The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-04
TEACH THE BOYS
THE ARTS OF PEACE


And Let Them Understand, Said DR..
Schaeffer to the Carbondale Teach
ers Yesterday, That in the Temple
of Fame the Great Orator Has the
Same Place as the Great General
or Admiral-The Second Day of the
Institute.
Teach your boys the arts of peace
and remember that it is more import
ant that they should know OF them
than of the arts of war" said Dr.
Schneffer. state superintendent of in-
struction in his talk on Three Great
0rations'' before the teachers at the
city institute yesterday.
Teach them, also" he continued.
chat in the temple of fame the great
orator will have as prominent Il place
as the great general or the great ad-
miral.'
Dr. Schacller's remarks We're in
spired by what he said was the trend
of newspapers and of history for the
past decade to direct attention to the
epaulette. BY this the scholar gave too
much attention to the man OF war and
Mas lost to the appreciation of the III
tluence of force of the orator, the great
speaker. whose Gift ana whose power
could sway and even change the peo-
pies OF u nation.
TO show what Il factor was the man
who had the divine gift of speech Dr.
Schacifer. held up the three great ora
tonS that his subject comDrchendcd.
These We're John G. Calhoun'S senate
speech of March 1, WcbSter'S Of March
T. and William II. Stewards four days
later The effect of Calhoun's was TO
mould one section of the country in
less than ten years. This was surely
a mark of greatness.
Webster's speech on March had the
greatest immediate effect and the per-
Grafton of his reply to Hayne was the
most lasting in its effect for it passed
into every school reader and did more
than anything else to impress on the
mind of the child the indisSolubilty
of the union of states. His speech in
the senate had an immediate effect in
turning every national election into the
direction which Webster sought. But
III both cases what these men said act
ed against themselves and prevented
their reaching the presidential chair:
their very utterances lost to them
every chance of becoming president
Why Henry Clay's greatest speech was
lacking in all the greatness of the 9TH
cr three was that there was wanting
the chance to express great truth
The other elements We're there, Il great
audience, the country WAS ngitnting
n
with did not have the force of Il great
truth.
DR.. Schaetier also spoke interestingly
of the characteristics of these three
great speakers, telling of Webster ap-
pearng as il Il halo surrounded his
head. like the circle of light about the
heads of saints in medieaval pictures
Prof Albert followed with Il discus
sion Of school discipline. The success
of teaGher was judged by the mat
iorty of people--thinking and un-
thinking-by the order she kent in the
school room. But he did not belev"
in the kind of discipline that gives such
quiet in II room that would allow the
ticking Of the clock to be heard every
moment. This meant the supprcssing
of natural activities of the child. The
first six years of the child'S life when
he runs hither ana ththcr and yun,
as his instinct led him, should be AL
lowed To continue reasonable bounds
If he would grow upward and onward,
Professor Albert counseed the teach
ers not to chastsc child in the heat
of anger or excitement, as this might
leave II wound that would never heal.
Finally he urged the teachers 10 be
more sympathetic, to visit with their
pupils find out how this one is nro-
crossing With the lesson that Is the
most difficult, learn more Of anothel's
home life, ana the like. The results
would follow in the response of tho
child and that teacher would always
be held in loving remembrance by her
scholars.
School Discipline,
Prof. Apgar closed The morning srs-
sion With AN interesting instruction in
The study of trees, taking their leaves
as the first lesson. lie showed how
much interest ana benefit would re-
suit by substituting the dny reritl-
tlons With a discussion Of the various
leaves gathered by the scholars, them
selves. They would he greatly benc-
fitted by these insights into nature.
The Afternoon Session.
After the usual singing exercises,
led by Mr. Hutchins with Miss Kill
patrick at the piano, DR.. Schaeffer,
much to the regret of the teachers, APP
peared for the last time. His subject
was Grades of Thinking aud Think
ing in Grades
: Dr.. Schaeffer sought 10 impress on