Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-24

mental strength Of q community by It's
public schools When you get the mea-
sure Of those two factors In any eommu-
nifty you have tho whole thing In = nut
she'll. The presence Of such q gathering
as the one before US attssts the inter
est Rocky Ford take In these two causes"
He took much pleasure In introducing Dr..
Roberts TO such an assembly.
DR.. Roberts deprecated tho insistsnes
Of representing him TO Rocky Ford audi
sness ss doctor Of divinity. ora divine
Of any sort He was simply . school
teacher.
He then gave greetings Of Denver
University T. the two young ladies Of the
Rocky Ford graduating class. who have
bssn awarded the scholarships Of that
University this ysar-Miss Ethel Wallace
and Miss Sylvia Mae Kim.sy. and CON-
plimsnssd thsm on the hoaors won.
He did not take tsxt but launched
directly into his thems. "A True Eduea-
too" with the remark that Thomas JEFF
fsssen taught the philosophy Of = popular
education and Horace Mann Apt pot Il
into practical Affect There were many
problems Of detail. however. that were
-, unsolvsd. We lay too much stress on
wealth and the ability 70 get wealth and
too little upon the mental and spiritual
worth Of . man. The opportunity for
mental development was grand. The
children os today were tnhssisoss Of all
The educational attainment Of the past,
were the inhssitors Of all the bounty Of
nature. Of all the Institutional develop.
fnsnt o: The past. and lastly Of all tho
religious development Of the past They
should b great men and women u they
were mailing the bss, Of this inhsri,anes.
ea; the child could only use this inherit
anes in p<eporsisa as his activities were
developed. And Herbert Spencer had
sad e was the special business Of Tho
schools TO develop the activities Of the
enid. Those activities had TO do with
the home. the citizenship. the art. tho lit
sfaiufs and the religion Of . nation. 4,
~as mistake Of Spsnesr's TO place re-
lirioa last Il was no: the least import
ant To be sure slf-prssersasion IL the
primary ia~ Of our nature bu, there mus,
be moral preparation no less than q
physical preparation In order 10 self
pfessfvasion in the best sense. The
speaker said he had no sympathy with
any scheme Of education ,ha, did no,
have In mind the ability Of the child TO
make living. That was all essential 10
everything that followed in true eduea-
'ion. He then criticised the tendency Of
organized labor to overlook the fact sha,
labor consisted in the executive ability TO
manage ard direct the production and
marketing Of wealth az well ss the mere
physical uanssroma;ion Of L. He dspfe-
Gated the divisions Of people into -elasses''
and remarked that the Democracy Of the
public schools was The salvation eof the
nation. A true education ksp. in mind
The development Of all classes and the
promotion Of The highest possible thinking
amonE them all. He next spoke sisnifi-
ean;iy Of The need Of education along the
line Of seq. as a proper equipment for
wife and r,osherhood. Our physiologies
laugh, seo much Of veins and arteries
and bones and too little Of sssuaIi,y. We
were taurh, TOO little about proper feed
ing Of ourselves and Of our children.
There were too many Of US like like the
old lady who knew all about children
because she had buried nine Of shsm. No
education was . true education that
did not teach citizenship. The criminal
element Of our nation was not Of
any one class and We needed q citizen
ship spirit that regarded the eriminaIi,y
Of high Official in an insurance company
iust as R regarded the petty CRATER in
the community. Our idea Of patriotism
was not broad enough. Il was easy TO
develop the patriotism that ran after q
band Of nustr nag and uniform. but
not 50 es... p develop the patriotism
that could hold Office and refuse to take
bribes. He had no use for the idea Of
Peace Congresses and the disarmament
Of nations. He hoped the sword would
not be hammered into q plowshare until
every absolute ruler was driven of the
earth. A Napoleon was necessary 10 the
unifeation Of the little psineipalitiss Of
Europe and The development Of the arts