Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-30

and Winthrop.
were fully provided for at the IIaloWall
House. The teachers were loud in their
praise of the cordial reception rendered
them.
Prof. Daniel w. LaRue, Superinten-
dent Of Augusta schools preS ded at the
morning session. 1t was opened with
song by the pupils of the Hallowell
schools under the direction of Miss Hell
en- G. Brown with Herbert Shea at the
piano Rev. Malcolm Dana offered pray
er. The address of welcome by Hon.
Frank S. Wineate. Mayor of Hallowcll
was well placed and received hearty APP
plaasF. Mayor Wingate said in part:
Il very much rc2r't that your very
Efficient program committee should so
far over step the bounds of their good
judgment as 10 can any thing | might
say 1t this time. or amy other time as
for that. as an address Possibly your
good committee thought il best to he
conventional in tn" arrangement of the
program and take the chance that the
Mayors address would be short, that he
might speak his little piece and leave
you To the consideration of the impor-
tant work Of this convention. Be that
as it may. in the short time which l
have cndeaVorcd in my humble way to
discharge the dnties Of Mayor of my ma
tive city, | can certainly say that il Is
now a very pleasant duty to extend
greetings FROM our city to the teachers
Of this county aEd to assure them
most whole hearted welcome, to "Old
HalloWell on the K9nnebec" We vel
come you not as strangers from dis
tant county or state but as honOred
guests from our own county, from the
beloved valley Of the Kennebec. We
welcome You as members of that mighty
army Of respected and patriotic men ana
wcmer into whose guiding hands are
placed so much Of the de1tiny OF the
children soon to NIL our places and far
moro important places. | have been told
by good authority that You occupy high
rank amongst the counties of our state
in this great and important profession
of teaching ana from the excellent pro
gram ana the V@ried subjects to be
taken up, | have no doubt. that YOU are
fully in earnest and progressive in Your
vocation, d,SirinS that the standard Of
work in <enneh"c County shall be
second Ia none in the good old state of
Maine The standard of education
should ever lie hugh and the need of it
instilled into the hearts "f tn" young
that they may desire ii and seek after
it, Truc education should seek to in
culcate the highest possible standard of
good citizenship ard character. for with
ont these there cannot be true success
for tie individual or the milton, nut
rather we should be presented with lives
IF such lamentah lack of good citizen
ship and character as shown by the re-
norris from TOO many OF our metropolitan
cities of corrupt and dishonest city Off
Gals of banks and institutions wrecked
nv trusted hut dishonest servants of the
people Such lives are the exception
and not the rule and the standard If net-
ter things is being raised by education
and teaching. tx. Pres. Roosevelt, in his
recent lecture in Paris mas well Sald
Let those who have, keep, let those who
have not. strive to attain higher cur
tivation ana scholarship. Yet these
stand second tn other Things ABOVE
miud and body stand character.
Is this not truth that public men
| teachers and parents might Wen present
mere often and most strongly
Millions upon millions have been CON
| tributed by the people "i ''te 'Ht''u
States for the building of colleges ana
educational institutions ana good cd
| ucation would seem TO be "''h'h inc
reach Of all desiring it.
The world is moving onward and up
ward rapidly, some one has SAID. hfty
years in the life of nation IS ont a day.
the last fifty wears have brought chang
es greater than any previous five hun
dred years. and the coming half century
will evolve charges greater than any
! previous one thousand years. Yours Is
! A grand opportunity and privilege to
help mould the coming generation, nay
may you give it its full value and your
standard he the highest. Teachers of
Kennabee County we are very glad of
rho privilege to welcome you to our
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