The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-13
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loneersSafe ii the family because the
activities out Of which they arise have
b3s}en taken away from the family.
please don't misunderstood me-"
@said the eastern physician. II have
frequently been misunderstood on.
this point. a. saying that the family
has deteriorated, that the family has
become disintegrated SO that 1t can
no longer do these things. It is q
wrong point of view. The community
has taken away some of the functions
of8the family and thus 1t has degen-
Grated, IL you wish the word. It has
taken from the family the perform
ancesof the work, play and religious
rites which permitted the children to
face moral issues In the presence of
( the family, to imbibe folk traditions,
and to witness. daily the adult reac-
ton and example. Children no long
Ter have opportunities for entering in
10 moral questions with, the father
( and mother.
The moral problems facing the
father and mother are not the kind
into which the. children can enter as
they used to inathe past. In the case
Of the bank. president, the clerk, the
trolley car conductor and the motor
man, the moral questions are techni-
sscal ard Of kind that do not lend
themselves to general family exam
pie. When children worked with
their parents they had . chance grad
sSually 70 adjust their shoulders to
the worlds work and the obligations
81 adult life. but that opportunity has
bsentsken away.
remedy the situation We must
look forward and not backward. It
.bpasLmlessible . itswould be unde-
alEsfAASttd st9 restore the old family In
3sduss1trlss. There : . number Of so
eeSstisssin America Who IRE trying to
restore hanalcraft 70 u families.
ana thus to remedy this and certain
other psoblsnns. This u IN attempt
3 eurs ~ looking backward. To
90 iasthe fathsrs from the railroad
osr u shop. from tho specialized
farm. tho stors or bank, and have
hmSasgpalin i've the long wasteful
hours ofs unspecialised labor; and
thsamother become again the slave
u toll III order TO create the rude
homo niecessities Of century ago
alllathis Is foolishness and impossi.
bic. VIZ have passed that stage.
III & necessary. however, for the
comnunity g have the children Learn
To yofkk, ana learn the great; mora:
leescnsswhtch come through work
ana It. Ii necessary that It be done
an companionship with expert mel
and women who have the kind ol
character andsmorals life that we wan
the@children to reproduce. It mus
MOTTO Re said that this IS not the func
dtonsof the school; that As. to restor,
tShis work. OF to teach morals. Tn,
snhool hasllno business to say wha
81 business shah be. This is tn,
bgliiS.iipess Of us, the community. It
ourssSpprivilege to meet : new need b;
laying upon existing social organize
tlons such demands as grow out Q
ths necessity Of the cas To max
new social machinery to remedy th
situation 1 am describing Is impossl
bic. because the school has alread
within its grasp the essential thing
Tor moral education. It must not b
said that this is not the function .
1.-The school-to take over that whic
An he done better by the school tina
TIE home. We have reached th
stage where the schools must CARRY o
thissswork. n
We are not to face this conclu'
Ion with pain and regret. This
Ile@ atIlIuae slnosl ol US Wnen v
think Of the home. We speak in d
spairingvoicss and in q detected ma
ner Weftell how the home no longt
furnishesth moral stimulus to Il
children, which is very sad and the
IS "a hope in US. But l say that tn
IS not an ifreparable loss. It is n
ever q second best that l am pr
posing. believe in the home, b
I believesamore in the individual. v