The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-04

sons Life, Writings and Philosophy, 2
George Eliot. Critical Study poets
and Problems" and other well known
books, have promised TO be among the
speakers. Rev. John Ellis, an alumnus
Of Harvard college and Socialist can
didate for the Massachusetts senate,
has also been invited to speak and
teach In the Socialist Sunday school.
The superintendent is an ex-secretary
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. The school starts with sixty-fiye
persons, including a good number of
children. Mrs. Elizabeth Porter played
the piano, and the exercises began with
singing a Marching Song from the
Socialist Songs" compiled by aIr.
Charles II. Kerr
The following stanzas from the
Marching Song" give an idea Of the
character Of Socialist music:
In the shops ana in the sluns.
Working, suffering day by day.
We are making wealth for millionaires to
hold
But with Joy we pledge our faith
To the cause of all who toll
TIL the better social order shall unfold
In the days that are to be,
When the cause we love is won,
We shall labor for ourselves and for our
own.
Each for aii and an for each.
And through many joyful years
We shall pluck the fruit that comrades
brave have sown.
A favorite song Is James Russell
Laowelrs "True Freedom Or. Antoi-
nette Konikow, physician, d graduate
Of Tufts Medical college and organizer
of the Socialist Women's club OF Bos-
ton, thus outlines the purposes of the
Socialist Sunday school: The Socialist
Women's club Of Boston inaugurates d
movement which Is entirely new in this
part Of the country namely, d Socialist
Sunday school.
1.-THE Socialist Sunday school is not
created to antagnnize the Sunday
schools organized by different churches.
Not to come ia conflict with them, we
chose the time for school in the after
noon. Socialism has just as little to
90 with religion as medicine, litera-
.ture OF science. Like the state Of to-
day, it leaves religious education to the
individual and to parents.
@The chief aim Of the Socialist Sun
day school will be to bring our chill
dren up III the ethics Of Socialist prin.
eiples. For years we have lad to con-
vert young men and women to social
ism who were brought up in the eth
les and spirit Of capitalism
@Eye should not wait till our chill
dren imhlbe wrong conceptions of cap
italist ethics, but instill into them tile
right ideas Of justice from their earli-
est years. Unfortunately the working
man has but little time for his family.
and before he realizes 1t his children
have drifted away from him spiritual
ly. TO iii out this gap, to bring i
moral and spiritual tie between the
oyerworlSed father and mother aud
their children, this school is organized. /
While we intend on one hand to
give our children through this school
the ethics or morals corresponding to
our conceptions Of economies, on the
other hand we viii try to give them
true knowledge Of present and past
conditions.
However good our schools Of today
are in comparison with the schools Of
old times. they still stick to many old
methods Of teaching. History is stfll
treated By them as a succession Of
heroes instead Of an evolution where
the method Of production played one Of |
the most important roles; some pages
Of history are still misrepresented, cor.
responding TO the prejudices Of the
class IN power
"The aim OF our school. In short will
be to develop in our children the broth |
erly love and eomradeship taught by
Socialism Instead of the narrowness
and conservatism which always follow
because it is Of long standing
and accepted by many; to develop tile
spirit Of independent Judgment and the
courage to stand I'D for the right prin-
ciple, Whether we succeed or not win
partly depend upon our comrades. It
Is new field, and we have but little |
experience. We need the good win ana
...slp of every zone.
AT the close of DR. Konikow's speech,
to give the children 4 rest from sitting.
all stood, and q few minutes were spent
II simple gymnastie exercises with mu- i
Sic.