The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-28

so that the boy can Rst his Ioxariihms and his languaees near home for I have noticed If he goes far away he will not know either the numbers or the lan- gnage or the old things any Tnnre. the numbers being new tale and the lan- EuaUe one he would prerer to forget Any system that breaks up the taEln is evil. ton, bottom and side. After all the schooling we get. and whether we ! gct any. the old farm must feed us The merchant lives by u. The rRil- roads draw their subsistence from it: fees re sRere to o"a sav me nothng of ths seSso @ teacher The great need Is % educate the boy at home. Let us educate tho children for the. farm and not away d"stry. Pig iron and steer and cement have their uses. buf agriculture 10 fhe Prince Primus of the lndustrial family. bow down to this firFt born and chief. undeservfng~ of the State'a money that does not teach the child 70 undsrstapd the end that he may learn to love it.
 Let's then have red. or yellow or in ",Ss every county yer or parrish, but teach: Ing the higher studies. with . model farm about it. The system might be expensive. and vet ! do not hesltase ton on the hustnees or industriea. or the farming interest of any State can be too heavy 1T 1t is property used An
 Poorest Pnia People.
 .'You are the poorest pa,S ,S. people H9 I1 and deeds. these ciasses, and the low est in Income Here are curious eco- homie phenomena. and on the theory. no doubt. that you feed on mere ele- viands That YOU clothe yourselves In moral and intellectual dreams and do not need flannels It should not be 90; ca pacity. should they be seleeted for the great work ef teaching. and ! say. selected, advisedfy. They should be sseds pedsa or SH' tSs S most pS SromlSnE | plsts for a future crop. They are to have charge of the youth of the land. They are to plant ana water ln the Ereltes garden of all. On the crop which they will raise will dencnd the future of all the States and thls great government The furnace and the farm: the shop finifely less value.
 ''The teacher should be man of char acter The noy or girl ought to in- ence. He should be man of learning beyond the mere text booKs. Let the boy perceive day by day that there are before. I should want him to feel, while not comprehendiN@ the real height of the teacher. that he beckons him on he 6eck,Nn,s 9IIn on % teot to the nEh the scholar Is abe to measure the exact height. depth and thickness of the inc
 Finally. there can be no ideal eoun- try where the laws are unobserved. We lack a full respect for them In the South and in the whote country. friends 4Gss s' The ''sS ErowiHE child must Ss brought up with respect for authority. and Induced to honor all the laws in of murder and assassina ton to the end teach @ and preach that the murderer. without the lnterIeTencs 5,s,s Of ,S any s SIesiy punishment Of the law and that such punishment Is as certain as ls the crime. A school that takes the States money Is deficient in its duty f lt does not do It's rull part towards ln- stilling into the minds of the youth an unfa,tering love of the institutions of It's State and it's sacred statutes!
 .sThere should be no such thing as viii not be satisfied w1tn being only clothed In intellectual dreams. They
 You are engaged in an immense york 9ny yyrttsa 9ns to sscevs hEheT f welcome from all our Deo'ie, and as- sure you that yoH are weicome to the capital City and 70 the State of Ala NLa cry day of your stay with us."
 Welcomed by Mr. Hi1I.
 Follow ng Governor Jelk's and also the State. Isaacle Hlll. state Superintendent of Education, was introduced by the chairman Tn has nd- dress of welcome he referred to the school room as the educator of child ren who must grow to assume th" duties Of citizenship. The address Of Superintendent Hill was shoot, In full. he ga q:
 "America Is In her Infancy. She is now in the making The two most po- tent influences n on American life are the home and the school. Would you work any great change in any Amer ican institution Of the next generation, teach that change In the schools of this generation? If this he true. how im- portant Is 1t that high ideals be found in the oflce of the college president, in that of the superintendent Of educa- ton, and at the desk of the teacher.
 ''The wise teacher studies not only the individual life of the child, but also fine home life and the civic and physic- al environment of the child. He must always have a definite aim in view, for upon his shoulders. to a great extent, rests the solution of the many difieult
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