The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
IT'S A BAD HABIT.
What Governor Hoch Says Of
Newspaper Reading.
Says Victim Cannot Read a Book
Correctly.
HOW no READ BOOKS.
Do It With Dictionary and
Encyclopedia at Side.
His Address to the County
School Graduates.

81 would rather be in your place,
with my life before me. than to be
governor. I would rather be in your
place and be young than to be mil
lioHaire at fifty, but I cannot be eth
err" said Governor z. W. Hoch in ad-
dressing the graduates of the Shawnee
county schools in the Manual Train
ing school assembly room this morn
ing.
Before the governor sat the sixty
five graduates, who were to receive
the sixty-five diplomas piled on the
table on the rostrun. In the audience
sat the friends and relatives of the
graduates who had come with them
from all corners of the county.
Governor Hoch seemed to enjoy the
occasion. He smiled at the young
graduates and the younger pupils who
some day hope to be graduates. He
smiled at the parents and he entered
into the spirit OF the occasion, as he
4 does on all occasions. with that hearty
smile and energetic fistic punctuation
of his remarks so characteristic of his
| speeches whether they be in a Metho-
dist meeting, the heat of a political
campaign or at a graduation.
Governor Hoch advocated physical
and mental and spiritual development.
He said some thought that all de-
velopment should be spiritual. Some
persons who believe in only spiritual
/ training still live" said Governor
Hoch. lone got into general Metho-
dist conference. am Methodist
/ myself or I would not tell this if I
were a Baptist or a Presbyterian. This
man got up in the Methodist confer
ence and said. I thank God that I've
not seen the inside Of the walls of a
| college. I know no book but the
Bible Bishop Peck said. DO you
mean to thank the Lord for your
! ignorance? L do. replied the man.
| I must say that you have a great deal
to be thankful for. my brother. re-
/ piled Bishop Peck
In talking about education and de-
/ velcpnent by reading Governor 6ocn
said: Z am a newspaper man and have
/ been all my life, but I must say one OF
the worst habits is the newspaper read
! ing habit, the fixed mental habit OF
4 reading the newspaper for presenL
/ pleasure and pastine. When you &C
/ quire that habit you can not read a
book correctly to save your lie. Heao
| newspapers enough to scan them ana 20
/ keep abreast of the times. Read news
/ papers for home and local news. But
read books, with a dictionary ana en-
| cyclopedia beside you"
| In speaking OF the possibilities or lie
| Governor Hoch said: IT sometimes
think that life is typified and symbol
| lied by the seasons. Infancy ana youth
are symbOlical of spring time and ouds
and blossoms. From youth TO the merl-
| dian Of life the summer time OF sturdy
toll and achievement. From the noun
tain top Of life down the western de-
clivity, the fall OF life, rich in harvests'
| the big red apples and the luscious fruits
/ Then the winter.
Let me draw you two pictures.
see an old, ramshac lSle dfiapidated ola
house; no carpets on the floors, rags
stuffed in the broken windows An ola
! corn nine is on the mantle and a few
faggots are trying to burn in the CRATE.
An old man. wretched and poor, IS
crouching. shivering in the corner, the
| result of a misspent life; q winter Iol-
| lowing q wasted spring, wasted sum-
mer and a wasted fall.
The other picture is Of a handsome