The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27

Wanted to do."-The Opposite Adj
vice is Generally Given and He Said
if Accepted it Would Drive Most
Men TO the DogS-st's Not the Man
Who Does What He Loves to do. But
the One Who Does What He Ougt
10 do and Does That Well.
Especial to News and Observer.)
chapel Hill, n. c., June 24.-With
the admirable address of Governor ".
w. kitchin, which was replete with
genial hamor and sound. wholesome
advice. the. special public lectures Of
the third week of the University SUM
mcr school for teachers were brought
to a close on Friday night.
Recognizing the teacher as the
means through which our civilization
is to he advanced, and by which the
foundation Of our happiness is laid.
Governor kitchin voiced the senti-
ments of the high-minded teacher
when he said: Il want to see this
State so grounded in the fundamental
virtues ana in universal intelligence
that our farmers would never know
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never serve any u ecept the cause
Of Justice, hat our manufacturers
ana our bankers, our merchants and
our physicians, and all our citizens
III every walk of life would be as
h~iEh-minded. as unselfish, as progress
I've, as thoroughly honest as the high
est Greek was in the days of Peri
Cles.'
To this end. he aid upon the teach
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DUTY of increasing the pupils intelli-
Scnce ia order that he may move with
freedom among an intelligent citizen
snip. Of impressing upon the child
the necessity of beiSg honest. what
ever else he may be, and Of teaching
the youth to be courageous in the
presence Of untoward circumstances
and real danger.
Quoting from the poem, "A Man
" no DWellS Beside the Road Gov
eTnor kitchin beautifully illustrated
the value of cultivating in the chill
dren OF ne State the faculty Of be-
ing friendly. IF you do any good in
THIS world he said, you have got
TO do it through your friends illus
trat1ng his point by an a%necdote of a
farmer in Caswell county. The Cas-
Well county mar had beer buying waS-
ons and buggies for years from a
I'm
purchase he discovered that he had
pad his friend a good round profit OF
about twenty-five dollars. When net
in DanVille he demonstrated with the
dealer because he. had made SO much
profit out of him and, that too when
they were special friends. The dealer
looked him in the eye a moment and
said, See here, John, did you know
mat it is only through my friends J
make my profits. [ can't sell a single
thing to my enemies. They Won't buy
from me-
Possibly the most hunorously and
Yet most seriously presented thought
III the splendid cOmmOn-SenSe talk to
the teachers vas for them not to be
ied aStray by the stock injunction,
Love Your work. BY referring to
his boyhood ~propensities for cock
fshting, Governor Kitchin warned all
against the danger of doing what one
wanted to do I'm nineteen eases
out of tWenty that advice Would lead
"a man to the dogs. The thing to love
IS to do your duty, whether you love
me actual operation or not. Love
HouT work if you can. but loving your
work is not What counts. Besides
what credit is it to any man or woman
10 DO what they want to do? The
heroes of this life are not the men
ana women who do what they want to
no; they are the ones Who do what
.heS ought to do. whether they k
II or not. The only hero is the man
whose judgment and conscience can
put every sin and all temptation I'M
Ger his feet, and whose judgment and
conscience will control him; that's
Your hero
Earlier IN the week Prof. L. c.
State Supervisor of Ele-
mentary Schools, gave three exceed
1hgfy stimulating and highly practical