The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-23
Of DR.. Ellis Second Lecture
at the Teachers Institute
WHEREIN NE GAVE STRONG
Emphasis to Obedience too
Low, Intelligent Citizen
ship and Honesty of
Purpose
Prof. Black Followed with a Leo
ture ON Language Work and Com
pOsitiOs.

Two hundred and twenty teachers
assembled In the main room of the
High school Monday afternoon, for
the afternoon session of the Marion
county teachers institute. A brief
devotional service was conducted by
Rev. ID. II. Bailey. after which DR..
G. G. Ellis, of Jaunta college, Hunt
| ingdon, Pennsylvania, gave his second
| lecture, in which he spoke on "Our
| Obligation to the State" In his talk,
DR.. Ellis took up the thought of the
| inspiration of true patriotism into the
school-room. Not the kind of pa
triotism that makes the loudest noise
| on the fourth of July, but the kind of
patriotism that inspires boy to
scorn lie; the kind of patriotism
that demands obedience in the small
| est things; the kind of patriotism that
plants in a plastic, childish character,
the seeds that will produce in the
mentality of the man, golden har-
vest of all that Is upright and honest
| and stands for good citizenship.
There Is too much of the fourth
of July spirit about the Americans"
said the speaker. I'VE are so optimis.
tic, so glad to see the good things of
| our country so glad to hear of thu
economic developments, of our i'm
provements and successes. that we
shut our eyes to the darker side of
| our country. In our pursuit of the
| agreeable things, we do not stop to
| calculate the steady increase of crime
or realize that our nation is rapidly
becoming law-breaking people. With
all devotion to our flag and our coun-
try, the Americans have arrived at
place where they should stop and
think, think quietly and effectively,
with purpose of meeting the respon-
sibilities and problems that are con-
fronting us as American citizens"
In speaking of the cause of the
moral deterioration, DR.. Ellis con-
ceded that the laws are in Il way to
blame. He said that If we are to
make the right kind of laws and then
| conscicntiously enforce them, we
must have men strong enough to
sCorn the lust and temptations of Of
| flee. He stated that he did not think
that the school must shoulder all the
responsibilities of the existing condi-
tOns, but much of ii can be met by
the schools by teaching the boys and
girls the principles of true patriot
ism and citizenship.
First" said the speaker, 1--WE must
| have an intelligent citizenship. Chill
drCn must be taught to think along
| fundamental lines. to be able to think
alone and stand apart In their own in
dividuality, to think for themselves,
and not have 1t manufactured and
passed around by the leader or boss
The teacher must teach the real du-
ties of citizenship, that II takes a
patriot to be honest and to be al
ways right as 1t takes patriot to
carry the flag or fire a gun Tho
greatest battles that have ever been
fought occurred miles away from the
firing line, nor did their results go
down I'm history Obedience Is the
law we must emphasize In the schools.
Young people are not reared to re-
spect the law in the home, they do
not learn the fundamental law of
obedience, thus when they go out in
the world. they find 1t easy to break
the laws of the state SO II is In our
school-room, when we insist on order
and obedience in the schools we are
making possible a citizenship, that
will make better tomorrow and one
that will be obedient to the laws of
the great world.
Following the intermission. Prof.
Albert Bellingham, supervisor of mu-
sic in the Mansfield schools, sang
pleasingly the beautiful Russian
Song" by Logi, Prof. Bellingham has
voice of rare beauty and received
the insistent applause of his hearers.
Prof, William w. Black, of Indiana
university, gave the second of the
series of lectures on the subject of
English. He spoke on Language
Work and Composition" in which he
dealt with the fundamental principles
of this work in the graded schools
As an instructor Prof. Black stands
among the foremost men of the coun-
try as authority on the subject of
English and his lectures promise to
be highly instructive as we'll as in
teresting to his hearers.