Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-27

Vice President w. c. Mallett of the
! Pennington Normal school, responded
~ behalf of the society in a brief and
! interesting speech, during which he
said he was glad of the honor of re-
81 anding To the words Of welcome by
the distinguished mayor Of Augusta
ana by the president of the Augusta
| Teachers Association.
IF the American public school stands
| for anything" said Mr.. Mallett, lit
stands for the best type Of American
citizenship. Our schools are distinct
iVely American and they should be
| kept 20. German schools and French
schools may be successfully conducted
in those countries, but these systems
are not adapted to the American pub
lie school. The products of our schools
are the better because the principles OF
good citizenship are taught more gen
orally"
The first paper Of the session was by
Rev. G. A Hayden Of Augusta. The
subject was Moral Education, and it
was handled in the most charming
manner by the eloquent Augusta di-
vine. In part, Mr.. Hayden said:
Matthew Arnold says conduct is four
fifths of life. We have come to think
it is even more than that. Conduct or
human action. resulting in noble charac-
ter is essentially the whole of life.
1t was a wise provision our fathers
made in our Constitution that there
should be no Sectarian instruction in out
public schools. While some of our people
have declared our schools were Goddess.
yet on the whole it has been demonstrate
system This however. does not exclude
moral teaching. 1t fact ii makes 1t all
more Imperative. Moral instruction Is
the true end and aim of education. To
is tacitly admitted by all to be the emu
which parents and teachers should have
in view, and the value of the things
taught and the goodness of the method
are 10 be judged by their fitness to this
end Man is educated only as all ms
powers are fully and harmoniously deVei-
oped. Body, mind and soul. II strives
for the right government of the body.
Every youth should realize that holy
vesture .'of the spirit" We dare affirm
that the body is no less sacred than the
same Since physical purity leads up 70
the very shrine Of GCd. Education Shout
aim next at the maturity Of spiritual
lied mind knowledge is valuable whell
il is related to the end of man welfare
and happiness. the purpose OF creation.
It should be borne in mind that the aim
of all discipline should be to produce IL
self-governing being. not TO produce a
being 10 be governed by others That Is
the old world methods. There Is need AT
this time and at all times the necessity
and Importance OF moral educatlOn rs
neciaily is this true in a society like ours
where morality ought to be developed IN
proportion to the growth OF liberty II
self. This education Is going on at ever
neriod OF development. In the FANNY
from birth. through the habits formed
there the sentiments ana the disclpiine
developed at an early age, ana are pro.
longed through the school life me root
IL
which is the fount whence spr'is al
healthy human impulses. ., h,ya
Education should endeavor 10 pullu
character with the sacred materials a:
orr command. These are furnished %!
the Creator in the faculties ana powers
dormant in every soul, character Duilu
the love of right ana 1istlcc. WIN ~
indebted body, with an evenly posi-"
mind, that acknowledges It's gratitude ~
Il higher power then soul can mike ~
e,if fell In all the sensations or the MOI,
Al consciousness So through love ana
affection give rise to lofty conceptions OF
dIuv. Duty to God, duty 70 man, uutF
10 posterity. When the SouI : gwen we
frerst exercise. then Is mans NE put q
vearning for morality. The purpose o.
moral instruction is not 50 mtIch TO au'l
IN the pupils knowledge nut 10 tHtt'
his will 1t means more thah IL uethom
mates Ii act. more on the heart than
il appeals to the reason' II OFTEN nap
Dens that morality does not ACCOMPANY
learning, nor genius. "a wii''i "''SS
~ first Napolcon that he lived and died
Very noor and very small. This was from
lack of moral power .
ord bacon found it easy to be poet
7, was simply indueins his nature, He
was y, var an eagle ana must fly; but he failed
to curb wiiful and fretful discomfort and
97,ta,ran w,s dift,cult and he never Sc
GIi e,eiii attempted it His life; therefore.
Win an his genietls was on the whole a
terrible failure. We read thlt ne "ilo
iS Isr
who taketh a city. To govern ones sell
this is the true aim Of education GATOR coroerrs
! Strictly speaking. no eartniv concerns CON- rs
e,,ir;tualize ali human institutions-the
Sdr,iiW The state. and society in general
This III mqTaI aa rfi "a q aa
distduais- The .tncai ~, I'm n,, RI Of the