Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-21

short time ago I again had occasion
to prepare statistics along the same
lines, and found that the people OF
Massachusetts were earning only one
half more than the average citizen OF
the country And so it must be that
the educational system is improving
over the nation. Science has improved
the production of farm lands, and GER
tain lands which would grow nothing
because they had been worn out now
produce two times as much as at any
other time There are those people
who have the ability to use their infor-
nation to advantage, and that is the
real value of education. would great
" prefer a person with capacity, rath-
er than one with capital; for one with
capacity may acquire capital, whereas
one with capital and no capacity will
soon lose the capital because Of in
ability TO take care of it.
PROGRESS IN METHODS.
Great progress has been made in
the = educational methods. Now, in
stead of having the subject as the OBJ
jective point, the teacher realizes that
the child is the objective point. Edu-
cation now constructs the child in all
ways For example of improvement
in methods. take the subject of arith-
metic From adding one by one there
has been an advancement to multipli-
cation. and now to logarithms, and the
method is just as accurate and saves
any amount of time. One corporation,
finding that the output of the factory
was not up to standard. submitted
proposition to its men, whereby their
learning might be increased. The firm
was TO provide the teachers and the
men the books. In a few years after
the scheme had been inaugurated the
output of that plant, with the same
force of men and the same number,
was greatly increased, and not only
the factory was benefited, but the
earning power of the employees enhanc-
ed through their greater ability to do
things.
I'm conclusion, I want to present an
other topic 1 want to ask the ques-
ton. Will there ever be d higher order
of animal than MANI / say no There
is no need for a higher order Of man;
for man is able TO develop himself to
a higher order. Then, again, as man
is made in the image of God, it would
be necessary for the Creator to create
a higher order of image than himself.
Unless it ifs the spiritual man, there
will never be a higher order of animal
than man"
ST. LOUIS MEETING.
There will be held at ST. Louis in
the latter part of next month the an
nual session of the Presbyterian Broth
erhood of America DR.. Taylor, who
has been identified with the organiza-
ton since its beginning, explained in
what the organization consists and
told of its purposes. Although the To-
cal brotherhood is not identified di-
rectly with the association there will
be at least five delegates to the con-
vention from the Broadway club. Pres
ident A. D. Sperry was authorized to
appoint five delegates to the conven-
ton. on motion of Phil Mitchell.
An invitation has been extended to
the Broadway club by the Mems Broth
erhood of the First Methodist church
to attend the meeting there Feb. 10.
AS the Broadway club has already Sc
cured a speaker for the month of Feb
ruary-Dr. c. w. Foss of Augustana
was unable to accept the
invitation as a body, but all those who
are able will take Advantage of the in
vitation to join with the Methodist
brotherhood at this meeting.