The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07
lIi S Myers Address

llli y lgI yelS AluUEeSS
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now willing 10 allow ignorant parents
10 tcnder the provision futIle7
y mssns sI,ller, to the next genera.
tim that The {cnitcr.en Of this be famil.
iprized with our tdcals; that they have
al enthuriasn for ifrcedor-not as they
10 frequently understand Il, unrestr -.
ed tInduissnce5 IN Individual Impulses.
tut fredcn, under law: that th.y I'm.
deratand and respect their. privilege ef
Suffrage and Stts rishtfll power !. Iayn
In their hands; In other words that
tiisy are made into Americans. to
whom this land s.not simply a pIaee
ss;icrc they dig ana eat and fight and
die, but their own country, to which
! they are linked BY pride In it's achieve.
Tent and sympathy with Its ssplra.
ton. We have devised as yet, no 9th.
~ rnrafls % universal application b,
which we eans hope, even partially. to
aeeomplfsh this result except the pub.
He schools. Would II not be well to
Z enlarge their opportunity or to render
ltl.eft, moro etfielent7
!. New York Clubs.
wish Z might give to you the i'm
ttssslon the working of the c .s:e Clubs
4 IN View, York City recently made upon
s me. These clubs, ssyenty-fivo in num-
hc.s I believe. are organized among
the foreign children, especially of the
East Side for the purpose Of sharing
I With them our he ritaae Of history and
Tradition or our ideals of civic life.
When saw Russian and italian boys
actin q a.lIttle drama written by one Of
their number, which told simply, yet
cytnpathetieallY;s the story Of Nathan
Hale, and felt the thrill of emotion
! WITH winch trey entered into h. sac
riftsea5 for his country, ! thought we
: reed NOT fear for these future citizens.
hey are The material CT which pa.
{ tflcts are made and as I listened to
tie exquisite music rendered by an or.
stestraf Of tcreian boys preceding the
4 play during the Intervals between tho
acts. I3Was thinking too of the great
Artistic contribution these emigrants
may make to- our enatIon-the contri.
button VIC 50 sadly need-if ws can
only be brought to recognize the Val.
az. Of what they have to give.
We may say that such organizations
austhese come to the assistance Of the
schools. building higher upon the four.
dstlon they lay, but Inc work Of this
ssehe5I sis q pre.requisite and not only
9olIf duty 70. the children but. our duf
ri the State urges us to give them
Here Of olir best.
si ~ sFst Greed.
elementtof greed Is also
an active opposing force. rendering to
d degree, Intellectual the influence of
I our Ssereol thcre is the greed of vi
Eriaus parents who would repudlate tn.
obi :aations sof parenthood that they
may subsist in ldleness upon the labor
OF little CHILDREN there Is tn, greed
sof the, children themselves. eager for
activity and for money: there Is the
pteeu!of employers, graphing with the
Problem Of s. short labor supply and
high wages, & As TO the first OF these,
.fI9thirk that we may pass 1t withou.
furthert dlseussion, except. to note an
obseets,n to THE classification. It may
III said that all parents who subslst
upsn thel abcr of-thefr2 young children
are nct Ignorant, or vicious, but that
I; sorie are drl>en BY dire necessity to
CO. so. u Is quite, true that there ara
3 SOME such cases, but by. thorough In.
5sssstIgatio of the congested sections
eleven our largest cities, they arc
found to be SO few that they can bet.
5EttrE be- treated as exceptional.
4 far as the cred Of the children
tErHlselYeS, ia concerned, its chief e.
fcte should be to open our eyes to pcs
sib1e evasions of such restraining laws
Y q we may hove. Fer instance, reports
from fnyeb:lga in the soft coal
sections OF Pennsylvania, Maryland
and West Virginia, .,deiate that when
Erhysicfars have certified that children
are unable to attend school, they have
Ecen found working In the mines. A
Z kprough policeman in Pennsylvania
tEaid alt,is not hard to get 4 boy int,
A the mines. No certificate of age Is
g asked here. take him to the sup.r.