The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-23
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sake OF the work itself Man or woman in
public or in private life. who ever works
for the work. outside of the work will in the
long run, do poor work always. / don't
care where the work is, the man or the
woman who does work worth doing Is the
man or woman who lives, who breathes.
who sleeps that work, with whom II Is
ever present in his or her soul. whose am
bition is to do ii well and to feel rewarded
by the thought of having done IL well.
That man or that woman puts the whole
country under an obligation, and as a body,
our public school teachers. as a body. all
those connected with the education or our
people are entitled to the heartiest praise
from all lovers OF their country. Because.
body. they are devoted heart and soul
to the welfare of those under them.
FAIRGROUNDS NECESSARY.
CAS- I said, while we need sound bodies
and it is poor type of school nowadays
that has not got good playground at
tached-and let me interrupt myself by say
ing that in my own city at least that was
held as a revolutionary doctrine. In my
city not long ago it was believed
that the schools. and especially in the very
quarters where the Fairgrounds were need
ed most did not need Fairgrounds at all;
that ii was a new-fangled idea and should
be frowned upon by practical people-the
idea of having Fairgrounds! They ex-
pected to turn out good citizens from the
boys and girls, who, when they were not in
school were put upon the streets in the
crowded quarters of New York to play at
the kinds of games that they could play at
in the streets. We have passed that stage
/ think we realize what good, healthful
playground means to children. / think we
understand that not only is the effect good
upon their bodies, but good upon their
minds. We need healthy body. We need
to have proper physical developments. We
need to have even more-the proper devel-
opment of the mind, and then, as / have
said before, We need to have proper de-
velopment of what counts far more than
body, of what counts far more than mind,
the sum of the characteristics, the sum Of
virtues which we think of when we say
that such and such man or woman has
good character. III t41a
1.-The development of character. Some
times you can develop 1t by direct in
culcation of moral precept. A good deal
more often you can't. A good deal more
precept than by your practice, and let 1T
come as an incident of associations with
you, an incident to the general tone of
the whole body, the tone which in the ag-
gregate you all create. Now, isn't that
your experience all of you. in dealing with
these children in the schools; in dealing
with them In the family, in dealing with
| them in bodies anywhere? They are quick
look up, and If they don't look up to you,
| you can preach virtue all you wish, the
| effect would be small.
Il have not come here to try to make
any extended speech to you, but should
| hold myself poor citizen if L did not well
| come the chance to be here to wish you
| God-speed in your work as representative
| of that great body, upon the success of
| whose efforts to train Alright the children
of to-day, depends the safety of our insti-
/ tutlOnS OF Tomorrow