The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-31

The s7th annual session Of the Rhode |
Island institute of Instruction opened IN !
Infantry han this morning with great !
audience which filed every part OF the
hall
Previous To the opening Of the formal
exercises Of the morning an organ re-
cital was rendered by MIR Charles J..
Kenyon after which quartet composed
of Mr. Emory r. Russell Mr. Walter
Vowne Miss Grace baker, and Miss f'iN-
aheIh Northup. sang sacred song
The devotional exercises were conduct
cd hv Rey Forrest r. Emerson and con-
sisted Of scripture reading and prayer.
Following the devotions another sacred
selection was sung 10y the quartet a''tr
which Mir Lewis II. Meader the pres'-
den of the institute delivered an elo-
quent address
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
After a few words OF welcome To the
assembled teachers Mr.. Meader sald
that the century Just closed might he
Justly termed the era OF the reNiNal am
dissemination OF learning for. not only
has true learning advanced and the pest
literature Of AL the ages been placer
within the reach OF the humbest citizen
but she has called the forces OF nature
10 her aid until the distance Is almost an
initiated ..,,..
Continuing Mr.. Meader said: Inc
American school system Is the creature
~ the state. called into being. supported
and regulated by the state II govern
rnents derive their just powers from the
consent Of the goNerned, then h 1t the
mart of wisdom as well as duty OF tht
state 90 educate the governed 10 Inc ehh
that its own lile may be preserved ahu
the greatest interests Of society ne "o-
vanoed.
products not 10 say the greatest product
OF the t9th century
prom It's small beginnings IN ~"
England. Il has grown and developed WIN
the growth OF our nation until the ohe
* the glory Of the other
Nor has this institution been "llnouN
ts- rr,ftarc Hfrtuugtr- etieH-is In
its infancy To this. In no small degree
has been due our development IN indus-
triex commerce aud worthy citizenship
along conservative lines.
AT MANILA AND SAN JUAN
.It was heard from A. Manila ana san
Juan Hli The minute man behlnd lhe
sn, WAS tynIeal of the man behind The
nlox, the anvil the forge ana these, ~
,he aggregate have caused our nation
IN become one Of the leading world pow
err. -,
..rbe great need Of our nation today
Is not IL seems 10 u.s. TERRITORIAL eN.
mansion: We have enough. MOI malerlai
resources. we can feed and clothe ihe
world. Not legsia ton; our statute
books are filled To repietlon.
Eve need To dig down To- the root ot
the matter We need 10 make pure and
clean the springs from which our civic
life draws nourishment
~if these things are So: II the needs are
a. We believe they are. then shall We
not cod helping us. quietly. earnestly
each in his own sphere, 90 to ms haliE
duties with the firm conviction that IN the
words OF Lincoln our nation shall. under
,;od have new birth OF freedom To the
end that government for the people ana
hv the people snail not perish from the
EARTH"
PRINCIPAL CsIAPlN SPEAKS.
Al the close of his address MIR Meader
inrrozfTTrpT Principal tii4s4+l---S-lls-.4A4l
priacipal OF the Rhode Island Normal
school who delivered stirring ana eN-
trcmelv eloquent address on school Dis
cipline and Character Building
'.It Is the merest platltude of modern
pedagogy' said the speaker mat the
supreme end " education Is moral char
acter Three hundred years AK" "hen
nopnlations were scanty and sparse and
,-omcnius stated this doctrine in "a form
that has never been bettered and Pesia-
lozzi. Froebel aud Hubert repeated it
civic virtue aud social health depend
iipon the sanity and soundness OF the sum
total ~ our thinking and nn the righi-
eousness of onr combined acting.
'.Not even the Fourth ~ July oratos
dnres maintain any longer that merely
intellectual education saves man or ma
tion.
Now s. virtuous intention alone The
whole ~ morality Ruskin states only
half truth when he SAYS Education Is
not teaching people To- know hut .o be-
have az they DO not behave.
ION the contrary. virtue consists iu The
combination of the clear head and the
right heart: in an Intelligent apprecia
tion OF ones duties inspired by au honest
purpose 10 DO fhc'n and both these eie'
nents must appear iu well ordered
scheme OF public education.
lust here the speaker said that the his
tory of education revealed two diNcrgen
THEORIES of the duty OF schools These Do
characterized as psy ychologicai and social
oeical aud after enlarging upon NJ
meaning and significance of each. he add
81 = third theory viz That practically
the time has come when tho preservation
of the moral integrity ~ The American
people r. laid. IS ts greatest burden an'
as iis grea test privilege. upon The con
science and hearts Of The teachers ~ th
public schools
IAWLEssNEss or YOUTH.
Continuing. the SPEAKER touched upol
ansthcr side Of his theme which calic'
forth the unqualified approval Of his au
diencc. 80 manifested by frequent ep
rlsuse. RE ssid
1T " not pessimism. but sober sens
80 snirm hat the most alarming featur
~ American ife ~ the iawleesncss ~ ou
,oufh Respect for his elders seems los
faculty IN tho make up ~ the rresen
fay child. Properly and person are con
sisruy and Increasingly msde 10 suffer .