The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
DR.. HILARY A GOBLIN
Gives Splendid Lecture on Phases
of Twentieth Century School
Work.
(By Prof. w. A. Fiske.)


The second session of the Wayne
County Teachers association met
this morning at 1890 in high school
hall, with Mr.. Wissler presiding.
On account of the illness of Presi-
dent Hughes, Dr. H. A. Goblin, vice
president of De Pauw University,
was present and delivered an excell-
ent address on "The Incentives to
an Education
On beginning his address DR.. Go
bin said he had no apology to make
for himself, but he wished to present
an apology for DIR. Hughes, IN that,
on account of his great labors of last
week, and exposure to which he was
necessarily subjected, he was unable
to be present today, which he re-
gretted very much, "But," he said,
you should not relinquish your
claims on him to have him present in
the near future to address you on
an occasion of this kind.
In developing his subject he said:
"Why is it we spend so much money
in schools, libraries, salaries of teach
ers and euipments of various kinds
but to overcome ignorance and to ele-
vate our brother man. Teachers and
| equipments cost many millions of dol
lars. yet the United States spend
much more annually for the wide
spread ignorance that we now have
among US. All the losses through
fire, storm, flood and thousand other
ways, are In some way more Or less
the result of ignorance, and it is
to diminish these that our schools eX-
ist today But these losses, as a re-
suit of ignorance, are on the material
side and are not to be compared to
the losses on the intellectual side.
The educational work Of our coun-
try is a training to competency.
Many illustrations were given at this
ers and equipment of various kinds
ing is to this end
An education also trains to lucra-
tiveness.
An instance was given of a boy,
on entering the high school, who stat
ed to his father that he was now
ready to begin the study of Latin.
The father endeavored to persuade
him that Latin would be Of no use
to him; that it would not prepare
him to better plant potatoes and do
the general work Of the farm. The
boy, however, through the entreaties
of his mother, succeeded, and began
the study of Latin.
During his college course he made
Latin his major, on graduation took
special honors in the subject, after
ward becoming a fine Latin teacher in
an institution in New York city,
One phase of educational work is
to discover talent and lend to its de-
velopment.
The educational movement also
leads to the development Of the fam
lily, to elevate the home, which is the
great corner stone of our nation. It
IS going to protect us in the greatest
social conflicts by placing the for
eign element, so-called, in such po-
sition that instead of being a menace
to our country, it may become a
blessing. In this elevating process
our public schools will ever have the
greatest influence.
The educational movement will
fiYalIr- 4Io q, r
races In our country and lead to a
more perfect brotherhood of man.
The speaker laid special emphasis
on the ameliorating influence of edu-
cation in the home.
He said he had Travelled about some
and he finds this condition very large
V on the increase.
"All this" he said, "makes me
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