Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-05

smphssts upon the fact that the boys
should b taught . trade alonS with
their sohoollng aud that girls DO taught
how to keep houss.
The schools." said the speaker.
should draw boy toward ana not
away from the shop. Train the girls TO
make them not worse, but better
housewives. TAoss interested in nigh
er education should see this side OF
your work IL brought out. II Is bad
thing to bring out and characterize
the manual training ~ lower grade OF
scholastic work.
Every college boy should be taught
some trade" Colonel Roosevelt en-
phatically declared. Girls should be
taught housework."
Colonel Roosevelt then went on to
tell OF parents training their children
tor clerical positions and how in many
cases they grow up to be inferior CLERKS
and untitled to combat with life. He
illustrated his point with an incident
that occurred while he was president.
He said number of young men APP
plying for enlistment in the United
States navy at Boston We're rejected
because they were not physically and
mentally qualified. He said the num-
Der was so large an investigation was
made and in q large number of the
cases it was found their parents were
people in the class Of skilled mechanics
and men OF trades who had schooled
their Children for clerical positions. The
children had fallen short OF the mark,
We're inferior clerks and could not pass
the navy examination. Z
Attitude Toward Manual Labor.
There must be a change In the at
titude society takes toward manual
labor" were the words the colonel
Numbered out in the big hall. Il hope
he continued, that society will more
and more grow to prize manual labor.
We can never get good society until
manual labor with head work, is look
ed upon with favor. I, is one OF the
honorable professions.
Colonel Roosevelt then told OF the
building Of the great cathedrals in the
middle ages and the attitude OF society
toward the men who built those grea.
structures. the masons and stone set
ters- He said they were thought more
Of than the men who could read and
write
L feel mos; strongly there should be
a tremendous development OF industrial
training-nanual labor in the cities
and agriculture in the country said
the speaker Then he declared:
What we must try to do is 20 build
up schools, together with the kind Of
education that fits boys and girls and
trains them to be contented 10 1--we on
the farms, where most ot the people
should live. The country school should
be made a social center Men should
build up their country lie 20 make i.
no. only attractive but full OF oppor-
;unit;es.
To Make and Keep Home.
The prime necessity" said the
speaker. OF training any boy is SO he
can make and keep home The prime
necessity of training the girl Is SO that
she can do wei! in her own house. Any
training that leaves out the keeping of
a home Is vicious and faulty system.
The third division, or part of what
YOU teachers have TO teach. consists Of
the influence direct and indirect you
have on the children under you. in maxi
ing them such men and women. that
in the future will make the country go
up and not down.
Il don't think the father and mother
should shirk any part Of the burden"
Mr.. Roosevelt emphatically declared
He added:
While children can only pc shaped
and their character moulded TO a GER
tain degree. it is IN your power 10 shape
them. We. in public life. after all. do
not deal with the real things in life.
Il have no interest in politics unless
it comes from good citizenship. Tariffs.
currency and all kinds of other things
that convulse The country are of no
consequence compared with having the
right kind Of men and women in the
homes in private life.
AN that we do in congress and in
the legislatures sinks into insigniieance
compared with what you can do, you
men and women engaged in this work.
You are the real servants Of the re-
public and have greater tasks than any
public official.
In closing. the colonel said:
Il know your work is hard, and that
is why I congratulate you. never
enyied any one who led an easy Efe.
l envied the one with the difficult life.
the one who led it well
Il hold 10 other class OF people in
our country with quite so much respect
as our American teacher who is mold
ing our American citizens for tomor-
row"