Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-16

p m"rtga"n on the here and a deficit for
Slowly nu, surely We are learning that
education is the work of every center OF
activity. 1t is not limited to the school
the church. the grange the community
and our daily tasks are associated in
this responsibility.
We are also discovering that it costs
money to maintain schools offering
facilities for intellectual culture. and in
dnstrial training. Less than this does
and less will not prepare our. boys and
glrls for the wcrk they must do and TIL
places they will 5e called upon to fill.
As an abstract proposition all will agree
tnat thoSe VINO use the product of This
schooling should pay the bills
the. title THE Maine Club" indicate,
that the Maine born have, improved Bos-
TONS culture. increased New 'York's
wealth and have had a large share in the
development Of that that boundless country
man IN .our. cities distinguished for his
abilities in the professions or sagacity in
business, OF when you meet q woman
American women the joy OF the home
ard the glory of the Nation. then do
you tind one who (probakiyj was reared
school; This rearing and training has
cost, the farmers of this country Ma
lions ransom and unrecorded sacriiic IS.
The former has bee6 paid cheerfully and
the latter" were made without thought of
recognition.
We have toiled for and given of our
our gifts. The time has come when it
should contribute it's share. toward the
expenses involved in maintaining all the
public schools The ciies are giving of
their abundance for this purpose. They
are to go still farther i'll liquidating a
making. provision for their growth in
population and increase in all those
things that make them wealthy as well as
rich.
When the nation. hle State. and the
local community. each furnishes its
share of the funds necessary to give all
the children "A liberal education. then
Justice will hc don". the child will bo
served TIE future will be safe and none
will he subjected to burdens 2rievous to
When these financial matters have been
eNuitablv adjusted we shall find that The
school year has been extended by Gne-
fourth or more probably one-third, that
teachers are employed who are qualified
by possessions and training to live with
and serve the children, that the school
home is a place of attraction and means
of grace, and that educational forces and
efforts are upeiintended by experts and
not by failures in other fields. Then we
shall have schools in which the chill iren
will be taught the things they most need
to know with the least expenditure Of
time and resources. Young years Will
not he wasted in learning, 50 much that
"
rected and stimulated to read everything
presented to him for Interpretations to
use thought and material to highest ends
and to develop skill in that form of ex-
preston which most effectively reveals
When tha State and nation pay two
thirds of the bills then they will have
| the right tc insist that the, children be
rooted and grounded in those funda7
montals which, are The basis Of an
tensitv without toleratin" narrowness and
| breadth without permitting shallcwness.
Jnder this better administration len
teachers will be fit and fitted for thelr
| work ard paid for their service suner-
| intendents will be leaders. mclding
thought and directing action and the
product will he more creditahle TO civil
ization and more useful to the world.
Thrift.
Necessity, instinct ard the teachings
of Benjamin Franklin have made thrift
| a distinguishing trait of the Maine san,
kse Necessity is hare 6"t a' reered
| to wiring a subsistence from sour ana
| unwilling soil then We learn how to do
big things and su2py brains MS for scieatisf fhe
| philosopher and sta atesman have assured
| us intuition is a safer guide than reason:
Foor Richard has been most heiof;ul od;l
| influence in breeding wholesome DIS
| content and training youth for careers
| requiring virlity. intelligence and un-
| complaining industry.
These better days make larger demands
| on those called to fill the best places II
we arc to come into our own we must
| prepare our boys and girls to take the,
places of their older brothers and sisters
! WHO are marching at the mead or the
procession. In this training our work may
| play large part: ,oou.
We are being educated when we learn
| how to make dollar do dollars worth
of work. We are continuing this proc
ess when we discover how to make cor cor
| st,rt
| achievement. Too often we are hlnCered
| in the first because we give 50 little
thought and credit to the second; IT IS
vide himself with, simple, complete
| system of bookkeeping as that the basl-
ness men should be able to compile a q
| balance sheet showing the condition Of
| his affairs and a detailed statement or
| the cost of running, the same, with a
record made by. each department Eoui
| assistant in the task of devisne his
| system You have the intelligence to
do this work well and 1t would na a
of this grange to undertake this service.
| The system recommended should be so
| single that it's use would not be hIir-
| den and so complete that 1t Wo"ld eX-
| hihit ali the facts, showing srecihcally
| what is invested, what is added or the
| deficit. A.. .,
| are largely transacted through the banks.
| In villages and cities the ancient stock
| ing has given place to this modern con, on
venience we would do we'll if we We, fel!
| into line and marched to the teller $
| window FIven a small bank account
permits a feeling of security and inde-
| pendence while it furnishes the means
to take advantage of the favorabie "p-
| porttlnty. ..o;o, ',,
ne. 1t pays so to live and work that we
go comfortably with the current that
| carries the worthy activities OF tne
| world 1t is practice promoted to hHbll
that lifts us out of the ranks OF the
| novice and maFes it easy for us 70 90
| husincss on equal terms with all men
| We must live with our work y we
are to live by it. We should get HE as
well as a living of it. To be trained
bv it we must be- trained for it. THESE
returns are the product of thouSht ano
system. Our plans should he definite, ON
shirt shoulG he alert and our records
| should tell the facts and then the resnits
will reward cur labors :,
Pomona and Subordinate Oranges.
; These organizations long since paasseo
} | bcyond the experimental stage 1t i
now expected they will strike their gan
| ard do definite continuous work.
! Ample opportunities should be pro.
vded at the meetings of the Grange
for cultivating the social graces and and tn, tht
en,ovment of social pleasures. The cal
for entertainments should meet Wtth al az