Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-28
FOR PRESIDENT
The Ottumwa Man Elected Pres
ident Of State Teachers AS
sociation Today.
other Officers OF the orsaniza-
ton Selected---T teachers
Kept Busy.
Synopsis OF the Lecture by DR..
Hillis-.-Proceedings Of the
Meeting.
Synopsis OF the Lecture by DR..

Special to s-Rspublican.
Des Moines. Dec. %. Professor a. w.
Stuart, of Ottumwa, was formally
elected today president of the Iowa
State Teachers' Association. which
closed lis three days session this after
moon Other officers elected We're: Vice
pres idsnts--J. p Hughett, Cedar Rap
ids. II. u. Graft, Red Oak; E. c. Lilly
Independence.
secretary-w. r Barr Des Monas.
Member Of executive committseH ii.
| Il. Kratz, Sioux City.
Members Of educational council
President c. e. MacLean, iowa City;
"a. I. Hukill, Waterloo
Address were made by President
! George Il, MacIean. of the University
of Iowa. upsn .1owa Educational Greed
and Deed State superintendent Rich
ard q. BaireJt. President II. G. Hughes,
Tabor College on Iowa High
Schools President II H. Seerley, Ce-.
1 dal Falls. on Eiiauette Of the Profes-
/ SION. Mis-, Mary Rlood principal ofs
Ecoiunibia School of oratory C'hieago,
4 on Reading; President Council, Of
i the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
Eiege. 81 Normal. Ala on Negro Reiig-
lion and Character. No Apalogy.s
i special to Times Republican.
! Daa Moines Dee The teachers OF
IaIowa who are in attendance at the am
Inual convention have baen kept literal
4 ly on the jump from early morning until
Hate al night this week. The program
a for the association and its various de-
\ partments has, been longer than usual,
land is not yat done. To-Day officers will
+ be elected there Will be5the annual adj
a dress of the state superintendent. IN ad-
s dress by President MacLeanof the State
IYn;versity. and an address by President
I Council Of the Agricultural and Me
q lcnanical College at Normal, Ala.
Yesterday the general asseciationheld
= meeting in the forenoon which was
t Interesting but not particularly excit-
Z ling, and in the afternoon the sections
= held meetings. discussed papers art
r named officers In the evening there wa
g "a rare literary treat in the lecture ps
8 Newell Dwight Hills. of Brooklyn. n
q Y. on THE Quest for Happiness II is
$ Ia new lecture by DR.. Hills, and It Ssas
L
!, ,jalilwho attended The music by ths
Simpson College .glee club was also Yer,
fine. After the lecture there Were re
unions of college students at variou!
places.
The meeting of the general association
was addressed by a number who pre-
, sSntsd fine papers. Among the best q
these wasa paper by Superintendent ID
NJ Kelley. Of Cedar Falls, on Som'
Moral Questions for the School, anC
!: this vas regarded by many as the fines
I, paper read. he said that the publ
school aitna at the highest development
of all the faculties of the human5nird
= in fact to educate the masses of tn
6 people in all things that pertain TO thei
s happiness and prosperity. Education
q like religion or art. has ts IDEAL. an
+ fl8education $ ideal is the full and har
4 I.lnonious development of the mental
moral and physical man. The system o
today, however, he said, seems 10 con
slider of greatest Importance the mAnta
education of the children committed I
her care leaving the great part of tn
moral education to the guidance q
Al chance. This is not so much a fault {
y the system as ii is a fault of societ
+ and the times II believe" he contin
y ued. that the sum total of morality /
$. school. as in life, is involved in the iques
y tion Of properly directed Industry. Moi
alitS consists of action. not apathy; Z
le movement. not stagnatior; of life, ne
Is death. He whose heart meltsat the or
d Of the hungry and vet Who gives not {
e his substance 70 alleviate their rniser
e. ;s q sicliiy ssntiinentaiist He who he
h dreams of splendid growth; ne whofee
e.lswlthin himself those heart swelling
< that tell of better and grander possibil
T. Ties within his lie and vet makes no e
fort toward realization is butthe sl.ado
of a man. He who praa che, Industry ar
lthen calmly folds his mental pirlior
I5wth d sigh of contentment and an eli
- larged sense cf duty done. has but
small conception of the magnitude
g human life and merits the obserri,
te into which he intimately sinks. Z
: not mean 10 say by this that the publ
le school teacher is NOT Industrious. | 4
81 not near 10 say. either. that habits
A- industry are not cultivated in OF
IN schools I believe that our con,mc
I'd schools have kept abreast of the zine
= believe that OUR common schools ha,
+ grown better with the growth Of Il
country. have grown stronger with i
sirergth, wiser With ita wisdom. broa,
ce er with its breadth. / believe that o,
ne common schools have kept pace wi,
Is our commerce, With ouI finances wi,
ld our civilization. and have been gre
ut dominating factors in its maryelol
n growth and prosperity. The eyes
II. English statesmen are directed towal
,d the new world as never before and tn,
~ see in ita aggressive prosperity me-
ace to English supremacy in the mar
OF trade. The wisest of them see al
attribute the success of American ente
e. prise TO the schools of America, to Il
in spirit and energy that dominate the,
gel To the industry and pluck that perinea
re them. Not the schools of England. n
rk the schools of Germany. moi the schoe
Is. of Sweden or France are to DONNA
ut the thought of the new centuries; b
the schools of America, our Americ
under American teachers. who shall
guided by the spirit of Cody indust
an and sustained by the divine hope of
at grander future. These are the scilot
of OF the near future that shall aid
rs teaching those lessons of morality tn
~, make this world better place for m
e ocenny and where preparation
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