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don. -d lurD er.~e= and 0s-5efzs.
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m 1T quite TOrglt'en,
SIRIUS complaints. II justified
BH. wholly grou1dless. ass@r1.
Ph5.zrdcr Pri-stley CIaEtDn. the
upa~ United States Commissioner
u Education. This. BY his testi-
reoUy. vigorous and per.uaoln". =
not 2 generation ~ #gEat.erers "s
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I. DR.. CIazton competent 20
Eudga the generations. President
taft thinks ~. He found ClaZt0n
IN Teure4.4e-a Democrat an: 4
Sle.agdlyr-and made him the al
ucatiOmaI expert Df the Govern
yneu.. The Commissioner Of Eda-
cation. oddly enough. is without
any power whatever in law. Not
wltnstanding. he i, 4 very useful
and potential man. or ought to be.
lie has the opportunity.
1 dIdactic man, professionally
and naturally. he j. also a driving
man. walking energetically anj
talking easily and Interestingly,
Also looking masculinely. which
i. much in his favor as a teacher
When he was graduated from tn:
University of Tennessee at the age
II -. where hr handled his *
prnses with borrowed money. pay
ing his debts In due SEASON. he
meant 10 be lawyer. He entered
Johns Hopkins, however. with Tn F.
object 0f studying electrical en-
rineering. Inside Of few
weeks" using his words exactly.
"feaching took such hold on ne
that / gave up everything else.
II is not too much 20 say that
DR.. ClaxtOn became tn: creates.
teacher in the South, rising in his
,,rofession from small schOOla
where he was superintendent, to
professOrships in colleges. lie
travelled Europe to perfect him
self in educational methods. Com
ing home. he used the good things
he found abroad. Training teach
ers finally became his business.
Meanwhile. during one Of his CAM
paigns he held 40 meetings IN 20
mountain counties Of Tennessee
and North Carolina, great educa-
fiGral gatherings to which farm
ays drove with their wives and
children. coming in some instances
from 20 to % miles from their
little farms among the crags or ~
the valleys.
Fairs Of learning. the meetlng'
might be called, 10 wEicn womef
brought fuI,s an ] bucket and wasr
boilers Of corn bread and bacon
But the men no whisky. thOugf
they are mOOnshiners by common
i1luOr. Such has been the work o
DIR. ClaXton. with the editing o
educational journals as an incl
dent il his labOrs. Now. at tn
agc of 40. modern. vigorous. tech
nician and practical. he is bil
enough to understand the fault
in the American system Of ednca
ticn and enthusiastic enough to al
tempt their correction. lie believe
in teaching boys and girls how t
live their own lives and not tn
lives which are beyond them an
which they could neither enjo
nor enrich were they to reach.
"Why is it, :" | asked DIR. Cla1
ton. that so many pupils OF tn
public schools and even student
at colleges are deficient IN spel
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