The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-07
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA. WE
to the abstract principles in which he
processes belief"


many of the worst citizens from real
izing that they fall short of perfec-
tion in any degree, said President
Butler. "They go through all the
forms and recite all the formulas OF
the creed of Responsibility and of
duty" he continued. They dole out
little something to charity now and
then. with quite the air of a martyr
going to the stake for his beliefs.
What more can be asked of them?
The answer is instant and imDera-
tive: Make some show of genuine
human feeling. Give some expression
OF honest human sympathy. Offer
some real sacrifice for the common
interest and the common good.
Dwell upon something other than
ones own physical comfort and ma
terial welfare, and lend hearty
hand to the huge task of making
more human beings intelligent prop
erty-holding, and free from the haras-
sing and in large part unnecessary
cares which now torment them. 1;
the decent men and women of Ameri-
CO would begin tomorrow to do the
things which their private beliefs and
their public professions require. the
sum-total of the worlds comfort and
happiness would be marvelously in
creased before sunset. Let us put q
bounty on good citizenship by giving
to 1t great influence; by rendering it
high honor; and by holding it in In
comparable esteem. Let these stand
ards be set early in the home and in
the school. Before all else. keep the
inspiring maxim, liberty under law,
before every American child, and as
he grows in power OF appreciation
see that he understands what it
means and involves.
THE perpetuation of democracy de-
pends upon the existence in tho peo-
ple OF that habit of will which is
justice. Liberty under law is the pro-
cess for attaining Justice which has
thus far been most successful among
civilized men. The call to citizenship
Is call to the exercise of liberty un-
der law; call to tho limitation of
liberty by law; and a call to the pur-
suit of justice, not only for ones self,
but for Others"
For Industrial Training.
"The greatest problem in educa-
tion today is the industrial training
CT the common people SO as to enable
them individually to give more pro-
ductive SERVICE" said Homer H. Seer
ley. president of the Iowa State Nor
NAL school, Cedar Falls, Iowa, in his
address before the department OF ru-
raj and agricultural education, which
held meeting today in connection
with the National Education assocla-
ton. "All other education can be
conducted in groups, but this must be
personal and individual All others
are somewhat similar, but this must
be adapted to each individual and
calls for Slightly different solution.
Improvement in mechanics lines OF
education is comparatively easy be-
cause 1t deals with the populous and
wealthy community and does not call
for extravagant expenditure per cap
lta; but agriculture must be capita.
Agriculture Is not one occupation or
branch, but many occupations and
branches. It depends not upon a Sin
gle science, but many sciences. 1t
represents in results not single
kind Of skill, but many kinds of ca
pabilities.
"The nation and the state ought to
be interested in this agricultural
problem, because il these classes OF
our workers do not prosper, all other
classes fail. The country schools
are thus the most important of all
schools that are maintained, because
those educated therein become the
foundation of all business prosperity
for all vocations. The work OF con-
Quoting such training is too expensive
to rely upon the country school dis
tricts alone, and the rest of the state
must help. Nothing OF large import
ance will be able to be shown in pro-
gress along these lines until large
amounts of money are invested in
both state and nation so that teachers
can be trained. and salaries sufficient
for their support can be paid. Then
agricultural education must depend
upon men teachers and not women
teachers, and this situation will re-
quire one man teacher at least for
every twenty or thirty country
schools whose work will be supervisory
and special, and who will give con-
stant attention to the industrial part
of the instruction. For these rea-
sons, efforts have been put forth for
several. years to interest both state
legislatures and the national con-
sress in this need, so that financial
support for such an endeavor may be
given. Progress has been made but
thus far but limited results have
been obtained.
"The state normal schools are the
proper state agency to use in this en-
deavof. They arc numerous; they
are now popular teacher training
schools; they are conducted econom-
ically; they know how to train ef.
ficient teachers for the public schools,
and they should be required by the
several states to devote much atten-
tion to this kind OF special education.
The students who attend these teach
er schools would cheerfully go into
this field of labor If the opportunity to
make creditable living were possi-
BILE, and only by state and national
aid can such an endeavor be accom-
plished and the benefits fully realiz.
ed"
GUNBOAT LOST