The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-24
AMBASSADOR BRYCE
MAKES AN ADDRESS
Britisher Tells Southern Ed
ucational Conference of
Development of Education
in England-Was Given a
Hearty Reception by the
Huge Audience.
BY Associated Press.

Bryce tonight drew the largest crowd
of the present conference for educa-
ton in the south. When presented
by President Ogden, Ambassador
Bryce was given a hearty reception.
Hardly less cordial was the greet
ing of Bishop T. d. Bratton, of the
Mississippi diocese, who spoke on
The Christian South, and Negro Ed
ucatiOn.'
Prof. P. P. Claxton, of the Univer-
sfty of Tennessee, opened the eve
ming meeting with discussion of the
ways and means of educational CAM
paigns.
Bishop Bratton took the position
that the negro must be looked after
in his advancement, with Christian
are lander sympathy. eyer keeping
watch to strengthen him in his fight
against many odds for a better men
tai and moral condition. The bishop
declared the negro tC. be capable OF
mental development. He Said~he did
not bel5eve it wise to leave the negro
to his own leadership, for the negro's
life must be lived among whites and
there is deep reason for his conten-
ton for white sui ~ isfoa of negro
education. -
AMBASSADOR BRYCE.
Ambassador Bryce followed Bishop
Braxton. He said:
= IL is a pleasure to the returning
visitor to note how strong has be-
come the interest i'm the progress of
education in this part of your country.
You are so convinced of the worth
of those services. however, that need
not stop TO descant upon them. What
I desire TO do tonight is to go straight
to practical topics and supply such
facts or give such counsel as my study
of English eduatiOn problems, con-
tinued during forty years, places at
my disposal.
After we had established element
arv schools all over the country We
tried for some years to get on With
ont compuf sorry school attendance
laws. But we found them indispens-
able
We have found great advantages in
having the elementary schools sup
ported partly by local taxation and
Dartlv by a state grant. Supervision
bv the central authority is of great
value. In cities where a school COM
nnittee controls a considerable num-
her of elementary schools, 1t has been
orr practice for the committee to APP
point for each school a small number
of persons. men and women, whom
we call managers. The managers are
usually the best citizens IN the neigh
borhood. They form friendly semi
official link between the school and
the parents and the local community.
ENGLISH PLAN.
We have found it a matter of SUI
preme Importance to establish
proper connection between the eie-
mentarv schools in which children
remain till about Is years of age Con
an ayerase) and the secondary schools
what YOU call high schoOls-where
children remain TIL Is or 10, so that
the best pupils of the former may be
Dassed on TO the latter and pursue
their studies there. It Is specially
needed in rural districts, where high
schools are comparatively few. The
hoy who shows ability is sent forward
TO the most availaMe high school,
and if his parents can't affoId to sup
port him he IS helped TO remain for
two OF three years at school. The
most vital part OF a S0od school sys-
tenn is 10 secure good teachers On
him or her depends the advance OF
r,he ischolars-their intellectual life,
their moral tone. Good teaching con-
sists in much more than showing
children how TO spell and write and
do sums. or in hearing them repeat
the names of the states and the dates
in your history The real aim is to
quicken the intelligence of the pupil,
make him love knowledge and wish
to go on acquiring it. To do this the
teacher must himself love knowledge,
and possess much more Of IL than the
mere routine of school work demands.
These educational conclusions
drawn from our English experience
seem to be applicable generally.
suppose what you desire to have in
the south Is broadly as follows:
Il. You desire that the laboring
man of the country, by whom its man
ual work. skilled and -unskilled, will
be done should be not only industri-
Gus but intelligent.
=. You want those who are to be
the leaders in the development of your
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