Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-07
ROOSEVELT TALKS
TO EDUCATORS,

Ashnuw PARK July 1HPrcsldont
Roosevelt orrl,td At Ashbury PARK ot
. p, M. The president WAS greeted at
the auditorium IN which the convention
of The National Educational association
was bcmg held the audience arose ana
greeted him with the chauiaqua salute
The president nj once began the d"llN'
cry " AN address lie snid'
am Glad IN have tie chance NJ
greeting the National Educational ass
sociation, for IN All this dcmocmtlo
land there IN no moro genuinely dcm'
ocrRtic association than this, II IA
truly democratic, because here cnch
member meets every other member nH
his peer without regard In Whot--r ne
IN the president of one Of the grcni mt
yorsitios or the newest recruit IT, thnt
high and honorable profession NhlIl
has I'm rs charge the uphrnglng ana
training of those boys ana glrls VINO nm
a few short years VIII themselves be
settling the dcsiinlos Of this mat tom
II IA not too much "a say that the most
chnlncorisllc work Of the republic IN
that done by the educators for Whut'
over our shortcomings ae II nation may
be, we have M lcust firmly grnspod
the fact that we can not do our part IN
the dlnicult and nll.lmp0uont WORK OF
splfRovornmcnt that wc can not RUE
ana govern ourselves, unless we ap'
proach the task with developed mlnda
and trained characters
WHOLE WORLD TEACHERS
DEBTOR
You toachors make the whole world
your debtor II you did not de- your
work we'll this republic would not en-.
durc beyond the spnu of he RonoWs
ton, Moreover. aa an incident to your
nyoWod work, you rondpr como Wolls
nigh unbelievable services 10 the coun.
Try For Instance you render 10 the
republic the prime, the vital service of
nmulgamating into one homogeneous
body the children alike Of those who
are born here and ~ those who come
here from 40 many different nnds
abroad, You furnish n common trNlns
ing ana common idoas for the children
Of all the mixed peoples who are hero
being fused into one nationality II IL
IN no small degree due 10 YOU ana your
efforts that we arc ono people instead
Of n group Of Earring peoples
WORK FOR WORKS. SAKE,
Moreover whore altogether too mu, h
prominence " given 20 the mere pos
session Of wonth, the country h under
loayy obligations 10 such n body nH
this, Which substitutes Tor the ideal Of
ncclmnlaling money the infinitely LOTT.
en- nonmntorlalIsto Ideal of devotion
90 work worth doing simply for int
works Hkc, ! do not IN the least nm
rros'lmUtc the need OF having ma
ionnl prosperity ag the basis " our
civilization, but | most earnestly INSIST
that II our civilization does not bulld
lofty suporstructurc on this basis, No
can never rank among the really glolt
people \ certain amount of money NJ
of course n necessary thlng ~ mucn
ION the nation aH for the indlVldull'
ana there are few movements In when
I more thoroughly believe than IN the
movement to secure better rcmunorn'
ton for our teachers, But after ALL
the service you render " inculculob'
because of the worry fact that by your
lives YOU rhoW that YOU believe ideals
to he worth sUcriiioe, and that YOU are
spleadldly eager 20 do commemorative
work IT this WORK " or good 10 your
folloW'mcn,
FALSE STANDARDS
To furnish m your lives such II reall'