The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-11-01

NE. WEBB MAKES 4
VERY FINE ADDR SIS
tIlis. Inc best and free.t land 81 ths

\ Nl0nl MS HtiSSiVA hds Oeen IN
trusted. in our faithfulness depend
1.-THE future Of our nation: for some
one has truly said: As the ripping
circles of the lake 90 on and on Is
1.-The distant shores, so the influence
OF a teacher, whether good or bad.
REACHES to future generations. YES
even to eternity.
Then 10 accomplish the true mis-
sion of the public schools, ne mnst
have teachers who lock beyond tile
mere technicaIities Of education.
the professionalism, and with keen
insight INTO the future reveal 10 each
boy and each girl, each Young man
and each Young woman. elorinus
visions of their possible destiny. the
goal for every one noble manhood
and noble woInanhood, and lives Of
success and happiness,
s&Too often we hold the lives Of
great men before our bors and Girls
without impressing upon tier
minds tie necessary sacrifice and
toll BY which these heights are
gained. by so doing nc do them an
injustice md perchance pave the
wav To their failure in life. Let
us teach thai to the mountain peaks
Of greatness there are no pathways
He who would reach them must
Chamber over rock and precipice nm
III the summit IS gained On tle
sen Of honor there is no smooth
sailing. He who would traverse it
mast brave tTfe sandy shoals and
the raging, surging pillows. The
bywsvs Of fame are strewn
with many a IifcIcss form unwilling
To pay The price necessary TO reach
It's crest. The shores ofsgreatness ore
covered with many victims nnwili-
ing 70 breast the cruel breakers We
must remember every great man
who has won distinction and honor
has paid the price demanded by iis-
ture and INJURIES God.
s.Teach the future citizens Of onr
country moi to doubt their own abil-
tiles. This fact alone has wrecked
many a promising youth IN the be-
ginning Of his career
Every faithful endeavor put
forth VIII be rewarded in the same
measure in which it was executed
Fail at times. you may. But | be-
lieve the grandest thing this side Of
heaven is formed N The Young man
or young woman who after failing
honestly and squarely enters the
contest a second and a third time
with undaunted couragc and
energy.
q If the aspirations Of sucIi men
rs Lincoln and Garfield were kind
led. their purposes knit. tie f',uHl-
tains of ,hope discovered IN those
stray weeks OF rural School IN.
when they had time 10 think to re-
solve, to energize their souls then
TO that school largely belongs the
credit of their success
What did Watt ever know NJ
steam. Stephenson Of the locono.
tive. or Fulton Of the steamboat.
Harvard. With her psvchologlcai
Laboratories and football stadium
mere closely resembles the worst
log school cabin among the stunlps
on the last range of the Canadlan
frontier. than The Twentieth Ter
turv Limited. or the KAISER y Y
helm resemble the most foEse'l',
dream Of Stephenson Or Fulton, and
yet the civilized world enc thousand
vcers from now viii still be Piac-
inc laurel on The brow Of SfeRoens
son and Fulton while even now ns
me knows who invented any one 3 +
The Improvements Of the last Ten
wears that gives q freight car m wen,
ty-five per cent create capacity alas
vas ever dreamed Of at the rirle S y
the Chicago Worlds Fair. o. s1 s
enables one steamer on the. AtiantIs
. freight more than can be carried
N one thousand mammoth fEeIsc
AIRY drawn by twenty-five locomo.
lives, strung along the track iol sS
niles. And 80 the lite red school
iouse, will be- sIorifed forever ans
forever. while We neglect % lssS
he names Of the architects earses
n the marble Of our granf'es' 4lsS
,est educational palaces. 4
ssWho shah adequately sosln0 IS II
praises of the public schooi soea q
Who shall be the s.sss
. kiss that hand that has peasnes
he public school imprima g : l,9s
he life and work. Of nincty 7ltse s5
.ent Of the brain and eoaselenes
shich have made the bnlteq ssssss
mother Of all republics, ana queen
lmong all nations
Every inheritance cures = q
,reat respOnsIb aities y Is eas.