The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-06-08

repressible perseverance, free from par
tisan, political, or religious views. and de-
Eermined to do his duty in the face of L
all opposition. That school may be the l
most popular In which every study is
made easy, the students told everything
that they should find out for themselves,
the hours of study shortened, and every |
one allowed TO do just about as they |
please; but ! assure you 1t Is not the |
best school for turning out young men |
and yonug women who are scholarly. |
self-rellant. industrious. and worthy of
playing prominent part in the worlds
affairs by leading a serviceable. amiable
and noble life.
The "knocker."
The iconoclast has never done, any
thing to upbuild civilization. His work
is that OF the dreaded cyclone--to batter
down, to rend to pieces. to destroy the
constructive work of honest, diiigent. and
industrious labor. Nothing yet has ever
been accomplished thru fault finding.
| 1t requires no tact, no brains, no in
| tellect, no training, nothing except the
ability to express the vacuous vaporings
| of an idle mind devoid of ideas. His
| tory has no record of where the Anan-
Mas Club has ever served humanity.
| EVERY Dcne1dClOr IN cOulIIuIAl9 lS
always bitterly attacked, and harshly
criticised by the Ananias Club. This
club is usually composed of the curb
stone philosopher, the cant done"
advocate, the worshipper of precedent,
the intellectual lego" who knows it all.
the cider who knows more about your
own business than you do yourself, the
"get-even'' fellow. the professional gos-
siper and lastly the pessimist. You
have met all of these and know them
we'll They are the followers of yester-
day, not tomorrow. They are the men
who shrink before they think, who keep
their hands forever on the reverse-lever
of human progress, they are human
clouds that overcast the azure blue of
the future. The hardest thing In the
world to overcome is precedent. We are
all worshippers of tradition. The hard
est man in the world to convince is
the fellow who is satisfied with himself,
his opinions, his knowledge, and his
present methods of getting on in the
world
All OF these factors that l have just
mentioned to you are barriers to pro-
gress, civic, political, religious and ed
vocational
Old Time Education.
l IneTe was u tllHe III tiEc Iiidulo thtsCSb
when there existed what might be called
an elaborate system of the division of
labor For instance we delegated our
thinking to the philosopher, the saliva
tion of our souls to the clergyman, our
fighting to the soldier. the care of our
bodies to the doctor, and our property
to the lawyer, with the idea that he
would get 1t anyway. Today we are
beginning to think for ourselves, today
we are looking after our own saliva
ton, today we are trying to make healt
catching instead of disease catching, to-
day we are beginning to settle oul
disputes by arbitration, and not by the
sword or cannon, today we are begianin
to seek justice by an amiable adjustment
2 of our legal disputes. What we neet
Z | today is not more men but better men
. We desire ministers who will teach III
less about theology and more abou
9 right living here and now; We desir'
doctors who will teach US less abou
i disease, and more about health: we de
:. sire lawyers who will think less abou
o lawsuits, and more about Justice; we de
sire business men who will think les
: about profits, and more about humal
service. We want men in every de
Q partment of human life who have tina
dare do their duty in the face of al
i obstacles.
W Needs Of orangeville.
II 1t Is such men that our public school
% should endeavor to develop. 1t Is sue
,r principles as / have just mentione
3, that every teacher should endeavor t
J. inculate into the lives of those intrust
of ed to their care. Cooperation is tn
= first requisite for growth and progress
ss any community. And to have co-opera
N tion you must have harmony. L car
not IL you come from the east side o
west side, the north side or the sout
A. side, the inside or the outside of Grange
m Vile, to build up your town, to build u
At your school system, you must have har
Il mony The house divided against 1t
IN self cannot stand The public schot
4 system In any community is the guag
"a of the progress of that community.
Ia Is a matter of common Observable
" that those towns which are the mos
= progressive and the most prosperous al
- SO have the most efficient school sys
tn TENS, with modern buildings, moder
r equipment. efficient administrative OF
% ficers, and competent, progressive teach
"a ers Your future development and pros
AZ perity demand that you give this mat
of ter your hearty consideration.
rel The successful administration of you
A. school affairs the past year has depend
III ed upon many important factors. 1t ha
"A required the assistance of an educated
n fearless and liberal board of directors
"a lweli-trained. experienced and loyal teac
o. ers; faithful. honest, and industriot
n pupils: grateful and interested parents.
n, Conclusion.
d. As supervisor of your schools, / hay
N, always had faith In the pupils, in I'll
at teachers, and in the people. 1t has a
re ways been my endeavor to do the grea
e. est good for the greatest number. 1t hs
IT, never been my endeavor to implica'
ng myself in a business that was not m
to own. / have always believed that
to argue with men of little worth was