Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-07
TEDDY
TALKS TO
TEACHERS
Pays Glowing Tribute TO
Those Who Train Our
Youngsters

II ~ ~ ~ vuiy - ms was
" Roosevelt Day" at the annual con
vention Of the National Educational
Association. Though a number of de
partmental conferences were held dur.
ing the forenoon the interest of all the
teachers and of tho hundreds of other
visitors turned toward the great dem.
onstration in the Ocean Grove audito.
rum this afternoon with the chief ex.
ecutive as the central figure.
The president s arrival was greeted
with the booming of guns, the playing
of bands and the enthusiastic shouts
of thousands of teachers representing
the public education system of the en-.
tire land. The president came under
escort Of the Third Regiment of In.
fantry Of the New Jersey state militia.
There was not vacant seat in the
mammoth auditorium when the meet.
ing opened, and hundreds were stand
ing. Great enthusiasm was manifest.
ed in the singing Of the Ocean Grove
Festival Chorus Of 900 voices, which
began, as usual, long before President
Maxwell, Of the educational association
called the meeting to order.
When President Roosevelt made his
appearance he was greeted with ap.
plause lasting several minutes. The
committee escorting him to the plat
form consisted Of Lawton B. Evans,
superintendent Of schools, Augusta.
Ca; James NJ. Green, Of the New Jer.
sey State Normal Schools f. Louis
Solden, superintendent Of schools, st.
Louis, Mo-; Howard J. Rogers, First
Assistant Commissioner Of Education
Of the State Of New York, and Newton
c. DOugherty, superintendent of
schools, Peoria, III.
Governor Stokes, Of New Jersey, in.
trodueed the president, who spoke as
follows:
/ am glad TO have the chance Of
greeting the National Educational As
sociation for in all this democratic
land there is no more genuinely demo
cratic association than this. II is
truly democratic, because here each
member meets every other member as
his peer without regard to whether he
is the president Of one of the great
or the newest recruit to
that high and honorable profession
which has in its charge the upbringing
and training of those boys and girls
who in few short years will them
selves be settling the destinies of this
nation. 1t is not too much TO say that
the most characteristic work Of the
republic is that done by the educators,
for whatever our shortcomings as a ma
tion may be, we have at least firmly
grasped the fact that we can not do
our part in the difficult and all.impor-
tant work Of selfgovernment, that we
can not rule and govern ourselves, un-
less we approach the task with devel-
oped minds and trained characters.
you TEACHERS MAKE THE
WHOLE WORLD YOUR DEBTOR.
IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR WORK
WELL THIS REPUBLIC WOULD
NOT ENDURE BEYOND THE SPAN
OF THE GENERATION. Moreover,
as an incident to your avowed work,
you render some well nigh unbelieva-
BILE services TO the country. For in
stance, you render 10 the republic the
prime, the vital service Of amalgamat-
ing into one homogeneous body the
children alike of those who are born
here and Of those who come here from
so many different lands abroad. You
furnish a common training and com
mon ideals for the children of all mixed
peoples who are here being fused into
,ne nationality. 1T IS IN NO SMALL
DEGREE DUE TO YOU AND YOUR
THAT WE ARE ONE
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF A GROUP OF '
TARRINa PEOPLES.
A Most Noble Calling.
Moreover, where altogether too much
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