The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24
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 Nation to educate It's own citizsns.- ev- cry one of whom is presumed to pos- sess kingly attributes. This general welfare of the Nation creates the and gives i to the he cause cause saIl it's imi portance as an affair of public concern. ment." As has been well said: Tt Is. of human things, the highest interest taining good school education within easy reach of the largest number Of her children" It results that the man, or set of men who oppose Federal aid in
 support of popular education is lack ing in both Judgment and sagacity.
 To auots the eloquent words of am
 ~The public school question is as big
 and far-reaching as all other questions
 knowledge a man Is a expectations
 brute: with a one-sided development
 man is a bigot, a boodler, or 6 mons
 ter. And so the school question must
 be discussed in all its far-reaching and
 vidual and the masses. as touching
 church and state as touching home
 and government. Our schools must
 become the living and vitalizing soul of every community. They are a great mill into which we pour every kind and
 condition of people and expect that su- perior grfst, American citizenship. How
 varied and yet how steadfast must be
 the influences to accomplish this great
 work, and what fullness of time they
 should have therefor"
 It Is plain that universal suffrage must be supplemented by universal ed- mcation. This irresistible concius.on prompted the illusrious Vest, Mis- souriss great orator statesman -sena- tor. to proclaim in wonder Senate
 aUniiysfsal sdueation is the only ln- strlmentalEty that can exercise the evils that attend frss suffrage
 in different Dhraseology Governor Hughes of New York in . public ad-
 dress recently gave utterance to the
 aIa order to maintain democratic
 ideals 1t is necessary. as a fundamen- l portunity to all classes" N. Edw4Sd Everett declAreds
 Education has become. in this coun- try at. least enc of. the public birth
 Hour system of free schools has
 Soias Hoid of every Abode. however humble. l in the village or in the city. to the high places of usefulness, influence,
 The poet said: astates are not. great l except as men make them. If that l be true 1t Is manifesuy an important I duty of government to assist ip the l education of it's destitute children, A great phiianthropist has wisely said: l poor can not stand against the greed l of the wealthy and so we have multi l piled the millions of the rich and have l filched the pennies from the poor until 1 in our cities the squaIor and poverty devonrg honor and manhood lihe Pha- | raoh's lean kline, until the multitude l of children playing in the gutters--
 sxr \ teh,A as,s Srv snc4@ Ee@ ' sar 'a \ bed--with emaciated bodies and brains I are an evsr-present protest against ! their own existence"
 Il Bglfo1dinK the dark aud angry flood Il of corruption which constantly sweeps | over high and low places in political and business affairs, both In public and in private life. is. it now tine for tlais wealth long enough to ask in what di- l recefon ars we drifting. and whithel shall we ttsrn for reiief from the eviil
 VIC are told every day that there il corruption in politics. weakness fn so- Il cfety, c0knEnercialism in the newspa- f pers, and sclism in the churchess Lu we know that many homes are crushed Il ana vice, Who can save us from thii ssbody Of death," morally and fntellec. f tuafIy2 10 this question the answer \
 essythe pubic si.p sclSp9l Sgs.sI: s.sss, sgs En I source and fostered, encouraged, ans
 blessed by Christian teachefs. whose j lives are consecrated to God and hu Inanity. Such system is cur city o refuge from the brood of tlls which ar ! matched from the egg of Ignorance. Il We may lay down as a safe rule q action. as a guide for Iife,s dutJes- thi plain proposition. to wit: The prupe \ care, discipline. and instruction of m if child means righteous conduct on tn' ]. Datt of the man. "As the twtg ig ben ! Ire tree tucIines." Give every child th II fIghs frelination by training and cul sl lure 5v systematic cuitfvatfon an \ Aevelonfr ent of his natural powers. D! ,f \ tFi. ciaao5sae direction of his feelings fastzA habits. and manners, and thl 4 ra~Sfnfnent win have gone long wn, Ff toward the as-1..tion of the social evil tl flts dfvorce problem. gambling, drink T fnxe gxa ftiug-all of mans inhumani
 I tfes to man. which make counties A'i 'sf sru examine the statistics for l moslitut. There are in the Unite |. afsfes a. .02S.J 4s children of school agt S1 ytFss Ard that there are enrolled il ] 4f,e runiie schools of the several State 1 yk a6e.0se pupils, and an average daII | stfendance of 1f,s1s, 2Ss:: therefore . 6 evident there are 1i,7io522 childreI