The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-03-06

the country. The average is seven
months OF the year. The results of a
short school year are not lasting. The
pupils are leaving at an earlier aye
than they did ten years ago
When your children go into the vii
lage or city to get higher education
than the country school gives although
1T is allowed to give 1t IL such thing
is possible they are weaned away from
the farm and not all OF us have the
money to send our children to the
village or city. l am here as an
advocate OF the centralized school
system which gives all, the rich and
poor an equal chance for education. -
The Resolutions.
Hon. l. II. Butterfeld, secretary Of
the state agricultural society, chair
man OF the committee on resolutions,
reported yesterday afternoon.
The resolutions recommended that
the rOund-up's interest in the Mich.
gan Agricultural College is undated,
and that we pledge our devotion to
continued agricultural education as
exemplitied at that institution andlour
support OF all legitimate efforts to i'm
prove and extend the work of the COL
lege, particularly In relation to short
courses and farmers Institutes. That
we commence and approve the propos-
ed adoption of the Torrens system of
transfers and registration OF land titles
and urge upon the legislature the pas
sage at the present session, which will
bring that system within reach OF the
property holders OF the state, incor.
porating In the law the provisions
which have been found ia laws passed
in other states to be economical and
efficient In actual practice.
That the forestry movement as rep.
resented and encouraged by the Mich.
gan forestry commission with its able
auxiliaries-the State Agricultural
College and State University-haso our
unqualified appreciation and support;
and we pledge our assistance in urging
the members Of the legislature from
the localities we represent to support
the measure recommended by the for
estry commission. We also agree In
our local Institutes, farmers clubs and
oranges to bring before the people the
queS lion of maintaining farm wood
lots and reforestation OF their lands;
utilizing such facts and figures as we
can secure TO make the discussions
valuable and effective.
Evening Session.
TIE auditorium and gallery we're
again filled Thursday evening when the
leaders OF educational thought were
on the program. Supt. j. w. Simn ons
introduced Prof. Walter III. French,
deputy superintendent of Pub l,c In
as chairman. Geo. M
Whaley sang solo, his '2opg bass
voice filling the large ON. Cha =
man French then troduC :. DR..
James B. Angel, pres. emit l. the
University of Michigan. President
Angel was greeted with appla.ss-not
so vigorous or long continued as the
students at Ann Arbor are won't to
give their venerable president, but
fully as hearty. DR.. Angel does not
appear day older than when he last
visited our city and bis address was a
mastery presentation of the subject
1t was forceful and to the point and
at the same 1t showed that DR.. Angel
has lost none of that suavity of man.
ner, which, with his other superb
qualifications, has made his presidency
OF the University during the past !
thirty years so popular and successful,
and which has won fame for him as a |
diplomatic representative of the |
United States in both the occident |
and orient. DR.. Angel spoke upon |
Farming and Education" and said in
part:
am pleased to note that education
has played so large a part in this con-
vention. In fact it has played olarge
a part that 1T is almost useless for me
to say anything upon the subject.
However, / wish to say word. The
rural school In which l received my
earliest Instruction will discount any
school Of which Mr.. Palmer spoke this
DR.. Angel then establish
ed bis right to address farmers by
giving brief account Of the manner
In which work on the farm was done
when he was farmer boy.
The rural school problem is the
greatest unsolved problem in Michigan.
right teacher In the rural school
ian find time to interest scholars in
objects about them. l do not mean
technical instruction In science, but
n plain and popular way something
The scholars are seeing every day can
De explained to them each day. The
scholars would thus have generated
n them the thirst for scientific study
If the best kind.
The fault is not In scholars, but In
.ha schools We m N mot ford updor