The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-30
CALLS TEACHERS
TO LIFE BEYOND
SCHOOL ROOM
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school work is about to begin In the
new Madison School In this city. the
erect result of the efforts Of the Rich
mond Education Association.
1t is the aim Of the association
said Mrs Munford, to awaken COM
munities to the value OF bringing men
and women together TO discuss local
problems and TO make demands ana
opportunities for the citizen TO hedi-
cate himself anew to the service OF
the school the home and the nation.
Getting Out OF Rut.
DR. Henry Louis Smith was then
presented By Mr.. Eggleston. He told
how the mer chant swings like PEN
dulum from his store to his home.
from mis- home to his store, with no
thought save the dollar The manu-
facturer atrunes MS ear 10 n" sound
save the hum Of his machinery. So
the teacher may get ia the rut OF
teaching history and geography in
StFau Vi lttkIIHg Clll!i1 tH 1itd h.Ab
lives.
Those great movements OF the day
and those men who set new stand
ards in heroics make no impress on
the minds Of the merchant and mani
facturer and teacher who travels with
iHs eyes on. the dust. said DIR. smith.
God pity" ne said, tn. mind that
stops growing and deadens and shall
lows more and more"
wi,hou, touching upon the effect on
the world If all minds could DE made
II lead the eniargelnG life. Dr. Smith
traced III. benefits 10 the .ndiyid al.
nae III number.
Narrow Honest! Dangerous.
First. bI eadth-'sanity, balance.
Judgment. what we call wisdom" The
result is the man who will not be
led by the quack ana the demagogue
nd the impogter There is great
difference he said. between honesty
alone nd honesty with judgment and
breadtA and tolerance One Of the
most dangerous OF individuals is the
bigoted. narrow minded, honest man.
Prejudice and narrowness will fill the
yut."
The second result IS resourcefulness,
adaptablity. TO be ready for any
emergency-the power to light On the
feet in catastrophe. Dr.. Smith traced
the life OF a typical American. know
ing many things. and growing TO any
service. One should, he said special
ize in his own business. but he should
also know a great many things on the
outside
Third Elasticity. Dr. Smith told
how rubber. If pressed too long in one
place. loses its resiliency. but II
pressed at different times. keeps its
elasticity
MOnOtony Brinxs Insanity.
1t is the dead monotony Of life that
wears us out. he asserted. The in
sane asylums are recruited by farm
ers' wives because there is nothing
stirring in their existence. New in
terssts lift the weight from the mind.
some old men / know are more vigor-
Gus and interested than the young man
OF twenty-one."
Richness was the fourth reward Of
the enlarging Nse. II is a mis- take, he
said. 20 measure life. by the clock. in
stancing the case OF miner .ylng
on his back, digging al! day at coal.
without thought and with one tool
Such A man would not, he said live as
much in many years as one with varied
interests in n day.
I'VE can hear the cannon on the
Balkan hills: we may see nations shak-
ing free the tyranny OF ages; We may
live 100 experiences here If We Will
The body may be in the village home
and the village school, but the mind
can travel where il lists, the heir OF
the ages Like the wrecked seamen
dying OF thirst not knowing they Were
IN the mouth OF a river, many Men and
women are dying OF thirst in an ocean
Of knowledge, where they may throw
cut the buckets and dip - UP"
Last he spoke OF yision-how one
follows the winding path in the valley.
under growth which hides the sun and
sky. when there Is road at the top
of the hill, where one may walk in a
sunIit path. seeing the earth and the
heavens and looking back at the road
he ard the race have travelled for SO
long. DR.. Smith briefly traced the
revolutions OF the past. some Of them
establishing the right Of man to go
10 HIS God when he pleases, and the
religious revolution o: today that will
end only when every man can find a
gateway TO his Fathers house; he
spoke of the day to come. when the
individual will have his political rights
and opportunities before the law; OF
the labor revolution. when steam and
electricity and falling water will do
the manual work of the world. and the
hard, hopeless toll will be no more:
when the forces Of nature will relieve
the bowed back and labor will
s,raighten itself in independence: of
the economic revolution which will end
In giving to those who toll fair
share of what they produce. God
speed the day he concluded. when
every schooIroom shall have TO direct
il a large life that will introduce TO
TIE child mind the spIendor and glory
that is in earth and In heaven"