The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-18

SCHOOLS OF Ansonia, shared with Gov
ernor Simeon e. Baldwin the public
speaking honors at the annual ban
auet OF the Norwich board Of Trade
wednesday evening. Mr.. Buckley
VINO is graduate Of Holy Cross col
lege is one Of the ablest young men
In the State and his public utterances
command the serious attention of
thoughtful minds He spoke substan-
tally as follows:
The suffrage is the power of life
and death over state" When the
venerable publicist uttered these
words he enunciated truism which
government The foundation stone
or democracy is it's electorate, and
for veal or woe the very essence Of
Democratic government lies In the
absolute power Of the people. Our
fathers derived their government
written as with a sunbeam on the
whole volume of human nature by
the hand Of the Divinity itself. Life,
liberty and pursuit Of happiness are
mans inaiienable rights, and these
are best secured by a government
that derives its powers from the con-
sent of the governed.
The call of the vast electorate to
citizenship in this mighty republic Is
a summons to participate in a gov
eminent Of liberty under law. It is
to be understood as an invitation to
share in a government of opportuni-
ties and obligations. Liberty is not
to be COMPOUNDED with license--for it
does not consist in freedom to satis-
fy unbridled desires: but rather in the
which do not conflict with the lawful
rights of others. The limitations
placed upon liberty are imposed by
law which safeguards lawful rights
In this government liberty and law
elements Of progressive democracy,
Tor for. every right has a corresponding
The citizen Of this republic enters in.
to the society of his fellowmen not
with rights alone but with CORES
bonding duties--not with opportuni-
ties alone but with corresponding OBJ
legations. The opportunities find ex-
preston in the fullest exercises Of
ones capacities; the obligations find
expression in the careful and insist
rights and opportunities. In short,
the call to citizenship in this republic
Is q summons to give definite and
practical exemplification to the open
ing sentence of the Institutes of Jus
tinian, that Justice is the constant
one his due" Consequently since
citizenship in this republic means par
ticipation in government of liberty
under law or government founded
upon the basic principles Of Justice
wherein the attempt is made to rem
der to everyone his due, it follows
that our government in the last analy-
sis is founded on the individual will
and shall stand or fall as the will
dictates. BY reason Of this very fact
public will become imperative and the
education Of all the citizens becomes
an absolute necessity. The hope and
destiny of democracy are inextricabiy
bound UP with the proper direction
of the minds and consciences Of the
masses. Universal education is not
essential for the perpetuation of mou-
archial forms of government which
rest upon the intelligence of the few:
in a democracy, on the other hand,
where the sovereign power is in the
hands of the people, since the people
must have full knowledge of their
rights and a corresponding under
standing Of their duttes--it is a social
necessity; it becomes a once the pal
ladium Of our liberties, the strong
hold OF our laws.
The enlargement of the function
of the state in the work of education
during the preceding century was
perhaps the most notable contribution
to educational advancement, but 9TH
er forces also had a large share in
the educational progress of the mar
velous 18th century.
1. With the vast increase in pop
ulation there came a prOport1onate
increase of students under instruc-
ton. In the year 1908 the number
of pupils under popular instruction
between the ages Of and 10 in the
United States reached 24,613, and
the pupils are more cosmo-
politan than formerly, still the
schools of the United States have
school than at any other time in the
history of our country.
2. The extension of q popular in
struction obviously increased the
Of our instructors, and the
growth of (s) the normal school has
prepared these instructors for their |
work, SO that they may be ecoromi- |
cal in their time and efficient in their |
The number of teachers in |
the United States in the year 1908
was 495,463.
4. The material prosperity of the |
country has added more and better |
buildings. The value of property in |
the United States devoted to public |
purposes in the year 1910 |
was $945,395,162.
Of the 10th century was the growth
Of the science of education, which
continues to the present day. At the
present time education has q vast
literature of it's own and scientific |
method is now making the attitude
Of the educational researcher, the
student of education and the modern
g. Finally, the most significant
feature Of the century after the as
sumption of the function Of educa-
ion by the state is the enlargemer 1t
md enrichment Of the course Of study
IF all departments of education.
The problem of the modern educa-
or, therefore, in preparing the youth
IF the land for the duties Of manhood
md womanhood in this republic
grows more and more complex as civ
lization advances, for education is not
static but dynamic. We live in an
lge Of marvel and wonder, the age of
steel, of steam, Of electricity. the
submarine and the aeroplane on the
,T1e hand, and the growth of intel
ectual and ethical power on the 9TH
,r.
Importance OF Health.
It may be set down as fundamental
hat one Of the most valuable assets
n the life of the individual is the
possession Of a healthy body. Indeed
health is the foundation stone not on
y Of happiness but of all success. ABB
futile is that quest of knowI-
,dge, that pursuit of riches, honor
Ind renown that fails in the end to
conserve human energy and human
leelth. The necessity Of the strong
mind in the strong body has been un-
lerstood since Juvenars time, but
trangely enough it has been reserv-
n for the nresonf dav educators TO