The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-02
Number Attending Increased At
Second Days Session.
M0NOT0Ny is MUCH RELIEVED
BY Two Excursions on the River and By
Rail-Proceedings of Morning and
Evening Sessions.

The morning session of the South
ern Illinois Teachers association yes.
terday developed that the number of
delegates in attendance had been In.
creased considerably by arrivals dur,
inc the night
The picture presented at the opera
house was as impressive as on the
previous evening in its general en-
semble the same smiling, handsome.
intellectual-loolling faces of the
teachers in the parqlet and parquet
circle while the touches of color here
ana there in gown and accessories
served to enliven the dark red back.
ground OF the walls OF the thcater.
The morning session was opened
promptly on time, the program OF ex.
erclses consisting of musical mum
bers by the Sixth grala pupils Ct
Douglas school
President Wham Immediately fol
lowing the musical entire introduced
Mrs, ELLA r Young, Of the Chicago
University. who delivered an address
upon Social Progression in Child.
hood Mrs Young is moderate
size lwoman, not pos4 asslng strong,
but an lmmeasurably flexible voice
and with the pale cast of counte.
nance Indicative Of intellectually
Mrs. Young Is a cogent reasoner and
reached manv of her conclusions BY
adrot methods that were convincing
and possessing dynamic energy. The
substance OF the address was as fol.
lows:
Not many years back there was q
generally accepted theory which made
morals and manners one and nsep.
lrable in every child during the Pc
rl0d Of his life spent in the E'amen.
lary school There was an equally
well-defncd idea that made. before
the school age of six years was at
tanned. obedience and manners one
and inseparable in the little one. In
going on to the high school we find
that neither social nor educational
terminology contains term com.
pounded of the two elements which
stand one for the attitude Of mind Of
the high school boy or girl toward
others; and one for the manners
which express or objectify that atti,
tude
There IS nevertheless. theory by
which the manners are interpreted.
II ~ that the manners OF the tad or
miss just in tho dawn Of manhood or
womanhood depend upon the breed.
ing of the young person. The man.
lers are. rough or gentle TO the dc.
gree In which the individual Is i'll or
well bred But few persons, how
ever, are content 10 pass The iudg.
nent i'll bred upon the rolicking.
lighthearted school pupils that the
over boisteroug in the noisy crowd.
Most hearts go out In hope and faith
toward those who are so soon to en-
ter into the labors and anxietie5 that
ever press upon the multitude in the
great economic struggle And SO they
temper their languaga and say,
Breeding and manners are not all
If It: We must know something Of
their honesty and kindliness. their
earnestness and straight f0r Vardness;
in short we cannot pass upon their
conduct without some insight into the
character that Is back Of their con
duet
II is in the high school age We look
for evidence Of that highly developed
form of emotion called thoughtful or
r leclive sympathy II is the degree
Of development OF thoughtful or re.
aectiye sympathy that marks the SO
cial progrl ssiOn of the child. Through
its activity the social world is not
seen chaotic tossing human beings
mercll assiy about II is seen as the
great organization in which each indi'
yidual must have recognition as a
cooperative worker.
The school is successful in its field.
in lust so far as it develops intelli-
gent sympathy in It's children as they
work in the Kindergart7n, the Ele.
mentary school the High school and
the college 1t is impossible t8 com.
prehend the great questions OF life
without that insight into other minds
which is born OF sympathy Sympathy
is the quality that in its highest de-
gree becomes eharity--the greatest
Of the three Sympathy imparts the
buoyancy Of hope to the heavy-laden.
it realizes the kinship Of humanity
The Sixth grade Douglas school pa
pills. as entertainment sang Hayden's
chorus. Summer"
Frederick w. Taylor for several
years professor Of horticulture in the
University of Nebraska. but at pres