The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-12
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE
FINE LECTURE DELIVERED HY REy, DR. GLADDEN. YESTERDAf. !.
He Scored the school Boards and said That the Members Were Too Often Th,rs for Political Purposes Advo- cated Use of Bible in schooi'

There for Political Pnrposes- AdVo- cated Use of Bible in school
 Another of the series of lectures in +ba rvn,an Reecher course was deliv- cred yesterday afternoon in Marquahd chanel before the members of the Di-. vinity school and it was very largely attended. It was delivered by the Rev Washington Gladden., D. D., and the subject was "The Education or the People" The address was very strong one, and the speaker referred to the great room for improvement III the school system throughout the country In opening the lecture Rev. Dr. Glau- den referred to the Use Of the blple Ill schools and said that he could not uh- derstand why it was that the Bible was not in use in the schools in this coun- try. He said that in Scandinavia, Eng land and other countries this book was studied bv the school children and that the interest In it was as great as III any book of the institutions. He said that the Bible held an important place III the learning of the worlds greatest men, and that it was used for purposes or general intelligence one hundred times more than any other book Iherelofe it is one hundred times as important as any other book ever Wrltteh'
 The sneaker said that the statements of we'll known university professors re- lating to the unimportanee or the Blple in nublic schools aud universities was almost incredible, and he referred to statement of Yale professor who de- clared himself in this manner. lhe depth and breadth of popular ignor- ance in the knowledge of the Bible, the speaker said was astonishing III England" the speaker said, there are 2392 schools and there are only ninety one thatare destitute of religious teach ing. Tn the other 2,S00 the Bible IS taught and two million pupils study 1t daily. Something yet may De hoped Tor in connection with our own schools This great book in the other countries is taught with prudence, not dogmat- ism. and the result is that the best re- suits are derived from it. 1t is not taught on the basis of doctrinal teach ing that Is impracticable. It IS taught for it's glory and eloquence and for the uplifting power of it's ideals.'
 At this point Dr. Gladden. spoke Of the duty of the parent in bringing up the children of the home He said that there was no higher function in the world than that of training the young man or young woman for good edu- cation. The children assume a large share of the work, but the parents, he said. assumed a larger share. The school also assumes q large share of the work. It is just as much the duty ot the parent to provide for the proper education of the children as 1t is to provide for their clothing or for their medicine in case of sickness, The fath- CT has no right to turn over his chii- dren. to an agency, as q school, that IS not capable of teaching the things that the father wants his children to know The father should not release himself by putting another in his place. If they do wrong or misery comes in any form the father is to blame and is condemn ed Sharp. tricky and unscrupuous tea ching is just as much out of place in the school as it is in the pulpit, The teacher should have the interest in his work that only love can give. He i EhDuld De H UIllldillltIbPlEt anu e ipf VI 1 of kindness-a lover of the full soul. The law of the soul is the law of heaV- en. and this Is the law of love. The i teacher should be deep in the genuine ] desire to help the boy or girl to acquire better manhood and better womanhood, and should be unseltish and devoted to their highest interests, The ideal i school should inherit the ideals of the home. They must help in socializing the pupils: must make men and women stand alone must serve, not strike lift up the fallen, and not trample on the weak
 The duty rests heavily on the Chris tian ministers, and they should assume if as they do the duties of their church. es. They should build up character and strengthen social bonds. They should take an active interest in public educe- tion. for there is no class whose aim is higher.
 The speaker said that the school days of the average man of to-day number 9eS. but up to the year 1900 the average
 was eightv-two days. He said people
 considered that five years was enough to give to education, and then went on
 to say that at the present time the av- craze stopping place in mans education
 was at the fifth grade in the public schools.
 At this point in the lecture Dr Clad
 den told what he thought of the man
 ner of running the schools in most of
 the cities in the country He said that
 the men on the school boards in most
 of the cities were utterly lacking in what is required of them, and that they
 were there for political reasons and no
 other He said that the school board
 members were holding their positions
 for what they could get out of them and
 not for the benefit of the community which they represented, and that they
 sought nominations to the board with
 this view alone. pr Gladden. said that
 ward politics play big part in the
 placing of man on school board at
 this time, and that this condition oi