Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-21
TEACHERS
 MEETING
South East Gale Kept Many Away From Elm City Address of Rev E. w. Consaulus of Armour In- stitute.

New Haven, Oct 21.--A southeast gale of rain had much to do with de creasing the attendance of outside school teachers at the fifty-eighth an- nual gathering of the Connecticut State Teachers association in Wool sey haI1 today, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the very large num- Der Of educators who attended, both at the general meeting and the depart mental conferences held at different school buildings. The main address Of the morning was by Rev Frank w. Gonsaulus, president Of the Armour institute, Chicago. There were no pre- liminary exercises except that First President F. H. Beede of this city called to order and welcomed the members, announcing the meeting places of several business committees and then introduced Dr Gonsaulus. Tn the audience were a number of Yale professors, and President Hadley of the university and Dr Charles McIver, president of the State Normal and In dustrial college, North Carolina. Dr GonsauIus's subject was 'sThe Next Step in Education and the main idea in a scholarly address was that the
 
 manual training systems of education were essential in training the Ameri can of the future in work which will be world wide. He said at the outset that it was our duty to find the essen fial American. He said further that in the preparation of the student there must at all times be realization of certain educational ideals which have come to us through long centuries. Moreover we must never lose sight of that for which our fOrefathers strove and which is embodied in the princi- pIes of self-goyernment. He said that the American is the result of pro found faith in human nature. There never was a time in our history when the whole world looks with such keen interest at the American.
 Tn leading up to the matter of edu- cation, Dr Gonsaulus analysed the history of the American people in it's race Characteristics. He told of how the cavalier and the Puritan met and their blood uniting made the stock from which came our forefathers. He said tine American was not then born. It needed the contribution of blood from the old world people and we find HI NEW LOEk SLttLG NliE1L tAS 4JuICAA have contributed to our national char acteristic in their customs and racial traits: how the Huguenots left their fmnress upon community lifein Ksouis-s iana end Mississippi; how Seanda- navia had given solidity and steadi- ness to the great northwest and cen tTaI west; how the Swedish blood in Kansas and Nebraska has predominant ed and how the Quakers have left a blend in the country life of Pennsyl- vania. When all these elements were blended. then the American was ere ated. Then it was that the beginning came of people whose influence is to be world wide This creation came just at the time when our country be- gan to expand in it's material relations with other nations. Tn the last ten or fifteen years we have begun to realize that the influx of peoples from southern Europe, such as the Italians, Greeks, Hungarians and Poles had brought new factor into our nation al life, and added greatly to the de velopment of America.