Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06
Interesting Address on Patriotism
And Politics 10 the Public
Schools.
EDUCATION AN INVESTMENT.
s.,,, noes Not Demand Money Return
Bat It Expects Students to Become
Strong Men and Women.

nov Elmer !. Goshen ON educational
.o,,cs. Both were In happy vein and
10Th acquitted themselves to the Inter-
:, and edlAcatlon OF the pedagogues
cov wells address was on Patriotism
sna Politics In the Public Schools"
sns was couched In the following Ian
guage'
ITO be requested to address a con-
,.ntlon OF school superintendent is an
sonor which | esteem as of the highest
order yet one which to me is fruitful
=, mlsglyIngs and beset with RESPONSE
ht,v We OF today may talk lightly
=. ,eriously OF the things Of yesterday,
:, ,oday. or even tomorrow, as we may
"a. and sense them. But recognize In
son INV friends, the men and women,
rSS N an extent beyond human cali
'"iS,lon are the mind moulders OF the
wn,ld workers OF the future. Those
whom you are now engaged IN instruct
Ins viii be the actual operators OF To-
,mnesrrow--deaIng with llfes ever press
,n nS' nyoblems, wrestling with Its ever
IsnJnV condltlons--after we shall
save been gathered home or have sunk
nto senillty and decline
MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD.
"Of all the periods Of the human life
between the cradle and the grave, the
most important is entrusted to your
Guidance and watchcare. Hardly less
Soient than the parent himself may
You he IN determining for the veal or
10 Of the race and the common
wealth the course OF that mysterious
creation, called the human soul | be-
Nave that by instinct and training and
experience you realize this enormous
responsibility and are striving man
iulIy 10 discharge its mighty obliga-
,Ions Hence In coming TO try TO talk
"a Won further upon the subject, | am
ryen over to trepidatlon and anxiety,
Mile still enjoying that pleasure which
AoWs from communion with intelli-
spnce, and that satisfaction which Is
,hs norton OF every one who seeks the
encouragement and betterment OF man
kind,
PRIDE OF THE STATE.
"yo institution or department OF the
state furnishes greater reason for our
prIte than our public school system.
stretching out from the capital city IN
to,,he smallest hamlet In the remotest
valley this system extends It's beneil'
cent arms The 'nttle red school,
house" Is with us no poetical or po-
ntIcal phantasy--it Is practical and
tangible. Every child Is made well
come 10 It's kindly shelter and in
fuence-the poor equally with the rich,
the immigrant with the native, the
owly with the lofty, Equal oppor-
turIties are furnished TO all who enter,
and every incentive to ambition Is
offered to all alike.
MUST POSSESS INTELLIGENCE.
THE state desires that Its sons and
daughters shall possess Intelligence
that education shall be freely given,
that illIteracy shall be unknown. IL
provides not only that the rudiments
oi education may be obtained--it pro-
yldes also easy access tJ It's high
schools and at last 90 its universities
10 the earnest seeker for knowledge,
as the same may be impaired IN any
grade from the kindergarten to the
college, the state has practically opened
every avenue. No one II debarred'
10 each and ALL the friendly hand Is
outstretohed, and ali are Invited 10
come In and partake freely to the eX-
tent Of their aptitude and capacity
No sooner does the future man pass
the point Of irresponsible infancy than
the outpost OF education offers him It's
greeting. Depending upon his own
Application there are no heights OF
Intelligence which he may not later
ascend no barriers which he may not
scale, and In all this the state puts
forth Its helping influence, As II I'M
pressed that II owes something TO us
children, It seeks by those means 70
discharge the debt But In a larger
sense Il knows that II owes something
10 Itself, and II Is this obligation which
It has the right to request It's children
10 help It TO pay,
We cannot require them, we do
not ask them, TO refund In dol
lars and cents the sum which their
eddcaton may have cost, Money
IN such sense Is but dross Its
only value at best lies In the
use to which It may be put. When II
goes In subscribing a useful purpose II
4 well spent-otherwise II Is wasted.
Pohtably employed, II brings q prop
~ return on the investment, But the
Wohts OF investment are not always
pald In coupons or bank checks, Even
'he Investment itself may sometimes
spear to have been dlssipated, yet
We returns may be not less sure. The
man Who conveys the water Of u noun
laln stream TO a thirsty acre Of land
l.oes not expect dividend In water
ne even sees the original supply OF
wafer itself disappear, soaked up by
lhe parched soil. But he receives his
dividend none the less. Where before
,us oarrenness now II beauty, and In
'ae bloom u flowers, the ripenlng fruit,
ae bending golden grain he receives
'Nufh ana happiness on all that his
investment represents,
WANTS No MONEY RETURN.
10 also with the investment made
Z We state IN the matter Of education.
.ne poy or girl who receives the bene-
!" N 'OeSc lines provided ia not asked
!, plY back the cost OF his or her
'Volllls The state doe not want TO
y reimbursed I'm money But It feels