Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

should say this would be an excellent
device for strengthening their lungs.
COnveniences Not Everything.
Well. I have no doubt that all these
But it must not be forgotten that while
the country conditions will thus be greatly
Improved; the town is not going to 1, rem main
tinue to operate on many minds.
r~ecollect after / had been ak or seven
months on the range and when l came
a real pleasure to me TO walk the streets
OF Chicago. l enjoyed the clatter and the
nose against the store windows. A less
congenlal occupation. as l feel today, "
would be hard to imagine, but the remems
branee OF the sensation has It's lesson Tor
me now.
There is my mind one way. and one
way only, Of building up a country life
life Of. the city, You have got, through
education, and of course this. Will take
time, to change the mental outlook OF the
country child. How. this Ia to be done
Il is for those who are responsible for the
education of each community to say. All
I can do is to define the need as see II,
and I will do so in words which 1 have
want Two
we want" | said recently, two changes
in the rural mind" The physical environ
est to the followers of almost every branch
OF natural science. That Interest must be
!. communicated 10 Int dkTlCulNuAaA GlhSo0e
according to their capabilities. Nature
study 1 believe, is the latest term OF the
pedagogues for the revelation OF the simple
natural processes, but to make these pro-
cesses Interesting to the child you must
first make them interesting to the teacher.
The second change in the outlook relates
to the spiritual rather than to the util-
itarian side of education. Somehow or
other, that ntimacy with and attectlon
for nature to which Wordsworth has given
the highest expression must be e~ngendered
In the mind of the rural youth. In this way
only will the countryman come to realize
the beauty of the life about him., as
through the teaching of science he will
come to realize the truth"
Just one other Illustration of educational
zeal 1 will mention without names, but 10
those who have known western life as long
as l have, man, prominent names viii
occur. 1t is a common experience for men
who took Horace Greeley's advice perhaps
in the middle of the last century, to admit
that they owed their good fortune largely
to circumstances and to opportunities OF
the pioneer days, which no longer exist, but
to recognize that for the generations winch
come after them, success in life, both IN
individuals and In communities, must de-
pend mainly upon education. These men,
inspired with the Hottest patriotism, have
frequently left behind them richly endowed
educational Institutions, which are the won
Omaha has profited by the existence OF
this spirit among its great citizens.
Now, 1 am just as certain as l am OF my
presence here that the democracy Of such
states as Nebraska and Iowa will not only
maintain their faith in education, but viii,
as the years go by, express that faith in a
n amer. Education becomes really eff
cient only when the general body of citi-
Gems and the pedagogues 30 thoroughly UNI
derstand and cooperate with each other
that the different grades of education, gen.
eral and technical, are closely related to
the life of the community.