Gunnison news-champion., 1903-12-25
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tcuiauor m Gannls.a o5fr l. II
wtiie Graad junction. wc are iu-
f1mei has an attendance ~ ltsl t,e-
oaHse pubhc sentiment thcrs la.
beeu ar8used. o. hearty -upusn af
fte aufbaritie-
Tho address ai the evening bv Mr.
Grerfsl en- The true impar 81
manual training was omitted a.
other topics aud exercises bv tl,e
chlldreu had made the hour late
h7weger Mrs GrenieH gave fore
Itie and entertaining address partly
o. the children and partly g. tha-e
gr1wnup. She t9achod upau the
Importance Il teachers IN the rural
districts vino are the bone and sinew
aHj s1al II those higher aspirations
which influence the future Vrsaf
meu and women 9f the nation. The
average pay II teachers in Colorado
is Slu month or less than thai of
a section hand No class af pe5ple
ln the world give more o. the r1Is-
numty for less reclmpeuse than She
teaehers. Since the recent influx of
mmlE grants who know neither our
language nor our laws and customs
the schools are d5ublv important
as means ai preserving the spirit
ot American institutions.
As her speech was So shortened
lr1m the ateHoss 9l Che hour. Mrs
tireHlell consented to speak again an
Sunday morning Church service
were suspended and union mepfiur
held at the Methodist church where
she delivered a brilliant address t5a
large audience.
Although the subject af her al
dress was Ethics and Education
Mrs trenfell stated that considering
the day she would make the text.
Train up "a child IN the way he
should 90 and when be is old be will
not depart from it, The address
as a whole was repletc with noble
Ideas and modern instances. We're
gret that space does not permit the
NEws-CHAmIoN t1 lay before lis
readers this inspiring address in full
but below are published liberal eN-
tracts and a condensation of the
whole.
We consider today our responsi-
bilities as individuals in the home
land community aud how we shall
make useful and moral citizens Of
our boys and girls. Perhaps there
never was a time when such respon-
sibilities were more keenly felt than
now when parents were more awake
TO the strenuous nature of their du-
ties, and when more sincere efforts
were made, through public and pri-
vate discussion through study iuii-
vidually and u classes. through
reading of many opinions, than are
now being made for better under
standing Of the best means Of rear
ing, training and educating the chill
dreu
"lt is we'll chat the children age
has come There could be mo- better
subject for our thought aud our d.
b0r than the welfare Ur our children
and the education of our future ciu-
zeus, aud ! believe that while we
make mistakes and bluudcr-. dis
agree with one muthors views lis
teu t1 much good advice that we do
not follow, and have many failures
to record I'm our progress. still 10 Is
progress we are making. the inter
change of opinions is helpful, the
gaining ol many points of view is
Wholesome and the entire agitation
has its foundation 1u what has we'll
been called the greatest thing i1 the
world Love.
The two great influences upon
the lille and chHarter OF the child oI
TODAY are the Home and the School.
and the KEYNOTE of our problem is
bow 10 best harmonic these two Iu-
dueuccs, SO that the highest u1--i-
hiIities If both may bee realized for
the child
''The idea Of past times that the
work af the school was solely intel
lrctual. and that the responsibility
If moral training rested upon the
home has given place t7 "a truer nuu-
ccptioa Of the sphere Of both 10 is
not to be supposed that 1t Is the
childs head alone that goes Co -eho1.
while his heart remains at home
The entire child is developing in
both places. and the two Iarres should
be at one iu their aim and spirit
however widely tdev may differ i1
method
The first thing 90 be iuc1lcafeH
at home is obedience, and the first
thing 10 be taught at school is loyal