The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-09-08
ADDRESS ON
SANITATION.
Given by DR.. W. Fl. Allen, OF
Rich Hill, Before the Bates
County Teachers in Butler.
August oath to 18th.

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Governments were instituted TO
the protection of society and to pre-
mote the welfare and happiness of tn
people. In a Republican form Of gov
eminent all power is vested in tn
people and only that power that i
specifically delegated by constitution
al enactment rests in the rulers; an,
happily in this country their term
are limited by law thus compelling
frequent statements of their officia
acts which if not satisfactory impel.
the people to change. All policies o.
government arise from the people
either directly or through their ac'
credited representation and each cit
izen of this country is within himself
a sovereign and as often as he or she
exercises the right of franchise his
sovereignty is proclaimed. This form
of government alone is able to change
rulers without disturbing the business
or social relations Of its inhabitants.
This being a government for the peo-
Pile by the people and of the people,
how important that each citizen
should be so learned in all of its
policies as to be able at any time to
make the most intelligent use of his
ballot so that the greatest good to the
greatest number shall obtain. Truly
the hope of the perpetuity of this
country is in its youth. The older
citizens shall pass away and soon the
youth will be called upon to exercise
all>these functions; hence the impor-
lance of so training them that they be
able to put on the mantle laid down
by the seniors to the end that our re-
public may be perpetuated. They
should be taught patriotism, to be
true to their government and just to
their country not to countenance dis
loyalty or rebellion, but cheerfully to
submit to the laws as enacted. They
should be taught all that our flag
stands for. Not a piece of bunting
floated on stated occasions, but an
emblem of liberty and security. They
should be taught that each star repre-
SCENTS sovereign state and that COL
lectively it represents the power of
the whole government which has
been the safe harbor for the Cypress
ed of all the world since its institu-
ton.
The state, by legislative enactment,
having decreed that each child
from the age of eight to sixteen years
shall spend from five to seven hours
each day, five days inlthe week and
from six to nine months of the year
in the school room, and making a fail
ure to do so miSdemeanor on the part
of the parent, has assumed control of
the child and by its representative be-
comes morally responsible, not only
for its mental, but for its moral and
physical welfare. The teacher, hav-
ing been educated by the state and
having been examined by its legally
constituted agent, and having been
licensed by the legal machinery of
the state, becomes part of the state
government just as prosecuting Off
GERS and coroners are part of the
state machinery. Their functions are
not merely to impart knowledge to
the student but to see that during the
time the state has assumed parental
functions, to see for the state that it is
safeguarded in every proper discre-
ton. What profit would it be should
the state educate the child ever so
perfectly if in the end the child
should be so broken down in health
as not to be able to exercise any of
the rights Of citizenship. How can
the state give guarantee of life liberty
and the pursuit of happiness to a
child, whom it has by neglect and
carelessness sent out into the world
with tuberculosis. How apologize to
the child that leaves the care Of its
accredited agent with spinal curva-
ture that units ii for the battle Of life. |
Do you know that in this country
there are nearly five hundred thou
sand teachers and that they control
twenty million children, more than
one-fifth Of all the people Of this
country that every morning, when
you repair to your school room that |
one persOn out of every five in the |