The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-15
Best Session of Teachers
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in good, wholesome books for her boys
and girls.
Many dull and prosy home has been
made a place of joy and good cheer by
these books.
Many boy and girl has been filled
with new hope and power by the in
fuence flowing from these Libraries.
And by this means the schools have
been fostering an appreciation of and
love for good books.
There was a time when on account
of the scarcity of good books adapted to
young children, we might excuse our
selves. But the market is now flooded
with literature of a high class suited to
her appreciation.
The reading habit should be formed
early in life. We often delay this mat
ter until it is too late.
The teachers of our schools should be
thoroughly aroused on this subject.
There ought to go out from this Assem-
bly, a determination to place library in
every school distrist within our State.
The committee, on account of the inn
portance of the library movement, make
the following recommendations:
l. That we recommend to the General
Assembly the annual appropriation of
$4,000 for the encouragement of the es-
adjustment OF rural library to be in
same manner as the last appropriation
2. That a committee be appointed by
the president to urge every teacher in
the State to bring the library question
to the attention of the patrons of his
SCHOOLS.
H. L. LINSCOTTS ADDRESS.
The most important part in modern So
ciety is the position of the leaders of the
commercial and industrial world Twen-
ty years ago the trend of thought and
action was by the preachers, teachers
and editors and leading literary men. To
these fields of activity, then, the trained
intelligence of the country was attracted.
Today these conditions no longer prevail
Business, industry, applied science have
been given dignity equal to that of the
professions and the men who control the
commercial world are leaders in society
They can speak and write; they are ask
ed to serve on important committees;
they welcome foreign potentatcs and
serve society in many ways.
This change should be welcomed for it
has completed civilization and has widen
ed the field for trained intelligence.
But there is one danger and that is the
possibility of acknowledgement of society
on the side of industry and commerce,
ard this overdevelopment is always dan
gerous. Trained intelligence will always
seek the field of activity which offers the
largest rewards Of dignity, influence and
comforts. And it should do this. Hence
there is danger that industry and COM
merce be overdeveloped and other spheres
of life neglected, especially in a modern
world where these fields offer so much
influence and dignity There is danger
of weakening the professions. and espe-
cially that of pure scholarship.
Pure scholarship is that form sOf mental
activity which has no application in the
arts. and industries: which. is concerned
solely with the search for Truth in Ma
ture or IN the work of man. It's emolu-
ments are small, for wealth is a product
of the application of knowledge and not
necessarily of knowledge itself. The re-
wards are few There is no fame. no
loud acclaim of the people, There is Of
ten only silence and Oblivion. Mlarconi
million dollars. But no one thinks of
the disccverer of the other waves. His
life would not bring ten cents in any
market One discovered q great principle
of physics and is unknown: the other is
clever manipulation of that discovery
and is wealthy and famous. That illus
trates the worlds treatment Of scholars
Vet we can not have a complete civ
ilization without scholarship. 1t is es-
sential for large development in all
lines. In literature. sound criticism is
necessary, and that can be secured only
by knowledge of the great books Of.
the great races. To these great models
scholarship alone can guide us safely and
surely. Without that guidance literature
will be weakened and made too material
istic and unwholesome.
In industry also scholarship is neces-
sity. Great advances arc the result of
great discoveries and these discoveries
arc the product of great minds taught to
do the great work in the laboratory. They
are not the product of hands: they arc
not the result OF manual manipulation
in an effort to find practical adjust
work. Submarine telephony is the work
of the pure mathematician in his study
who has solved the problem of stresses
and has guided industry to perfection of
work ubmarine telephony is the work
of the pure scholar at his desk. The
great advances in medicine are not the
work of practicing physicians but of
scientists in the laboratory. Industry is
dependent upon pure scholarship for de-
velopment and progress.
This is the Importance of scholarship
in our life. 1t should be supported very.
literally as it has been by Mr.. Carnegie
in the institution which bears his name.
It's field should be made attractive for
the intelligence of the county by liberal
salaries and support of every sort. We
should seek to create a liberal scholar
ship in North Carolina or our civliza
ton will be imperfect and unprogressive.
THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
On account OF the failure to hold the
regular annual meeting of the Athletic
Association of North Carolina schools
and colleges in Durham, May 3rd, a call
meeting was held here today.
Seven institutions were represented
by Messrs. w. T. Whitsett, Whitsett
Institute; j. G. Horner, Horners Mill
tary School; ]. F. Bivens, Trinity Park
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