The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-22

fsch, rabbi OF the congregation OF beth
Ahaba. AS the subject was announced py-
the POSTMASTER. the orchestra struck up
the familiar air America, and while
the audience stood. Or. CaIisch proceeded
{ to the speakers place. DIR. Ca1isch n,ade a
most beautiful address and was frequently
interrupted by applause. In his tntroduc-
{ tion DR.. Calisch reviewed the history OF
Civilization. declaring that while civiitza-
T ton had Its birthplace In the East. it now
comes back to the land of its childland,
but on an indefinitely higher plane of
I civilization. Glorying In all it's marvellous
achievements of head and hand and heart.
the restless, throbbing spirit of the West
comes to grapple with the stagnant con-
seryatism OF the East. The presence OF
the allied armies OF Europe and America
on the soil of China .1enotes a struggle,
greater and more gigantic than appears
on the surface. 1t is not merely contest
of arms, it is conflict Of creeds ana
+ thought as well, and out of it the VICTOR
shall emerge as the determining influence
of the coming centuries of human civillza-
{ tion.
1T is at this juncture that we can with
reverent pride and gratitude look upon.
the position which our own beloved coun-
try is taking In this crisis of human pro-
gress. With the advent of the twentieth
century she is ready to enter upon the
struggle. With proud and certain step
she passes through the opening poftais
of times wide sweeping cycle; girdlsd
with might, secure in the panoply OF
righteous purpose and crowned with the
laurel of her glorious accomplishments
What child of hers who can fail to ap-
prehend the glorious destiny that awaits
her? What patriots breast that does not
at the thought of it thrill with proud and
buoyant hope? What heart in all TINS
broad land that cannot with astroioSy OF
affection reach that destiny in the very
stars of her beloved banner, the most re-
splendant constellation in all the tlrma-
ment of national existences?
Mr.. JOHNSON'S5 REMARKS.
The POSTMASTER then called upon the
host, Mr.. Johnson, declaring that the
evenings pleasure would not be complete
unless he had been heard. Mr.. Johnson
replied in q highly interesting address
He reviewed his early struggles in bust
ness here and continuing said:
THE BEGINNING MODEST
@The beginning of our school-book
business was almost as modest as the
beginning of the subscription-book bus
mess years before. but as the purpose
of the house became known many or
our best people rallied to it's support,
and our business grew with remarkable
rapidity The phenomenal development
of our school-book trade was due partly
to the fact that we were the hrst 10
champion the right of our schoot chli-
dren to books peculiarly adapted 10
their needs-books that would nttlnsiy
recognize the achievements OF our own
people-books that would have regard
for the physical and moral as we'll as
the intellectual needs of the child In
planning our readers, for instance. we
determined that they should not contain
a single trashy lesson, not a line to
awaken a vile appetite. not a hint OF the
impure or vicious. no belittlinS of any
thing tht,t is noble, nothing that is
secriIesious or untruthful. no pretty
writing of doubtful tendencies. And
we determined that they should not be
sectiona!-that the authors should not
be all grouped around Boston or New
Yo.'S or Richmond or Charleston. we
det mined that in them Southern
authors should have fitting recognition,
but we did not recognize Southern au-
fhors at the expense of the authors of
other sections. In planning our his
tories we determined that prejudice
should not be seen sticking out at very
turn; that there should not -be an unfair
word in them; that there should rot be
a scornful fling in them: that there
should not be a bit of poison in them;
that there should be nothing, but the
truth in them. From THE beginning we
have contended for the right of the child
to an all-round education, and In plan
ming our textbooks we had in view. as
l have already intimated. the heart and
| body as we'll as the mind OF the child
| I believe that no system of education is
complete that leaves out the peerless
precepts of the Word of God. The young
| man who goes out into the world with
his mind stored with the teachings of
the Bible is ready for life. | repeat
what have often said before, that one
boy who has received an all-rounu
training is worth, a dozen. yes hun
dred, of the one-sded specimens OF
humanity that are turned out of some
of our so-called educational institutions
| of to-day.
'In this great work which we have un-
dert aken.the work of auickeneninG ar