Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-27
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90 TO Green and aid, hy his presence
ana council, in improving existing CON
dltionS. and his efforts must he SIM
llcmcntcd by the representative teacn-
CTS Of Auburn. This service i not "a
he rendered as a gratuity. but Il nar-
tlsI liquidation of the interest III j
6cbt the principal Of which c,n n.vcr
be aid.
INC head OF any school or system
who has not ability. attainments ana
influence sufficient to fit him ia assume
any position IN the State or Nation
WITHIN the gift of the people he rcprc-
SCENTS. IS unworthy of the position he
occupies but does not fill. Irnwisa rs
il would be for him to desira such
change of service and uniustitia HE as
would be such descrtion Of tbs causo
he has cspoused, yet he needs the mem
tai aclmcn, the breadth Of view and
lht calHttlty 70 90 required in other
spheres. He must have the vision
ana SIKH OF the statesman to be Il mas
ter IN Tie field III which he assumes to
lead.
This equipment will make it possible
for him 10 become familiar with Other.
$ hool systems and thus hc viii ~ ;IhIc
50 To administer his own that liz merits
will DC known as far as the city +,
serves seeks to project its activities
1t is equally true that no one who is
not familiar With the pedagogical
thought anl educational systems Of
two continents can be counted fitted to
have charge Of the larger schoo! inter-
csts. This familiarity must be gained
through personal contact ana detailed
study on the ground.
Doubtless there are those who Arc
disposed to ask if we have school ot1i-
cl1lS VINO measure up to the standard
here outlined. 1t is gratifying to be
able to state that this portrait is drawn
from life ANA instead Of being individ-
ual i IS composite We have need for
longer list Of this quality that the
picture may be Il still more attractive
Mona Lisa.
It is unfortunate that 50 many Of the
volumes produced by so-caiIed leaders
in education have been written i'll such
form that they are only useful-if use
ful 1T alto the professional. They
have been of Scant assistance to the
teacher and layman Interested in the
common schools. We have quite Il
srtlicicncy Of IitgcliIn mysticisms ana
more than we can use Of Hcrbartian
suhli'nations. May the near future
bring rs another Herbert Spencer who
will state in crystalline English the
fundamental principles underlying our
task; and then may we have many
tt..l,.,
tween the master and the teacher
making disable to the common toiIer the
wisdom of the thinker. without which
l.ogrcss is impossible and results can
not be secured.
1t IS mCSt encouraging that 50 many
Of the first citizens of the Republic''
have indicated their acceptance Of the
principle that capacity carries with it
responsibility.
President Hadlcy says with a wisdom
that has not been matched in the CEN
turics universities have been i'll eXis-
tcncC, that Yale is not only under
obligations to serve. its student body
but it is under bonds to be the servant
of the public.
F*-Govcrnor Aycock does not limit
~ cff"rt- - his own commonwealth
Nh; is heard III many sections, pleading
f"r '.at Intelligent support Of the
schnaif Il ithout which no Nation can
endure.
President Eliot gives Of his time ana
talent 10 help the common school teach
e. I" u better conception Of his task
anu the results he should achieve.
President Alderman cstcems it Il
~ his native state carrying to all the
message Of progress through public
education.
These men stand as peers Of the
greatest servants d century has pro
duc"i. They are seeking to do the
thing the world needs 10 have done.
without which We must sit in darkness,
and with which We may walk in the
light
Az wc make Investments which result
in finer professional quality ana more
skilfuI Industrial management We dis
cover that reciprocity pays ana pays
increasingly.
Our plea is that those who are now
wearing silken hose and who once wore
hrddcn-Eriy may not forget the com
munitics in which they We're horn. the
schools in which they were trained ana
the need these have Of the Sympa thctic
hand. 1t bodies well for the future that
a former citizen, having Won sue
cess III commercial enterprises. has
seen fit to build and endow a library in
honor Of i brother who stayed at home
ana helped to keep the rural COM
muHity in which both were born u safe
place III which women and children
may dwell.
The relation between these separated
hrnthors must be:
First int"llgcnt-earh must know
ana appreciate the other.
Second. helpful each must perform
his OWL task and thus lift on the
others burden
Third. ympathctic-cach must Judge
the other by his best acts.
Fourth. houest-each must pay his
debt to the other.
Eth. lnyal-cach must be Jealous for
the good name and fortune Of the other
These thoroughbrcdS-th rural ANA
urhan-chnnot he gonstic, neither
are they rivals They m1ISt t,ka tho