The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-31

CLOSED
FRIDAY

The institute was opened Friday
morning by singing an appropriate
song from the new institute song
books, after which blessing was in
voked on the institute by Prof, F. B.
Trotter, OF the Wesleyan University
of Buckhannon.
Atty, Frank II. Rhodes was in-
troduced and talked on teachers
work. Mr.. Rhodes address vas IN
teresting and instructive through
out.
The presidents and secretaries of
the boards of education of the var
ious districts held a meeting i'm
mediately after the institute adj
| journed Thursday afternoon and
selected the following books: Kernss
Among Country Schools and Agri-
culture for Beginners. SuptA 0g-
den desires the teachers to procure
these books as soon as possible.
! Two new teachers enrolled Friday,
morning, Arthur Thompson, city,
(. and Perry S. LGwman. of Buckhan-
non. This brings the total enroll
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in this county for many years.
The roll call this morning show
ed four ladies and three gentlemen,
absent, which makes a showing for
the better in point of attendance.
After roll call Miss Chase gave a
very interesting lecture on the DEM
onstration and illustrative lesson
which she gave Thursday afternoon.
She closed her lecture by reading
tChambred Nauticles'', q poem
which she illustrated very interest
ingly.
After a short intern1ission DR..
Call took up his last lecture, 10 and
IL combined, "The Ethical Value
of the State and ''The Ethical
Value of Society,""
Upon the first the speaker dwelt
considerably on socialism in its true
sense, showing that the term "an-
archy" was much abused. FAny
man." he said, "who is not Iegiti-
mately and honestly engaged in
some work is an anarchist of the
highest type. Many condemned
and severely criticized Mark Twain
who recently said there is no CLASH
! fed distinction of criminals in this
!, coantrY-except Congress- He
,also\showed that officials in all
capacities who do not discharge
their duties officially are but anaFE=
chists. sGNo profession should be
more honorable than politics. Teach
young men the true dignity of seek
ing official positions if not actuated
by personal greed. It is but lately
that politics has changed from that
of coercion to attraction. Public
office is a public Trust and mans re-
ligion and patriotism should be the
same. All duty is sacred. .
He very ably traced the rise and
decline of Democracies and illus
trated them by special types of an
archists as above, as well as the ma
ture of patriotism which he ably IL
Illustrated by Socrates who was con-
,demned to die and refused to c.
cape his fate.
He closed the first subject by
Saving: "And thus, whether we
Iconsider the state from the view
lpoint of its definition, its origin
and history, its primacy and neces-
Isity, or its favorable and unfaVorable
features and tendencies, we see vast
and far reaching fields of human
phenomena which any system Of
I education cannot ignore and long
survive.
eff this nation of ours is to con.
Etinue, if the majestic enterprises
Iprospering now on our American
soil are alive, if the high ideals OF
our fathers are to flower and beal
fruit that shall not perish from the
earth, and public school must in its
course of study. in its method and
spirit of instruction, teach a gener-
Ious alteration for the state and IN
struct the young in these primary
| principles upon which it is based
The next part of his subject was
from the standpoint of society, the
rise of new seienee-sociology,
dangers to the social organism, etc.
J This was the best lecture of DIR
Calls series and was well and heart
! lily received by the teachers.
just before the noon hour our
Itownsman, Hon. S. r. Reed and
president of the board of trustees
of Broaddus was introduced and rep
resented that institution. During
his remarks he paid flattering COM
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