NOW. Thcr" are those who al
ready openly declare that tn" farmer Is
no longer chosen instrument for thc
saving OF the nation but mdntf"StS ms
fun share of The faults and weaknesses
that are our common menace.
'-I.rt rs Hook Il it'll" moro closely ANA
suits are not found in the ranks of agri-
culture. 70 me- this spirit is manifested
tin the Unwise economy and intense thrift
mess which .dWarfs tn" best life of 50
many farInhouSes. whore adornmeut.
good reading and hcalthful recreation are
claSSrd as TanttlcS. Wncrc the farm Goml-
mates the farmer.
I'm our anxiety to free our skirts from
even a faint of til" union of church and
state. have We not passed To- 4 dangerous
icXtrcmc in excluding all consideration oi
moral relations from our public schools =.
All teachings should h" directed toward
| the cultivation of high thought and pur-
pose Let us also beware lest The secular
spirit surge upon the school and withcI
! the fresh foliage of our ciyiliza ton. En-
crSon one" said: Tn every age of tn,
world there has been a leading nation.
! II 1t comes to pass that this nation is to
enter into the honor Of this leadership.
! il behoovcS MS /" lay broad and deep the
| solid foundations of truth and noble
ideals upon which shah be built the even
cnlargng structure of a 10Th century civi-
/ liza ZION.
The evening session closed with another
Continued on page Co.